Well, to be perfectly fair, he does have some flaws. However, they are by far overshadowed by his OMG SUPERNATURAL abilities. *laughs hysterically* So then we'd be treated to Edward's gushing over Bella, then.
Actually, it's not so much that the material is hormonal, but rather the mind it is coming from. In any case, it's so ridiculous that it was the only conculsion I could make. True, but if she makes the distinction that Bella is so special, couldn't she make her more mature to prove that? Who knows why Meyer thought why it would be a good idea. I'm strongly tempted to write a fantasy vampire novel somehow and show people how it's done.
Haha, then I suppose you don't want to hear the other overly generous, glorifying Edward paragraphs. Maybe I should use them to torture people.....
In any case, writing about how bad this all is, and actually reading the novel is equally horrible. Oy.
i bought the first book a couple days ago. firstly, i agree the technical writing is quite horrible in some/most places. i kept thinking as i was reading: lord, i wrote like this when i was like twelve. which kind of actually made me cringe because i had written a story with a similar level of 'unreadable-ness' at that age
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Maybe I'm incredibly cynical, and also really late in the game, but this is the first I've started suddenly hearing about this book/series/movie stuff. After reading a basic Wikipedia description, I'm pretty convinced that I want nothing to do with it. Any story that involves forbidden vampire love and werewolves AND is recommended by Teen Magazine makes me want to automatically want nothing to do with it.
It's things like this that make the people I know write hack Werewolve (pseudo)erotica.
Not the new Harry
anonymous
August 6 2008, 05:52:44 UTC
Well, i'll admit. i read the first book, and i loved it. i had never really read a romantic novel before, and i thought twilight was sexy. i loved how edward was so unreachable and cold, so it made me want to read more to find out more about him
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Re: Not the new Harryanna_the_fairAugust 6 2008, 14:46:45 UTC
Ugh. For the record, I also hate Harry Potter. It was interesting at first, but after the 5th book it became clear very fast that J.K. Rowling's writing is incredibly mediocre.
Really? What about Lord of the Rings? It's already been remembered long before Harry Potter was even written.
Re: Not the new Harry
anonymous
June 19 2010, 02:37:57 UTC
Oh no! How can you not like Harry Potter? O: I think what she did with her writing style is meant to be simple but clever in a hidden way. I guess not everyone appreciates it... :P just figured since I saw an intelligent review about a book I hate, you'd also like what I liked. LOL. :P
SHALLOWEST BOOK EVER WRITTENloonysimpkinNovember 12 2008, 02:09:42 UTC
I am totally convinced that Edward is a Gary Stu and Bella Swan (plus her baby daughter) are Mary Sues. I mean, the story looks like it was written by those 11-year old mary sue fans from fanfiction.net! I mean, can Stephanie Meyer be anymore stupid? I wanna thump her in the face!!!
Re: SHALLOWEST BOOK EVER WRITTENloonysimpkinNovember 30 2008, 08:42:39 UTC
so so shallow i couldn't stand it. bella started loving edward unconditionally because he was desperately beautiful (such descriptions of edward must have been repeated like 1000 times in each book). that's really just about it. even when they were married and had renesmee, bella still couldn't get over how perfect and godlike he was (fancy a mormon using the word 'God' to describe a vampire. Heresy!). and during her wedding, bella kept thinking that she couldn't possibly be good looking enough for edward. it was only when she transformed into a vampire that she felt like she and edward were 'equals' when she looked at their reflection
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Re: SHALLOWEST BOOK EVER WRITTENloonysimpkinMay 25 2009, 02:01:52 UTC
"e.g. why play baseball during thunderstorms?"
I just watched the movie, never read the book and it was pretty clear to me why they played during the thunderstorm, it really wasn't that hard to wrap your mind around it.
Not that I'm defending the book by any means, I don't think it was too great either but that part definitely wasn't as hard to comprehend as you're making it out to be.
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Actually, it's not so much that the material is hormonal, but rather the mind it is coming from. In any case, it's so ridiculous that it was the only conculsion I could make. True, but if she makes the distinction that Bella is so special, couldn't she make her more mature to prove that? Who knows why Meyer thought why it would be a good idea. I'm strongly tempted to write a fantasy vampire novel somehow and show people how it's done.
Haha, then I suppose you don't want to hear the other overly generous, glorifying Edward paragraphs. Maybe I should use them to torture people.....
In any case, writing about how bad this all is, and actually reading the novel is equally horrible. Oy.
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After reading a basic Wikipedia description, I'm pretty convinced that I want nothing to do with it.
Any story that involves forbidden vampire love and werewolves AND is recommended by Teen Magazine makes me want to automatically want nothing to do with it.
It's things like this that make the people I know write hack Werewolve (pseudo)erotica.
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Really? What about Lord of the Rings? It's already been remembered long before Harry Potter was even written.
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I think what she did with her writing style is meant to be simple but clever in a hidden way. I guess not everyone appreciates it... :P just figured since I saw an intelligent review about a book I hate, you'd also like what I liked. LOL. :P
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NICE ENTRY BY THE WAY!!!
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I just watched the movie, never read the book and it was pretty clear to me why they played during the thunderstorm, it really wasn't that hard to wrap your mind around it.
Not that I'm defending the book by any means, I don't think it was too great either but that part definitely wasn't as hard to comprehend as you're making it out to be.
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