“You are going to hate it in so many ways,” I told Jessica before she started reading Twilight. I could anticipate the criticisms: sappy romance, amateurish writing, serious transgressions of feminist ethics…
As it turns out, Edward Cullen trumps all of the above. “You didn’t tell me this was a vampire romance,” growled Jessica, who was feeling thwarted because all copies of book two were checked out.
It’s not hard to understand why the Twilight series has millions of followers, including Jessica and me. The formula is love, danger, and sacrifice. Edward and Bella are 17-year-olds whose attraction to each other is unhealthy and absolute. He’s a vampire, impossibly beautiful, masterful, and about as powerful as Superman. She’s a klutzy human who happens to smell more delicious to vampires than anyone else on earth. Edward is a “vegetarian” vampire, one of a family who feed only on animals, but he can barely control himself around Bella.
The story begins with entertaining, sometimes humorous twists on the teen-romance theme, and slowly builds to high suspense as Edward tries to protect Bella from other vampires who hunt humans. Bella and Edwards’ dilemma, and the dangers they face, become more complex and anguished in the second and third books, New Moon and Eclipse.
Jessica was quite disgruntled to learn that the series isn’t complete–she and the rest of us will have to wait for a resolution in book four, Breaking Dawn, which is due to be published in Fall 2008.
You’re spot on about the amateurish writing, the sappy romance, and the serious transgression of feminist ethics. And it gets worst! The main character has nothing special to recommend her, and lots to make you dislike her; the teenage angst and romance is wearisome; the romance is profoundly unhealthy.
That said, I spent all last night reading the second book in the series. Started when I got home from work, finished at 1 in the morning. Despite the severe flaws, despite my iron refusal to read romances, I confess to being hooked. All my aesthetic and political sensibilities fly out the window as soon as you throw me a few vampires and maybe a werewolf or two. And, darn it, I keep turning the pages to find out what happens next. Can’t say that for a romance too often, can you?
I’m saving my comments for the book group discussion we were supposed to be reading it for, but my question is – given the “amateurish writing, the sappy romance, and the serious transgression of feminist ethics” along with the other obvious flaws, why is it so compulsively readable?
You got that right. Sappy romance, amateurish writing, etc…but when I read it, I just couldn’t put it down. It was like an unhealthy addiction for me like it is with Bella and Edward. I’m not sure -how- I could read through it, seeing how I dislike romances immensely. But I did, and when I couldn’t get New Moon I almost had a heart attack. ^^ That book was hypnotizing, like someone just had to read it.
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And just for the record, I thought the best character was Jacob Black.
I, on the other hand, had a hard time getting through this thick book and have no desire to read others in the series. I like the idea of vampire stories, although I’ve only read a few (Interview with a Vampire being the best I’ve read so far), and I usually love vampire movies and tv shows. But Bella was so dang young for Edward! Sure, he was supposed to be around her age because he was turned when he was a young adult, but he’s been hanging around in this world for decades. He’s had much more worldly experience than she. I guess I just couldn’t believe his devotion to her or the acceptance of others in his ‘family’ of their romance. I’m not a romance reader, so maybe that was the problem. I guess most romances revolve around unbelievable pairings?
I absolutely loved this book and the other two, also. I didn’t start reading them until after I finished the 7th Harry Potter book and was in a depression, haha. But then my sister found Twilight and we finished all three of them within a week. Now I need another series that will keep me entertained! I can’t wait for Breaking Dawn and Midnight Sun, plus the movie coming out in December!
Ok, I love the Twilight Series and not just because I have the same name as Bella. The reason i love them so much is beacuse I love vampiers I think there cool, anyways, I’v read all 3 books in like 5 days and now i’m mad because I REALLY DON’T want to wait until Aug.2/08 for the 4th book and I also can’t wait until the MOVIE comes out on Dec.12/08 and don’t you no that the person that is palying Edward is the person from the 4th Harry Potter movie and the girl thats playing Bella is in the movie Zoom and other movies i’v seen anyways i cant wait by.
I completely agree with you about the problems with the Twilight series though the difference with me is that I wasn’t able to get through about the halfway point of Twilight and have had no interest in picking it up since. As a reader whose been reading work in the genre for about nine or ten years, I swear I’ve seen the same type of story done better and more succinctly.
[Came upon this entry because I was curious as to who else had written entries linking "Stephenie Meyer" and "feminism."]
It was refreshing to find out that others had the same problem as me. Although the books are beyond annoying, corny, immature, and all the things mentioned before, I keep reading them. It reminds me of soaps, although it’s bad, you watch it.
I think one of the only reasons I read it is to find out what will happen with Jacob, although, I think it’s obvious. This is another Dawson’s creek scenario – Joey ended up with Pacey, and Bella will (hopefully) end up with Jacob. Atleast Joey wasn’t a pathetic excuse of a human being around Dawson, as Bella is around Edward.
However, it’s painfully obvious that Bella is not a strong character around Edward. She becomes weak, and he encourages her by acting like she is made of glass. Bella doesn’t need to be as careful around Jacob as she does around Edward, and she is free to be herself. The only time I like Bella is when she is not with Edward.
In conclusion, if there is any woman power bone in Stephanie Meyer’s body, the true love story is between Bella and Jacob.
I agree with a lot of what you said, I do find myself growing weary of the melodrama at certain points in the stories. It is very “emo”, yet it is also a compelling and thrilling story.
As for the unhealthy romance and feminist ethics part, I look at it and see this: 1. At least Edward is just as in love with Bella, to the point that they both share their grandiose Romeo and Juliet suicidal melodramatics. Edward never asks Bella to sacrifice her life, she willingly offers it up…sigh.
2. Love and what is considered healthy love, in the case of Edward/Bella is all defined by how the reader understands it, and to me love isn’t always about being “healthy” as viewed in the eyes of other people, sometimes love is just love. Love can be freaking scary and awesome(in the inspiring sense, not “dude, awesome” sense).
And even though Edward makes me daydream about him, I do love Jacob… :)
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I agree that these books have a serious transgression of feminist ethics, and happen to be seriously addicting, which is what I think disturbs me about them most. It is fine by me if someone wants to read them just for entertainment value, while being aware of the fact that they have a pretty unhealthy view of relationships, however, it scares me that young women, who may not have been taught that these novels do not set a healthy precedent for relationships, are obsessed with these novels. If any one out there does have a daughter or young friend who is reading these books blindly I beg you to at least warn them about the unrealistic view of love these books hold.
I read Twilight but gave up on the series after I somewhat finished New Moon. The relationship between Edward and Bella is damn dysfuncticonal and seems idealized. Edward mentions he first was taken in by because of her ‘smell’? Or something? Dear Bella just worships her sparkling, brooding greek god of a boyfriend….
I don’t know. Bella doesn’t really have much substance in her and I think she’s created to have thousands of other teenage girls relate to her.
Edward? Too unbelievable, in a bad way. I think Bella swoons for him because she thinks he’s too perfect. Me? His parental and controlling tone when he’s around her makes the relationship even creepier.
I will say that the writing style isn’t too bad. However, I’m a reader who concentrates more on content and the developement of the characters. It’s up to the readers to interpret this book
Just my thoughts on it.
I only read Twilight and only read the entire thing because I loathe wasting money on a book I didn’t read the whole way. I only bought it to see what the hype was about, and I was sorely disappointed.
Bella sounds like every 14 year old girl’s fantasy version of herself: elitist, snobbish, beautiful (but doesn’t know it, of course), clumsy to an unrealistic degree and…..reasonably smart? She’s supposed to be this perceptive genius in the series, but I found her to be dimwitted as a character, and the others gave her entirely too much credit.
Edward is supposed to be this classically masculine hero, but frankly…he’s a girl. He thinks, reacts and speaks like a mother would. He so very clearly sprung from an adolescent female mind, it’s like Meyers has no idea at all how any men think, realistically. The deal is, he was meant to be an appealing cardboard cutout of what little girls think a man should be…he’s sort of a stand-in for any real character
The romance itself is repulsive, in thought and in the writing itself. He’s horrifyingly old. She’s annoying at best. And…in the course of two weeks, he decides to speak with her. Day 1, he invites her to lunch, or some such thing. The day of their first date, she’s in love? He’s in love? In what world does this happen? Meyers doesn’t even attempt to broach the ‘love at first site’ cliche, but merely twists it ever-so-slightly to ‘love at first smell’. The day after their first date, they’ve met each other’s family, and randomly, a stalker vampire wants to eat her just because he can….
Frankly, I doubt Meyers even bothered with an outline to her series. It probably was a sentence. “Fantastically awesome young woman falls in love with devastatingly handsome vampire. The end.” Wow…gee…glad no one else thought of that idea before she caught on. The language is generic and over -reliant on adjectives. She uses the same descriptive phrases over and over. All of her characters lack depth. I mean, she supposedly has a character that grew up in an insane asylum, and she can’t bother to do much with that, even. It’s…drivel. The entire series is drivel. You could get more out of OK! Magazine.
Someone should have informed the author that just because something is written in the fantasy genre, doesn’t mean it should lack any clear planning, any responsibility, any real human interaction or any realism.
Please, let me know the next time you realize you’re stunningly beautiful, the hottest guy in school/work/the commune happens to like your ‘smell’ and magically falls in love with you the same day, says every flowery thing you ever dreamed of hearing at 6 years old with endless repetition, you meet his family the next day and are apparently in love enough to discuss marriage and children and a truly limitless future together, and suddenly (conveniently) some very bad guy wants to hurt you just because someone loves you soooo very much, and will go all over the US just to get little old you….
You get where I’m going with this.
I only wonder why people I know who are far above this sort of ‘fantasy’ (the kind you had when you first discovered self-love and daydreamed during World Geography) have succumbed to the masses.
When I first started reading twilight, I really couldn’t relate because Bella, the main character, was just so immature. It frustrated me.
My best friend who got me into these books hasn’t had any proper relationships and it worried me that she would have unrealistic expectations after reading them, especially when she commented “I wouldn’t give anyone a chance if I saw them talking to another girl before they came to talk to me, Im waiting for my Edward, a good looking guy who only has eyes for me”. Im not one to believe that any guy is like Edward…
I must admit that Im totally addicted to these books now and I love Jacob Black…Edward is just too proper and boring…
I just completed these books and midnight sun since it will never be published since it leaked online. Im depressed. Im dumb I know but Im 28 years old and I too was obessessed with these books. now tis over I dont kow what to do with myself. I m looking for a good book to fill y void now. I think I need to talk to my hubby about giving me some Edward attension. but I agree Bella was very inmature and I didnt like that so many young girls feel that they are like her and dont deserve better than they settle for.
i love the book twilight it is filled with all the characteristics of a book at you could read for hours without getting board! everyone should read twilight! it is so awesome! (:
my friend told me about the book and i wasn’t so sure if i would like it or not because i don’t really like to read. But the first page of twilight was filled with excitment and i knew i was going to be happy
omg this was the best books i have ever read…..normaly i will never read a book i will never pick up a book but them my friend told me about ur books and i couldnt put them down i finnished all of them! u should make a 5th book or something these are the best books ever in history…..im never gonna forget about these books!!!!
agreed with the amateur writing, sappy romance, blahblahblah. I’m a freshman and it seems like everywhere I turn another teenager is addicted.
while there are some critics who confess their hooked, i’m not. I really wish I could get into it, and I think I could if I tried, but I couldn’t even get through New Moon (which my friend let me borrow 3 months ago :O).
I agree with someone who said that Bella was written with not much to make her likable– forreal, I disliked her for a good portion of Twilight… and a lot so far in New Moon.
ps. perhaps I’m just a tad biased because I’m a huge Harry Potter fan. Still, I want to add that I did enjoy Twilight— I was, however, disappointed after reading it because everyone I knew was raving about it.
ahhh, a few new thoughts came to me.
someone wrote about not liking the relationship between edward and bella, something that also bothers me and a few of my other friends. it seems to me that Edward only loves Bella because her smell is “unique”? stands out? meanwhile she can’t help but love (or actually, be obsessed with) him because– well, who couldn’t, given his sparkliness and charm and what-not?
idk. that’s just me. someone could probably re-but that or see it another way.
hopefully I can finish the series someday.
I loved every single book in the Twilight series, I am bummed because I need something to read now something as amazing as that series. I was completely hooked to all of them, i could barely put them down. I dont think her writing is amateur at all, I find her writing astonishing. Stephani Myers is very talented. And as for people not liking the relationship between Bella & Edward, if you were to read the books and really understand them you would know he didn’t attract himself to her merely because her blood sings to him, what attracted him to her was the fact he didnt want ANY harm to be done to her, wether by him a car another person another vampire etc. he had never felt so protective over someone and thats what really drew him to her. Harry Potter does not even begin to compare to these books in my mind, talk about sappy. The romance in twilight is a romance like no other, love is obsession and so much more. I really cant comprehend how anyone could say the romance is sappy, the things Edward and Bella experienced with eachother is like something I’ve never heard, it’s more than anyone could imagine love being like. As you can tell I am a strong strong strong STRONG lover of the series.
i just started reading the twilight series a few weks ago….. when the liabrian suggested the book i thought nothing of it but i got bored and decided to give it a try even though i’m not into romances! i read twilight in a matter of hours and i read new moon which i have to admit i really didn’t like it being from jacob’s point of veiw but all in all it was a good book! I just got finished reading eclipse it was well worth the wait that i had…… i waited about a week to get the book because it was checked out!! i can’t wait to read Breaking Dawn.. i’m depressed to here that she’s trying to wait about 2 years to release midnight sun and that she may never release forever dawn!!! Stephenie meyer has kept me sane for the past couple of weeks and with her thinking about not writing i don’t know what i’m going to do… she has become my favorite author!! the way she writes just keeps you wanting to read i feel like i’m there like everything is right in front of me!!!! The book isliterally glued to my hand and it’s not unglued until i’ve finished the whole book!!!! From what i’ve heard breaking dawn is equally as good and possibly even better….. she becomes a vampire and has a baby who jacob imprints all….. i guess all inall everybody gets what they want jacob included he gets a piece of Bella …… can’t wait
i think this book is sooo high school material. first of all, Bella is a stupid idiot….pisses me off everytime she does something. and i dont know how many times “his cold face/skin, stonelike beautiful face” was mentioned! OMG SHUT UP!….i got annoyed reading this book and just finished the 2nd one…i do not intend to continue on….sorry fans!
& edward n bella didnt have sex. add that to my negative review too.
twighlight is amazing. its a real good book. there is another book as good. its ‘noughts and crosses; trilogy by Melorie Blackman. and their both amazingly good!
Being the hopeless romantic that I am, I can’t help but be totally heart-poundingly in love with the books. But it makes me hurt to read them cause I realize that I will never have anything like that, no one will love me in that way and the bitter disappointment makes me hurt the way Bella hurt when Edward left her.
As much as I love these books, I can’t help but feel betrayed by the unrealistic romance that couldn’t possibly be found on Earth.
It’s an aweful feeling and yet I can’t put the books down. Because I keep thinking, if I could just read a little bit more, if I could just feel their love for a second longer, if I could just pretend…just for a little while, then maybe I would be ok. Sounds sick doesn’t it? Am I the only one?
Twilight… the title it self either makes people instantly start babbling or tune out completely, now i have to admit to being one of those who just cant get enough of these books and guess what …im also 14. But i really have to disagree with those people which seem to think that every 14 yr old girl is now going to go looking for their “Edward”, because that is totally unfair i mean jeez give us some credit most of us are not that dumb, Edward is a totally fictional character immpossible to find, this is coming from a 14 yr old girl. Even though a lot of you think it is a poorly written book and it a bit over romanced or something like that …i love it, it’s addictive and i know most people feel the same bcus over wise it wouldn’t be this popular!! majourity rules in my opinion :p
personally i loved the book. stephenie meyer is a wonderful writer. in the begining of this book to the end it was interesting. i know most of you are older than me but i have to stand up for stephenie she is the most creative writer i have ever known and liked. and if this book was not good at all they woud’ve never made it in to thearters. so before you judge the book, read it. you may only read a a page or two but later in the it becomes great. and to Astride stephenie meyer as more “women power” then you will ever have so you need to watch your self ok!! (p.s.:don’t ever insult a talented writer like stephenie ever again got that.) that goes for anyone else!!!!
i love the book. though in the second book it was so sad when he left her. i mean know its not real but if feels like edward is leaving you too. though there were sad times there were also good times. but if edward leaves bella ever again i will hurt him( if he were real so to speak)
in the 4 book they had a little girl named Renessemee she is so cute.though they are making a movie now i wonder if theyll make movies out of all the books. who ever finds out if they do please email me at candymaster@aol.com. thx also dont forget to see the movie twilight im sure its going to be awsome.
XOXO,
Jasmine
Andrea you are not the only one i too wish that someone like Edward would sweep me off my feet. i get how you and that is so romantic. im am a 12 yr old girl who is totally in love with stephenies books. if you ever wont to talk email me at candymaster@aol.com. and to anyone else who feels the same way please do email me. im looking for a person who is much in love with twilight as i am. bye.
XOXO,
Jasmine
Andrea,
You are not alone. I feel exactly the way you do and couldn’t have said it better. I couldn’t put the books down, but I am totally depressed because I can’t live in that world — or even something close. Sigh.
Hope you’ve started to feel better since your post. I am searching online for someone to help me get over this hopeless, empty feeling.
I did realize today, though, that all I have to do is look at the news for 5 minutes and then I remember how good my life really is.
I can’t bring myself to complete the book, had only read a few chapters. The contents just don’t interest me. There’re best books out there.
These comments here make me sad, especially the ones by teenagers. I wish Stephenie Meyer were smarter and could’ve idealized a healthier, more realistic relationship.
Also, saying a character is perfect 50 times in each book doesn’t make him so, in my opinion…
Another thing: Anyone got any LDS church vibes from this? I think the feminist critics need to look at the book from that angle, I think what they’re criticising stems more from LDS philosophy than anything else.
I loved the Twilight series. The books seemed to get better as you went along. My favorites least to most are Twilight, New Moon, Breaking Dawn and Eclispe. It took me about three pages ino the book and I couldn’t put it down. I loved how Stephanie Meyer wrote the Preface. That was my hook. I own all four books, saw the moved with my friends the night it first came out (midnight showing), and have my Twilight t-shirt. I didn’t like the movie nearly as much as the book though. In the movie the lighting well, just sucked and made ti look like a horror story. The books are AWESOME
I absolutely LOVE the Twilight series. It all started when the movie was coming out and this girl in my class had been reading it and she said we should read twilight before we see the movie..Well i ended up seeing the movie first but I LOVED IT! My sister had started reading the book so i just borrowed hers. I finished it in a WEEK! Thats the fastest ive ever read a book! Im a very slow reader. I read new moon the next week! and finally i just finished eclipse! I cant wait till i get my hands on Breaking Dawn, as soon as my sister is done.
(I also thought after i read the books that the books are a lot better than the movie.)
Ok. I started on the the Twilight series and finished it in three days. I found it to be sappy, stupid, unrealistic and boring. Bella is, to be frank, a moody, soppy, over-reactive girl who has never been in love before, and just happens to attract her movie star like, overprotective idiot savior Edward. I would be so bored of him I’d want to kill him by book three. I also find sticking quotes from sadistic classics like Wuthering Heights and Romo and Juliet unnecessary and over-imaginative, although I love Wuthering Heights to no end. It forces feminine knitting needle, tender motherly figures on nearly all of it’s characters, and puts overly masculine restrictions on all of it’s male characters(although I admit they are all gorgeous to no end). While the HP series left me a bit hanging and lost, as being done with an amazing book usually does, Twilight left me feeling a bit bored. And last things last…..How the heck does their sex scene work? Think about it. They are both virgins, one of them is dead, and the other is absolutely tiny, and she somehow does not remember anything. Plus she gets pregnant, but how the heck did that just happen? Edward is dead, and has no bodily fluids….How did he have enough squirmys to get her pregnant, much less with a warm and rock hard kid who breaks her ribs…..? Stephanie, you’ve got some explaining to do.
Although as my saving grace I actually enjoyed reading the series.
ANNNNDD guess what? ANOTHER great comment. I think it’s so sad that 12-16 year are looking for their “Edward”. So unrealistic. But I also understand that Meyer did not intend it to be so famous or draw so many critical comments. She is just another girl writing a book to pass the time who happens to be loved by half the nation. By the way, I also happen to be 14. Believe it or not, some 14 year old girls DO have brains, and can think just as well as any other person can. Look at the 23 year old ditzes out there. It’s not really the age of the body, but of the soul. Thanks guys, for being great Anti’s or fans.
ANNNNDD guess what? ANOTHER great comment. I think it’s so sad that 12-16 year olds are looking for their “Edward”. So unrealistic and self-gratifying. But I also understand that Meyer did not intend it to be so famous or draw so many critical comments. She is just another girl writing a book to pass the time who happens to be loved by half the nation. By the way, I also happen to be 14. Believe it or not, some 14 year old girls DO have brains, and can think just as well as any other person can. Look at the 23 year old ditzes out there. It’s not really the age of the body, but of the soul. Thanks guys, for being great Anti’s or fans.
And I’m quite sorry for posting that last one twice, although I had to fix my mistakes. Stupid editor.
I LOVE TWILIGHT! I AM ON BREAKING DAWN AND WILL KILL ANYONE WHO RUINS THE END FOR ME!! i love love love love love love LOVE it!
at first i really liked the books and everything, maybe because of the protagonist. i guess almost everyone would like to have an “edward” in their lives and i did too once because of this book. but now with its fame i think otherwise. they even compared it to harry potter series, not just the movie but also the books. for me it is really really unacceptable.
Twilight is a very pathetic excuse for a book .
Though I liked Edward , now I can see how lame the story line of this book was. The book sucked. And so did the movie.
There is no reason for people to compare this to Harry Potter. Which by the way is the best book ever .
Twilight was an amazing book for me, i was never into books at all and twilight was simply magical. At least last year it was before the annoying teens of my school obsessed over it making it very popular which ruined it for me. The movie im sorry to say was pathetic, it didnt follow the story line, the acting was terrible, and the effects were very very amateurish. The movie almost totally ruined the book for me. WONDERFUL BOOKS SHOULD NOT BE TURNED INTO POORLY CREATED MOVIES WITH BAD ACTORS!
harry potter is gross you have to have no life to read that garbage!!
omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love the book twilight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Before Twilight, I never read much..But then,when Twilight was born,i couldin’t put the book down!!i have read all of the Twilight books 5 times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Im obsessed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Im sooooooooooo obsessed with twilight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Im sorry to say this, buuttt Jacob is SOOOOOOO
much hotter than Edward. Sorry, but its true. I know, I know the truth hurts.
I LOVED THE FIRST BOOK I JUST WANT AND GOT THE NEXT ONE!
i liked it because im into the lovey duvvy crap so i LOVED IT!
I’m 10, so i made the bigggest mistake reading it at this age!!!!
cuz i will now NEVER! in my life read a book just as good as that one!!
I LOVVVVVEDDDD IITTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m in luvvy duvvy with Twilight SAGA
There r things I like about twilight – jacob was much more interesting than edward (imagine eternity with that boring dude – I found all the cullens were pretty righteous and flat), the other werewolves like leah and seth were good, vibrant characters too. For me, the most exciting vampire was James, shame he got killed off in book 1 because the volturi were always lame to me. The other vampires like Victoria and laurent never ended up posing a serious threat either. I’ve studied writing and I think her writing for the ya audience is pretty good – it wold have bombed with a more literary approach.
I don’t have a problem with girls everywhere going nuts over the lovey dovey stuff, why not? Always have, always will.
What I don’t like about the books is that the rules keep changing. The werewolves came into existence to fight the vampires – they end up virtually living together. Bella says many times she’d never be able to see her family again as a vampire – later she’s so conveneiently amzing that she can (didn’t stop her being prepared to ditch her parents forever BEFORE she found that out), its impossible for vampires to reproduce which seems logical because they’re whole body becomes hard and changes – guess what…the males are still fertile! WHAT! If meyer ever writes a 5th, I bet the women vampires will start having kids too. And what a cop out with jacob and renesmee. I really think meyer should have had the guts to make Bella go with one or the other…the whoe imprinting thing was nonsensical and clearly desigened for the ultimate but dissappointing outcome. Also, the final action scene of each book fizzled out and was dissappointing, even though the build up and suspense was really good.
I can’t help thinking that if meyer had thought her concepts and story lines out better, twilight would have been close to classic. For me, 6/10.
Lexi: Stephenie Meyer did not plan to go any further than the first book. In fact, she did not even plan to publish the book. She had written it for herself.
Jennifer: Even though you are 28, do not feel bad for obsessing over the series. When Meyer wrote it she wrote it for herself (29 year-old) and her idea of the perfect romance. Age really means nothing.
Those things begins said, I have to say that I did not enjoy the books. I have read all four and I only read them because I was 1) hoping that they would get better and 2) Once I start a series, I have to finish.
In my opinion, the books were not well written in the fact that they lacked the depth that I enjoy. I do read romances, but this was one that I could not get into. Bella and Edward do not appear to have a realistic relationship. I am not saying it is impossible, but it is highly unlikely that Bella would forgive Edward after he treated her so badly. And then fall in love with him.
My opinion being aired, I respect the people who enjoy Twilight, and hopefully we will share similiar views on future novels.