A Few Words About Twilight

[596spark]

I don't get Twilight.

I get the books, and I understand the appeal and the popularity.  What I don't get is why people hate it so much.

I mean, yes, the books are badly written and Stephanie Meyer is no J.K. Rowling, but they're not the worst books I've ever read.  In fact, when I first read the series two years ago, I honestly enjoyed it.  From the perspective of a reader, I think, they're good relaxation books.  They don't have any sort of deep, underlying meaning, and they're not books that are going to one day be analyzed by literary scholars (although one of my friends is currently taking a class on vampires in fiction: they're reading part of Twilight and watching episodes of Buffy.  I'm so jealous), but they're a fluffy little love story about a Mary Sue who falls for a vampire.  Sort of like a really cheesy fanfiction.  And sometimes it's fun to read really cheesy fanfiction.

(From the perspective of a writer, I have to say that I do hate them a little bit: I don't like that such a mediocre book gets so much attention when so many good writers are basically ignored.  It pisses me off, but I don't hate them for it.)

The movies are just So Bad They're Good that it's kind of hard not to just laugh when you watch them.  I really do believe that Robert Pattinson can act, he just chooses not to.  After all, he was awesome in Harry Potter.

So those are my feelings on what seems to be the most controversial subject among my friends right now: the girls love Twilight and Taylor Lautner, the guys seem to think that it's bringing about the end of civilization as we know it. 

Comments

[red_reaper]

First of all, I am so jealous of your friend! Where does she go to school? Awesome University? Secondly, I totally agree with you about the books not being the best thing ever written, but still kind of fun to read. The best analogy (one that I love) is that Twilight is like a Twinkie. It's never going to be a gourmet dessert, but sometimes you want a Twinkie. I do feel sad for the girls who think this is the end all be all of the vampire fiction world. Oh girls, I have so many Vampire Men you need to meet.

[596spark]

Twilight is totally a Twinkie! You know that you shouldn't, but sometimes you just can't help yourself, lol!

[ambrosiya]

I'm guilty as charged. I haven't read any of the books. I've just seen the movies.

I'm in it for Taylor Lautner. xD