Fun Stuff > ENJOY
Twilight Series
Vendetagainst:
So I finished it today (I lost it on the bus and only just replaced it) and I'll admit that the ending was at least somewhat suspensful. The vampires-love-baseball thing was hard to take seriously and the entire ballet-room scene was predictable, but at least there actually was some modicum of action and danger rather then the tired excuse for it that Edward's bloodlust presented throughout the rest of the book.
Alice's back-story could have been very interesting if it was given more than just a passing thought, but as it seems to play no role in her character beyond her vampire power it left me more frustrated at Meyer's mediocre character development than anything. I mean, even after Alice finds out about her human life she is absolutely unaffected by it--no introspection, no curiosity, no sadness...
After the book ended there was a preview of New Moon. I found myself sympathetic towards Bella's fear of growing old while Edward stayed young, but that sympathy fell apart when she turned it into an excuse to be helplessly angsty about the affection her friends and family showed her on her birthday. She finallly cheers up and starts accepting gifts, and in the process gets into some pretty deep shit. While I'd like to think that means that she might actually have to fend for herself at some point in the series, I am more inclined to expect further dependence and helplessness.
But then at the back of the book were "Twilight Discussion Questions". I mean... huh? At first I thought it was a writer's Q&A, but it was honestly-to-God just a bunch of literary-examination questions. Questions like "Bella faints at the smell of blood. If she were to become a vampire, how might this serve as a hindrance? How might it be an asset?" Putting aside that she faints all of once in the entire book (despite multiple appearances of blood), I couldn't help but wonder who decided that the readers were so stupid and thoughtless that they were incapable of asking their own questions about the book.
Reed:
I actually read all four because my ex is a fan of the series (not crazy, but enough to be worrisome). If you want to know what the next book is like, take the portions where she's mopy and stupid, stretch across hundreds of pages, throw in imaginary voices that are really poorly explained, and there you go. I'm honestly surprised she doesn't wind up cutting in the next book.
Nodaisho:
Yeah, she skips that and goes straight to attempting suicide. Great example for the children, Mrs. Meyers.
look out! Ninjas!:
But he's so dreamy
satsugaikaze:
Had the stomach to properly read some of it again.
I will do this every time I lose focus and believe that Twilight might not have been a bad series, just misunderstood.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version