The Works of Stephenie Meyer

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Yeah, anyone with that idea of "true love" is never going to be happy. I mean, inappropriate stalker behavior aside, in real-life grown-up relationships between equals, a man is not going to devote his every waking moment and thought to you and coo over every single thing you do like you're three years old. Expecting that is just unrealistic and selfish. And really, what does Bella do for Edward? I know "why does he love me, I'm so boring and clumsy and unworthy" is practically a running gag in those books, but hey, why DOES he love her? What does she offer him (besides smelling good)? He's obsessed with her every move and gets what in return? (I know, I know, her continued existence, ooh.) Sorry, but anyone who's not a cardboard wankpuppet designed solely to flatter the reader/author/protagonist's ego would actually have some needs of their own and not be eternally contented just by you sitting there and looking pretty and being you. Talk about wanting something for nothing. No wonder Meyer's books are so popular with the post-Paris Hilton, reality TV, YouTube generation - Bella's like the epitome of the idea that you can just stand there, make no effort, have no skills, and people should adore your innate wonderfulness.

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Bella's like the epitome of the idea that you can just stand there, make no effort, have no skills, and people should adore your innate wonderfulness.

Bella does risk her own life to save her mother in Book 1 and and to save Edward himself in Book 2, although I suppose he already loved her before then.

Like, "the moon was irrevocably beautiful." Okay? It just seems like a strange choice of intensifier, since its permanence or lack thereof doesn't really tell us anything about the moon's beauty.

I thought that made sense because the moon is constantly changing form (to Earth eyes anyway) but its beauty is permanent? I dunno, it didn't strike me as so odd, like I feel like I've read the phrase somewhere else before.

I really dislike people who are like "LOLz, it's just a book" when I criticize Twilight. Yes, it IS just a book, but there are a lot of readers - especially the younger ones - who will be influenced BY this book.

I don't think the books are any more damaging than YA books that came before it. I was a Sweet Valley freak and I did want to be just like Jessica Wakefield in fantasy, but in reality, I never actually falsely accused anybody of date rape.

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Whoa, who did Jessica do THAT to? (It's been a looooong time since I read them)

In other news, once again, The Onion scores a hit.

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Whoa, who did Jessica do THAT to? (It's been a looooong time since I read them)

Todd, in the first book.

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I just finished reading through the Twilight series. I went into it knowing exactly what was going to happen and was still horrified that the writing was so crappy. I know Bella's a teenager, but the entire series reads like a teenage girl's idea of love/relationships, including the lack of foresight regarding the consequences of turning into a vampire forever, and the happy endings aplenty. If given this idea/plotline, this is probably the dialogue I would have written in 8th grade.

I don't begrudge SMeyer the millions she made from this series, but I do hope she gets a better editor in the future.

Also, the final "showdown"? So anticlimactic.

[Sunnyhorse]

"Irrevocably beautiful" doesn't make sense -- beauty isn't something that can be granted and revoked. "Immutably beautiful" would have been correct and would fit in with Meyer's stupid overheated prose, seeing as how she likes those $10 words. (Can you tell that I loathe this woman?)

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I know Bella's a teenager, but the entire series reads like a teenage girl's idea of love/relationships, including the lack of foresight regarding the consequences of turning into a vampire forever, and the happy endings aplenty. If given this idea/plotline, this is probably the dialogue I would have written in 8th grade.

True, but is why these books are like teenage heroin. I think she does hit the whole teenage love thing pretty right on, bad writing and all. It's a bit surprising because the first one was really tedious to get through. I thought the others were entertaining, but I had to skim the "twu wuv" parts, my God.

Yeah, they are bad teenage fiction, but nothing worse than what's already out there. I think most teenage girls have the view of love that Bella has. Hopefully you grow up.

ETA: I am more upset about the state of editing/proofreading today than Meyer's crap descriptions. I absolutely HATE to see misuse or words like "pour" vs. "pore." People editing books should know the difference.

[Malle Babbe]

OMG You Guys, Wolfman is like totally copying SMeyer

Yeah, they are bad teenage fiction, but nothing worse than what's already out there. I think most teenage girls have the view of love that Bella has. Hopefully you grow up.

Don't be so sure about that, there are quite a few women where I work (late 20s into 30s) who are gaga for Edward. I had to deal with so many creeps as a teen, I have a rather strong aversion to Edward's behavior in the series. Still, I feel like my not liking the series means I have to turn in my Girl Card.

[Auroranorth]

Somewhere, Oz from Buffy is rolling his eyes. And wondering what's in the koolaid.

[chiqui]

Has anyone read the unauthorised bio of Stephanie Meyer that's just come out?