Overall, the books were OK. They were light and quick reads. They are entertaining enough to read through all 2800 pages in about four days.
The romance element of these is pretty blah.
Bella is a doormat for most of the story.
Book four is the best by far! Until 60% of the way through when Meyer wimps out and then the book becomes the worst.
I'm happy that so many people that would not be reading otherwise have picked up a book and found something that interests them. I just wish that they would have been better.
The romance element of these is pretty blah.
Bella is a doormat for most of the story.
Book four is the best by far! Until 60% of the way through when Meyer wimps out and then the book becomes the worst.
I'm happy that so many people that would not be reading otherwise have picked up a book and found something that interests them. I just wish that they would have been better.
And with all the rest of this too, really. It's so syrupy that you really can't call the romance any good, or compare the books to the works Meyer claims as inspiration (like Wuthering Heights and Pride and Prejudice).
As I don't believe we've actually had a review of this yet... Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. 
- 14/02/2010 04:08:51 PM
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- 14/02/2010 04:08:51 PM
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I think the series is codswallop...and that it DID have potential
- 14/02/2010 04:59:56 PM
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As I said, the second book is better in some regards thanks to that.
- 14/02/2010 05:06:29 PM
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I normally would agree with you
- 14/02/2010 06:05:36 PM
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Well, there are a few books she explicitly references and cites as inspiration.
- 14/02/2010 07:15:36 PM
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Re: I'm going to be very unkind and possibly factually wrong here, since it has been a while.
- 14/02/2010 05:52:52 PM
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Yeah, absolutely true (spoilers).
- 14/02/2010 06:14:58 PM
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Re: I think it gets labelled antifeminist because, well, it's Bella, the heroine, and she's so young
- 14/02/2010 06:26:37 PM
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I love your point about the other "Strong women"
- 14/02/2010 06:43:05 PM
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Re: What is LDS? *NM*
- 14/02/2010 06:44:36 PM
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Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints (i.e. Mormons). *NM*
- 14/02/2010 06:46:15 PM
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They lost me with twinkly vampires *NM*
- 14/02/2010 09:22:01 PM
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I think it could have been sold better
- 14/02/2010 09:35:07 PM
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- 14/02/2010 09:35:07 PM
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Vampires should be tragic at best monsters at worst
- 15/02/2010 04:58:15 PM
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I thought that was strange too
- 15/02/2010 09:19:26 PM
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I think I would rather just eat people then be stuck in high school forever
- 16/02/2010 09:22:07 PM
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You just had to do it, didn't you? *possible spoiler*
- 15/02/2010 01:57:29 AM
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*possible spoiler*
- 15/02/2010 01:57:29 AM
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yes *spoilers*
- 15/02/2010 02:02:27 AM
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Yeah. It's one of those things that sound worse out of context than they are in the book itself...
- 15/02/2010 10:57:47 AM
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Great way to label this series...
- 26/02/2010 07:40:47 PM
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Yes, it's amazing how shocking stuff she can get away with while still making it fluff. *NM*
- 26/02/2010 08:22:13 PM
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I read a lot of PNR (paranormal romance for you book snobs out there) and thus have read these too.
- 15/02/2010 09:55:54 PM
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I totally agree about book four.
- 15/02/2010 10:02:43 PM
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Mormon fantasy...haha
- 15/02/2010 10:06:58 PM
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