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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1):
Why do people hate this book so much? They should't even be allowed to
Amelia
I live in China, but even I know Freedom of Speech. Also, this is a review/comment section, and people can say what they feel, wether they like it or …moreI live in China, but even I know Freedom of Speech. Also, this is a review/comment section, and people can say what they feel, wether they like it or hate it. Personally, I feel that a lot of series deserve much more recognition than Twilight (such as Maximum Ride and Fablehaven). In fact, I think that the only reason it is successful is because of the controversy around it. Also, for me, it completely ruined the word 'twilight', I really liked it before I read the saga, now, it makes me think of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. Ok, now to answer your question, some people hate it because they like Harry Potter and they think that Twilight fans hate Harry Potter. This is a huge misunderstanding, mainly due to internet memes of the two series (it's all Cedric and Edwards' fault) and the "Get out, Harry Potter." comment on the back of the book, I have a friend who loves both series (she likes Harry Potter more though). Second, people who loves (or loved) vampires, hates the series for ruining it for them. I personally agree with this one, if not the first point. Seriously Meyer, vampires that sparkles in the sun and have magical abilities? Anne Rice is crying in her grave. Thirdly, some people hates the movies. Kristen Stewart is not the best actress, in some people's opinion. Personally, I don't mind her, I couldn't really tell why some people really hates her acting. I do, however, hate Robert Pattinson. Seriously, the word that best describes him is "angst", and I really don't think he is "inhumanely beautiful". Fourthly, Breaking Dawn. For me, this book was the worst book I have ever read. There was no conflict, the "invasion" of the Volturi ended with PEACE, and even the movies (which, in my opinion, were way worse than the books) was better than Breaking Dawn the book, because at least there were SOME action in Alice's foretelling the future moment. And lastly (there are more, but I'll end it with this), the Twilight-fanatics. For me, this is the reason I do not support most Twilight lovers. Once upon a time, I was neutral on Twilight. It was controversial, but I just finished it and moved on to another series. Then, I started seeing reviews of Twilight on Wattpad and on other sites, and I realised that some fans of Twilights aren't "fans", they are fan-atics. Twilight fanatics are the people who won't stand for ANY criticism of the Twilight Saga, here are some examples.
"FIRST OF ALL..............dont hate because this was a NYBTS (NEW YORK BEST TIME SELLER) BC YOUR NOT THE ONE WHO HAD TO WRITE IT SO GROW UP IF U DIDNT LIKE THEN YOU SHOULDNT HAVE COMMENTED" (ISABELLA JACKSON)
"I agree people are stupid when it comes to twilight they just dont understand it" (Outlanderfan)
"anything that insults feminism is great in my opinion." (Joseph Sutton)
You see? Now I am not saying that all Twilight fans are like this, only Twilight fanatics. And personally? I HATE them. Before I was neutral to Twilight, I thought it was ok, I liked the words that Meyer used, they were vivid and descriptive but I didn't like the design of the vampires. But after seeing all the comments Twilight fans left, I realised that a LOT of Twilight fans are fanatics. The definition of 'fanatic' is 'a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extremely religious or political cause.' I think that's about right for a LOT of Twilight fans here, just cut the 'especially for an extremely religious or political cause part' out. The reason I hated Twilight fanatics SO MUCH is because they give such pointless replies to perfectly reasonable points of why Twilight is bad in such a way or another. Just check out the examples I gave above. ISABELLA JACKSON (the username was in full caps originally) also said "NO if you dont like it dont comment on it PERIOD" and "YOU NEED TO NOT COMMENT ON IT IF YOU DONT LIKE IT SHUT YOUR MOUTH ". If you don't believe me, search for them yourself, you'll find those comments. I think I'll end this extremely long answer here and I'll just say one more time that people can comment whatever they like as long as they give valid points, and don't judge someone's comment just because of some typos, this goes to Twilight-haters as well, I've seen a bunch of people saying stuff like "Your grammar is horrible" and "Your spelling is atrocious", stop it. It's annoying and pointless, focus on the actual reasons the person gives and decide wether you agree or not based on THAT, NOT the spelling mistakes or the grammar. Thank you for your time if you reached this far, I take it back if you just skipped here.(less)
"FIRST OF ALL..............dont hate because this was a NYBTS (NEW YORK BEST TIME SELLER) BC YOUR NOT THE ONE WHO HAD TO WRITE IT SO GROW UP IF U DIDNT LIKE THEN YOU SHOULDNT HAVE COMMENTED" (ISABELLA JACKSON)
"I agree people are stupid when it comes to twilight they just dont understand it" (Outlanderfan)
"anything that insults feminism is great in my opinion." (Joseph Sutton)
You see? Now I am not saying that all Twilight fans are like this, only Twilight fanatics. And personally? I HATE them. Before I was neutral to Twilight, I thought it was ok, I liked the words that Meyer used, they were vivid and descriptive but I didn't like the design of the vampires. But after seeing all the comments Twilight fans left, I realised that a LOT of Twilight fans are fanatics. The definition of 'fanatic' is 'a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extremely religious or political cause.' I think that's about right for a LOT of Twilight fans here, just cut the 'especially for an extremely religious or political cause part' out. The reason I hated Twilight fanatics SO MUCH is because they give such pointless replies to perfectly reasonable points of why Twilight is bad in such a way or another. Just check out the examples I gave above. ISABELLA JACKSON (the username was in full caps originally) also said "NO if you dont like it dont comment on it PERIOD" and "YOU NEED TO NOT COMMENT ON IT IF YOU DONT LIKE IT SHUT YOUR MOUTH ". If you don't believe me, search for them yourself, you'll find those comments. I think I'll end this extremely long answer here and I'll just say one more time that people can comment whatever they like as long as they give valid points, and don't judge someone's comment just because of some typos, this goes to Twilight-haters as well, I've seen a bunch of people saying stuff like "Your grammar is horrible" and "Your spelling is atrocious", stop it. It's annoying and pointless, focus on the actual reasons the person gives and decide wether you agree or not based on THAT, NOT the spelling mistakes or the grammar. Thank you for your time if you reached this far, I take it back if you just skipped here.(less)
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