Comments | kerikeri: More book-wankery. Whee.

kerikeri

More book-wankery. Whee.

Dec 17, 2008 15:32

Still putting myself through the mental and emotional ordeal of reading the Twilight series. I'm about six chapters into New Moon, and already thoroughly disgusted. The first book was just bad, but this one's actually making me angry.

( Yes, I'm still bitching about Twilight. You've been warned. Oh, and I guess there are sort of New Moon spoilers in here even though there is still basically no plot. )

twilight hurts me, books

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beautifulcity December 17 2008, 20:41:10 UTC

New Moon is a waste of a book. While Jacob does have his moments of crazy throughout the series, I kept along with liking him as well. I never really understood the Jacob HATE...I guess because they set it up like a stupid triangle and the people who support the CREEPY relationship between Bella and Edward are like DONT SPLIT THEM UP ZOMG!!!!!

But honestly...just keep reading New Moon and force yourself to get through it. Eclipse is a MUCH better book. MUCH BETTER. I think I read New Moon the fastest, mainly because my favorite characters are the Cullens (sans Edward), and I was like...well, maybe if I read another chapter, the Cullens will come back and Bella will shut up about the hole in her chest that she can't fill!

kerikeri December 17 2008, 21:21:55 UTC

Yeah, any character who threatens the supposed One True Pairing is gonna get the hate. Besides, he's a relatively normal and approachable guy (at least so far-- the werewolf stuff has only been foreshadowed at this point), which appears to be an unforgivable sin in this series.

I agree that the other Cullens are the best characters. Maybe if the series was about them and not Bella & Edward, I'd be a fan... or at least upgrade it from "trainwreck" to "guilty pleasure"... lol.

nosmokegirl December 17 2008, 20:44:50 UTC

that dude isn't like, particularly physically attractive to me, but from the interviews I've watched with him, he's definitely becoming more attractive. He seems very down-to-earth and intelligent.

kerikeri December 17 2008, 20:59:37 UTC

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. At first I thought he was just some boring heartthrob type, but he's so quirky and clearly not your typical Hollywood pretty boy that I can't help but like him. And I seriously respect him for having the balls not to sugarcoat his opinion on the cheesiness of the books, how fucked-up his character really is, the psychotic fans, and the whole trainwreck of a situation.

nosmokegirl December 17 2008, 20:53:34 UTC

and after browsing twilight on IMDB: why are the two leads years younger than me and making millions of dollars? oh god, why!?

kerikeri December 17 2008, 21:08:18 UTC

Haha. If it's any consolation, apparently they're earning every dollar of those millions by playing characters they hate, performing dialogue so cheesy they can barely say it with a straight face, and being stalked by mobs of crazy teenage girls (and their even crazier mothers) who can't separate reality from fantasy.

Which, let's face it, is probably worth putting up with for that kind of money, but I still don't much envy them their lives for the next few years.

pepperedmoth December 17 2008, 22:11:48 UTC

Romance is depicted like that WAY TOO OFTEN. In my humble opinion. It's a little creepy, actually. I'm getting married and I DO NOT feel like that, in any way. I love him, yeah, but . . . not like that. AT ALL. And the endless, endless depiction of romance ONLY being real if it's soul-sucking and misery-inducing . . . no. Unhealthy. Just . . . no.

kerikeri December 17 2008, 22:50:50 UTC

I agree. I must shamefully admit I used to have a big weakness for the idea of the crazy tormented passionate love-hate romance. I was pretty much cured of that by actually being in one. It was not a good situation, it did serious damage to my self-worth and identity, and it led to me making a lot of stupid decisions afterward and still being insecure and messed-up from it almost a year after it ended.

So that's why these books make me kinda ragey, because I recognize a ton of myself from back then in the main character's behavior-- the way she anxiously tries to follow his mood swings, has no sense of life or happiness beyond him, becomes despondent and euphoric solely based on his mood and attention... it pisses me off so much that this is being portrayed as Real Love. And I don't care if it's a fantasy and not meant to be realistic, because this does happen in real life, and it's not real love, it means you're obsessed with someone who's mentally ill.

...sorry for writing a novel, heh.

jadedguardgirl December 17 2008, 22:15:08 UTC

two word: naked photos. :D

kerikeri December 17 2008, 22:30:31 UTC

...what? O_O