Twilight. I can't even begin to tell you how many times I hear "Oh, Edward...." and I cringe. He's fake! I'm waiting for the day that he drains her dead. Vampires are monsters, pure and simple. I recall reading a few chapters and had to put it down. I couldn't get into it. At. All.
I adore sci-fi and fantasy. There are so many twists and turns in it that are simply amazing. I've read a lot of Isaac Asimov's works and even suspense novels from Tom Clancy. I suppose it's the real world feel that I like most than the entire "Oh, sparkly vampire. Must have!" thing that everyone else seems to like. Ick!
Ohhhhh Twilight. Twilight, Twilight, Twilight. XD I don't HATE it, but... You couldn't pay me to say it's anything but hilariously bad. Edward is, for all intents and purposes, utterly defanged, and thus the least interesting vampire I have ever had the misfortune to read about. (I too read only partway into the book before abandoning it for greater pastures.)
Sci-fi and fantasy are my stomping grounds of choice as well. :D I'm particularly enamoured with young adult novels of the type, since being written for the younger crowd they generally move along at a nice clip and also somehow seem more imaginative than a lot of adult books. I'd have to say my absolute favourite thing is when the setting is fantastical as all get-out, but the details are so well thought out and natural that the place feels truly real, as if the author had in fact lived there for years.
Oh gosh yes! The young adult novels such as Piers Anthony and R.A. Salvatore are fantastic!! I'm partial to the Dark Elf series and the way it's all written has such a story telling feel it's like you're standing in the middle. XD
I think what bothers me most about the Twilight series is that it's so...I don't know...uh...fake? Almost like club vampires fake?
I haven't read much Salvatore yet, though I do recall reading and liking some of Piers Anthony's stuff. :3 I'd have to say some of my favourites have been Susanna Clarke and D. M. Cornish. Clarke just pins down every little detail perfectly, right down to using archaic spelling to reflect the time period.
Yeah, it's quite fake. And everything's just far too perfect, to the point that it's boring. Sure, there's angst, but they're angsting over absolutely nothing, which is irritating rather than dramatic. :P
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I adore sci-fi and fantasy. There are so many twists and turns in it that are simply amazing. I've read a lot of Isaac Asimov's works and even suspense novels from Tom Clancy. I suppose it's the real world feel that I like most than the entire "Oh, sparkly vampire. Must have!" thing that everyone else seems to like. Ick!
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Sci-fi and fantasy are my stomping grounds of choice as well. :D I'm particularly enamoured with young adult novels of the type, since being written for the younger crowd they generally move along at a nice clip and also somehow seem more imaginative than a lot of adult books. I'd have to say my absolute favourite thing is when the setting is fantastical as all get-out, but the details are so well thought out and natural that the place feels truly real, as if the author had in fact lived there for years.
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I think what bothers me most about the Twilight series is that it's so...I don't know...uh...fake? Almost like club vampires fake?
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Yeah, it's quite fake. And everything's just far too perfect, to the point that it's boring. Sure, there's angst, but they're angsting over absolutely nothing, which is irritating rather than dramatic. :P
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