As I said, the second book is better in some regards thanks to that.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 14/02/2010 05:06:29 PM
If it was written by anyone else. Even me. And I stink at writing full books.
I've only read the first book, but I could not continue. While Bella's original character may be as you describe, her relationship and obsession with Edward is shallow, weak and all together an example of what I would never want to see a friend fallen into. If there was ever someone who treated my friend like Edward treats Bella, I would beat him with a club. If I ever had a friend put up with what Bella puts up with, I would beat them too (but with a foam club. just got make a point). Bella's character is a shallow mockery of the potential her character and their "relationship" had.
The writing itself was horrid. The plot and characters were abandoned to the one-dimensional fawning mind of the author.
Given those same characters and plot and then put into the hands of a different author, the Twilight series could actually have been worth some hype.
Instead, it is a pale shadow, riding on the backs of the ignorance and shallow fawning of today's youth. I pray it meets the same fate of the Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys.
I've only read the first book, but I could not continue. While Bella's original character may be as you describe, her relationship and obsession with Edward is shallow, weak and all together an example of what I would never want to see a friend fallen into. If there was ever someone who treated my friend like Edward treats Bella, I would beat him with a club. If I ever had a friend put up with what Bella puts up with, I would beat them too (but with a foam club. just got make a point). Bella's character is a shallow mockery of the potential her character and their "relationship" had.
The writing itself was horrid. The plot and characters were abandoned to the one-dimensional fawning mind of the author.
Given those same characters and plot and then put into the hands of a different author, the Twilight series could actually have been worth some hype.
Instead, it is a pale shadow, riding on the backs of the ignorance and shallow fawning of today's youth. I pray it meets the same fate of the Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys.
The less you see of Edward, the better the book gets.
But yeah, I agree about the "one-dimensional fawning mind" which ruins the potential, which is a shame. I think I made clear I think it's not worth the hype, but then, controversy feeds hypes, always does, so in a way those things that most bother you fuel the hype. About today's youth being shallow, I think there's something to be said for the viewpoint that reading, even bad books, is important. Much like Harry Potter got kids who don't normally read at all to read, and perhaps got some of them to move on to LotR or other higher-level books, Twilight motivates people who wouldn't otherwise read books to do so, and perhaps some of those will stick with it. I mean, as far as stupid teenager hypes go, better to be a Twilight (the books, anyway) fan than a Jonas Brothers or Hannah Montana one, I should think.
As I don't believe we've actually had a review of this yet... Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. 
- 14/02/2010 04:08:51 PM
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- 14/02/2010 04:08:51 PM
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I think the series is codswallop...and that it DID have potential
- 14/02/2010 04:59:56 PM
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As I said, the second book is better in some regards thanks to that.
- 14/02/2010 05:06:29 PM
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I normally would agree with you
- 14/02/2010 06:05:36 PM
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Well, there are a few books she explicitly references and cites as inspiration.
- 14/02/2010 07:15:36 PM
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Re: I'm going to be very unkind and possibly factually wrong here, since it has been a while.
- 14/02/2010 05:52:52 PM
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Yeah, absolutely true (spoilers).
- 14/02/2010 06:14:58 PM
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Re: I think it gets labelled antifeminist because, well, it's Bella, the heroine, and she's so young
- 14/02/2010 06:26:37 PM
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I love your point about the other "Strong women"
- 14/02/2010 06:43:05 PM
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Re: What is LDS? *NM*
- 14/02/2010 06:44:36 PM
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Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints (i.e. Mormons). *NM*
- 14/02/2010 06:46:15 PM
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They lost me with twinkly vampires *NM*
- 14/02/2010 09:22:01 PM
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I think it could have been sold better
- 14/02/2010 09:35:07 PM
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- 14/02/2010 09:35:07 PM
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Vampires should be tragic at best monsters at worst
- 15/02/2010 04:58:15 PM
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I thought that was strange too
- 15/02/2010 09:19:26 PM
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I think I would rather just eat people then be stuck in high school forever
- 16/02/2010 09:22:07 PM
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You just had to do it, didn't you? *possible spoiler*
- 15/02/2010 01:57:29 AM
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*possible spoiler*
- 15/02/2010 01:57:29 AM
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yes *spoilers*
- 15/02/2010 02:02:27 AM
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Yeah. It's one of those things that sound worse out of context than they are in the book itself...
- 15/02/2010 10:57:47 AM
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Great way to label this series...
- 26/02/2010 07:40:47 PM
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Yes, it's amazing how shocking stuff she can get away with while still making it fluff. *NM*
- 26/02/2010 08:22:13 PM
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I read a lot of PNR (paranormal romance for you book snobs out there) and thus have read these too.
- 15/02/2010 09:55:54 PM
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Mormon fantasy...haha
- 15/02/2010 10:06:58 PM
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