Twilight.

[twichie]

Okay so Sam's Club had the first book on sale this weekend for like $4 so I snagged it and thought I'd give it a shot. I haven't read anything else of the series and I haven't seen the movie, so this is really my first shot at anything Twilight.

Comments

[little_oracle]

yup. that about sums it up perfectly. bad fanfic gone wild. everything is way too perfect and i found the relationship between edward and bella hard to connect with because it all happened so fast and easy.

the second book has a similar pace. haven't read the third and fourth yet as the hype and hysteria have turned me off the whole thing.

having said that, i did enjoy the last third or so of both books. it seems that there is a real plot (and a bit of action) hidden in there. i thought the big chase and the stuff in the dance studio were fairly well done.

i'm sure i'll get to the other two at some point, if only to read the endings and satisfy a bit of curiosty. i will, however, be getting them from the library rather than pay money for them.

[twichie]

You know, I was cringing as I hit the button to publish this. I was sure I'd end up in some horrible flame war but I'm glad to know that I'm not alone! LOL!

I'll be getting the others from the library as well if that. After all the comments here, I may not even press further.

[ext_136093]

*You're crazy! It's awesome!! I luv Edward. Wooot. Edward rules!! Bella is me! aaaaaaaaaaah.*

No. You pretty much nailed it. ;) I read 3 which is enough for me. And although it was like corn candy, eat one and you just can't stop, it doesn't hold up well... kind of like the aftertaste of corn candy.
Man. Now I need some sugar.

~NYP

[twichie]

LOL! Corn candy - NICE analogy.

And on your rec - should I proceed and read 2 & 3? Or not bother?

My rec

[anonymous]

You know it is fiction...a fantasy. And I think teen girls (and old girls like me) like entering a fantasy world every now and then. Yes, you should read 2-4, there is real conflicts and more fluffy, perfect love story. But it is make believe and you might actually like this make-believe.

[xallanthia]

In my opinion there are entirely too many fantasy-ish knock-offs these days, starting from the popularity of Harry Potter. I was trying to buy a gift for my SIL (she's 16).... Nowadays (at the ripe old age of 24, lol) I think I read too much with sexual content when I was 16, so most of the stuff I enjoyed at her age was out even though we both like/liked fantasy novels. So I started in the young adult section... looking for things that were too easy for her but good stories. It's overwhelming, now! How on earth can one separate the good stuff from the dren without having read them all?

Hubby gets annoyed when he sees adult women reading Twilight. "If you want to read about romantic vampires, read Anne Rice! At least she can write!" (I'd been tempted as you were to grab a copy from the library for pure "what's the hype?" reasons, but probably won't now, lol! Sounds way too much like Eragon, and that book made me angry.)

[twichie]

Haven't read Eragon. Thought the movie wasn't too bad, but really, the plot was ripped off of a bunch of other movies.

Adult women obsessed with Twilight make me shake my head. I'm with your husband!

[xallanthia]

It's exactly like Star Wars, only instead of the Force, it's dragons, and instead of Luke, it's Christopher Paolini, or, um, excuse me, Eragon.

In other words, if I want sympathetic, telepathic dragons I'll read Anne McCaffrey, and if I want mysterious elven women I'll read Tolkein. :P

(they are like crack, though. Even though I *knew* the ending of Eldest (#2) by midway through Eragon, I kept reading.)

[twichie]

Point taken. I'll avoid them then - and yes, it seems Twilight is in the same boat here. *sigh*

[lilliew]

I pretty much share the sentiments exactly and I'm an avid reader of fantasy/supernatural/romance fiction. It is fan fiction and not even as good as Harry Potter, made worse by all the Mary Sues and flat characters. I'm surprised it got published, but while I am glad that perhaps more young girls are reading, it's such light stuff that makes me question whether it's really worth it

[twichie]

Never knew about the story coming to her in a 'dream' but yeah, that would make sense. Sometimes an idea for a story really needs to be a LOT more than that...this book doesn't feel that way.

Meh. Stupid fangirls.

[ltgarrix]

I have heard all the hype about these books and how they are strangely popular with adult women (kind of like HP, but that has fans with adult men as well whereas I can't see them wanting to get involved in this). Every review I have read makes it seem like bad fanfic, but I guess you could almost call it crackfic because folks see the faults, but still keep reading.

I have enough other stuff I want to do in my life that I don't think I'll be reading them.

[twichie]

It's not crackfic because crackfic has SOMETHING redeeming...unless you want to call it crackfic for preteens. It's a typically written preteen substance free, literature free novel - just with vampires who are, for some unknown reason, the only virtuous, loving, wonderful sweet characters in the universe. Everyone else is flawed and horrible and mean - but the Vampires are absolutely perfect. Arms wide open - loving - sweet and all beautiful. There's nothing bad or mean or truly flawed in them at all. *meh*

[ltgarrix]

Good point. I was just pointing to the strangely addictive quality they seem to have with folks. I think that's what I really loved about HP - the characters do have flaws and some of those flaws are humongous.

I just think that when I read the review of the movie that Bella (the new kid in the middle of the school year) was immediately accepted and loved by all that this wasn't going to be for me.

I guess that teen girls have enough crap going in their lives that something truly perfect really appeals to them.

[twichie]

Yes on all of it. And ALL the boys at school want to go out with her when she's never had even an offer at another school? But ALL of them want her and she's suddenly most popular? Nah...no way.

I talked to an adult friend of mine who said she enjoyed it and really got into it for the fact that there was NO downer or reality in it whatsoever. I can understand that I guess - reading it lightly for the hour or two of escape from everything. The women who are obsessed? Don't think so.

Now I heard (this is HIGHLY disturbing) that there are teenage girls all over who want vampires now and that there are boys who are pretending to be Vampires to get the girls. (This is from a friend of mine whose daughter is completely sucked in on it.) She says that there are girls who are now into cutting - and boys that will lick/suck it as a ritual before sex. THAT bugs me to no end whatsoever.