So I ended up reading this book series because tons of friends (dare I call them that after recommending this rubbish??) told me that it was amazing, I would fall in love with Edward, yadda yadda <insert bull shit that isn't true here>.
I need to go gargle with some turpentine to get the taste of Mormon fantasy out of my mouth. Mormon fantasy...isn't that an oxymoron?
Somehow I did not see that one coming, and I do wonder what Meyer would think of it.
As for Mormon fantasy being an oxymoron, I don't know, you'd think their holy books would be rather an inspiration to be creative... and there are a few notable Mormon speculative fiction writers, after all (I only just realized that maybe this is why Meyer expressed such admiration for Orson Scott Card).
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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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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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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Mormon fantasy...haha
- 15/02/2010 10:06:58 PM
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*lmao* There are gay men who like Edward?
- 15/02/2010 10:12:37 PM
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