Which is better?

Harry Potter. The Hunger Games is thinly-veiled politics for lazy teenagers obsessed with Twitter and Instagram.

Albeit neither are particularly good but at least Harry Potter has a nostalgic appeal.

>>9252631
The one thing that doesn't make me want to read the Hunger Games is the retarded names. Katniss? Wtf? But yeah I'm trying to read YA so I can learn how to write it and I figured I should start with the basics

Neither but if I had to choose, I'd say Hunger Games. After all Harry Potter is the dullest franchises in the history of movie franchises. Each episode following the boy wizard and his pals from Hogwarts Academy as they fight assorted villains has been indistinguishable from the others. Aside from the gloomy imagery, the series’ only consistency has been its lack of excitement and ineffective use of special effects, all to make magic unmagical, to make action seem inert.

Perhaps the die was cast when Rowling vetoed the idea of Spielberg directing the series; she made sure the series would never be mistaken for a work of art that meant anything to anybody. Just ridiculously profitable cross-promotion for her books. The Harry Potter series might be anti-Christian (or not), but it’s certainly the anti-James Bond series in its refusal of wonder, beauty and excitement. No one wants to face that fact. Now, thankfully, they no longer have to.

>a-at least the books were good though r-right
"No!"
The writing is dreadful; the book was terrible. As I read, I noticed that every time a character went for a walk, the author wrote instead that the character "stretched his legs."

I began marking on the back of an envelope every time that phrase was repeated. I stopped only after I had marked the envelope several dozen times. I was incredulous. Rowling's mind is so governed by cliches and dead metaphors that she has no other style of writing. Later I read a lavish, loving review of Harry Potter by the same Stephen King. He wrote something to the effect of, "If these kids are reading Harry Potter at 11 or 12, then when they get older they will go on to read Stephen King." And he was quite right. He was not being ironic. When you read "Harry Potter" you are, in fact, trained to read Stephen King.

>>9252665
Did you copy and paste this? This is good ex dee. Have you read the Hunger Games? Maybe the writing in that is better to learn from?

>>9252657
>should start with the basics
start w the good ones

>>9252718
Like what? The only YA series I remember reading is Deltora Quest. Looking back on that, the writing in DQ is pretty bland. Where to start?

>>9252727
Not a big YA fan myself (not the guy you responded to either) but the His Dark Materials trilogy is worthwhile. Out of the majority of YA fiction, it's probably the most likely to be seen as some sort of classic of the genre in 50 years time.

>>9252727
tamora pierce
gerald morris
diana wynne jones

>>9252744
>>9252746

Checking out His Dark Materials wiki. Also, will look into others. Thanks

>>9252806
no problem
for pierce, i suggest the tortall series