Really, Stephen King? Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn?
February 17, 2009 by Jane Boursaw
Stephen King is getting more annoying by the minute. He recently slammed Stephenie Meyer and called her a no-talent loser.
Ok, he wasn’t quite that harsh, but really, you shouldn’t slam someone who has such a huge fan base as Stephenie Meyer and her "Twilight" series. I’d call that pretty darn successful, Stephen!
He said: "Both [J.K.] 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."
I’m not liking Stephen King very much at the moment.
What about you? Does this bug the heck out of you?!
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stephen king is just jealous of stephenie meyer he cant accept that she is the best auther ever and is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than he will ever be the twilight saga is sooooooooooooo amazing and it will soon take over the world! it will be illegal not to love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! stephen king can just suck it!
He’s just angry because teenagers aren’t lining up by the thousands to buy his books…
Bummer, Steven
Oh shut up,
Go read this: http://bookstove.com/fantasy/why-i-hate-twilight/
Stephen King has a point.
Oh My God! Thankfully someone agrees with me! I may be only 14 but even I can see how crap Twilight is! It’s full of fake crap about nothing. Honestly even I can write better then Stephenie Meyer.
Yes i’ve tried to read twilight and I could feel a part of my brain dying. Not all America books are that crap, but Twilight doesn’t maker America look like a very smart place
Yeah, people… Stephen King is a million times better then Stephenie Meyer.
I have read all the Twilight books. They’re okay, something to read if you don’t feel like thinking. Stephen King’s books are captivating and intelligent. Don’t be hating him just because you can’t understand his books. Just get a little smarter… Stupid fantards
Long days and pleasant nights.
“…but really, you shouldn’t slam someone who has such a huge fan base as Stephenie Meyer and her “Twilight” series. I’d call that pretty darn successful, Stephen! ”
Two things wrong with this statement. Firstly, a huge fan base does is not make anyone infallible, as you are suggesting. Hitler had a huge fan base and look what happened to him.
Secondly- on the flip side, if you want to compare fan bases, look at it this way: Stephanie Meyer has sold 70 millon books worldwide. Stephen King has sold over 350 million books worldwide and has won numerous awards.
As well, Stephen King’s books are diverse and deep, with intertwining plotlines and questions probing into human nature. Meyer’s books involve poorly developed characters who have no personalities, thus allowing every pre-pubescent girl on the planet to impose their own personalities onto them. None of Meyer’s characters are deep- they are predictable, cliche, and boring (the reason why Edward can’t read Bella’s mind is because she doesn’t have one!). The books are anti-feminist, and a product of Meyer’s Mormom pipe dreams.
Stephen King = EPIC WIN.
I agree with him completely, Meyer’s nothing compaired to either Rowling or King.
I definitely agree with Stephen King. Twilight is boring.
Harry Potter = Great? LOL. All books end is deus-ex-machina(great? When she can’t think of a good ending. She makes up with something out of the blue! If Avatar: The Las Airbender were a novel than a TV series, it would kick HP ass). But then SK woun’t see it because he has awful endings. I wouldn’t even call it cliff hanger. Just read From the Buick 8. it such as waste of time!
How did you know that spell? I read it in the book! But then, we didn’t read anything about him/her reading the book where she learned the magic spell! Deus ex machina
“He’s just angry because teenagers aren’t lining up by the thousands to buy his books… Bummer, Steven”
No, they’ve already done that, you know, considering he’s sold over 300 MILLION books in his career.
I agree with Stephen King. To be honest, Meyer’s writing reminds me of love stories my friends and I used to write back in 8th grade. You know, finding the “perfect” lover, bad grammar, etc. Stephen King and Ayn Rand are my favourite authors.