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I'm reading twilight at the moment. I liked the beginning but Bella's such a whiny, Mary Sue. I would have thrown it across the room by now if it wasn't for the fact that its my mother's.
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I am not a fan and also not a hater. I am clearly one of those people who read the books and realized that they shouldn't have done so. Not every book is for everyone and this is by far the least liked book I have read. The books have their popularity with the teenagers. I am no teenager, so I don't hope to understand the craze. As a matter of fact I didn't understand them when I was a teenager. The fun part is I started reading the series because of a teenager because she gave me all four books to read and tell her how the reading was after I was done. I read the whole series, tried to see it from the teenager's point of view and failed to see whatever there was to see. Anyway, I ended up brazenly lying to her about how good the books were. Well I didn't want to hurt her feelings and also wanted to encourage her reading.
The last thing to say about Twilight that after reading the series, I don't read books without checking the reviews first.
I love everything there is about this series. TEAM EDWARD FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!
I also read Twilight and I liked ot first. But it's a book where you must not think further than that what was written. There:s nothing valuable for life. Twilight is like a drunken one-night stand....fun as long as it goes, but embarassing the morning after
I read the entire series and loved them, really I was obsessed but this was when I was 10-11 and since then I've grown to hate them. I remember reading the last book at eleven and thinking I was way to young for this, but that's not why i can't stand them anymore. It's actually because I wanted to be like Bella and as I grew older I realized that Bella is completely the opposite to what anyone should hope to be like, and the fact that for a time it had such an effect on me and may still on many other girls is quite alarming. I re-read the books recently and it turned me of completely, the writing style, the messages, everything, don't get me wrong some authors pull of characters and messages like this beautifully but the Twilight series is not one of these.
The twilight series is one of the first books big books that I read. It was the first book that got me into my love of reading. I put down the whole series within one month. I think the movies was the worst thing ever. But the books are amazing.
I'm an honest to god Twilight hater.. There was a time when i found vampires cool and fascinating .. Twilight almost ruined my image of vampires forever. . Now i think twice before picking up a vampire related book
add to that a constantly whining nagging teenager.. Ughh
I admit that I ravenously read all the books, but when I was finished, I was so disappointed and unsatisfied that I found myself saying, "Why did I do that to myself?"
I have to agree with Purbita on the vampire front - I really started to become very suspicious of the vampire books that keep popping up left and right ever since the Twilight craze.I'm not a hater as such but I really disliked the series. I saw the first movie by chance and had a glorious time, not because it was fantastic but because it was so terribly bad that we were making fun of it all the way through.
But since I prefer not to hate on things I don't know properly, I decided to pick up the books and give them a read - every book deserves a fair chance at least. I read them all very quickly but like Larissa, I also felt extremely unsatisfied in the end and was mourning the time I lost reading the many, many pages of self-pity and whining.
Don't get me wrong, I do like a bit of romance where vampires (cf the Anita Blake series) are involved, despite the necrophiliac aspect that often jumps out at me after all when taking thoughts about certain scenes/situations a bit further, but this was just a bit over the top. It's easy to let yourself be drawn in, imagining what it would be like to be swept off your feet by a mysterious person etc etc, but at some point even a teenager with serious personality problems should realise that wanting to throw away your life isn't the way to go - that is actually the only aspect in Edward I liked, the fact that he insisted that Bella at least experience a few things as a human before being turned into a vampire. Small reminder that becoming a vampire is, essentially, the same as dying (with a very, very long afterlife).
The writing style itself was horrible though. There isn't much else to say to that. It was downright horrible writing.
And may I just say: Nisa, your comment is brilliant! haha :-)
My thoughts would echo a lot of what was said here about Bella's seeming dependence on Edward, and his controlling, emotionally manipulative way with her. I thought at first it was going to be a sort-of cautionary tale about controlling, intense relationships. But I loved Carlisle's character, and wished his backstory had been delved into more, and I thought Jasper's powers must be difficult to endure so I would have liked to have known more about him. I like the idea of the Volturi and the different coven lifestyles (especially in the last book), and the shape-shifting wolves. I think the point of view of the story is what ruined the series for me a bit, and the love triangle/imprinting on Renessme scenario, but it had some strong elements.
you everyone talking about how romantic twilight is i mean really when you come out of the daze i realize oh my gosh Edward Anthony Mason Cullen is a STALKER i mean dude i would creeped out if i was bella and he hardly let her go anywhere gosh i guess what they IS true love IS blind.
Kristine wrote: "I liked Twilight. Sucked me in (hahaha sucked). I view the books as cream puffs; nutritionally I get nothing from them. The books are just a mind-candy indulgence. They are a nice balance to the ..."TRUE!!! lol
Larissa wrote: "I admit that I ravenously read all the books, but when I was finished, I was so disappointed and unsatisfied that I found myself saying, "Why did I do that to myself?""oh my god! that is sooooooo like me twilight is just awesome when it came out but now i'm really considering burning them
in my previous comments i sound like an airhead crap better go and get some sleep i think my sleepless nights of reading books finally caught up to me
I liked them a lot, but I had a problem with Bella being the weak person she is which is why liked breaking dawn two cause that horrible sorta love triangle ended and she doesn't need protecting anymore. I also hated how she was stringing jake along. But I feel that without Bella being weak the story wouldn't be the same and wouldn't be as loved as much, although I think it should stay exactly the way it is no matter how many faults it has it is still one of the number one series for me. But then again its proboly the fact that I'm still a teenage that I like it so much but I don't think so.
Awful, awful books that perpetuate pedophilia, stalker behavior, co-dependency, abuse, and grossly improper relationships (a 100 year old man and an underage teenage girl...just because he looks like it's a teenager, it's okay? Uh no).Adding insult to grossness, Twilight features generally some of the worst writing I've ever seen in traditionally published books and some of the most outlandish scenarios. Talk about breaking the suspension of disbelief.
Oh, and don't even get me started on how venom cannot carry DNA and the impossibility for a dead or undead being to reproduce, let alone get an erection.
In my eyes, Twilight almost singlehandedly ruined the vampire, one of the best traditional monsters ever created. I've never called anything written a travesty, but the Twilight series comes hair-width close.
Bram Stoker wept in his grave the day Twilight came out. So did Vlad the Impaler whose legend is not near so horrific after vampires were made to sparkle and given teen angst.
I bet Bram Stoker is thinking 'wow people still talk about me, man I wrote a gooooood book'! No way can you compare Twilight with 'real vampire books', I enjoyed the series for what it was, literature? NO! Well written? Not really (I agree sperm from a male vampire wtf?) - I read the last book a couple of times but it's not a series I'd read over and over but I did enjoy it and would recommend it.
N,Okay, now I'm curious. If the books were poorly written with poor suspension of disbelief, a weak plot, and paper-thin characters, what exactly was there to enjoy? And why would you possibly recommend it when there are much better books to recommend in the genres of Horror, YA, and Romance that aren't silly, inappropriate, offensive, or perpetuate that abuse is okay?
I liked the story. I enjoy stories, I prefer a well written one but this story wasn't 'poorly written'. I enjoy 'good vs evil' and big battles where everyone fights together even when the odds are against them. I've read thousands of books in my life and I don't always remember the title or the Author but I do always remember if I enjoyed them or not. I'm not a big YA fan, I read a lot of them to make sure I know what my teenager is reading. I read Dracula probably once a year or every other year around Halloween, now I LOVE that book!
Dustin wrote: "I honestly wish I could find a decent vampire series were the romance isn't the biggest part of the story. Is it so much to ask for a vampire series with a complex hierarchy, different types of vam..."Dustin if you want a real Vampire series read "The Vampire Lestat" and "Interview with a Vampire" both by Ann Rice. Completely about vampires, well written and no love story...unless you count Lestat's love of himself as a love story. (lol)
I know this is late but just joined "Perks" and Goodreads. I have to comment though. Yes, I have watched the movies and have read all the books. As a story premise...Stephanie nailed it for the tweenie sect and teens. Her writing style did improve as the books went along and even the characters became more interesting and complex...except Bella she just became more irritating as her whine turned into I am the greatest vampire that ever existed. (yuk)As for Edward...well he is a 114 year old vampire and they are rather obsessive as an overall trait...look at Lestat or Louis from Ann Rice's novels or even Count Dracula. All three you love even though they are completely obsessive and whiny. The difference I think is that Edward isn't as complex or multi-faceted he is just a teen vampire who never grew up so he is left in that immature state. He actually fits Bella's character quite well. Now Jacob does grow but he is human before he is a wolf and he grows at a natural rate. What I couldn't understand is how Jacob fell for Bella...that simply doesn't fit. Oh well, over all the series was entertaining and irritating at the same time. Will I read them again...probably one day when I want a no brainer easy read that is written for entertaining purposes and to understand more of Stephanie Meyer's development as a writer. I am a writer myself and I like to explore how writer's develop their voice and style. JK Rowling grew immensely during her writing of Harry Potter but her move into mainstream lacked the finesse and style she developed during HP as Casual Vacancy I felt was way beneath her capabilities and was a huge disappointment.
I _LOVE_ Twilight!!! I've read the first book 5 times, the second book 3 times, the third book twice and listened to the fourth as an audiobook once :) I just cannot get enough of these <3
I liked Twilight and Breaking Dawn. The rest of the books were a freakin torture. And I disliked Bella in those two books. I frankly hate love triangles and it didn't help that the main character was so boring either.
I read the books just to see what all the hype was about. I thought that the type of relationship presented was questionable, but pushed that to the side of my mind. I saw the first three movies, but haven't watched "Breaking Dawn" yet. I found that the movies absolutely sucked (pun intended), but the books were passable.
Wow...This brought back memories of being twelve...
I wasn't allowed to read Breaking Dawn so I begged my parents until they busted.
Ha!
I enjoyed The Twilight Saga...A lot...Until Harry Potter was introduced to me.
I read them just to see what all the hype was about and the movies were coming out. It took a while but I got through them. My niece gave me the Short, Second Life of Bree Tanner- couldn't do it. I couldn't even pick it up.
The first book was OK but they got worse after the second.
We actually talked about this series at book club this week. Something that we all agreed on was that yes, they were not the best written but we had all read them, as a group of adult women so there must have been something to them AND the books are written for teenage girls and the books depict the highly emotional state that teenage girls often find themselves.
One of my best friends loves this series, she never reads. Another friend that reads a lot hated it, so I decided to give it a shot. I read the first 3 books, but I really didn't care for it. The friend that loves this series managed to nag at me till I read as far as I did, if it was not for her I would have stopped after the first book. I like vampires and were-creatures, but this series is not for me.
