Thread: Twilight - should I keep reading??

There is such a love/hate thing going on with the Twilight books. I read Rowling's and Pullman's books and I was entertained by them, but there's no chance I'd ever read Twilight. Sparkling, passive aggressive vampires? Jailbait Mary Sues getting rough sex and then the fetuses chewed out of their womb? It truly sounds mental.

Stephen King rubbishes Twilight author Stephenie Meyer | Books | guardian.co.uk

nuff' said.

The only vampire novel for teens I've ever read is The Thief of Always by Clive Barker. Now that's a good read.

Just watched the movie. It was entertaining as far as entertainment goes but well...that's as far as it goes. It didn't actually have any REAL depth to it and it was flat, but it still tasted good like a piece of hard candy. I'm gonna go have some rich gourmet food now .

I've read Twilight and I personally dont care for it. I felt it was poorly done but I liked the idea. I thought that if the movie got so much attention that it did I should read it because it must be good. I personally dont think it was right that she got a huge movie made from her books when other like Laurall K Hamilton have been around for ages and she is just now talking about a movie.

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I have read one paragraph of Twilight. That paragraph contained the sentence "Hunting vampires should be fun." It wasn't dialogue or anything. It was right there mixed in with the narrative.

No book should ever contain that sentence and ask people to respect it. Ignoring the fact that the series consists solely of the cliched fantasies of an obese preteen, it is also fucking terrible writing. And that's enough of a reason not to read it as any.

to the OP: read Jayne Eyre - it's a classic for a reason

To quote a friend of mine:

"Twilight is badly written, anti-feminist drivel. Softcore porn for teenage girls and gay men insecure in their sexuality who couldn't recognise good writing if it slapped them round the face. It is amateurish, every sentence contains far too many adjectives, many of which are used improperly. It is a terrible, terrible book which can only serve to rot the minds of those whose eyes are unfortunate to land upon it."

MSN convo's with English Literature students are great.

Yes. Why shouldn't you finish a book you've already started? Just because some people may not like it doesn't necessarily mean you won't. Leave the judging to you, hun.

Personally, I loved Twilight, but I believe it's important to form your own views of the books you read. If you don't like a book, that's fine! If you do, that's fine too! It's all opinion! That's why we have so many different genres, because if one thing works for some people, it's no guarantee it'll work for others. This is true for everything in life, books, music, movies, clothes, food, etc. I hate pickles! Should every pickle-lover try to persuade me to give them another try? Form your own opinions, that's all I'm saying.

Originally Posted by Jewells

Thanks a lot guys, this actually helps me a lot!

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Thanks for your help guys

I just had the feeling that you were trying to change subject here. Oh well. It's great to be back. No judgement on Twilight, since it sorta incites fury in either one of the camps no matter what I say(At least, in my experience D: ).

Oh heck. Now I'm gonna get fire from both camps.

Oh heck. Now I'm gonna get fire from both camps.

For some reason that reminds me of Lost. Try to avoid Smokie the Smoke Monster, Newnonel.

I've never watched Lost.

And whoever Smokie is, I have wind on my side.

So there.

Good luck.

I read the first few paragraphs of either the second or third one and was horrified. I only ventured to have a look because of this thread.

She has an amateurish turn of phrase and it's really impossible to get past that.

I suppose people just like the concept. I thought it was god-awful in every way possible. When I read, I pick a book apart unless it is well-written and so when I see the facade crumbling before I've read beyond the first couple of pages, I know it's a bad one. In this case, I was killed off by the first sentence.

I worry about the state of general readership if this is what it is deemed deep or engaging. It certainly makes me appreciate good writing in other authors; we really shouldn't take it for granted.