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[Ten]

My opinion basically reiterates everything mentioned here by way of "Meyer can't write to save her life", "the characters are 2D and irritating", and a few other things along those lines (the woman doesn't even abide by her own continuity D<). I want the first book strictly to MST it in the margins, if that says anything. 8|

...and it's not just emo gothtots who love these books. My aunt enjoys them, but for the fact that they're a simple read and very... eh. I dunno. The story is apparently crack when you read it without looking for flaws. As my best friend put it: reading Twilight is like a really bad, impulsive one night stand that you wake up from and go "what did I DO?".

[daru]

HATE IT every girl in my school is talking about they do not stop

[EZEKiAL]

Never read it, never watched it, never plan to.

The fact that the vampires sparkle ALONE tells me that this lady is on all kinds of terrible LSD.

Sunlight + Vampires = Burning, terrible death or, in Dracula's case, weakening.

Sunlight + Vampires DOES NOT EQUAL (can't make the symbol...) OMG GLITTERGLITTERSPARKLESPARKLE I LORVE YOU FOREVER

[Dark Magician]

I've tried to read it, but after a while the main character's constant whining, Edward Cullen, Bella, the horrible writing style, the over-sappy and out-of-no-where "romance" (I like shoujo as much as the next guy but come on! ), and about 50 other things started to make my head hurt.

PS I agree with everyone on the vampires shouldn't sparkle bit... the only ones who should be allowed to do that are Major Armstrong (FMA), Teddie (SMT:P4), Tinkerbell, and a couple of the boys from Ouran Host Club.

[Auto-Fox]

Here here.
Anyone hear about the Twighlight fangirl who fired a FLARE GUN at someone who criticized the book within earshot of her?

[EZEKiAL]

Here here.
Anyone hear about the Twighlight fangirl who fired a FLARE GUN at someone who criticized the book within earshot of her?

Seriously?!

Fan: OMG TWILIGHT.
John Doe: I don't really find Twilight to be an engaging publication, if I do say so, myself.
Fan: WTF HAX -flaregun pwn-

[Ten]

Please tell me she was arrested/fined/warned/disciplined in some fashion for it. That's RIDICULOUSLY dangerous. Might just be a flare gun, but uh. Hi, innocent bystander! LOUD THING THAT FIRES OFF REALLY REALLY HOT THING TO MAKE FLASHY LIGHTS. Also, those can still do some SERIOUS damage when aimed at a person.

People who take a book that seriously are... Ugh. I'm sorry, I have a literary obsession of my own (yes, I would go so far as to call it that, lawl), but I won't attack or become outraged at the idea of someone not liking it. Mine is, however, better written and more interesting (even if the translation is awkward because it's so direct).

[Noctourne Wonderland]

People who take a book that seriously are... Ugh. I'm sorry, I have a literary obsession of my own (yes, I would go so far as to call it that, lawl), but I won't attack or become outraged at the idea of someone not liking it. Mine is, however, better written and more interesting (even if the translation is awkward because it's so direct).

All your base is belong to us?

I've been prone to mental flare gunnery, but I'd never shoot someone over a book! I'll agrue about why you're wrong if I'm in the mood, but...wow. Stephanie Meyer must love this.

[Ten]

It has moments of Zero Wing-isms, but it reads fine in English; sometimes letters are forgotten in names ("Xuanzan" instead of "Xuanzang", for example) or "the horse are", though. Sentence structure is sometimes awkward, too. I digress.

Yeah. Marketing is in her favour, to say the least.

[iLLViLLAiN]

I really don't have an opinion. I've never read the books or seen any of the films. I listen to what others say and it gives me an idea of what the series is like and I find it hard to get interested from that. One thing that puzzles me is how fast these movies are coming out. New Moon came out not too long ago and now there's this new entry coming out very soon called Eclipse. It makes me think of the quality of a series when I see installments come out too quickly.

[SmashQueen]

The "books" were published fairly quickly. Plus it seems that they're cutting corners during shooting.

Oh, and some workers over at the local plasma center (blood bank) love the saga. Seriously, it's like they'll defend it tooth and nail.

"Oh poor Bella!"
"Bella is blah blah blah."
"We love Edward."
"Watch New Moon while we take your blood."

Ugh. Grown women, man. Seriously, what the heck?

[Penelopi]

The "books" were published fairly quickly. Plus it seems that they're cutting corners during shooting.

Oh, and some workers over at the local plasma center (blood bank) love the saga. Seriously, it's like they'll defend it tooth and nail.

"Oh poor Bella!"
"Bella is blah blah blah."
"We love Edward."
"Watch New Moon while we take your blood."

Ugh. Grown women, man. Seriously, what the heck?

Yeah, I know. It irritates me so much when the librarians at our school endorse Twilight. I know they do it only because it's popular and gets people to read who usually don't. Faithless women. They fawned over Eragon just as much, and I didn't think that one was the best, either (though still way above Twilight).

I was hoping that after all the movies come out, Twilight will fade away, but now Meyer is releasing a new novella for the series...I just want to bang my head on something, thinking of how much longer she can drag the series on in this way.

[Noctourne Wonderland]

I saw a bit of Twilight recently, and...I love it. It's HILARIOUS.

The characters are terrible, the writing is worse, the acting is even worse than that, and it makes no sense. Most importantly, do they people working on it have any idea what a steadicam is? I'm getting seasick...

"Bella is blah blah blah."

She is! I've never seen anyone with less of a personality.

I was hoping that after all the movies come out, Twilight will fade away, but now Meyer is releasing a new novella for the series...I just want to bang my head on something, thinking of how much longer she can drag the series on in this way.

Ugh, she's running out of times of day and phases of the moon. What's next? "Waning Gibbous"? "High Tea"?

[GIGA-XISBASS VISITOR]

Loved the Manga. The Movies are Good.

[Penelopi]

Loved the Manga. The Movies are Good.

What manga? o.o
Edit: Okay, Googled it. Guess I still live under a rock. Haven't seen it anywhere on the shelves where I am...Or have I? Now I wanna say I say something called Twilight and brushed it off because a lot of things share that name. Whether it's there or not, though, I think I'll pass.

[GIGA-XISBASS VISITOR]

What manga? o.o
Edit: Okay, Googled it. Guess I still live under a rock. Haven't seen it anywhere on the shelves where I am...Or have I? Now I wanna say I say something called Twilight and brushed it off because a lot of things share that name. Whether it's there or not, though, I think I'll pass.

That's Pretty Much What I Thought Bout the Manga Before the School Library Got it and I Read it For the Heck of it to See What the Big Deal Was With the Entire Twilight Series. The Manga Was Very Good Actually. You Might Like it.

[Jeshire Airider]

It's not for me, personally. Though, i hadn't heard of the manga. Miiiight try it, see if that's worth it at least.

"The real difference is that Joe Rowling is a great writer and Stephanie Myer can't write worth a darn. She not very good," Is the Stephen King quote that comes to mine for the book, and the movies... For me just as good as her writing. Rushed, I think.

[GIGA-XISBASS VISITOR]

Never read it, never watched it, never plan to.

The fact that the vampires sparkle ALONE tells me that this lady is on all kinds of terrible LSD.

Sunlight + Vampires = Burning, terrible death or, in Dracula's case, weakening.

Sunlight + Vampires DOES NOT EQUAL (can't make the symbol...) OMG GLITTERGLITTERSPARKLESPARKLE I LORVE YOU FOREVER

And yet in Anime and Mangas like Chibi Vampire, Moonphase, Vampire Knight, and such they can be out in the sunlight without dying or burning, or weakening.

[Noctourne Wonderland]

And yet in Anime and Mangas like Chibi Vampire, Moonphase, Vampire Knight, and such they can be out in the sunlight without dying or burning, or weakening.

That actually doesn't bother me too much. In fact, Dracula in the original novel walks around in the sun; it was the 1922 film Nosferatu that made sunlight bad. The idea of sparkling, though? That's downright campy.

[GIGA-XISBASS VISITOR]

Here here.
Anyone hear about the Twighlight fangirl who fired a FLARE GUN at someone who criticized the book within earshot of her?

WHO THE BEEP!! That's just wrong on so many levels. Just cause someone hates a book doesn't mean they should get blasted in the face cause of it! Crazy people. This world's messed up enough as it is. It doesn't need this stuff now.

That actually doesn't bother me too much. In fact, Dracula in the original novel walks around in the sun; it was the 1922 film Nosferatu that made sunlight bad. The idea of sparkling, though? That's downright campy.

I don't have a problem with it either. I Find the fact a Vampire can walk around in broad daylight & not spontaniously implode, explode, and/or combust quite interesting and amusing.

[iVYRAVE]

When I first heard of the book I seemed interested, it was at a time when I was trying to be like everyone else so I asked my friend Holly if I could borrow her copy.
Verdict: bored me to beyond tears
It droned on and on about all this Bella crap and how mysterious Edward was, I wasn't even near the middle of the damned thing when I gave up.
But I suppose that Meyer had a target audience in mind which was probably pre-teen/girls girls because it this stage you're new to the whole love situation and I suppose the whole idea of a fantasy relationship would be attractive to that stage in life.
To be honest the book to me was the equivalent a stereotypical Sonic fanfic on FF.net; dull, full of someone's immature dreams, badly written, unfairly glorifyed and dumbed down the main character's potential in favour of someone with the mental capasities of Chris Thorndyke.

If you want something better to do with Vampires read Bram Stoker's Dracula or the twisted Tara Gilesbie's fanfic My Immortal (though at your own risk as it isnt a K rating, if you know what I mean)

[Noctourne Wonderland]

If you want something better to do with Vampires read Bram Stoker's Dracula or the twisted Tara Gilesbie's fanfic My Immortal (though at your own risk as it isnt a K rating, if you know what I mean)

My Immortal. xD

[iVYRAVE]

Well at least it's entertaining and enough to make you not take Harry Potter seriously ever again, a couple of weeks ago I was at an aunts watching the 2nd film where Snape was dueling with Lockhart I was on the floor laughing.
Better than anything Meyer could pull out of her butt

[CROSSiNG]

Twilight started out as someone's dream (literally) then it evolved into a HUGE money maker.

...I thought Breaking dawn was a chess book when I first saw it...