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Sounds like this trilogy somehow suffered from Sequelitis despite not being a movie series. (WARNING: TV TROPES LINK.)
They start ok, even promising, but around the second half of the first book, everything goes downhill really fast.
Sounds pretty similar to how it was with Eragon, really. He at least remained a fairly promising (if generic) lead longer than Bella Swan, who managed to make me hate her pretty much immediately with her incessant whining and being a bratty little shit to her dad despite him pretty much bending over backwards to connect with her. (I don't care that Charlie Swan gets character assassinated in Eclipse; he needs a hug and absolutely does not deserve a daughter as horrible as Bella.)
There is also some "Blue and orange morality" thrown into the mix,
Hmm. Pulling in Blue and Orange Morality is definitely playing with fire, because it takes a good amount of skill to do right. If this author can't keep her characters from turning into Sues, I doubt she can handle it.
It's been about ten years. I need a refresher. How does Charlie get character assassinated in Eclipse? I remember him being a pretty reasonable guy throughout.
He goes from being the lone voice of reason in the series to mindlessly support Jacob even after he forces a kiss on Bella. And his stupidity becomes rampant.
What atoraruka said. On the one hand, I don't think it was intentional; the bit regarding Jacob's sexual assault is probably a result of the rule that characters can't be smarter than their author. On the other, the fact that it's unintentional and that Meyer goes on to basically use the "it's not rape if you liked it" justification says terrible, terrible things about her.
Polygamy's fine in my book. So long as everyone's into each other and it's not one person getting the best of both worlds with two people hating and competing against each other.
So long as everyone's into each other and it's not one person getting the best of both worlds with two people hating and competing against each other.
Thanks, you just summed up my biggest complaint of the harem in one sentence. The two male leads are magically forced to hate each other, they only tolerate the rival's presence because it would make the girl sad if they didn't. And she knows it
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They start ok, even promising, but around the second half of the first book, everything goes downhill really fast.
Sounds pretty similar to how it was with Eragon, really. He at least remained a fairly promising (if generic) lead longer than Bella Swan, who managed to make me hate her pretty much immediately with her incessant whining and being a bratty little shit to her dad despite him pretty much bending over backwards to connect with her. (I don't care that Charlie Swan gets character assassinated in Eclipse; he needs a hug and absolutely does not deserve a daughter as horrible as Bella.)
There is also some "Blue and orange morality" thrown into the mix,
Hmm. Pulling in Blue and Orange Morality is definitely playing with fire, because it takes a good amount of skill to do right. If this author can't keep her characters from turning into Sues, I doubt she can handle it.
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Random Gharial Fact: They have harems.
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Thanks, you just summed up my biggest complaint of the harem in one sentence. The two male leads are magically forced to hate each other, they only tolerate the rival's presence because it would make the girl sad if they didn't.
And she knows it
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