Twilight "Series" HATERS! discussion
Why I Hate Twilight 2 (cont.)
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kayla u never hated twilight why do you all of a sudden hate twilight???
Lezlie wrote: "kayla u never hated twilight why do you all of a sudden hate twilight???"whatevers
you dont care so.....
these books r seriously a waste of paper and ink.
7. Ms. Meyer is by far the laziest author I’ve ever read. She fiddles around with unimportant facts or opinions (which I believe is why the books are so long) and then forces her characters to change the situations so she doesn’t have to explain anything.
"...how can you come out during the daytime?"
He laughed anyway. "Myth."
"Burned by the sun?"
"Myth."
"Sleeping in coffins?"
"Myth...I can't sleep." –Twilight
Ms. Meyer just eliminated four legends about vampires with a few phrases. She was lazy and decided that Edward would just dissolve the ideas about vampires, and she wouldn’t have to give any explanation.
8. Overload on the foreshadowing! Besides repeating herself one thousand times over, Ms. Meyer foreshadows everything so that there is no suspense whatsoever. “It’s as if I smell bad,” Bella says when Edward is leaning away from her in Biology. Of course, that’s the reason why he avoids her. It just seems that Ms. Meyer completely forced this book, and didn’t just let it flow from her fingertips the way good authors do. She’s handing clues to readers on a silver platter, while they should be solving these puzzles in their heads.
9. Oh goodness, it’s fan fiction! These books were written to please the reader. Like I said before, the words of a beautiful story did not flow from Ms. Meyer’s fingertips. Rather, she planned everything to happen (which is not good because human wants are usually very similar and a monkey could guess what’s going to happen next). She wrote this to set aflame teenage girls’ hormones, and it’s sad how our generation has succumbed to that. They’ve completely given Ms. Meyer the power to turn them on. Twilight, like all other chick lit, does not make you use your imagination. I’ve noticed that the most common characteristic in my favorite books is that they all encourage me to work the gears of my brain to try to solve the puzzle of the plot. However, as I mentioned above, Ms. Meyer’s excessive amount of foreshadowing eliminates any use of the real imagination. It feeds the story to you. That is probably one of the reasons why it is so appealing – you don’t have to think, to solve, to work, to read Twilight. The author does everything for you!
10. It shows this generation’s true colors. Young girls obsess over this book and literally call it the best book they’ve ever read. Our society should be reading books that we can get something out of, books that teach us a lesson, inspire us. Twilight is pointless and definitely does not inspire you. The only thing that Twilight does is reinforce the notion that women need to be rescued by Prince Charming. It sickens me to read comments such as this one: “I would rather read a more gripping story than a literary achievement any day,”3 posted on internet discussion sites. What has this world come to? Perhaps the reason why this book is earning so much hype is because there is nothing for the general audience to compare it to – a saddening thought.
11. Girls are literally obsessing over this book. I know several girls who are pretending to be the characters from Twilight. It’s quite unhealthy. To thoroughly enjoy and love a book is perfectly fine but to expect the outcome for yourself, for your own life, is absurd and immature. I know people who actually think they’re vampires because of this series. It’s driving our generation mad, placing simply ridiculous notions in girls’ heads when they should be focused on school and their futures. Girls are actually threatening other girls who dislike the Twilight series: “What is your name, address and phone number, just so that i can track you down ank kill You with my super awesom vampire powers THAT I AQUIRED FROM READING THE SERIES!!!!!!!!!! do you WANT a cult of angry twilight luvers like mysef at your doorstep at night trying to behead you????? you shouldnt voice an absurd oppinion like this on the internet.4” Notice how the commentator used the word “cult”. Groups, or rather cliques, devoted to Twilight are gaining momentum. Divisions are forming between friends because of this book. Now it’s just like fashion: if you haven’t read Twilight, or if you dislike it, you’re not cool.
12. I suppose I am biased. Reading is my favorite thing to do, and I enjoy real literature – books that are deep, dark and depressing. My out-of-the-roof reading level definitely proves to me that there are better reads out there – you just have to look.
1) Chick lit: books written by bad female writers, aimed towards stupid female readers. Usually marketed in pink jackets adorned with semi-retro pictures of high heeled shoes and martini glasses. Always about trendy twenty-something women whining about their jobs or relationships. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define...
2) Mary Sue, sometimes shortened simply to Sue, is a pejorative term used to describe a fictional character who plays a major role in the plot and is particularly characterized by overly idealized and clichéd mannerisms, lacking noteworthy flaws, and primarily functioning as wish-fulfillment fantasies for their authors.
3) http://www.shelfari.com/groups/10096/...
4) http://www.ihav.net/vb/books-comics/a...TwilightTwilight