I love opinions...

I came across an interesting article today on MSNBC:

Stephen King’s opinion may drive a stake through the heart of “Twilight” author Stephenie Meyer.

In an interview with USA Weekend, the bestselling author compared Meyer with J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series.

According to Stephen, “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.”

While Stephen may not be a fan of Stephenie’s writing, he understands the appeal of the series.
“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 it’s not overtly sexual.”

He further explains, “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.”

I guess what I find the most interesting about this is that Stephen King A) Dares to have an opinion outside of others and expresses it but B) While he does feel the way he does about Meyer's writing, he says he gets why people are attracted to her books. I like that about this article for some reason. He can still see the appeal behind something even though he does not like it as a whole - Also, the last paragraph really amused me considering that was basically my thoughts exactly. I felt that the Twilight books had a few too many areas that could bring out feelings that teenage girls should not be thinking about just yet. Just thoughts :)