LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Stephen King's opinion may drive a stake through the heart of "Twilight" author, Stephenie Meyer.
In an interview with USA Weekend, the bestselling author compared Meyer with J.K. Rowling , the author of the Harry Potter series.
According to Stephen, "Both Rowling and Meyer, they're speaking directly to young people... The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn. She's not very good."
Meeooww! [from OMG!]
I'm not sure why this makes me so happy. Of course, King isn't exactly the greatest writer of all time, but he has written some wonderful stuff (I'm a huge fan of On Writing, but also Hearts in Atlantis, and the sheer scope and imagination of The Dark Tower), and I was way into him when I was younger; I've actually read most of his work. I've never liked Harry Potter that much (Rowling can't write dialogue to save her life), but I understand the appeal, and I can see why King likes it; it has great imagination and a solid plot. I refuse to start Twilight only because I know there's no way I could get into it due to the subject matter and my gender. But it is funny to me that the Twilight film was a huge success for one week, and then dropped steadily; maybe people realized that the whole concept was, well, lame.
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