Pardon the bad language, but, in this situation, it is necessary. Twilight made dark romance big. That is a fact. A fact that sane people everywhere acknowledge and despise. I will admit, that Stephenie Mayer is a good writer. An excellent one at that, I agree she is not the best, and so leaves better writers seething in their incredibly well written but still left unnoticed writing career, but, it is obvious that Meyer's chosen genre is not so good. For starters, it is all very unrealistic, (and I know that this has been said before but..) a vampire that sparkles, really? You have to be kidding me.
I admit that I have only read half of one of the books in the series, but, that is certainly enough for me. I guess I just don't like reading about characters who have the emotional maturity of somebody who, if you times their age by 6, you get yours. It is just simply uninteresting. I mean, of course there is enough action and everything, but I simply just don't care about the characters on any level what so ever. The books just never go below the surface meaning there is not an emotional connection. This is not helped by the fact that the Edward never develops a personality, he just remains to be the most perfect example of a boyfriend and has no faults what so ever - a very annoying trait. Meyer could have created a connection, but she didn't. Her other book 'The Host' proves that. But she didn't. I believe it is because Stephenie Meyer was writing for a different purpose, not for her audience, but for herself. Read on.
The danger of this tale, is never quite dangerous enough. It is not frightening or unpredictable. You don't even care about how the characters will get out of the situation because it is as simple as the rest of the book. All of this leads to a very boring excuse for a book.
In the books, Meyer writes about 'Bella' who has a very intimate relationship with the most poncy and annoying vampire, ever in the history of the universe. This is impossible. Vampires have no blood and so I am sure you can see why it would be impossible for this to occur, regardless of how much chemistry is going on. Herbal remedies, or no herbal remedies, that guy is gonna have some problems.
Stephenie Meyer is a twisted women. It is obvious she wrote these books as an expression of a very vivid fantasy of her own. I think she imagines herself as Bella and enjoys 'being fought over' by the perfect gentleman (other than the fact he is a vampire) and a muscly guy who chooses to wear no shirt as an attempt to fit in. His attempt to fit in, by the way, works very well, because wearing no shirt in the coldest place in America means that he does not look like he is part of a weird cult but is in fact a normal person. Not only does she, in my opinion, imagine herself as the main character, but, she fantasises over 108 year olds and half animals? A strange women, if you ask me..
What is worse than thousands of teenage girls screaming about fictional characters? Nothing? No. Thousands of teenage mothers screaming about fictional characters. These mums aren't screaming at a half ditched attempt to connect with their daughter, no. They are screaming because they have been swept up by the creepiness of twilight too. A sight that is very cringe worthy and damn right disgusting.
So when will people realise that it is unbelievable fiction? I do not know, but, what I do know, is that: the whole series has been blown out of proportion and has ruined the lives of normal people of the world. I believe that twilight should be made illegal, purely on the grounds that it is falsely leading and annoying.
Yours, a frustrated Youngsters_World.
No no no, Stephanie Meyer is not a good writer, and definitely not excellent.
ReplyDeleteA but she is. The fact her books have captivated such an audience ( :@ ) when others writing her genre failed proves that.
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ReplyDeleteactually i disagree, it does not take good writing to do that because the books were quite well known before but the real hysteria took place AFTER the films had been made, she didn't become no 2 on fanfiction for pure talent (don't ask me why i know that) and the quality of her writing is horrific the characters are so one dimensional and yes Bella is extremely childish even after marrying a guy over 100 and having a kid. Rant also over.
ReplyDeleteI have to say, you make a good point Aliel,but I do think she has writing skill at least. She is not the best, but, she is far better than a good proportion of the population. There, compromise?
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ReplyDeletehaha.
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