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senoritafish

Must be getting old...

Nov 21, 2009 11:21

I'm sorry but the subtitle for the Monitor's review of New Moon, just made me laugh.

"The latest in the 'Twilight' series, 'New Moon' follows a moping Bella who continues to have poor choice in men."

As much as I used to be a big fan of vampires (is Fred Saberhagen's The Dracula Tapes still in print?), the more I hear of the Twilight series, the ( Read more... )

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Comments 8

konoichi November 21 2009, 19:24:39 UTC

Ugh. I have what I call "completion sickness," which caused me to read the first for a laugh and then skim all the rest. I deeply regret it. They are downright frustrating books.

I feel you on the lack of anyone but teenage cutie pies in fiction. (Barbara Hambly's Dragonsbane and its following books have a middle-aged heroine, and they're great.)

senoritafish November 25 2009, 08:16:52 UTC

I've read some Barbara Hambly in the past but I can't remember what it was. Someone else recommended her too, so I'll have to look those up.

I did like Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold, where the main character may not have been kickass, but I did identify with her a bit more.

mskauri November 21 2009, 19:50:31 UTC

WHERE ARE THE KICK ASS MIDDLE-AGED FAT HEROINES WITH GRAYING HAIR DAMMIT?!

EXACTLY!! C'mon Hollywood...remember that women live longer and control the expenditures in the household...give us a reason to give you our money!

senoritafish November 25 2009, 08:18:20 UTC

Damn straight!

otana November 21 2009, 20:27:09 UTC

My best friend made me watch Twilight the other night. The first movie, whatever that one's called. We had to get drunk to do it and I don't ever recall seeing a more pointless movie.

We talked over 60% of it and missed absolutely nothing. Bella and Edward's relationship was intensely creepy and horribly unhealthy, the entire film was tinted blue, the cameraman was clearly as drunk as we were ... I could go on.

There's a video on youtube that condenses the movie into 4 minutes. Frankly? They didn't miss a thing. I was genuinely insulted.

I did try to read New Moon once at a birthday party with some friends; a friend ordered a book for me and Barnes and Noble sent this instead of what she had ordered. We got so angry after two paragraphs that we tore it up. I wish I was kidding, but those books are just dreadful.

senoritafish November 25 2009, 08:24:57 UTC

omg - found this: http://stoney321.livejournal.com/317176.html

So I never have to read them at all! Weirdly, it seems Edward is the perfect LDS boy.

rosehiptea November 22 2009, 02:31:01 UTC

I doubt I would like Twilight either, though my daughter said she might read it.

Now I want to see a movie with a kick-ass middle-aged fat heroine with graying hair.

senoritafish November 25 2009, 08:36:57 UTC

If I can pick them up used somewhere (or maybe borrrow from my friend, who apparently loves them), I might try them out just to see what all the ruckus is about. All the swooning is a bit nauseating though. If you look at the link in the reply above, it sounds like the whole thing is thinly veiled Mormonism (although that writer doubts SM realized that's what she wrote).

RE: Movie - me too!