Apparently even Stephen King is not into Stephenie Meyers 'Twilight' books. In an interview he claimed that even though both J.K. Rowling and Stephenie write for kids, Meyers writing is just plain bad. I personally thought the same thing, I watched the movie which I like, and thought to try the book series since it so popular. I was amazed that someone even published it! It was so fragmented and baby-ish.
There are so many wonderful vampire books out there, "Interview with a Vampire" series for example. Now that series is some thought provoking reading, deep, and beautiful. Well I guess she just got lucky--her book passed thru whatever standards they have for publishing scripts, and then actually became popular. Although we all know why, puh-lease, perfectly sculptured vamps biting young girls? What teenage girl would'nt go gaga over that? Seems like if someone had beat Meyer to writing a teenage vamp story, it would have claimed the popularity she has. She just got popular because she did it first.....
P.S I did think it a tad bit mean, for a celebrity status guy like Stephen King to publicly ridicule Meyer. Should a famous guy keep his opinions to himself, because they can be spread so fast/far and turn the object into a public humiliation symbol? OR, is it unfair for them not to be able to give out their own opinions like other people? Hmmm.
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