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[UnschoolnMa]

My Dd is reading the series right now and LOVES it! She agrees with the "literary crack" label.


She's reading it with her best friend but is just a little bit behind her in the series. The movie is being filmed right now too actually.

[holyhelianthus]

Originally Posted by A&A

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Exactly how I read it, too. And of course the author may not want to admit that! She may be ok with telling readers a "white lie" about that, so as not to give away plot.

I certainly hope so because Edward... :Puke :

[A&A]

Originally Posted by magstphil

I certainly hope so because Edward... :Puke :

Don't worry. You have my "money-back guarantee" that she'll end up with Jacob.

[Aries1985]

I love this series! It's one of those things that I have no idea why I love it, but I do.

I'm anxiously awaiting the last book!

The movie should be interesting too, but I'm sure not as good as the books.

[A&A]

Originally Posted by Aries1985

I love this series! It's one of those things that I have no idea why I love it, but I do.

It's the sexual tension. :

[Oriole]

Originally Posted by A&A

It's the sexual tension. :

You said it out loud!
I can't wait for The Host... anyone will be looking for it the day it comes out?..

[A&A]

Originally Posted by Oriole

I can't wait for The Host... anyone will be looking for it the day it comes out?..

So, that's the title of the 4th book? (I didn't know that. I do know that it comes out August 2nd, though. I'll probably have a contest with my sis to see which one of us gets through it faster.)

[Oriole]

Originally Posted by A&A

So, that's the title of the 4th book? (I didn't know that. I do know that it comes out August 2nd, though. I'll probably have a contest with my sis to see which one of us gets through it faster.)

No no, Breaking Dawn is the 4th book. The Host is just another book by Stephanie Meyer, and it's coming out in May. I don't think The Host is in any way connected to Twilight series... just the same author.

[chellemarie]

Originally Posted by Oriole

No no, Breaking Dawn is the 4th book. The Host is just another book by Stephanie Meyer, and it's coming out in May. I don't think The Host is in any way connected to Twilight series... just the same author.

The Host is about a love triangle between one person and another and the alien that is living in one of them. It's being marketed as adult fiction rather than YA.

[SAHDS]

I started the series last summer and here's my thoughts:

I really enjoyed Twilight. Thought it was interesting, well written and it made me want more. Liked the Edward/Bella dynamic.

New Moon was pretty good. I liked the progression with Jacob and started to like Edward and Bella less; especially near the end. LOTS of eye-rolling in those last few chapters.

Eclipse - *sigh* this book reminded me that this is simply a teen series. Bella is way too Mary-Sue for me, the angst is silly, Alice is irritating, Edward is ... who cares.

The only reason I may read Breaking Dawn is for Jacob Black. I truly love his character and am rooting for him to have his happy ending which, thank God, will not involve Bella "I-don't-mind-never-having-children-a- pulse/heartbeat-warmth-my-parents-with-me-etc.-because-I-am-so-in-love-with-the-beautiful/stunning/gorgeous-Edward-Cullen" Swan.

[journeymom]

Ooooookay, here's the thread I was looking for! Darn the missing search engine. So here's what I said on the thread I started.

So 13 year old daughter and her friends got started on this book and have inhaled the whole series. They adore it. At dd's insistence I'm reading it. Oh my. I can see why they like it. The main character, Bella, is just a plain girl in high school. But the mysterious, dazzlingly handsome guy at school falls in love with her, picks her over the other girls, which makes her feel very special, and therefore the reader feels special, too (because the main character stands in for the reader). Edited to say, this is what reminded me of Mary Sues.

It's a sexually charged story, but so far no one has done the deed. I haven't heard that it's that kind of book. But- last night I got to a part in the story where the girl lies to her dad about where she'll be, to cover up that Edward is in her bedroom. Which is a concept I really object to in real life. So today I told dd that I'd got to that part of the story and I made a humorous, overly dramatic to-do about how boyfriends should NEVER, EVER be hidden in bedrooms. If dd wants to smooch with her undead godlike boyfriend, they can stay on the living room couch. She laughed, too.

Anyway, this guy Edward is the Byronic anti-hero defined. Moody, broody, fatally flawed, separated from society. And what woman wouldn't want to be The One, the one woman that he actually loves? I haven't finished the story yet, but I bet at some point he's going to say something like, you're the only one who can save me! The love of a good woman will redeem him, in spite of his evil ways.

The writing is rather plain, but serviceable. Stephanie Meyer is a good writer. But she doesn't do dialogue very well. It's never awkward, but it could be much more interesting.

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Someone here mentioned fan fiction and Mary Sues. That's exactly what I was thinking. Honestly, it reads like exceptionally good fan fiction. It indulges the reader. And it is crack! OMG! I found myself staying up till the wee hours like I did when I first discovered Professor Snape fanfic.

Of course I haven't even finished Twilight yet. Apparently her writing gets better. I wonder if Stephanie Meyer wrote any fan fiction...?

[Brisen]

I googled "Mary Sue" and thought, no way am I going to find a definition of how they're using it here... but it was the first result, I'm amazed.

I don't know if her writing improves. If it does, it was overshadowed for me by the plot getting worse. Bleh.

I read The Host recently. Not quite science fiction-y enough for my taste, but I enjoyed reading it. More than I enjoyed the second and third books in the Twilight series. The main character was the same frustrating mix as Bella -- she seems to think she's selfless, and it seems like the reader is maybe supposed to think she's selfless, but she's really always looking out for herself. That's my take on it, anyway.

[Superior Jane]

I have not read it, and only recently heard about it. I am sort of curious about it now..but my book club is reading something else right now and I have a lot of other books to read formt he library and so on.

[tinybutterfly]

I think I need to read The Host. :

[Synchro246]

Originally Posted by A&A

Don't worry. You have my "money-back guarantee" that she'll end up with Jacob.

I think that bella's clumbsy nature will eventually necessitate her conversion :




"I fell down the stairs. I felt my bones crack. As I lay there bleeding out onto the tile with Edward glowing over me fading into. . . .I woke up at the cullens house feeling refreshed. . ."

[elisent]

I love this book! I was a bit disappointed with the turn the story took in #2, #3 redeemed it a bit for me, and I have #4 preordered from amazon.

Doesn't Bella ever want children? That's something I'd seriously be thinking about if I was considering being a vampire, but it hasn't been mentioned much at all.

[APBTlover]

Originally Posted by elisent

Doesn't Bella ever want children? That's something I'd seriously be thinking about if I was considering being a vampire, but it hasn't been mentioned much at all.

From my POV, it makes sense. Especially when I was Bella's age (not too long ago), I saw children as a product of the creative love between myself and my (future) husband, not as an end in themselves. If we couldn't make children on our own, we wouldn't have any. We still feel that way, although we might adopt if it comes down to it.

That said... Twilight IS literary crack! And yes, it's the sexual tension.

[journeymom]

I finished it a couple of days ago. My conclusion- it's okay, but I was glad to be done with it. It's not my thing.

The writing is really only mediocre.

Bella is irritating.

She describes Edward in over-the-top terms so often it loses its punch. Yeah, yeah, Edward is an Adonis. Whatever.

I like the premise. And I can see why this is so popular. But I'm not interested enough to read the rest of the books.

[Viola]

Originally Posted by Valkyrie9

I just finished Twilight last night. Very fun reading! But...okay...here's my issue:

What happens when she menstruates? Can I seriously be the only one wondering this?

I have to admit I never thought of that. Now I'm having all sorts of gross thoughts. Vampire tea bag, anyone? She should get herself a Keeper or Divacup and let Edward have at it.

I've only read the first 2 books. I wrote a review of the first one on the Goodreads site, but I think some of the issues I had get resolved, in a sense, in the subsequent books.

[journeymom]

Originally Posted by Viola

I have to admit I never thought of that. Now I'm having all sorts of gross thoughts. Vampire tea bag, anyone? She should get herself a Keeper or Divacup and let Edward have at it.