Twilight Review

Feb 15, 2009 20:08

So. I'm feeling a bit subdued right now. No need to dig out all the kicking and screaming I did intermittently (and constantly at the end) throughout my Twilight reading experience. Let's be frank. I'm not impressed. I'm not captivated. What really surprised me the most was that I expected the writing to be good and it fell short. Forget the ( Read more... )

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ebilhamster March 16 2009, 00:27:09 UTC
The banners on your journal page always seem to involve Twilight -_-; silly keyword ad system not being able to distinguish between people who like stuff and people who hate it. I had the same problem when I used to make comics making fun of Eragon...

If you hadn't gone and crossed everything out, I would be agreeing with you. I suppose being a stupid sexy 100-year-old vampire isn't Edward's fault, whereas Bella's whiny gloomy shallowness *is* her fault :3 I mean, sure, Edward has a rather boring personality, but the fact is, some people are boring...also, true that, on the kind of conversations that they have. While it's good that they want to know about each other's lives/interests, their convos don't seem to branch and develop (like trees!), as healthy discussions ought to :/ I was hoping it would improve as we got into the later portions of the story but it doesn't seem like that's going to be the case.

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