See, that's the problem with these books right there. The whole "DON'T HAVE SEX OR YOU'LL DIE!!!!!" mentality blows my mind to no end, and in all honesty, the book reads just like it was written by a sheltered little mormon girl. I've known a few mormons in my life (and I've been to Salt Lake City...eesh), and this is just... yeah.
I have no words.
If they were written by someone with half a brain and a little bit of talent... well, they'd be something totally different. There really is no saving grace except for the fact that reading them is pushing me to be a better writer.
You're right. But the difference between Stephenie Meyer and Dan Brown is that HE has ideas with potential. Still horrible execution...but in the hands of a proper writer, the stories could be really good.
The Twilight stuff...no. Just...no. There's nothing.
Where is my ORLY icon?more_dragonceltJune 16 2009, 06:32:38 UTC
Uh...YEAH. And some AMEN, too.
At least Sunshine had some character development, even if Robin Mckinley had a serious case of the word diarrhea (OMG WHERE WAS HER EDITOR???). I am so off vampire novels forever.
I mean, hells, at least L.J Smith's Nightworld characters actually argue, talk and have other interests!
I wanted to punch bella so fricken hard and I HATED how the world revolved around her-I hated even more how there were no women charactgers, who stood on their own, as main characters.
I just kept waiting for something to HAPPEN in the book. and like I really hoped maybe it was all like tongue in cheek or sell-out sarcasm, like 'woo look what I'm getting away with publishing to make a bunch of money, ahaha, the publishing industry is stupid!' Because that I could kind of see and be amused by.
but then I realized she was actually serious. And my brain broke all the more.
We need to start a fanfic campaign that crosses this with like, real vampire characters, snort.
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See, that's the problem with these books right there. The whole "DON'T HAVE SEX OR YOU'LL DIE!!!!!" mentality blows my mind to no end, and in all honesty, the book reads just like it was written by a sheltered little mormon girl. I've known a few mormons in my life (and I've been to Salt Lake City...eesh), and this is just... yeah.
I have no words.
If they were written by someone with half a brain and a little bit of talent... well, they'd be something totally different. There really is no saving grace except for the fact that reading them is pushing me to be a better writer.
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The Twilight stuff...no. Just...no. There's nothing.
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At least Sunshine had some character development, even if Robin Mckinley had a serious case of the word diarrhea (OMG WHERE WAS HER EDITOR???). I am so off vampire novels forever.
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I mean, hells, at least L.J Smith's Nightworld characters actually argue, talk and have other interests!
I wanted to punch bella so fricken hard and I HATED how the world revolved around her-I hated even more how there were no women charactgers, who stood on their own, as main characters.
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but then I realized she was actually serious. And my brain broke all the more.
We need to start a fanfic campaign that crosses this with like, real vampire characters, snort.
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