Twilight Series

By Olli. 02/01/10, 09:52 pm

I'm half way through the first book and I must say it's badly written.

I don't mind stories being in first person but it's badly done

I must say though that the characters are more interesting and they seem to catch me more. Which is strange casue that didn't happen in the movies

By Aikome. 10/01/10, 06:56 pm

I really like it / / understating / / haha ^ ^;

It's poorly written and I actually hate reading first-person-perspective unless it's a humorous genre but the characters have got to be the best of it. I think they had alot of potential too but Meyers tended to focus a much on the Edward and Bella thing more than the rest.

By Cassiel. 11/01/10, 12:19 am

Said it numerous times before but...

Twilight is badly written. Twilight is not the next Harry Potter. SMeyer rapes her thesaurus (Oh God the Meadow Scene of infamy)

However, Twilight is brain candy. It's something I can read when I need a trip to la-la land, and it fulfills the same purpose that yaoi or other mushy romance novels do for me -- to make me feel gooey and warm and happy inside. And in that, it succeeds admirably.

By Bishkip. 11/01/10, 12:41 am

movie was lame, so defiantly not reading.

By Lavi_x. 11/01/10, 12:56 am

I HAS TWILIGHT SHIRT.
AND A POSTER SOMEWHERE.
JUST TO TAKE THE PISS ;D

By **JVCA**. 11/01/10, 01:14 am

Twilight is like a box of chocolates - when you start reading it, it is delicious and you can't help yourself. By the time you reach the end, you feel slightly sick and you really wish you didn't eat that much, and when you go back later you think about how the whole thing wasn't that bad - but you wouldn't really want to go back and do it again any time soon. ...or ever.
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By Lavi_x. 11/01/10, 01:32 am

Except that chocolate is nommy and I'd gladly go back to it.
But yeah, what you said is true, for the first book >_>

By **JVCA**. 11/01/10, 11:16 am

I mean you wouldn't go back to eating a whole box in one sitting any time soon, because eating that much all at once makes you feel yucky. Razz

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By P-Layton. 11/01/10, 11:36 am

I've only read the first one, but I don't really think it's that badly written, TBH... Sure, it's not the best, but it is a nice read.
One really rather bad thing about Twilight, I found, was that Stephanie Meyer completely ignored the Show Don't Tell rule.
As to the first movie... it was badly acted.

Verdict:
Twilight isn't a great book, by no means, but it isn't as bad as most people make it out to be.

By **JVCA**. 11/01/10, 11:40 am

By Cactiberry. 11/01/10, 11:50 am

I don't find the plot believable, and the fact that they pretty much fell 'totally' in love within the span of thirty or so pages and then the rest of the books are spent banging on about how much they love each other and saving Bella from some sort of live-threating danger were, well, tedious.
The characters aren't particularly well-developed, and even I can create characters that aren't so cliché and bland. The plot is also isn't particularly unique and interesting, and like it's been said before, giving vampires no weaknesses apart from the fact they 'sparkle' in the sun (Which can barely count as a weakness...) and pretty much raping vampires in general was a real book-killer.
But it was the fangirls that really put it off for me. It was really annoying hearing people squeal "Oh my Edward!" every five minutes.
:/
Yeah, I don't like Twilight, but I tried to not be offensive?
Failed, probably.

EDIT: Oh, and the people constantly asking what 'Team' you are.
For those curious - Team Tyler's truck.

By Aikome. 11/01/10, 08:26 pm

By Cactiberry. 11/01/10, 09:25 pm

@Aikome: I know, but I really dislike Twilight. And yes, there will never be a team Bella, because all the girls care about is the 'hot hot' guys. I'm pretty sure most of the twilight fandom imagines themselves as Bella whilst reading the book lol.
~~oh how much I want to say hate~~
And my parents are very determined that I read 'good' books (Eg, those that will challenge my brain.) After reading authors like Terry Pratchett, then Twilight, the stark difference between the two of them (And I'm not referring to genre, but writing skill, use of adjectives, nouns and verbs, development of characters, plot flow and so forth) really made me dislike Twilight, because so many girls are obsessed with it and aren't opening up to other, better works of literature.
/end bratty, snob rant thing

By Thornback. 11/01/10, 11:50 pm

My stance on Twilight is similar to my stance on God-my issue is with the fans more than anything else.
And because I went to a girls high school, i was subjected to the full force of Twi-hardiness.
They still applauded when I called them "demonic hellspawn novels" during one memorable notice.

(When compared to other works of first person prose, Twilight is childlike and plodding. Perhaps being raised my a family of literati has given me high expectations for my prose?)

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Oh, Twilight... XD;;;
Personally: Not my thing.
REALLY. BADLY. WRITTEN.
Bella is completely blank. Her personality is non-existant. She's shallow - Practically only ever talks about Edward's looks.
Edward, is a moron. One minute: I LOVE YOU! 8D
Next: I LOVE YOU BUT I'M DANGEROUS STAY AWAY OH GOD. Neutral

Also, sparkles. ...DAZZLEGASM.
Not sexy, yes, original, but overwhelmingly LULZWORTHY. I mean seriously...
THIS IS THE SKIN OF A KILLER. *rips open shirt and sparkles*
...Can anyone take that seriously? |D
Good points: If you don't make it YOUR LIFE, it's fine. I have friends who love Twilight, fine for them. They don't shove the fact that they like it in my face, and I don't shove the fact that I hate it in theirs. Perfect balance. <3
Also, minor characters are really good in this series.
Oh... And a major complaint: WTF HOW IS EDWARD CULLEN A GOOD ROLE MODEL? >w>;;
And also that baby thing. That was just... really gross. XD;;
...I'm gonna shut up now, I could go on about this for hours... XD;;
(Sorry for offending any Twilight lovers. o3o)