Comments on: Why the Twilight Series Bugs Me

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 18 May 2010 05:14:56 +0000

I’d add that anyone who’s actually read the Twilight books owes it to themselves to read Cleolinda’s Twilight recaps and thoughts, as I think she’s got some very good insights on the whole series.

http://cleoland.pbworks.com/Twilight

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:47:35 +0000

Appears that the author has been reading J. L. Langley and Joely Skye’s m/m romance/erotica werewolf stories. Where the wolf in question instantly knows who his mate is. http://samhainpublishing.com/authors/j-l-langley
http://samhainpublishing.com/authors/joely-skye

By: Spencer

Spencer — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:51:35 +0000

What is with the hating on Mormonism? Are you going to say that Shannon Hale, Dave Wolverton and Brandon Sanderson are aberrations because they write strong female characters who are not defined by the men?

By: Margarite

Margarite — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:53:31 +0000

Neither Bella nor Edward seemed to have any personality before Bella got vampire’d. After that it ended up as a Mary-Sue-and-Gary-Stu-a-palooza.

By: Scott Schafer

Scott Schafer — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:10:58 +0000

There are many reasons I dislike Twilight. The plagiarism is unforgivable, and the original touches of having the vampires fangless, sparkly, feeding on mountain lions and playing baseball are even worse. The weakness of Bella and the sickly sweet nature of her “relationship” with Edward is embarrassing.

But I have a personal reason. I graduated with a degree in Creative Writing, have written short fiction and even took a turn or two at writing a novel. I just never got any far because I recognized that my writing was lacking. My characters weren’t fleshed out enough, the plot wasn’t compelling enough and so on.

Twilight (the first book, all I have or will read) is crap just judged on the writing alone. Ms. Meyer is not a good writer, no matter what she thinks of herself, or how many books she’s sold.

Yeah, I’m jealous of her success. It feels like a huge slap in my face – and to every writer who ever took the craft seriously. Why did I bother studying writing, why did I go to writer’s workshops, why did I ever waste one moment’s time feeling critical of my own writing when I could have leaked out some drivel and sold millions of copies instead?

By: Rodney

Rodney — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:23:53 +0000

TWILIGHT MAKES ME HAVE TO LIVE UP TO EXPECTATIONS THAT WERE MADE BY A FICTIONAL CHARACTER

By: Sandra

Sandra — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:39:00 +0000

I think you’ve hit the nail right on the head.
“That’s the whole point of the books, that she ends up with Edward after dutifully saving herself for marriage and then fulfills her maternal function.”
I couldn’t have put it any other way. Overall, good article!

By: Churnek

Churnek — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:13:29 +0000

And her “career”, such as it is,

the comma should go before the quotation mark. (“career,”)

Good article though.

By: Emy

Emy — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:35:48 +0000

I enjoyed this article immensely until the size 14 comment. Because that’s what makes a real woman, right? Meh. I suppose I can automatically take innumerable hits to my self confidence, being a size 2.

Either way, these points are all completely valid and correct. I’m actually impressed you managed to read them all the way through. I was so sickened by how pathetic Bella was by the end of the second one that I couldn’t even finish the series.

By: grace

grace — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:05:06 +0000

its a book for kids who believe in love. not for people who say things like ‘I would happily wallow in the trash of future centuries’