What does everyone think of the Twilight Saga?
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Re: What does everyone think of the Twilight Saga?
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Nuh-uh, not healthy.
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In line with that thought, while I don't like that Bella goes completely blank for months after Edward leaves her, I think the point Meyer is illustrating is that neither of them can be without the other. She isn't a normal girl with an ordinary boyfriend, she is in a vampire relationship, and most of them have one mate for life. She still fights for her friendship with Jacob, the things she wants from their relationship, and her child.
So anyway, forgive the mini-dissertation. I understand why so many people find fault with the story, or the writing. Sometimes I just feel people like to jump on the Twilight-hating band wagon, without considering more than the central relationship in the story. They aren't my very favorite books, but that world is one of my favorite to escape to
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Now that I am 26 I don't know if I would be so inclined to pick up a book like Twilight, but I am happy to say that I read the series.
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Then the movies came, and all the hysteria came, and I went nuts with how many thought they were wonderful, and the movies superb, and everyone thought the actors were fabulous. I couldn't agree less. At that time I disliked all of it intensely. The movies were terrible, the plot pathetic, and I felt bad for all the teenage-girls caught up in the hype. Haha! I think I disliked it so much just because of that.
Then I decided to give it a go again, surely it couldn't be too bad, my first read was after all quite alright. But oh boy. Two or three years had passed by, and I was now well versed within the book universe. I managed to read about five pages before I threw the book against the wall. It was that bad. The writing is so simple that any teenager with an autocorrector could have managed about the same or even better. I reckon there are some fourteen year old geniouses out there who would with ease create something better. As I said, the plot was awful, the writing choppy and repetitive, and I will never again open a book from the series.
They are aimed at young girls with fantasies about vampires and everlasting love, which I think she nailed. So there you go. Have a fun read!
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