[stylist] Book rreview comparing Twilight and Harry Potter

[Brenda]

Hi Bridgit

thank you for sharing your review on the Twilight books.  I saw the 
movies because I got involved in the plots which were lame but I wanted 
to see what happened.  I was going to read the books to find out things 
I missed in the movies.  You saved me the trouble.
Brenda
On 1/3/2012 1:28 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter wrote:
> Lori,
>
> Definitely a lesson in futility if you ask me, smile! There are four
> weeks of my life I'll never get back! I stuck with reading Twilight just
> to finish, but I honestly never warmed up to the series.
>
> Harry Potter is also written for young adults- about age 11 up through
> the teens- each book progresses along with Harry's age which is eleven
> in The Sorceror's  Stone and 17 in Deathly Hallows. And yet, the HP
> series appeals to many young and old. I think Rowling created better
> characters with more emotional depth, and unlike Twilight, I found a lot
> of HP characters relatable. The one down side to HP is that there are
> those teen angsty moments and those teen issues-- who will I go to the
> dance with, should I kiss so and so, etc.-- which reading it as an
> adult, I would have preferred to skip out on, but the over-all plot is
> captivating and is full of ethos.
>
> I was 17 when the first HP book came out and didn't read any of them
> until I was 23, so of course I wasn't as involved in the teen parts of
> the books, but HP is a series that has affected all who read it. And
> unlike Meyer, Rowling heavily uses literary, historical and mythological
> references to create metaphors and weave a rich tapestry, and it doesn't
> feel contrived.
>
> So I recommend Harry Potter over Twilight any day. Plus, HP is full of
> action and not build-ups ending in stale, stunted moments.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
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> Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 21:23:01 -0500 (EST)
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> If the Twilight series aspires to ride the coattails of the Harry Potter
> series, it fails miserably.  That might be one to review.  I had tried
> to read the first book of the Twilight series, and gave it up as a bad
> job.  It appeals to teens, period.  Thanks, Bridgit, for an execellent
> job. Lori
>
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