When USAWeekend interviewed Stephen King, he told us how he really feels, saying:
"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."
Gosh, Stephen, I wish you would quit beating around the bush and tell us how you REALLY feel. He goes on to say:
"People are attracted by the stories, by the pace and in the case of Stephenie Meyer, it’s very clear that she’s writing to a whole generation of girls and opening up kind of a safe joining of love and sex in those books. It’s exciting and it’s thrilling and it's not particularly threatening because they’re not overtly sexual. A lot of the physical side of it is conveyed in things like the vampire will touch her forearm or run a hand over skin, and she just flushes all hot and cold. And for girls, that’s a shorthand for all the feelings that they’re not ready to deal with yet."
Now, can YOU be objective about this? What do YOU think about Stephen King's comments?
OH SOMEONE SOUNDS JEALOUS....STEPHEN KING JEALOUSY WILL GET YOU NO WHERE...STEPHANIE'S BOOKS ROCK AND SHE HAS REACHED SO MANY PEOPLE...AND BECAUSE OF HER THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE READING AND ENJOYING IT...OH AND JUST TO SAY NOT ALL HER READERS ARE YOUNG....I WOULD HAVE TO SAY I KNOW SEVERAL THAT ARE WAY OLDER THEN 18...SHE REACHES PEOPLE IN A WAY YOU NEVER WILL....IT IS JUST DIFFERENT WRITING STYLES...DIFFERENT FEELINGS....SO BUCK UP LITTLE MAN AND TAKE AN ASS KICKING