a short word on stephanie meyer (no spoilers, I swear)

[pere_chan]

I tried reading Twilight but I just couldn't get into it. I've probably read Anne Rice and watched Angel and devoured vampiric literature (Underworld, Dragon Waiting, Lord of the Dead, even a Batman alternative storyline!) far too often to really appreciate Meyer's work. Also, how judgmental am I? I couldn't read her work without thinking of the

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[pere_chan]

Well, I love Narnia (even the super-WTF final volume), but it probably had a lot to do with me reading it at a formative early-teen stage. Judging from the girls who've bought it from me at the bookstore, this definitely seems to be what's happening.

[petronia]

My standard response is that I was too old for Fushigi Yuugi even when I was into Fushigi Yuugi. XD

[pere_chan]

So true!!! XDDD

[angelthorn]

I remember someone on my f-list raving about it then put it in the back of my mind until I heard about the movie version. I had this feeling I wouldn't go for it, it sounded like Mary Sue meets Vampire to me. Then I also asked Lyra if she'd read this series and she said she hated it. >D I also have another friend who likes vampire novels and she said she couldn't get into it either. So as far as I'm concerned, not worth trying. I don't know if you have to be a certain age (the LJ friend is in her mid-20s) or mindset to appreciate it.

An author's religious background (didn't know she was Mormon) doesn't affect my perception of a novel. It would inform my reading of it if I were in lit crit mode. But as far as I'm concerned, if the writing's crap, it's crap and there's no excuse for it. >D

[pere_chan]

That's true. At least you know crap when you read it. I totally don't! XDDD I read/watch a lot of crap and still like it...it's definitely a *buttons pushed* thing for me.

Lestat (and Armand *pant*gasp*) hit my buttons; Edward Cullen didn't.

[angelthorn]

Oh, even though he's 17? *lol*

(I met up with Lyra - finally - and she told me the basic plot kasi)

[pere_chan]

Actually, that's more of a turn off these days :P

He *sparkles*. It's a twinkly vampire? I...what...? Also, Meyer loves to describe what he looks like with his shirt open, which is very nice, but...for some reason I found it a bit teen-fanficcy.

[tirwen]

Hmmmm... so you like vampire stories? See what you think of this -

http://tirwen.deviantart.com/art/Requiem-Prelude-30211791
http://tirwen.deviantart.com/art/Requiem-Beginning-30137418
http://tirwen.deviantart.com/art/Requiem-Awareness-30212046
http://tirwen.deviantart.com/art/Requiem-Acceptance-30212258

It's just a portion, and it's kind of old, but...

[kurozukin_a]

Heh heh. If it was something like Harry Potter that I was actually into, I'd never want to spoil myself. But if it was something like Twilight, I'd do just as you did.

[pere_chan]

It kind of wasn't worth it content-wise, but that's probably why it felt so satisfying. Also there was the element of "HA HA TAKE THAT CULLEN FANGIRLS"...