Feb 04, 2009 at 07:47 am by Wendie

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“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.”

Stephen King discussing authors he likes and, obviously, devastated authors he doesn’t like.

Can someone explain this to me?  I didn’t read the Twilight series and really have no intention to.  Vampires never did it for me.  But everyone around me raves about how great they are-the books, that is-not vampires.  Except my mother.  She said Stephenie Meyer was a suck-ass writer months ago.  I just thought she was bitter; turns out, she may have had a point.  So, I’m confused (again).  Are her books the best thing ever or are Stephen King and my mom just crazy?

133 Responses to “Quotables”

  1. Nellie says:

    urg, the first book was horrible; i forced myself to read it, for the sake of my friend – because i’m really just that nice. i regret the time wasted on that thing.

    BUT! could you image if all the fans of twilight actually had spent their time on something WORHTWHILE? like, say, a book by King, for starters.

  2. Matt says:

    I agree that Meyer isn’t a great writer. One of my peeves in the books is the use of the word “Chagrin”. I think she uses it at least, 20 times per book. Awesome, she has a vocabulary, or maybe just a thesaurus, she should use it more! However, she has a great story in her books. I would like to see more from her as she gets more experience and perfects her writing.

  3. Shadow'sBane says:

    Stephenie Meyers Sucks….

    i mean it seriously sucks….

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