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message 1: by Anna (new)

Anna | 18 comments i like them both but i think harry potter is better


message 2: by [deleted user] (new)

Ive read nether soo i dont know


message 3: by [deleted user] (new)

Okay, so I sit down and look at this topic, right?

Then I wonder: which is better?

Then I think: HP, duh!

Then I think: but I did like Twilight...

so now I'm in the middle!!


message 4: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
i like harry potter because, dont judge me, its just better written. stephanie myer is a good author but the kind of author that holds certain ppls attention. i liked twilight but i wasnt madly in love with it. jk rowlings on the other hand leaves you on your seat from page 1. she has that gift. she keeps the reader reading until the last page. i was always so mad when i finished her book because i usually didnt have the next one. between hp and twilight, im always going for harry potter.


message 5: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
who agrees and who disagrees. tell me why and ill put up my best argument(s)


message 6: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
i am a ahrry potter fan and nobody can change that. twilight was poorly written i think but its my opinion


message 7: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
plz read them b4 u say anything bad about hp until u have read it plz, i hate ppl who judge books when they havent even read them


message 8: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
lol


message 9: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
u should. they r way better than the movies and the movies leave out a ton of info


message 10: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
sorcerers stone, chamber of secrets, prisoner of askaban, goblet of fire, order of the pheonix, half-blood prince, deathly hallows


message 11: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
thats it


message 12: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
lol u asked 4 the first i gave u seven


message 13: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
good idea
i think they sell those at half price books for.....half price


message 14: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
of the original, i guess


message 15: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
forget it just remember they sell hp books at bookstores


message 16: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
lol doesnt everybody?


message 17: by Anna (new)

Anna | 18 comments lol


message 18: by Reed, Fill-in (last edited Nov 25, 2009 08:02AM) (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
lol and retards


message 19: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
lol


message 20: by Dylan, Discussion Observer (new)

Dylan (greendragon06) | 178 comments Mod
I have read all of the Harry Potter books and all of the Twilight books. I enjoyed all of every book, to different degrees. That being said, I believe that overall, the Harry Potter series is better than the Twilight series, although, there are four twilight books and seven Harry Potter books, so it gives you longer to get to know the Harry Potter characters, longer to get attached to them.
The reason that I like Harry Potter better than Twilight is because I believe that the secondary characters and plot lines are better developed in Harry Potter than Twilight. They both have excellent Primary characters and plotlines, but it is the secondary stuff that really helps decide which is a better book.


message 21: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
wat he said


message 22: by Reed, Fill-in (last edited Nov 28, 2009 11:56AM) (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
see meassage 14 by me. thats my argument. and hp i think is better


message 23: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
who is on both sides or not on any


message 24: by Maura (new)

Maura Reed wrote: "i like harry potter because, dont judge me, its just better written. stephanie myer is a good author but the kind of author that holds certain ppls attention. i liked twilight but i wasnt madly in ..."

THANK YOU!!!


message 25: by Maura (new)

Maura Dylan.kearney wrote: "I have read all of the Harry Potter books and all of the Twilight books. I enjoyed all of every book, to different degrees. That being said, I believe that overall, the Harry Potter series is bette..."

I agree with Jeremy, that was a very good analysis.


message 26: by Maura (new)

Maura I just flat out love Harry Potter. And there isn't all of this gushy romance.


message 27: by Dylan, Discussion Observer (new)

Dylan (greendragon06) | 178 comments Mod
I do agree that JKR handles the romance in her books very well, she puts the relationships in there without it having to be the main plot in the book.


message 28: by Allison (new)

Allison | 48 comments While i have read all of both of the series, Harry Potter is definitly the best of the two. It is not only better written, but the main character is not a whiny teenage girl madly in love with the guy who hurt her.


message 29: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
hehe i agree


message 30: by Allison (new)

Allison | 48 comments I agree too but when everyone knows that harry potter is better its hard to have a two-sided debate.


message 31: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
yeah


message 32: by [deleted user] (new)

I think harry potter is the best even though I like both


message 33: by Allison (new)

Allison | 48 comments Rose *I'm in love* wrote: "I think harry potter is the best even though I like both"

same here



message 34: by Goblin Courtney (new)

Goblin Courtney (blackjellognome) | 9 comments I have read the Harry Potter books long before the Twilight ones. I reread the Harry Potter ones after the Twilight. Harry Potter, in my opinion, is better. Rowling put the plot together nicely and every chapter and book you find something out that was a mystery before! Though it is not romance, it is a great action, adventure, and supernatural book. It does have Werewolves, which I think Rowling's impression of a werewolf ties in nicely with her book topic and plot. Myer's impression of a vampire is nothing like the first vampire by Stoker. (Dracula). I think that will always be the only true vampire. Werewolves and Myer's? Well she didn't really get to go into detail about those because the pack was Spirit changers and not actual children of the moon. Rowling did write much better than Myer's, but you can't really compare much between the two when one was third person while another was first.

I don't like Twilight at all to be honest. If vampires were actually real, they are the walking dead. They live for blood. It doesn't matter how pretty she was, she's a walking blood bank that you can't resist. A vampire isn't going to fall in love with you, they are going to eat you.


message 35: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
lol true


message 36: by Maura (new)

Maura I totally agree with that!!! Also, how lame is this line?
"Your scent is like a drug to me."
I think pretty lame.


message 37: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
lame


message 38: by Goblin Courtney (new)

Goblin Courtney (blackjellognome) | 9 comments Like seriously.


"I don't need a cloak to become invisible."

That is one BA old man. Did you see the HBP movie? He was like 'Woo I have a super sparkler and you don't!'


message 39: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
HPB? wat does that stand for? wat movie i mean?


message 40: by Goblin Courtney (new)

Goblin Courtney (blackjellognome) | 9 comments Half Blooded Prince.


message 41: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. but it would be HBP


message 42: by Goblin Courtney (new)

Goblin Courtney (blackjellognome) | 9 comments OOOPS :O
Sorry, typo.


message 43: by [deleted user] (new)

What do you guys say is better HP or Twilight becauuse i want to read the books but i dont know what to reads 1st.


message 44: by Allison (new)

Allison | 48 comments i am too, but when you think about the plot as a whole compared to other books,harry potter wins hands down



message 45: by Goblin Courtney (new)

Goblin Courtney (blackjellognome) | 9 comments I suggest reading maybe Twilight first, because it's shorter, then Harry Potter. But then again maybe HP first because Twilight might not be in with no much people reading it now a days.


message 46: by [deleted user] (new)

k Ill think about it.


message 47: by Dylan, Discussion Observer (new)

Dylan (greendragon06) | 178 comments Mod
There are definetly people out there somewhere that believe Twilight is better than Harry Potter, it just doesn't seem like they are in this group. Honestly, I think that people actually are taking the time to think about it and make an actual debate out of it and that's why Harry Potter is winning. Also, there are Twilight fans out there that haven't read Harry Potter or the other way around. Both book series have blind followers who won't even consider the idea that there are other books out there that could be better than their book, and it speaks highly of our group that none of us have fallen into that mindset here.


message 48: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
well i read 3 twilight books and eclipse was the best but it just couldnt beat hp


message 49: by tallllllllyyyyyy (new)

tallllllllyyyyyy (alexisrolandfannnnn) new moon is the best in my opinion!


message 50: by Reed, Fill-in (new)

Reed | 390 comments Mod
......ok ive read 3 of them and new moon was actually........ well, how do i put this nicely, bad. i think eclipse was bwetter


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