Out of all the "Twilight" series, I personally thought the first one was the best, and I still disliked it. I think it was Meyer's style that threw me. It's up to you to keep reading, but I wish I hadn't. I didn't really gain anything from completing the series.
Wow. I have read through this entire thread on and off between work since this morning and am amazed at some of the comments. It was like reading the script for a soapie.
I must be honest, I enjoyed all four of the books and the movies. I didn't read the books with an eye for detail - I read them simply as something to read and take my mind off of my daily pressures. I enjoyed breaking away into someone else's chaotic, insane world. Yes, the relationship between Edward and Bella is unhealthy to say the very least. Bella's ignorance, whining and her untruthfulness toward her family is a shocking message to be sending out to the younger generations who are reading it, but it is simply a book. I bought all 3 movies when they came out on Blu-Ray and still enjoy them. Not because of the sparkly vampires - that made me chuckle from deep within my core, but as something to watch that has pretty cool graphics and absolutely nothing to think about. They are great to watch when you get home from a crappy day at work and want to watch something, anything while enjoying a glass of red wine. If my boyfriend's kids ask me when they are older if they can watch the movies or read the books I will most definitely say yes. Why stop them just because the writing style is not up to standard? I will point out, once they have read it and formed their own opinions, that Stephanie's writing is not really very good and suggest they read something like Jane Eyre afterwards to illustrate the difference.
Stephanie Meyer came up with something new and challenged those who believe in the way vampires have been depicted in the past. For those of you who are ranting on about it - she has in fact won because she is getting the reaction she was looking for. I am aware that there are some very strongly opinionated people who have either liked or disliked this book, but it is certainly not worth about 100 angry posts on a forum that is generally very friendly. As with everything in life - each to their own.
I will not say if the book is good or bad but I will ask...why read a book that doesn't grip you? Especially when there are so many great books out there.
In other words...Why waste your time on mediocrity when excellence is at hand?
If you find yourself asking whether you should continue reading a book, you should probably drop it. Sure, you might end up putting something down that could have gripped you twenty pages further in, but so what? The book has already failed you, and there are plenty of other books out there to read instead.
That's not a reflection on whether the book is 'good' or 'bad'. We don't all share the same reading experience.
Whatever people may think about Twilight and how well it was written, what can't be argued with is that it's been a massive commercial success. Publishing is a business. People are in the business to make money. Twilight did that better than most.
I picked up one of the books in my uni bookshop and got about 60 pages before moving onto something real. The book was dire and seriously, sparkly, loving vampires which go out in daylight? I'd rather read Goosebumps books...
Goosebumps were AWESOME.Originally Posted by sir_vile_minds
I'll go so far as to say that I think R.L Stine could also kick Stephanie Meyers butt in a pen fight.
Indeed they were. And yes, he could. However, looking back at it and reading reviews on bloggerbeware.com (not my site), I now realise how terrible to plots really were. Goosebumps did get me into horror and thriller though, so I have something to thank Stine for.
I must go see those reviews, it has been ages since I read an RL Stine book, so perhaps my memory is a little rose-tinted. But yes, they were my first underage foray into horror fiction as well- and a welcome change from the Sweet Valley High or Nancy Drew novels* that my peers were reading.
*Still better than Twilight ;P
They're a good read and always amusing. Good for killing some time. I was the same, although from what I remembered, some of the stories were pretty dodgy. i.e. a boy gets knocked out during some sort of ambush and has a dream about turning into a gangster. I loved that one but now can't find the title of it
I never did read Nancy Drew or Sweet Valley High. I was more Enid Blyton before I discovered Goosebumps.
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