The first thing that strikes you with each series is the writing style. Many people say that Stephanie Meyer writes well because she uses big words, but if that were true then, in the words of a kindred spirit, "If using big words makes a book good, an ape with a thesaurus can write a completely fabulous novel" (PygmyPuff14). She tries to make the book literary, but here is what she does and doesn't do: she has a lot of "big words", way too many adjectives, few similes, no metaphors and extremely insignificant details. Speaking of insignificant details, here is a short list compiled by a loyal fan, References to Edward's Beauty: 165, Broken Down into the following categories -

Body Part

Times Mentioned

Additional Comments

Face

24

Favorite adjectives: glorious, heavenly, seraph

Voice

20

The voice of an archangle

Eyes

17

Movement

11

Smile

10

Teeth

8

Muscles

7

Skin

7

Note: This only contains accounts of Edward's skin being beautiful. I didn't count references to it as "pale," "cold," or "white." If I had, this number would be about ten times larger

Iron Strength or Limbs

5

Breathe

4

(EVEN HIS BREATH IS AMAZING

Scent

4

Laughter

3

Handwriting

2

Chest

2

Driving Skills

1

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Describing for pages the physical details of the characters is not a literary action, it is what smut 'novels' do, but at least those novels have metaphors, even if they are all for a certain male genetalia.

J. K. Rowling on the other hand displays a unique and sophisticated writing style as one literary critic confirmed, "The writer talks to the audience in ways and tones which they understand and yet are challenged by at the same time. This style notably changes as the book progresses from the first year to the seventh. By advancing the style with each book, the author encourages the children to new heights of reading ability" (Jones). So not only is Rowling creating an exciting and interesting book to get children interested in reading, she is also subtly developing that child's literacy. Another discernible trait of her series is that nothing is insignificant. Unlike Twilight where Meyer peppers in pointless descriptions of clothes, everything Rowling mentions, even in passing, is important to the story. In the very first chapter of the very first book Rowling mentions Sirius Black letting Hagrid borrow his bike in order to bring Harry to Dumbledore at the Dursley's and that is all she says about that until... Two books later that anonymous name, Sirius Black, is a vital character and the "villain" of the third book. There are so many clues and hints of future events, things that sometimes don't happen for several books, in the writing that makes the whole series tie together in such a poetic and comprehensive way.