Er, okay.
So Pete Doherty is a brunette again and THANK GOODNESS because the blond was SCARY, YO. Like, really. I don't know what he was thinking. That with the thankfully normal-again hair and the disappeareance of the bint that was always hanging from his arm (i.e. Kate Moss, attention whore extraordinaire), he can now go and win Carlos back. If, you know, Carl would get away from his new wife. (I kid, I kid, Annalisa looks awfully sweet and Carl's finally smiling again, so.)
Anyway, I'm halfway done with Twilight. I do have to say, the book's catchy, at least, even if not very good. Thing is, I signed up for vampire books (yay, vampires!) and so far (I'm in chapter 12) it's been all 'blah blah blah Bella is emo blah blah she goes shopping with her friends!!1! blah blah oh, yeah, and Edward's a vampire blah blah'. Er. I've left 'high school' books behind me, and I really don't want to read about poor Bella's Biology class and how much she pwns at, er, everything.
Don't get me wrong, it is somewhat of an interesting read, or I would've given up on it a long way ago. But still, it reads far too much like a cheap romance novel, with just a spice of the supernatural to keep it interesting; check the facts: Bella is so tragically sacrificing herself because she's so ALTRUISTIC and yet she's EMO and she thinks of herself as kinda worthless and the likes BUT it's not true! Her radiant beauty has actually dazzled every single male she's come across AND the tall, dark and mysterious greek sex god popular kid has fallen for her out of the blue! OH BOY, WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS BEFORE? [/sarcasm]
Bella is annoying. God knows why the author decided to make her narrator, and worse, in first person. While I have a mad love for second person, first person annoys me a lot in big books, the exception being The Time Traveler's Wife because that one's MADE OF AWESOME AND CAN DO NO WRONG IN MY MIND. *cough* Okay, back to the subject in hand: The fact that Bella's so damn clumsy (and I can smell something hidden in there because, you know, it's kinda obvious) is what I like best about her. Er.
Edward's better, but I kinda laugh everytime there's a mention of his 'well-formed rippling muscles underneath his tight sweater' because, OMG, WTF, LOL. XDDD
ANYWAY, the real reason I wanted to read these books? (apart from fiding out who the fuck Edward was and why everyone was swooning about him) THE COVERS. The covers are wonderfully designed and constructed, and they give off an air of mystery and darkness about them (as well as temptation, that with the apple and stuff). The colors invoke vampires so well, and the typography is edgy and interesting. I have mad LOVE for the covers. BUT, the cover sells a dark story of cross-stared love in an evocative and heady dark atmosphere and the book is rather, rather different. AND THAT, KIDS, IS WHY I LOVE GRAPHIC DESIGN SO MUCH. It plays with one's mind and makes one make assumptions and then, well, it's kinda late to turn the book back, isn't it? It's the covers that have sold the book, no one would've bought it otherwise and okay, people started liking the writing later, but it's that first look that catches your eye what really makes the book.
*This rant was brought to you by the obligatory, 'hi, I wanna be in Editorial Design when I grow up' front.
Anyway, I'm halfway done with Twilight. I do have to say, the book's catchy, at least, even if not very good. Thing is, I signed up for vampire books (yay, vampires!) and so far (I'm in chapter 12) it's been all 'blah blah blah Bella is emo blah blah she goes shopping with her friends!!1! blah blah oh, yeah, and Edward's a vampire blah blah'. Er. I've left 'high school' books behind me, and I really don't want to read about poor Bella's Biology class and how much she pwns at, er, everything.
Don't get me wrong, it is somewhat of an interesting read, or I would've given up on it a long way ago. But still, it reads far too much like a cheap romance novel, with just a spice of the supernatural to keep it interesting; check the facts: Bella is so tragically sacrificing herself because she's so ALTRUISTIC and yet she's EMO and she thinks of herself as kinda worthless and the likes BUT it's not true! Her radiant beauty has actually dazzled every single male she's come across AND the tall, dark and mysterious greek sex god popular kid has fallen for her out of the blue! OH BOY, WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS BEFORE? [/sarcasm]
Bella is annoying. God knows why the author decided to make her narrator, and worse, in first person. While I have a mad love for second person, first person annoys me a lot in big books, the exception being The Time Traveler's Wife because that one's MADE OF AWESOME AND CAN DO NO WRONG IN MY MIND. *cough* Okay, back to the subject in hand: The fact that Bella's so damn clumsy (and I can smell something hidden in there because, you know, it's kinda obvious) is what I like best about her. Er.
Edward's better, but I kinda laugh everytime there's a mention of his 'well-formed rippling muscles underneath his tight sweater' because, OMG, WTF, LOL. XDDD
ANYWAY, the real reason I wanted to read these books? (apart from fiding out who the fuck Edward was and why everyone was swooning about him) THE COVERS. The covers are wonderfully designed and constructed, and they give off an air of mystery and darkness about them (as well as temptation, that with the apple and stuff). The colors invoke vampires so well, and the typography is edgy and interesting. I have mad LOVE for the covers. BUT, the cover sells a dark story of cross-stared love in an evocative and heady dark atmosphere and the book is rather, rather different. AND THAT, KIDS, IS WHY I LOVE GRAPHIC DESIGN SO MUCH. It plays with one's mind and makes one make assumptions and then, well, it's kinda late to turn the book back, isn't it? It's the covers that have sold the book, no one would've bought it otherwise and okay, people started liking the writing later, but it's that first look that catches your eye what really makes the book.
*This rant was brought to you by the obligatory, 'hi, I wanna be in Editorial Design when I grow up' front.