Re: "Twilight"

[arabian]

Lordy, am I the ONLY one on my flist and the internets in general who was so blah on Twilight that I actually didn't even bother finishing the first book even though I had all three on my computer waiting to read and plenty of time to finish them? Seriously, am I the only one who does NOT GET THE SQUEE over these novels? Boring, one-dimensional characters, onion-slice thin plot, lackluster dialogue, plodding prose.

Just me? Really?

Comments

[arabian.livejournal.com]

Don't bother, LOL!

[(Anonymous)]

Twilight is a great book and it sucks you right in because you want to see what happens to the characters because of how she introduces them to the reader. She weaves the story where you see that Bella and Edward are a lot alike, even with him being a vampire, they are looking for the same thing which acceptance of who they are. They are both lost souls until they meet that first day in the cafe at school. I've heard a lot of good things about the other books so I'm looking forward to them. It may not be everyone's cup of tea but the other good thing about this series it allows you to escape from the world around you into a another world for a short time. I'm really looking forward to the movie because the actor who played Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter will be playing Edward. They chemistry that he has with the actress playing Bella is suppose to be amazing.

The mormon housewife whose name is Stephanie Meyer is a very good writer. Her new book The Host is excellant.

[arabian.livejournal.com]

I read enough of the book to have read all that you described and I disagree mightily. However, that is merely my opinion. Obviously, based on the reaction elsewhere in the world, mine is the minority opinion (although, not so much in this thread).

I have no issue with you stating your opinion (although, I don't know who you are), but this wasn't a "Why does anyone think Twilight is a great book?" post. It was a "Am I the only one on my flist who thinks it sucks? post."