Is the Twilight series really worth all the hype?

It really is worth it. I have to disagree. I thought that the Twilight books were very well written. It made you feel like you were there, watching all those events happening. And Twilight has been compared to Harry Potter so obviously it is as good. Plus, its a national best seller! and getting made into a movie!

i don't think that J K Rowling had such a good writing style actually, i thought that she had a good idea but not an exceptional writing style in my opinion... but that was just because she used a lot of the same words and descriptions, though i guess she had to as the book was also aimed at kids...

i personally really like the Twilight series (well, to be fair i'm only on the second book, but i really like it so far!) i know what you mean though.. when i first picked it up i was so BORED in the first chapter, and i think that it was really poorly written, but then i carried on and really enjoyed the book. i think she can go into too much detail on occasions, like when she described Bella and Edward eating at the resturant in Twilight and she described the mushrooms... i just thought 'i don't care cut to the dialougue!!' but other than that i'd personally say that she's a better writer than JK Rowling...although i'm not that much of a Harry Potter fan myself, and prefer vampires over wizards so maybe i'm a little biast ;)

I think had the story been done by a better author and had some o the ideas actually been more original I would have really liked the story. But Stephenie Meyer's terrible writing style and abuse of adjectives along with the cliche story and extremely Mary Sue characters make this book impossible to like.

I totally agree with you. While I too found Harry Potter to be well written with great plot twists and well thought out story lines, I felt the Twilight series to be an amusing, straightforward series of tween novels...

Twilight managed to hook me, and I became fond of it- until Yahoo Answers and school was over burdened by the series. I knew it wasn't nearly as good as Harry Potter, but the way people treat it- you'd think it was something amazing. I havn't read the books in months but I've managed to forget a lot of it already. It's kind of hopeless. It's over hyped, but not an amazing piece of literature.

I feel Twilight is greatly overated. People go on like it is the best book since life spread but look at other books. Lord of the Rings, you cannot possibly compare the two. I don't think it is that great of a book, I am not shy on my personal opinion, that's why everybody is different, some people like the book, others don't.

No, twilight is not worth the hype. And neither is Harry Potter. Advanced literary techniques? Seriously?

It's totally worth the hype. It's as good as Harry Potter (Those seires and To Kill a Mocking Bird are my favorite books!)

I personally liked the books.

I do think people overhyped the books. Making it seem like it was the greatest book ever written. Everyone has different opinions on books.

Yeah! :-) Twilight is SO worth all the hype.

A good book doesn't always have to be well-written, there are many things that make a great read. And Twilight (I think it's well-written, but I can see why a bunch of other people don't :-) ) is not one of the most well-written books, but it is still one of the best books ever. :-)