Anyone else despise 'Twilight'?


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RoxyRedhead is offline RoxyRedhead Post #21  December 16,2009, 10:12am
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Really dislike Bella character and the general writing style in the books-won't see the movies, even though the first one was filmed locally.

I much prefer Sookie Stackhouse-the books - since I don't have HBO I haven't seen the series yet.

Sooky has spunk.
 
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It's silly, frothy teen angst (though I do have serious reservations about the message it sends re: obsessive male love and female helplessness). And vampires do NOT sparkle!

Now Shadow of the Vampire - there's a really good vampire film!
 
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I agree with you, Jacquenes; there are plenty of reasons to avoid the books without even taking the social aspect into it. They're page-turners, yes, but they're not very well-written, and it would have been much better as a trilogy (with those two middle books combined into one; they were mainly filler as far as I could tell).

But it does disturb me to see teen-age girls so caught up in them; if I were a parent with teen girls, I feel like there's a sub-text in there that I can't minimize the danger of. Not everyone would agree with me, of course, but I don't share others' strong feelings about, for example, the Harry Potter books. It depends what your worldview is and what elements it includes.

I read all the Twilight books and saw a story about a girl who, at the age of 17, decided that she was so in love that she'd literally give up her life for the guy. That's not a good message, for me. He also makes decisions about what he thinks is best for her and for the relationship, even when she says she's not okay with them, and she stays. I also feel that the Edward character is somewhat manipulative in his dealings with her.

But it's "romantic", so it's okay.

I wouldn't stop my daughter from reading the books if she expressed an interest, but I'd want to read them with her; I'd want to be sure she'd asking questions about, "Is this okay? Is this something I'd want for myself? Why or why not?"

It's not about making kids scared or trying to curtail their enjoyment of reading, but helping them learn to evaluate things critucally...
 
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I don't despise it but I don't see the appeal in it, either. Though I am told that if I pick it up I would not be able to put it down.

If I didn't have sooooo much else on my reading list, I'd consider it. If it IS indeed good reading, I'd like to read it!
 
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jd020210a is offline jd020210a Post #25  February 2,2010, 5:03pm
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I hate that stuff.
 
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Kerrilea is offline Kerrilea Post #26  February 22,2010, 3:04pm
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The Twilight series is written at a grade two reading level. Stephenie Meyer didn't take the books to her editor because she wanted them to be 'her pure thoughts'.

I've read all the books, and I loved them! But when I finished, I took a step back and actually looked at what I was reading.

The books are a complete Mary-Sue. Chapter 13 of Twilight was her dream, and if you place the author next to the actress for Bella... they look like mother and daughter related.

Bella has two love interests in the story. Jacob, her best friend - who she calls her 'sun'. And Edward... who Bella actually states that she can't live without him because he is her drug.

Jacob would make her happy, healthy, and she wouldn't have to die. But, she didn't go with him, because she was addicted to Edward.

These books have a horrible message and I don't know how girls can not see the wrong in it.

I mean -- read it all you want, but when you break up with boys who take care of you, because they're not Edward.... something's severely wrong with you.
 
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Ms666 wrote :
Here is an excellent review of the 'Twilight' series I found:
PSA: Politics, Sports, Anything - ‘Twilight’ Sucks… And Not In A Good Way - A Blast Blog

I completely agree with the author that not only are they quite horribly written books; they also set a terrible example for the impressionable teen girls reading them.

Does anyone here agree??

I would agree. I really don't like Bella and think all of the relationships are phony fantasy world relationships. However that is why we read books. I love a lot of different things. Some could argue that Hamlet is not a great guy or that his relationship with Ophelia is horrible... it doesn't mean I won't read the play. Does it mean I despise it because Gertrude is in an incestuous marriage with her Brother-in-Law. Mainly I dislike "Twilight" because there is so much better fiction out there and it is so popular. But if people enjoy it good for them.

Oh and I agree with Kerrilea, you need to be able to see what is fiction in the book and what is healthy. Unfortunately too many people want their Edwards (reverse sex and insert different name for guys who want bad girls) and ignore the Jacobs. But that just leaves more Jacobs for the smart women/girls!
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OK. I have read all four books and was kind of excited for the movies.
But now I absolutely agree. The books are obviously meant for kids. And it obviously not gonna win any notable awards or anything. (which is annoying in itself that it gets so much press and well written books go unnoticed)

But the movies are quite possibly the worst movies ever made in the history of humanity. Kristen Stewart is an AWFUL actress. And I use the term actress VERY loosely. I haven't seen any of the movies in theatres and never will, I watched the first one online... that's 2 hours I'll never get back in my life.

Also this whole vampire thing has gotten rediculously out of hand. It drives me insane going in to a bookstore and its all about vampires. ENOUGH ALREADY!!!

Lol. Thats my rant. Haha
 
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livingdeadguy wrote :
The ending it needs:

Finally!
I found reading Twilight was like reading a teenagers livejournal angsting about everything and over all being a butthead about a boy. that as I have never seen someone be described like this

"Edward in the sunlight was shocking. I couldn't get used to it, though I'd been staring at him all afternoon. His skin, white despite the faint flush from yesterday's hunting trip, literally sparkled, like thousands of tiny diamonds were embedded in the surface. He lay perfectly still in the grass, his shirt open over his sculpted, incandescent chest, his scintillating arms bare. His glistening, pale lavender lips were shut, though of course he didn't sleep. A perfect statue, carved in some unknown stone, smooth like marble, glittering like crystal."

so he's a diamond marble crystal and he's Incandescent...like a light bulb.

Yeah, I've read better Reader's Digest before.
 
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I love the books, but OMG THE MOVIES WERE TERRIBLE!!!!!!!! And not in the sense that they were nothing like the books at all but because it was one of the sappiest, disgustingly over romanticized excuse for a movie I have ever seen. How any of them made it to theaters, I really don't know...
 
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