Twilight Vs. Harry Potter

[jmeza10]

I feel that a comparison shouldn't even be made they are both based on the supernatural but in different realms of it (i would say). Both are great series. But if i would have to choose it would be Harry Potter. Hermione Granger all the way (don't know why she ended up with Ron, it didn't make sense to me)!

[misty103]

They are both so different, but if I had to pick a favorite it would be Harry Potter

-- 30 Nov 2014, 10:04 --

Hermione Granger should have ended up with Harry or Krum not Ron

[MaragothThorn]

To be honest, I don't like either Harry Potter nor Twilight, though I've read both series respectively. In my opinion, however, of which I consider better in literary terms, I would have to say Harry Potter.

[mayaamayy]

Definitely Harry Potter.

[tashinam18]

How can you even compare the two? Twilight is a romantic vampire story while harry potter is an amazing fantasy full of adventure. I say harry potter is 100 times better!

[SpencersMum]

Harry Potter all the way!!

[Batesblogger]

Hermione Granger all the way (don't know why she ended up with Ron, it didn't make sense to me)!

Didn't JK say the same thing, but that it never would have worked with Harry and Hermione because of the "family secret" about them being siblings? Krum was too serious for Hermione. She needed Ron to lighten up her world and bring her a bit of silliness.

[Himmelslicht]

What? That's like comparing onions to potatoes.

[energizerabby]

definitely Harry Potter, twilight changed too much of the "socially accepted understandings" about vampires (sparkly, really? )
it also spoke to many different generations. i was a kid when the books started, and a married adult when the movies finished.

[Colorora]

I haven't seen or read the twilight series but all I can say is that twilight is not the new harry potter, the same way that one direction is not the new Beatles. Nothing can be the "new" anything sooo I don't know...

[CYMH090909]

I notice a lot of people are trying to say twilight is the new harry potter.

Some people (in fact more than I think possible) seem to want to make it some sort of competition. I don't get this personally. I've read both the series (save breaking dawn b/c it hasnt come out yet) and I think that they are both amazing, incredible, the best. But I don't feel there needs to be a competition! ITs silly! You can love both series! You can love Harry and Edward! Nowhere is it written that "thou must love harry and only harry" or "thou cannot love harry b/c thou loveth edward!"

Am I the only one who feels this way?

And I appologize for the rant, I've been holding it in for weeks

I don't think there is any comparing the two. Harry Potter isn't anything like Twilight and they shouldn't ever be compared. Yes they are both about other worldly creatures but Harry Potter is magic Twilight isn't. Don't get me wrong they are both good but should never be compared or put against one another.

[andriana_stajic]

I read all the Twilight books and I greatly enjoyed all of them. However, I didn't read any Harry Potter books, but I did see most of the movies and they weren't that bad. Twilight and Harry Potter greatly have their differences, but I do not believe that Twilight is anything like Harry Potter. The only thing I believe that is similar is the length of the series itself. Maybe the length and the dramatic plot of Twilight drives people to believe Harry Potter and Twilight are similar. I still have yet to read Harry Potter, but I highly recommend Twigliht.

-- 24 Dec 2014, 19:10 --

[rune]

Ive read both series books and watched the movies

Got to be Harry Potter for me

Twilight was so lame

[MrsBoshoff1907]

I'm a huge fan of both and honestly can't compare them to one another. Twilight is an amazing love story with all the drama of love triangles and heaps of actions to keep the reader interested. But with Harry Potter there is so much more going on, it's not your classic "boy meets girl" novel, and I feel that that makes it more enticing on a different level.

[Melanie_Page]

I think there are a lot of similarities. The creation of a hidden supernatural world within the real one for example, although HP feels a little like Traditional British, jolly old chums going off to school together while Twilight is a more modern school setting.
There is the sense of alienation felt by the main characters and the sense of homecoming. There is the unfolding discovery.
Of course, they are written for vastly different audiences. The first HP is very juvenile and the books develop. Twilight is for a more romantically inclined teen readership, predominantly female while HP is more general.
Of the two I think HP is better written, simply because twilight drags after a while and would have benefitted from a vicious editor. Also, HP take place over a much longer timeframe and has a stronger backstory to support it.
I guess it comes down to what you are looking for.