Twilight

[Zee.]

Me too...

i have a collection of sci fi books that would make you die laughing..

[Emil Miller]

It occurred to me that if I and some like-minded people were to dig up Bram Stoker's body and drive a stake through the heart, we might exorcise the whole vampire thing once and for all but, would you believe it?, he was cremated.

[Joreads]

To me it's OK.

I read Twilight but not any of the sequels because the first book didn't do the elusive 'it' for me.

If you like it though, go on and like it. I, for one, have plenty of guilty pleasures of my own

Thanks MattG. I love the twilight series actually and I am by no means a teenager and they are not my only guilty pleasures either

[*Classic*Charm*]

I won't go so far as to say the writing is good. There is some really terrible sentence structure and a TON of grammatical errors, but for some reason I was completely sucked in by them.

Sadly, I put Anna Karenina aside to read them haha. I wanted some fluff for my Christmas break, and I thoroughly enjoyed them.

[Zee.]

Okay, I'm a bit of a forum heavy-weight, I've been around, mainly ghosting, forum heavy-weight nevertheless, and a recent pattern that has emerged, is the hatred of the Twilight series. Yes some of the fans are ... well ****s, perhaps it isn't the best book in the world, but I've felt a lot of hostility towards it. I enjoy reading the likes of Poe and Austen, I can appreciate the quality there, but I like Stephanie Meyer there, why the problem?

I don't want to be starting anything, but I'm just curious. How do you feel about the Twilight series?

I've been sitting here, trying to work out what the * are covering and have not been able to figure it out :[
I'm tired. i'm sunburnt. my brain is fried. I blame it on that.

I find it interesting ( and funny ) that people , and i see this a lot, will say something like..

Oh i read "such and such" i mean i KNOW it doesn't compare to an author like AUSTEN.


Austen austen austen austen, enough about austen. Why austen?

It's almost becoming to the point where anyone can call themselves part of the "literature culture" because they've read Pride and Prejudice.
Sadly, the same has come of Shakespeare.

It really shows that you haven't read a whole lot of literature when people use Austen to constantly compare novels too, ( from what i have discovered anyway )


Austen wasn't even that great...

[*Classic*Charm*]

I've been sitting here, trying to work out what the * are covering and have not been able to figure it out :[
I'm tired. i'm sunburnt. my brain is fried. I blame it on that.

I find it interesting ( and funny ) that people , and i see this a lot, will say something like..

Oh i read "such and such" i mean i KNOW it doesn't compare to an author like AUSTEN.


Austen austen austen austen, enough about austen. Why austen?

It's almost becoming to the point where anyone can call themselves part of the "literature culture" because they've read Pride and Prejudice.
Sadly, the same has come of Shakespeare.

It really shows that you haven't read a whole lot of literature when people use Austen to constantly compare novels too, ( from what i have discovered anyway )


Austen wasn't even that great...

I agree with you in some ways. Jane Austen does tend to be the writer that people claim they read in an attempt to sound impressive, though I think to read her work and to study and interpret it are two different things. That's what makes her work stand apart from something like the Twilight series- Pride and Prejudice holds literary merit because there is something to be learned through it's reading, while Twilight is purely for entertainment. It's the same thing with Shakespeare. Anyone can plough through old english verse and say they've "read" it, but that doesn't mean that they have actually gained or learned from it, as one should from good literature.

Another novel that people do the same thing with is "Catcher in the Rye". I know so many people who want to give the impression that they are well-read and so claim that this is their favourite work. It just happens to be standard high school fare...Now that doesn't mean that it isn't good, just that it's more widely read.

I don't think it's fair though to say that by comparing a work to one of Austen's, that person hasn't read anything else.

[Beautifull]

don't forget to mention her knack for creating well-developed characters. what's so funny is when i finished reading the first book, i almost thought it was real.

i agree with PAM. you should read it.

but i'm kind of scared to watch the movie.

[Zee.]

You're kidding right?

well developed?
please... she couldn't even develop the skills to write, how could she possibly develop characters?

No i didnt mean to make it sound like that, i'm making reference to the people i personally have spoken to.
I wasnt meaning anyone on this board, it just made me think of people i know who refer to austen frequently, when she was mentioned.

[Beautifull]

is there a hater in the house?

[Zee.]

It wouldn't be much of a discussion if we all agreed, would it?
And believe me, if you're going to talk about Twilight here - there will be more than just myself, who will have something negative to say about it.
It's a good story, but Stephanie Meyer is a terrible writer.

[Beautifull]

why do you say that?

what do you recommend as a good writer if not Stephenie?
(and good point about the discussion. )

Jacob is a sweetheart. He goes about everything dead wrong, but he's too impulsive to help it. Breaking Dawn from his point of view is the funniest thing EVER. I love the chapter titles!!
But forget Jacob and Edward... I will take Seth and Jasper, any day.

yeah, just give me emmett and you got yourself a deal!

[Zee.]

Because it's true?

Like i said, good story teller - but not a good writer. Just because someone can do what i'm doing right now "writing", doesn't make them a good writer.

Well, i don't know you as a person, so i can't really answer that.. so i'll just list some of my favourites.

Crime and Punishment
Watership Down
The Fountainhead
Only Revolutions
House of Leaves
The Most Dangerous Game
The Virgin Suicides
In Cold Blood
The Wind up Bird Chronicle
After Dark
Interview with the Vampire

[Joreads]

ugh double post..

We have all been there

[Beautifull]

what do you say writing is then? she decribed her plot pretty well, she had a well developed setting and characters, what is she missing?

twice in a row

[Zee.]

what do you say writing is then? she decribed her plot pretty well, she had a well developed setting and characters, what is she missing?

She rambled, even then that wasn't worth reading. Her use of descriptive language is poor. Her structure is poor. Her characters are flat, predictable, all revealed in the first line of introducing them.


But hey - like i said good story