Twilight Saga

OK confession time.  Who has read the books and/or seen the movies?

I have. I'm not sure why I read all the books, because I don't like the main characters personalities or relationship. I do like Rosalie and Jasper though.
I have seen all the movies, my DH is a big fan (really!) and we saw New Moon on opening night and the early preview of Eclipse at his insistence.

I think my favorite thing about Twilight is Jacobs abs!
And how the Volturi's 'casual' ensembles involve brocade vests

I read the first one because everyone said since I liked Anne Rice that I'd like this. WRONG. It was quite possibly the worst-written book I have ever read. It made me angry to finish it, that something that bad could make so much money. Apart from the £2 I spent on it, I more wanted those hours of my life back.

If you don't believe me, here's an example of the writing quality from this rather amusing rundown of the "books":

Stephanie Meyer's exemplary writing style is demonstrated in this conversation between Edward and our narrator Bella:

"Aren't you hungry?" he asked, distracted.

"No." I didn't feel like mentioning that my stomach was already full - full of butterflies.

This book was so bad I broke the habit of a lifetime and actually threw it in the bin. I didn't even want to recycle it for fear some unsuspecting person might fish it out.

I read the first one because everyone said since I liked Anne Rice that I'd like this. WRONG. It was quite possibly the worst-written book I have ever read. It made me angry to finish it, that something that bad could make so much money. Apart from the £2 I spent on it, I more wanted those hours of my life back.

If you don't believe me, here's an example of the writing quality from this rather amusing rundown of the "books":

This book was so bad I broke the habit of a lifetime and actually threw it in the bin. I didn't even want to recycle it for fear some unsuspecting person might fish it out.

totally 

I can't believe someone would compare Anne Rice to Stephanie Meyer.  I mean, IMO the Twilight Saga was written for 13-year-olds and Anne Rice can be difficult for well-educated people to follow.

I like the story line itself (I've always liked vampire stories)...but also not a fan of the writing style.  Saw the first two movies and hoping to make it to Eclipse at the end of next week.

Gotta say, as much as I love vampires, I'm Team Jake.  Rob Pat just doesn't do it for me...at all.

I've read all the books, seen the movies...I can't seem to resist. I know the writing style is AWFUL but I couldn't put the books down mostly because I found the plot intriguing (throughout Breaking Dawn I spent every other minute thinking "she's so not going to go there...omg...she IS. WTF") and although I know that the creepy-obsessive "relationship" that Bella and Edward have is definitely *not* healthy I still love it. Just can't help it!!

The films have been LOL-worthy although I thought New Moon was decent as far as entertainment value goes... but Jacobs abs...ugh, he's only like 16!!!! It's so wrong!!!!

...and yet so right. I'm Team Jacob...but not for Bella. She can have Edward!!

Oh, and this is probably wrong on many levels but I have been to Forks, Washington (I was in Seattle for a conference and I thought there was *no way* I was going to miss out on Forks if I came this far)! And Port Angeles. There is absolutely NOTHING there - nothing except for Twilight shops!!! The Olympic Peninsula is *Gorgeous* though!!

but Jacobs abs...ugh, he's only like 16!!!! It's so wrong!!!!

He's 18 now.  Still way to young for me but legal to gawk at!  *DH has amazing abs but he's a bit pasty*

He's 18 now.  Still way to young for me but legal to gawk at!  *DH has amazing abs but he's a bit pasty*

Haha oh Phew! Glad he's 18 now. I think when New Moon came out he was 16 or 17? It just freaks me out a little :-)

My hubby is called Edward and I went to ask him a question in line at the movie theatre when Twilight came out (we were at the midnight showing) and he almost got mowed down by all the Edward-crazed middle-aged women!!! Ed definitely indulges me...he won't read the books but I think he enjoys the movies!

Never read the books and i'm not really interested to read them.  I've seen the movies though and they are ok, I mostly go for Mr Pattinson.   

I loved the books but I didn't read them any intellectual stimulation, I just wanted entertainment with little thought and they did that for me, twice!  Looking forward to getting to the theater at some point to see the new release.

I have all the books (mostly because I kept hearing everyone talk about them and when my parents sent me a $100 Amazon e-card for my birthday, I had to spend it all before I left the US, so I used it to buy the books!) and I've seen the first two films (will be going to see Eclipse next week).

I have a love-hate relationship with the books in that I couldn't put them down, yet for some reason I didn't like reading them  - I felt really dissatisfied with them and to be honest, they are really not written all that well at all. Bella doesn't seem to have a personality and Edward was a bit much with all the marriage talk. My thoughts while reading the books were: 'What on Earth does he see in her?' and 'Who would find cold, marble-like skin appealing?' . I much preferred Jacob with Bella (my favourite book - if you can call it that - is New Moon).

I've been watching the films mostly because of the hype and also to see how the books have been interpreted, but I'm not big a fan of Robert Pattinson and don't find him all that attractive, to be honest. Edward was supposed to be so beautiful it hurt to look at him, after all .

I read the first one because everyone said since I liked Anne Rice that I'd like this. WRONG. It was quite possibly the worst-written book I have ever read. It made me angry to finish it, that something that bad could make so much money. Apart from the £2 I spent on it, I more wanted those hours of my life back.

If you don't believe me, here's an example of the writing quality from this rather amusing rundown of the "books":

This book was so bad I broke the habit of a lifetime and actually threw it in the bin. I didn't even want to recycle it for fear some unsuspecting person might fish it out.

O_O

So completely different to Anne Rice, I actually love Anne Rice, the way she evokes new orleans, all the history and culture, the story and characters, I even really liked The Mayfair Witches (first one) which nobody liked but me

Twilight is aimed at young adults, it's a teen book, yes it appeals to older people but it isn't written for older people, I find it so heavy handed, it's just embarrassing, there's such an obvious agenda, i did download and read the saga though, everyone kept going on about them, and I like Anne Rice and Tru Blood and even Buffy, and as I'm currently writing teen fiction again (I used to publish short teen fiction in my uni days) I thought I'd have a go.

I have never in my life not completed a book/series, even if I hated it, I just am addictive about it, and I can safely say they don't get any better. Breaking Dawn made me want to kill myself, it's so bad, and makes no sense, and *this isn't really a spoiler, more of a hint at the direction*

Spoiler: show

all the difficult stuff, all the hard choices she spends four books setting up are just washed away in a deus ex machina

Eclipse is probably the best of the bunch overall, at least things happen in it.

If I was a friend of Bella's, I'd slap her round the face, tell her to "man up" and get over herself.

I read the first one because everyone said since I liked Anne Rice that I'd like this. WRONG. It was quite possibly the worst-written book I have ever read. It made me angry to finish it, that something that bad could make so much money. Apart from the £2 I spent on it, I more wanted those hours of my life back.

If you don't believe me, here's an example of the writing quality from this rather amusing rundown of the "books":

From the link above:

This novel thus teaches two important lessons to young girls everywhere:

1) If a guy dumps you and says he doesn't love you anymore, he doesn't mean it. All you have to do is beg and destroy your life to prove that you really love him, and he'll come right back and love you even more!

2) It is perfectly cool to string along innocent but decent guys who are crushing on you and then dump them immediately as soon as your ex-boyfriend reappears, and totally normal if said ex-boyfriend forbids you from seeing your old friend. After all, your love for your ex must be far stronger, because he makes you feel 'alive' and 'dangerous' since he's always on the verge of killing you. And stalking you. We can't really mention that enough.

I have not read them, and based on what I have heard from people who have read them, I would probably rather shoot myself than read them.

I heard a rumour that they are a thinly veiled attempt for the author to propogate her Mormon ideas, particularly her belief in abstinence. (I don't know if this is true or not.)

Not Anne Rice.

Not even Buffy.

I read somewhere a long time ago about Stephenie Meyer's writing technique.  I can't remember exactly what she said but something along the lines of "I didn't know what to write so I waited for Edward to come to me and tell me what he was going to do.  After I had a long conversation with him, I finished the story."  Ermm.....OK.

I have read all of them. The first one because I needed some very light reading for a plane ride. I had to keep reading the rest of the books because I honestly couldn't believe how ridiculous the plot was and I needed to see how it ended.

I have watched the movies but I'm not sure why...