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Eris:
Ok, so I have been meaning to start a thread about these books for the past few days since I decided to reread them all rather than write an essay.

Now, I have read all of the books, and enjoyed reading them, but I will be the first to admit that they are pretty average books. I have a weak spot for vampire stories, so this series is appealing in that sense, but at the same time I am not a rabid fangirl frothing at the mouth to see the movie.

If I had to simplify why I don't overly like the books, it would be because they are, in essence, trashy teenage stories; y'know, the kinds of books you read when you're on holiday and don't want to have to think that much. You know how it's going to end, because it's predictably set out in a certain way. It the whole "boy meets girl; girl falls in love but doesn't know boy loves her; ditto for the boy; they realise; a challenger appears; LOVE TRIANGLE; boy and girl end up together" It's been done before (and done better, really) so it's more of an ironic enjoyment - they're so bad they're good kind of deal. In that vein the movie is probably going to be trashy as well. I am going to go see it, but I don't expect a film masterpiece that will go down in history; the books they're working off aren't that, so why should the movies be any different?


What do you think of the series? Do you love them, hate them, don't see what the big deal is about them?

Johnny C:
The people who I've met that read the Twilight series don't really read other books.

I think that frustrates me the most.

David_Dovey:
At least it's not the Anita Blake series.

Tom:
Hamilton, always without fail, manages to successfully fill my crap quota for roughly 3 months.

0bsessions:
Rachel's been obsessed with this garbage for a month or two now. As she read through them, I would peak in on it here or there to see what all the fuss was about. It's really just absolute dreck in every manner possible. It really reads like some teenage girl's LiveJournal and hey, that may be the point, but that doesn't save it from being garbage.

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