Wait...What did you say?
- Thread starter Beowulf DW
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I've not read it, and I don't have an opinion about it.
If you're curious, read it and find out if you like it or not.
If you haven't read it, don't judge people who have since you don't know what you're talking about.
If you have read it, don't judge people who like or dislike it because your opinion isn't the only one.
If you're curious, read it and find out if you like it or not.
If you haven't read it, don't judge people who have since you don't know what you're talking about.
If you have read it, don't judge people who like or dislike it because your opinion isn't the only one.
I would rather cut off my male parts than read these books.Beowulf DW said:
-however- a fangirl I know (ugh) informs me that book 1&2 are good and the 3rd book is rubbish.
It seems to be more of a womans/girl book tbh...however vampires got old ages ago thanks.
The definative answer to this is not a right or wrong thing. Its a question of personal taste. The fact that your mother liked it and you see her as having a good taste in literature is probably a reason for you personally to read the Book if not the Series. Personally i enjoyed the Books but you have to have an imagination to bend when Stephanie Meyer says and ignore bits that make no sense to any mythogic or Legendary story. For instance the sparkling. In the movie it looked like some small child had found it funny to take a pot of glue and poor it over a sleeping guy, the proceed to throw all it's sparkles over it and watch as the bystanders were bent over with laughter.
The idea of Vampires coming out in the day is one that is true however. According to very very old mythology vapires did come out in the day but when hollywood found out about the idealism of a vampire coming out, killing an innocent girl then returning to daily life attractive they desided to frill it up with bullshit stories from the mind of a very bored man if all he could come up with was "come out in darkness?". The Movie sucked. I want those hours back of my life. The books though, specially Breaking Dawn, were quite an entertaining read if a little long. 1st one is Vampires, 2nd is Werewolves, 3rd is so forgettable i couldn't care less and 4th is a culmination between the 3 others ***SPOILER ALERT*** which ends with the two largest cluts fighting and then it gets boring and the fighting stops because of a half Wolf Half Vamp.
The idea of Vampires coming out in the day is one that is true however. According to very very old mythology vapires did come out in the day but when hollywood found out about the idealism of a vampire coming out, killing an innocent girl then returning to daily life attractive they desided to frill it up with bullshit stories from the mind of a very bored man if all he could come up with was "come out in darkness?". The Movie sucked. I want those hours back of my life. The books though, specially Breaking Dawn, were quite an entertaining read if a little long. 1st one is Vampires, 2nd is Werewolves, 3rd is so forgettable i couldn't care less and 4th is a culmination between the 3 others ***SPOILER ALERT*** which ends with the two largest cluts fighting and then it gets boring and the fighting stops because of a half Wolf Half Vamp.
a good review of Twilight is by paper shredder reviews which lives up to its name and does it zero punctuation style. I really recommend it, the guy is well thought of and he has a few others that are also good. (the of the accout is CrownedDaemon)
Its a chick read.
she got the whole vampire thing wrong too, in two words
EPIC FAIL
Its a chick read.
she got the whole vampire thing wrong too, in two words
EPIC FAIL
Okay, let's go over some of the points being made in here:
- Vampires in the sun? This is not the first iteration of vampires being able to walk in sunlight (i.e somewhere in the Blade movies, and a second, more stylish version of vampire in the now canceled TV series 'Moonlight'). Yes, vampires are depicted as nocturnal creatures, but seeing as none of us have actually met a vampire (well, I assume so, anyway
), I see no reason why vampires couldn't go out into good old sunshine, with or without some sort of penalties.
- Inapropriate age difference. Honestly, I fail to see how that makes a difference. Not in real live, and much less so if you're a vampire and you're stuck in the body of a teenager for a good chunk of eternity. Given this, it's expected that you a)stick around crowds where you don't stand out - other teenagers and b) occasionally, over the course of an insanely long life, feel the need for companionship, romance, or plain sex, and your most obvious place to start looking for someone to fulfill those needs is in your usual environment.
- Quality of writing and quality of the movie. Okay, so this another thing that really makes no difference. After going out to see the movie with friends I've alreday found out that the movie is bad. Hollywood, ftw. I'm going to start reading the books at some point anyway. If the books are good, then it's my gain. If they suck, I can always stop when I start yawning and my utter lack of faith in humanity will be restored.
- Vampires in the sun? This is not the first iteration of vampires being able to walk in sunlight (i.e somewhere in the Blade movies, and a second, more stylish version of vampire in the now canceled TV series 'Moonlight'). Yes, vampires are depicted as nocturnal creatures, but seeing as none of us have actually met a vampire (well, I assume so, anyway
), I see no reason why vampires couldn't go out into good old sunshine, with or without some sort of penalties.- Inapropriate age difference. Honestly, I fail to see how that makes a difference. Not in real live, and much less so if you're a vampire and you're stuck in the body of a teenager for a good chunk of eternity. Given this, it's expected that you a)stick around crowds where you don't stand out - other teenagers and b) occasionally, over the course of an insanely long life, feel the need for companionship, romance, or plain sex, and your most obvious place to start looking for someone to fulfill those needs is in your usual environment.
- Quality of writing and quality of the movie. Okay, so this another thing that really makes no difference. After going out to see the movie with friends I've alreday found out that the movie is bad. Hollywood, ftw. I'm going to start reading the books at some point anyway. If the books are good, then it's my gain. If they suck, I can always stop when I start yawning and my utter lack of faith in humanity will be restored.
I've read the first book in the series and didn't enjoy it, but I've never understood the hatred people seem to have for it. Stephanie Meyer has never claimed that her writing is anything above sub par in the Twilight series. She's even admitted that the books are mainly fluff with no true substance. I respect her for her willingness to take negative comments without vitriol.
I'm sure the books are fun to read from a guilty pleasure standpoint. It doesn't take much energy to understand the plot or the characters, and you can plow through them pretty quickly. But if you're looking for a complex vampire story with sympathetic, interesting characters, I recommend the Vampire Chronicles series by Anne Rice. Interview with the Vampire is excellent. But stay as far away from the atrocious Queen of the Damned movie as possible. -shudders-
I'm sure the books are fun to read from a guilty pleasure standpoint. It doesn't take much energy to understand the plot or the characters, and you can plow through them pretty quickly. But if you're looking for a complex vampire story with sympathetic, interesting characters, I recommend the Vampire Chronicles series by Anne Rice. Interview with the Vampire is excellent. But stay as far away from the atrocious Queen of the Damned movie as possible. -shudders-