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In case you don't know: in the past day or so, Stephen King only spoke the truth and said that Stephenie Meyer is not a great writer. And lo, the Twilight fans take offense to this:
Right. Stephen King, jealous of Stephenie Meyer? Riiiiight. Tell you what: when SMeyer writes a story that is seen to be excellent source material for a movie that is considered to be one of the best of all-time, gets nominated for Best Picture like the previous one did, and gets made into a miniseries that scars people for life, please tell me. Though I suppose that parts of Breaking Dawn could, indeed, scar people for life.
Also, I take personal offense to Twilight being #1 on Good Reads' Best Young Adult Novels list. THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT BOOKS ON THAT LIST. The Giver (which is still one of my favorite books, and totally turned on my interest for dystopian fiction)! The Book Thief (SOBS, that book)! Speak! The Westing Game! The Perks of Being a Wallflower! The Absolute True Story of a Part-Time Indian! A Great and Terrible Beauty! And those are just titles in the top fifty; all of which have way more going for them than Bella Swan and her Disco Ball Boyfriend. I know it's a subjective, user-based list, but for the love of God, really?! Even IMDB's viewers aren't that stupid, and, well, IMDB has some stupid at points.
I need to finish writing Better Than Truth now.
I think he is just jealous because he's not getting as much coverage or is well liked as Stephenie. He really doesn't know real writing. I read one of his books and to me, IMO, he doesn't catch the readers attention like Stephenie does. I mean, it is his opinion but I don't agree with it. And books don't have to have blood, lots of violence and sex in it to be a great book. That's just how I feel.
I was pretty shocked that he just publicly put her down like that. But I think he is just jealous, I mean it cant be easy to be asked about another authors work instead of your own.
I was disappointed in reading that too. The old adage, "if you have nothing nice to say, don't say it at all" should apply. His dismissal of the book as a silly teen girl "not quite sex"storyline is a slap in the face to those of us who are grown women, and know the truths and common threads that run through all of us gals (young and old) when it comes to first love. Perhaps he has not had the joy of such an experience, and hence misses the point completely.
Right. Stephen King, jealous of Stephenie Meyer? Riiiiight. Tell you what: when SMeyer writes a story that is seen to be excellent source material for a movie that is considered to be one of the best of all-time, gets nominated for Best Picture like the previous one did, and gets made into a miniseries that scars people for life, please tell me. Though I suppose that parts of Breaking Dawn could, indeed, scar people for life.
Also, I take personal offense to Twilight being #1 on Good Reads' Best Young Adult Novels list. THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT BOOKS ON THAT LIST. The Giver (which is still one of my favorite books, and totally turned on my interest for dystopian fiction)! The Book Thief (SOBS, that book)! Speak! The Westing Game! The Perks of Being a Wallflower! The Absolute True Story of a Part-Time Indian! A Great and Terrible Beauty! And those are just titles in the top fifty; all of which have way more going for them than Bella Swan and her Disco Ball Boyfriend. I know it's a subjective, user-based list, but for the love of God, really?! Even IMDB's viewers aren't that stupid, and, well, IMDB has some stupid at points.
I need to finish writing Better Than Truth now.
