Twilight vs Harry Potter …. J.K.Rowling vs Stephenie Meyer …. The debate is never ending and the topic is mostly confined to “Whether Twilight is as good as Harry Potter and not less “. I spent most part of my Diwali holidays completing the Twilight series . The Twilight followed by The New Moon , The Eclipse , The Breaking Dawn and the leaked draft of The Midnight Sun .
And after doing so , I can safely participate in the debate now and can very confidently conclude that Stephenie Meyer is not as good , infact not anywhere even close to J.K.Rowling . There are only three categories of people , who I suppose will disagree with me .
First , those who are a die hard fan of Romance will surely stand against Potter . Twilight is a lot more about romance and relationships rather than Vampires or Werewolves .
Secondly , those who have read “Twilight” and not “Harry Potter” will of course go with Meyer .
Third category include people ( and there are a lot of them ) who think Harry Potter is just for kids .
The Potter series was completely in another league compared to Twilight . J.K.Rowling created a completely brand new world of magic , at each and every point one finds himself more and more intrigued to the plot . The way she used the mythological creatures , sketched the plot so efficiently , came up with a mind blowing magical game named Quidditch was just something Meyer was unable to even reach close to .
Twilight posed no competition to Harry Potter . How could someone even compare these two books . There was not even a single point in Potter series that I found myself bored and wished to take a break , but there were many stretches in Meyer’s book which left me droozing and wishing it to end as soon as possible ( especially when Bella and Edward spent pages just being in awe of each other ) .
I am not suggesting that Twilight is not worth reading . Its a fantastic series but not comparable to Harry Potter or Lord of The Rings .
Why is Rowling better than Meyer ????
- Twilight will appeal only to a certain section of society , others will find it very difficult to digest . Meyer hasn’t put in even a small percentage of imagination than what Rowling has put in . Although there are vampires and werewolves lurking around , there is nothing magical about it , its all just a romantic love story .
- Rowling has obviously put in a lot of hard work in creating the plot . Meyer had a fantastic idea , but somehow everything not sounded so fantastic on paper ( atleast not to me ) .
- Climax was what disappointed me a lot . Maybe it was difficult since the story is narrated from the point of view of Bella , but the climax could not have been more simple and less interesting . For instance , Edward going to Volturi in “New Moon” and coming out untouched without any twists and turns . Maybe thats the way love stories are meant to .
- Bella kept on narrating the unnatural angel like beauty of Edward for chapters and chapters and chapters . Sometimes I felt like skimming through the chapters .
- Twilight was way too predictable . The characters were not that strong . The characters of Edward Cullen and Jacob Black were good , but not excellent . Maybe everything was written in a bit of hurry .
Well no offense meant to Twilight fans . The series was good but not phenomenal like I heard it to be . Its so much overrated ( just like Ricky Ponting is 
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My Final Verdict : Wizards win . Vampires lose .
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