[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: HP readalikes - for the young and young at heart (long)

[Katherine Coble]

There have been several suggestions that people try the Pullman  
books.  I'd just like to drop my two cents in the bucket and let you  
know that I don't think there are many similarities between the  
Pullman books and the Potter books.

Pullman's stories lack the heart and humour of Rowling's.   They seem  
to be very dark and bitter in comparison.  I think they have a lot of  
spillover readers because they are essentially fantasy, but I don't  
think they're the same type of book in any other aspect.