Rowling has wit; there are some really funny bits and passages in the Potter books. Also, I liked many of the characters and the way they interacted. There were also plenty of cliches and lazy writing, but her cleverness out weighed that, for me as a reader (although I found the epilogue disappointing). Not Michael Chabon level writing, needless to say, but an enjoyable light read with some deeper themes.
I could not get far into Twilight. The writing fell flat, it was too angsty serious, the girl bored me, and I, having grown up in a small town, could not even for a heartbeat believe the beautiful high school vampires. It just all struck me as dumb.
#2 Dunno.
otoh, my children have extremely similar political and worldviews to my own, so I wonder if I brainwashed them!
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Date: 2008-09-25 01:41 am (UTC)Rowling has wit; there are some really funny bits and passages in the Potter books. Also, I liked many of the characters and the way they interacted. There were also plenty of cliches and lazy writing, but her cleverness out weighed that, for me as a reader (although I found the epilogue disappointing). Not Michael Chabon level writing, needless to say, but an enjoyable light read with some deeper themes.
I could not get far into Twilight. The writing fell flat, it was too angsty serious, the girl bored me, and I, having grown up in a small town, could not even for a heartbeat believe the beautiful high school vampires. It just all struck me as dumb.
#2 Dunno.
otoh, my children have extremely similar political and worldviews to my own, so I wonder if I brainwashed them!