The Twilight Saga

[AcidBumbler]

Eh.. I find Twilight very overrated, really.
I heard a LOT about it from pretty much every girl at college, so I figured it can't be at all bad if they're going on about it so much.
Being into vampires, I thought it'd definitely be worth the £7 if it was so highly praised, so I went out and bought it.
Never regretted £7 quite so much.. =|
(Probably because I'm pretty low on cash all the time so it's no small thing for me to spend on a brand new book haha)

I really wish I'd used the library instead - ended up giving the book to my 11 year old cousin. She loved it.. of course.
I got about 40/50ish pages in then just couldn't read any more, which is really unusual because I'm really stubborn with books and refuse to leave them unfinished. Didn't like Meyers' writing style whatsoever and I agree with King's opinion on Twilight completely..

Why do people compare Twilight to Harry Potter, anyway? There's no similarity between them whatsoever.

Meh. Each to their own, though.

[Ka-mai]

I KNOW! Harry Potter I will admit started out as children's stories, but became more, and all through it everything was significant and well-written (moreso as the series went on). Twilight is just shitty writing. I tried reading it in a drugstore while waiting for my prescription and I felt like I was reading some girl's Livejournal attempt at a novel.

[Heather19]

Well I just finished the series. As a whole I found it to be a really entertaining read. I couldn't put it down. However, the last book kinda dragged a bit in my opinion.

possible end spoiler

I didn't really care for the whole plot about the baby, and I got really annoyed when she changed perspective and wrote part of the story from Jacob's point of view.

Has anyone read the draft of midnight sun that's out there on the internet?

[Unfound One]

I have Heather, and I actually enjoyed it more than Twilight from Bella's perspective.

It's also cool to see where the stories mesh together.

I'd recommend reading it if you liked the series as a whole - I think it's only like 250 pages in Word, double spaced.

[Heather19]

Thanks. I definitely plan to read it, but I hadn't heard anything about it so was curious if it was any good or not. And honestly, I think I might enjoy the story from Edward's perspective more than Bella's as well.

[Unfound One]

Heh.
It's not *quite* as whiny.
But it's definitely still angsty...

[AcidBumbler]

I KNOW! Harry Potter I will admit started out as children's stories, but became more, and all through it everything was significant and well-written (moreso as the series went on). Twilight is just shitty writing. I tried reading it in a drugstore while waiting for my prescription and I felt like I was reading some girl's Livejournal attempt at a novel.

Couldnt've put it better myself.
I was thinking fanfiction.net (dunno if that's the right web address but it's something like that)

[Disincarnate]

She should have ended the book with them getting married and Bella turning into a vampire. The whole thing with the baby and the imprinting was just stupid.

Also, Renesme is the worst name ever.

[sarajean]

really?

i loved the whole third portion of that book.

i could have done without the jacob stuff, but other than that, it's my favourite.

[Disincarnate]

I think it made the book lose it's charm. It was a cute little love story up until then. That part made me feel like Stephanie Meyer sat down and made a list of all the most obnoxious and ridiculous things that she could possibly think of - and put them in her book:

...demon-vampire spawn, demon-vampire spawn trying to eat its way out of Bella, sex-cottage, werewolf pedophilia, etc...

I donno, just wasn't feelin' it.

[Heather19]

She should have ended the book with them getting married and Bella turning into a vampire. The whole thing with the baby and the imprinting was just stupid.

Also, Renesme is the worst name ever.

I agree. I think I would have enjoyed the last book alot more had she ended it that way.

Spoiler:

The whole baby plot just seemed out of place from the rest of the story. And then Jacob imprinting on her daughter.

[Heather19]

I was talking to my boss the other day about the ending, and I've got a question because we both came to different conclusions. I'll spoiler it just in case

Spoiler:

She felt bad for Jacob at the end because Renesme won't age. I was under the impression that Jacob was around 16 yrs old, and that Renesme would age to approximately that age as well, and since there are still vampires around he'll stay that age for a long time. She, however, was saying that Renesme would only age to about 13-14, and that Jacob was already about 18 yrs old. So she thought they would never have a love type of relationship since Renesme would still be young. What were your interpretations?

[Unfound One]

Hmm... I thought that the other half vampire they met had grown up? So wouldn't Nessie as well?

But maybe not, it's been awhile. And I don't have my book so I can't even check. Sorry I'm so little help Heather.

ETA: Wikipedia says the following: "She will reach physical maturity after about seven years, when her physical appearance will be around seventeen, and then stop aging."

I don't know where they're getting that from, but it's Wikipedia, so it has to be correct, right?

[Unfound One]

Wait, double post.

Here's the link for the Twilight Wiki article about Nahuel - the half vampire guy.
He's 150 years old, but looks young.

And the wiki article about Nessie says the same thing as earlier - she will age 7 years and then physically stop.

[Heather19]

[QUOTE=Unfound One;417473ETA: Wikipedia says the following: "She will reach physical maturity after about seven years, when her physical appearance will be around seventeen, and then stop aging."[/QUOTE]

Thanks SJ, that's kinda the impression that I was under as well, but then after talking to my boss I got confused because she was insisting she would only physically grow to about the look of a 13 yr old. I'll go check out the wiki.

[Ka-mai]

I KNOW! Harry Potter I will admit started out as children's stories, but became more, and all through it everything was significant and well-written (moreso as the series went on). Twilight is just shitty writing. I tried reading it in a drugstore while waiting for my prescription and I felt like I was reading some girl's Livejournal attempt at a novel.

Couldnt've put it better myself.
I was thinking fanfiction.net (dunno if that's the right web address but it's something like that)

Oh, the hours I spent on ff.net! I can't decide if they are fond or shameful memories....

[Mordred Deschain]

question: Oh first, I have not read the entire series yet, but I am about 1/4 the way thru eclipse so if my question is going to get answered later on, just let me know, and if I missed the answer, well that's speed reading for ya:

Spoiler:

How can Alice use her power and see Bella in future instances when NO other vampires special ability works on Bella? And unless I missed some of the story speed reading, Alice said she saw Bella jump of the cliff in the future. How is that possible?

[what]

You'll understand later... and I'm not tellling!

[Mordred Deschain]

You'll understand later... and I'm not tellling!

That's cool, as long as my question getz answered!!

Oh, does it get answered in eclipse or the next book? hehe..

[Heather19]

I'm pretty sure it's not until the last book.

[sarah]

you find out the answer to your question towards the end of eclipse.

[Mordred Deschain]

Alrighty!!! Thanks all!!

[jhanic]

I just visited the bookstore at my old alma mater (Kent State University) and discovered that Twilight is required reading in one of the English courses!

John

[CyberGhostface]

Here's question I have as I haven't read any of the books...

Spoiler:

Apparently in the second book, when Edward thinks Bella is dead, he plans on committing suicide by standing in the sun. However, if vampires just glitter in the sun in this universe instead of burning up like a respectable vampire would, how would that kill him?

[sarajean]

Here's question I have as I haven't read any of the books...

Spoiler:

Apparently in the second book, when Edward thinks Bella is dead, he plans on committing suicide by standing in the sun. However, if vampires just glitter in the sun in this universe instead of burning up like a respectable vampire would, how would that kill him?

Spoiler:

he doesn't stand in the sun to kill himself. he intends to stand in the sun, revealing himself as a vampire to humans to cause the volturi to kill him for exposing the secret.