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I guess I'm the only one not totally in love with these. I found Bella's helplessness and dependancy a bit disturbing...
 
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I was sucked into reading the first book to see if it was age-appropriate for my daughter. Less than a day after I finished it I ordered the remaining three books on Amazon... and I have already pre-ordered the DVD from Amazon so I can see the movie.





Ugh! I hate being addicted to things, and I'm not even a fan of vampire books... but this did it for me.
 
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I love this series. My GFs and I read them back to back and made a movie date of it, too. Though the books are way better than the movie. The movie was cute. I laughed most of the time. Still though, I would see the second one when it comes out... :-)
 
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I loved the Twilight series. I have always enjoyed a good Vanpire book. However, the way that Stephanie turned all the Vampire norms (can't go out in daytime, can only "live" on human blood, totally dark) was amazing to me. My sister NEVER reads or watches any vampire, wereworf type of books or movies. She went to the movie then got totally addicted to the books. After I finished the last book, I couldn't find a book to hold my interest for a couple of weeks. That has never happened before.


I also loved the 5th book. I really wish she would finish it because yes, Edward's views are even better than the first 4 books.


I sure am glad I am not the only "adult" addicted.
 
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The first place i heard twilight is from a couple of great friends!!! I really didnt see how people really liked it, and it sounded kind of a domb book cause they said it had vampires in it. But then those same people persuaded me to read them so i did, and i absoulutely am obbsessed with it, even more that the people who i thought were weird and over reacting on Twilight. And now i totally love Edward Cullen/Robert pattison!!!!!!!
 
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singleaxel,490692 wrote :

I guess I'm the only one not totally in love with these. I found Bella's helplessness and dependancy a bit disturbing...
You're not the only one. Twilight is really, really bad. Bella Swan is a Mary Sue: pretty, popular, and perfect in every way except for her self-described "clumsiness" that doesn't manifest itself. Edward Cullen is pretty much a juvenile fantasy. He has all the good qualities of a vampire (powerful, mysterious, dark and brooding) with none of the bad, except for the part where he loves staring at a high school girl through her bedroom window.
 
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julew wrote :
I haven't read the book yet but I did take my teenage daughter to go and see the movie. All I could say was "WOW!" when it finished. It was an incredibly intense romance story for being a "teen movie". I was very impressed and am now hounding her to finish the book so I can read it. What I did appreciate was that it gave me the chance to talk to her about unrealistic expectations in a relationship. After seeing this movie and the intensity of the connection between Edward and Bella it was important that we were able to discuss actual relationships and how we have to be careful not to let something like this blind us to the opportunities in our lives and relationships.

First off I want to say that I enjoyed the first 3 books for what they were gothic, romantic fun. I liked losing myself in the books. HOWEVER, the fourth book is entirely to neat, I believe that things usually work out but not that quickly. I agree that the Edward/Bella dynamic is rather unrealistic, especially in regards to sex. Vampirism has always been a metaphor for sex; for violent physical passion. Although the books touch on this they neglect to give a dynamic between Edward and Bella that is realistic. There is never open, mutal agreement over how their sex life should develop, just Bella trying to seduce and Edward resisting. Maybe that's too adult a reaction; perhaps, a little loss of control on Edwards side would have been more apt. The sort of slipping that would frighten, rather than excite Bella. And of course the unrealistic nature of Bellas first time need not be elaborated.

If your daughters (or you) love twilight than try some Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It is a far better vampire story than Twilight in every sense. And try A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libby Bray and Tithe by Holly Black to get your teen fantasy fix.
 
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passerine wrote :
First off I want to say that I enjoyed the first 3 books for what they were gothic, romantic fun. I liked losing myself in the books. HOWEVER, the fourth book is entirely to neat, I believe that things usually work out but not that quickly. I agree that the Edward/Bella dynamic is rather unrealistic, especially in regards to sex. Vampirism has always been a metaphor for sex; for violent physical passion. Although the books touch on this they neglect to give a dynamic between Edward and Bella that is realistic. There is never open, mutal agreement over how their sex life should develop, just Bella trying to seduce and Edward resisting. Maybe that's too adult a reaction; perhaps, a little loss of control on Edwards side would have been more apt. The sort of slipping that would frighten, rather than excite Bella. And of course the unrealistic nature of Bellas first time need not be elaborated.

If your daughters (or you) love twilight than try some Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It is a far better vampire story than Twilight in every sense. And try A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libby Bray and Tithe by Holly Black to get your teen fantasy fix.
First, you must remember that Twilight was written by a Mormon. Yes, Stephanie Myers is a Mormon. She wrote the books as a way for teens to have something without sex to read. No sex before marriage. So, you see Edward's strain at resisting. At celibacy even though it is difficult. The whole vampire thing is different from most vampire stories in the lack of violence as well. It will be interesting to see how they play this out in the next movies as I can't help but see them get more violent and graphic. You are right about book 4 being too "good" and easy to come together. Book 3 was my favorite.
They were a good read - the author is writing more from Edward's point of view. Should be interesting to go there...
 
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I can concede that maybe I'm being a little hard on the books. I did enjoy them quite a bit, just after the fourth book I really started to think about the series as a whole. I realize that she is a mormom and abstinance before marriage is a fine choice and it was going to be my choice for a long while. She does show Edward's difficulty in resisting, it was more that Bella is always trying to get him to let go and he refuses. Sure that's not unrealistic but if a man was pressuring me to have sex I would probably dump him. I'm just asking for some healthy communication and respect for life choices. (maybe I missed this, I haven't read the books in a while). They are highly enjoyable reads but I think if you liked them you should check out the ones I suggested in my last post.
 
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