I couldn't get myself to keep going after the second book. I wholeheartedly wanted Bella to break her neck and/or drown when she jumped off the cliff. I could accept that she didn't grow and change as a character in the first book. But when she's the same whiny little snot on the last page of the second book that she was on page one book one...
I might find the premise of the werewolf imprinting interesting (as I did the vampire sparkles at first) if I hadn't seen it in ElfQuest 20 years as Recognition. The Pinis even had a good reason for it, being driven by genes when encountering another elf who's genes would make a good match. At least with Recognition, you only had to have a kid, you didn't have to stay together forever.
If anyone wants to read a paranormal teen romance, I suggest Shiver. It actually has tension, plot, and the kids act like teenagers...
I met a grad student and she had told me about how in the Twilight series, there's a lot of Mormon influence that Stephanie placed into the book. And after reading your review, I definitely see that more clearly.
And it's kind of freaky.
I never read Twilight, because, like I listed in your entry, I don't like YA or popular fiction - but I also heard terrible things about the book from people who I respect as readers. I also don't believe in "guilty pleasure" reading. If I'm going to read, it better be good, or I'm not picking it up (which explains my one/few sentences rule).
But I love reading your reviews because I really like how you can point out really relevant plot points and character development and all that fun stuff. :]
TWILIGHT is not indicative of YA as a whole, but this is definitely the side of YA (or any other fiction) that you'd want to steer clear of from the sound of it. :)
I don't know if anything is SPECIFICALLY Mormon-influenced so much as one could say there's a very conservative Christian influence. I don't want to spoil anything in these comments, but there are many reasons feminists aren't happy with these books, for the way Bella is painted in relation to herself, her friends, her boyfriend, her family, and the world-at-large. :) But when you read this book, come back to this review and read it through, because I talk about the influences that bug me, and we can go from there! :)
this one isnt' so bad breaking dawn is the far worst one. i can't believe i was stupid enough to buy the whole series. blahh the hype of the movies just make it worst. i wont' deny this.
Yep, the movie hype is the killer. A friend of mine passed along books two and three, so I've only purchased books one and four. :) We'll see how much #4 drives me crazy, but since I'm already spoiled, I hope it won't be THAT bad. :)
Yeah, there are some serious issues to consider if you take out the fact that Edward is a beautiful, "wise" vampire. And what's scarier is the author has stated she thinks of Edward as the perfect man. Yikes!
I meant to mention it here, and maybe I'll remember for my BREAKING DAWN review, but Bella never truly has any goals for herself before she met Edward, and that's scary, because all of her goals once she DOES meet Edward revolve around him, you know?
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I might find the premise of the werewolf imprinting interesting (as I did the vampire sparkles at first) if I hadn't seen it in ElfQuest 20 years as Recognition. The Pinis even had a good reason for it, being driven by genes when encountering another elf who's genes would make a good match. At least with Recognition, you only had to have a kid, you didn't have to stay together forever.
If anyone wants to read a paranormal teen romance, I suggest Shiver. It actually has tension, plot, and the kids act like teenagers...
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However, I did like Grace as a heroine more than I like Bella. I'm considering the next book in the series, LINGER. :)
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And it's kind of freaky.
I never read Twilight, because, like I listed in your entry, I don't like YA or popular fiction - but I also heard terrible things about the book from people who I respect as readers. I also don't believe in "guilty pleasure" reading. If I'm going to read, it better be good, or I'm not picking it up (which explains my one/few sentences rule).
But I love reading your reviews because I really like how you can point out really relevant plot points and character development and all that fun stuff. :]
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Pretty icon, BTW. :)
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I meant to mention it here, and maybe I'll remember for my BREAKING DAWN review, but Bella never truly has any goals for herself before she met Edward, and that's scary, because all of her goals once she DOES meet Edward revolve around him, you know?
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I definitely wouldn't let my (non-existent) kids read this without some serious discussion through-out the books. :)
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