Does the author of a vampire series deserve comparisons to Rowling?
Stephenie Meyer “is no J.K. Rowling,” said Denise Martin in a Los Angeles Times blog. The author went for an “epic” finale to her popular Twilight vampire series in the fourth and last installment, Breaking Dawn—just as Rowling did in the final chapters of her Harry Potter series. But, unlike Rowling, Meyer blew it by leaving out “a larger story arc” and by “quickly and disappointingly” resolving all her conflicts. If anyone doubts that “Meyer has all the chances of becoming the next J.K. Rowling,” said Raoul Railey in eFluxMedia.com, they might want to consult the “more than 225,000 fans” that “attended midnight release parties” nationwide for Breaking Dawn. They flooded “costume contests, trivia competitions,” and “debates,” and should flock to a movie based on the first book in the Twilight series coming out in December. Judging by the numbers, though, Meyer has a long way to go, said Julie Bosman in The New York Times. Breaking Dawn sold 1.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on
