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Twilight

Jan 27, 2009 16:00

So, I was shopping Sunday with a good friend, and picked up Twilight. Another friend had been asking me to read it for awhile, because she thought I would like it and wanted to have someone to see the movie with. I started reading it when the friend and her family had gone home, and didn't put it down until it was done. At 4am ( Read more... )

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lissa510 January 27 2009, 21:37:37 UTC

no worries ...it gets more happy:)

suba_al_hadid January 28 2009, 03:45:36 UTC

I had to put New Moon down, eat some chocolate, and read some Terry Pratchett. Even at that it was a very bad night in terms of mood control.

It *does* get better. I promise. I myself had to take a week break from the book before picking it up again in order to regain my equilibrium.

ownedbytwins January 28 2009, 04:07:41 UTC

I could not possibly have put it down for so long... I skipped ahead, saw that he came back, and kept going, still crying occasionally, waiting for him to return. Now I am debating starting eclipse, although if i do I probably will not sleep tonight... I hope I am still coherent at Birka this weekend...

suba_al_hadid January 28 2009, 04:50:45 UTC

After the [Very Long] rough patch in New Moon, I found it all enjoyable. Re-living my own bout with depression by reading about hers was just rather a lot to cope with. Putting it down until I could recover was fro self-protection. One of my recovery strategies was/is to note what things trigger certain moods and be very cautious about when I approach them (be sure I'm in a resilient frame of mind).

So the upshot is: I really enjoyed the series. I don't think I'll touch New Moon again; OTOH, I will probably re-read some of the others in future (and maybe just the end of New Moon). I had some medium-sized children trying to talk to me while I was at the climax of each of the books, so I missed some of the full impact by being interrupted every half-second. The kids are still learning that, "Hold on - I'm on the last ten pages," is a warning to not interrupt unless it's important enough to risk having one's head bitten off. They have a little more empirical evidence now.

anonymous January 28 2009, 09:44:20 UTC

TOLD YOU SO!!!!!!

ownedbytwins January 28 2009, 17:52:57 UTC

Stacy, if this is you - you need to call me back. I am so obsessed with these books, and I REALLY want to see the movie BEFORE it comes out on DVD!