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10-14-2009, 11:37 PM | #1 |
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Feeling guilty for liking "Twilight" series...
I know that there's one other thread on here about Stephanie Meyer's "Twilight" series, but I was wondering what everyone's opinion on the actual quality of the work was. While my favorite books of all time are, in fact, LOTR (hence being a member of the site) I do enjoy works of lesser quality from time to time. Yet I almost feel ashamed for enjoying a novel that is so poorly written. I admit, her story lines up until book three were great, yet I thought that book four tried WAY to hard to shock us, and that all throughout the series, her grammar and sentence structure was that of a middle schooler's. Thoughts?
PS- I mean no offense to any present who are huge fans of her work
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10-15-2009, 01:36 PM | #2 |
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If you like Twilight you really are a fool of a Took .
I kid. But only slightly. I have a severe dislike of Twilight which is why I refuse to read it. I have my guilty pleasures, but this will not be one of them. I'm sorry... I can't -allow- myself to even have the possibility of enjoying a story that is all about a girl who wants to abandon her family and drop out of school mainly because she wants to have sex with a guy who glitters in the sunlight. |
10-19-2009, 11:19 AM | #3 | |
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first off i thought this was not a book for me. i saw the film and was not overly impressed by it. i dont normally go for the love story unless it involves bows and arrows or its writen by Dickens, which is ok because at least one person will die at some point in the story! however, i was prestered by my work mates and my sister into reading it, so i came at the first book with a closed mind. And to my amazement i got really into it. I am a very slow reader at the best of time but after only 2 days of reading it im nearly finished and ive been working inbetween reading! i like the writing style, its like reading the thoughts of a 17 year old which is i guess the way it was ment to be. saying that i do pull 'but why' faces at times. but why would you go to a house full of blood suckers! but again i have had that kinda head of heels feeling of first love at a young age and though i cringe at the way i was in them by gone days, i know the strange things it makes you do. this book is not for everyone. but then again, what book ever is!
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10-22-2009, 06:04 PM | #4 | |
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11-02-2009, 05:06 AM | #5 |
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well ive just started reading the second book now. so i will tell you which team i fall into!
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11-08-2009, 08:36 PM | #6 | |
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Not to mention it is obvious that their relationship is purely sexual. He, for some reason he does not understand, loves the scent of her, and only her. Deep. And she likes him because vampires have the special ability of making the opposite sex swoon so as to make it easier for the vampire to suck their blood. On both ends, the attraction is sexual due to supernatural forces. Their attraction is super-sexual! Great! But lets not mistake that for true love. How sad. I think it would have been awesome if the first book ended with them consummating the relationship and Edward eating Bella alive. Not because I love dark, sinister endings or because I think it would have been so cool and unique, but because it would have actually reflected the nature of teenage love. Teenage love is typically carnel at its core and very self-destructive, ending usually especially badly for young women. The Twilight series really only reinforces the delusions young adults have about their own sexuality. That's just me, though. I over-analyze everything!
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11-16-2009, 06:54 PM | #7 |
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ok finished new moon. and i now live in the jacob camp. i cant stand bella i just want to slip her. the books have a twisted view on relationships. i know this is me changing my mind from previous posts. im 24 and can see the obsessiveness of the whole bella/edward thing i dont think a 14 year old ish child would.
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11-19-2009, 12:08 PM | #8 | |
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I just gotta wonder about how much about relationships Stephanie Meyers really knows. I've read only bits and pieces, most of what I've heard on it were along the lines of what I read in this thread so far. If my wife acted like most of the characters in Twilight acted, I'd fear that she's a potential axe murderer! Any sane relationship, within reason, will not be based on such obsession.
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11-19-2009, 02:34 PM | #9 | |
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An interesting point of view...
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Amazing that such simple minded obvious bad writing could be so powerful to so many. I guess it succeeds for a lot of the same reasons why females cant get enough awfully written tabloid romance books as adults. Even Volvo has recognized the marketing power of this vehicle and is pushing their cars in conjunction with the release of the second movie... Go figure...
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10-19-2009, 04:11 PM | #10 |
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I guess you're right, feawen, this book isn't for everyone. I got roped into reading the books much the same way you did. I was pestered by my sister and friends into reading it until one boring evening last winter when I had literally nothing else to read.
I guess I'm a bit of a literary snob for disliking her writing style, yet I must admit, she does tell an exciting story at times.
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10-20-2009, 04:19 AM | #11 |
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now im not saying this book is any where near my fav book list but it is a good read! ive just finished reading the first one and by the end i was really feeling that i dont like belle, here i agree with Tessar. although love makes you do strange things i think even i would draw the line at getting bite very a blood sucker!
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10-22-2009, 12:18 PM | #12 |
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I'm not a huge fan of Bella myself, but I do like that the books manage to remind us of crazed, obsessive teenage love.
Feawen, when you get into the second book, I'd like to know what you think- are you Team Edward or Team Jacob?
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11-23-2009, 11:25 AM | #13 |
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Pretty much all that article was saying is that grown women who read the books have no self-control. They just can't help being "sucked in" (which is kind of a pun... ) by the books and they .. apparently... fantasize about the actors in the movie. If they want to hate the books, they need to QUIT READING THEM. I did. I asked for them last year for Christmas and got the first two. I read them all in a total of maybe five days to a week? Then my boyfriend pointed out that I couldn't quit reading them and that maybe they were a source of obsession for me. I decided he was right and got rid of the books. I haven't read the other two.
I know that they are not something I would want my teenagers reading. I personally would prefer children who are influenced by other things than vampires and desire. Teenagers have enough desire problems without the help of Stephanie Meyer. Edit: That is, someday when I have teenagers. I do not have teenagers now.
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11-23-2009, 06:21 PM | #14 | |
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I can only guess what's going through her mind. I saw her site once, and on there it says that she had a dream one night about this fictitious world about vampires and all that, then she began writing about it. Wow. Makes the whole "what are you smoking, I want some!" quote a lot more relevant! I'm more interested in the idea of brain-eating zombies coming to life and everyone trying to cling on to the very edge of survival than I am in stories about teenage vampires and their lovers who have some sort of identity crisis...
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08-09-2011, 01:42 PM | #15 |
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I've read all the books and I quite liked them (blushes!), until book 4. That book is just ridiculous. Bella is freaking about 'the war with the Volturi' and in the end, THERE ISN'T EVEN A WAR. :')
But okay, back to the topic. I am 16 years old and yes, I did like the books, but when I compare Twilight to LotR & The Silmarillion, I just feel guilty for even reading the Twilight-series. And since the moment I realised it, I can't stand the Twilight-series anymore. But a while ago, I was really, really bored and so, I picked up New Moon and after 10 minutes reading, I just... Stopped. I think I'm growing up and that I'm realizing that the Edward-Bella-relationship isn't that healthy, haha. |
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I think the main addiction to the Twilight novels is that they're -very- easy to read, and (according to some of my friends) it's like getting to read a dirty novel but they don't feel guilty afterwards. I was begged to read the first Twilight book by a friend and did not find myself all that excited by the image my mind conjured up of trying to cuddle with a popsicle.
I honestly don't understand the allure people feel for the books, or why anyone would be interested in Edward. He's a frozen-solid peeping Tom who should have no interest in someone as shallow as Bella. .... now if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to |
08-11-2011, 02:16 PM | #17 |
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I don't have to worry about addiction to Twilight. My addiction is to Tom Clancy.
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08-15-2011, 04:16 PM | #18 |
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Excuse me if this is a bit tangential but... can someone explain to me what the Vampire hype these days is all about? I mean, it's not just Twilight. There's a zillion vampire shows and movies nowadays. What I don't get is why??? What do people see in vampires? And why so suddenly nowadays? Why weren't vampires a craze in the 90's say?
I don't get it and it bugs the **** out of me EDIT: Oh, and in case you didn't get it from my post, I have decided I hate Twilight without even taking the time to read it. I remember reading somewhere that some teenage girls (or pre-teens, I'm not really sure), who were fans of the series, started to avoid direct sunlight and were actually convinced that they were vampires. Now, any book that does this to people is one of two things: 1- The innocent mistake of a misguided author OR 2- An ingenious marketing scheme carefully designed to cater to a specific group of people and hopelessly rope them in My personal guess is "number 2" and therefore, that's the mental label I have put on the Twilight books Twilight fans: wake up and smell the garlic!! Dump these books once and for all and pick up some real literature. Last edited by Beren3000 : 08-15-2011 at 05:22 PM. Reason: To make my feelings about Twilight unequivocally clear! |
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