a short word on stephanie meyer (no spoilers, I swear)

[perevision]

I tried reading Twilight but I just couldn't get into it. I've probably read Anne Rice and watched Angel and devoured vampiric literature (Underworld, Dragon Waiting, Lord of the Dead, even a Batman alternative storyline!) far too often to really appreciate Meyer's work. Also, how judgmental am I? I couldn't read her work without thinking of the article where she admits that being a Mormon informs "every aspect of my writing". Shallow of me.

I did, however, read the last chapter of Breaking Dawn two days ago, JUST BECAUSE the bookstore where I work got it earlier than its release date. I had to do it. It was such a delicious feeling to read something before it was allowed to be read, regardless of how I felt about the work itself. I wanted to gloat about it on the day, too, but I was too tired to post until now!

Comments

[pere-chan.livejournal.com]

That's true. At least you know crap when you read it. I totally don't! XDDD I read/watch a lot of crap and still like it...it's definitely a *buttons pushed* thing for me.

Lestat (and Armand *pant*gasp*) hit my buttons; Edward Cullen didn't.

[angelthorn.livejournal.com]

Oh, even though he's 17? *lol*

(I met up with Lyra — finally — and she told me the basic plot kasi)

[pere-chan.livejournal.com]

Actually, that's more of a turn off these days :P

He *sparkles*. It's a twinkly vampire? I...what...? Also, Meyer loves to describe what he looks like with his shirt open, which is very nice, but...for some reason I found it a bit teen-fanficcy.

[angelthorn.livejournal.com]

Oh, I had to add this negative but hilarious review. It says enough about all the books for me to know that it's definitely not a series worth reading. >D I mean...egad. It's like Mary Sue meets Poppy Z. Brite.

I think I much prefer the "guilty pleasure" books of my teen years.

[pere-chan.livejournal.com]

Oh, ick. Just.....ick. That pretty much comes up to the level of the skin-crawling Lestat period scene in Memnoch the Devil, which as an entire volume just put me completely off Anne Rice.

But yeah, Bella is pretty much yelling "MARY SUE ALERT" from the very first page of Twilight. And Meyer seems really heavy-handed in her efforts to manipulate the readers' feelings towards one character or another, and if there's anything I hate while reading, it's being TOLD what to feel by a book.