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<blockquote data-quote="Unregistered" data-source="post: 1080783">I love this thread. I forced myself to read Twilight as a 16 year old (close to target audience), and found it ridiculous. To start, it&#039;s terribly written. The sentence structure is mediocre, and all adjectives are horribly overused. Not to mention the pacing is brutal, and the whole mess drags horribly. There&#039;s only the barest threads of an actual plot, and what little conflict there is is resolved FAR too easily. Bella and Edward sacrifice NOTHING for their perfect little ending. Also, the characterization is horrible. Bella and Edward are clearly supposed to come off as archetypes- Bella as the &#039;ordinary girl&#039; and Edward as the &#039;hot, elegant, dangerous guy&#039;. However, Meyer fails miserably, and instead shoots herself in the foot by not giving them discernible/likable personalities. I could spare a full post or three for Bella, but I&#039;ll leave it at the following: she&#039;s a whiny, shallow bitch. About three weeks after she meets Edward, her life revolves around him for no apparent reason other than his &#039;hotness&#039;. This obsession becomes so complete that she&#039;s ready to give up onall ambitions of college to marry him and get laid (And I shit you not, that&#039;s the reason she ultimately agrees to marry him in Eclipse). Hardly an admirable character.Edward&#039;s no better. He initially becomes attracted to Bella because, apparently, she smells good to him-and it&#039;s OMG! TRU LUV! Or not. But, in any case, he quickly starts to obsess over Bella, stalking her on multiple incidents (one of these includes sneaking into her room and watching her sleep-without her knowledge-every night for months). When they finally do get together, Edward attempts to mock-attack Bella, bluff-charging her or physically restraining her in an attempt to rove to her that he&#039;s dangerous. Although it may seem he wants to protect her, when he follows these attacks up with declarations of eternal love, it&#039;s hard to believe that he&#039;s not simply trying to force Bella to allow him to control the relationship. Edward, in addition, repeatedly puts Bella down even before they get together, laughing at her behind her back, or insinuating that she&#039;s somehow abnormal. At one point, he even describes her as &#039;utterly ridiculous&#039;. The perfect man? I think not.In summary? Twilight blows camel dick.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Unregistered, post: 1080783"] I love this thread. I forced myself to read Twilight as a 16 year old (close to target audience), and found it ridiculous. To start, it's terribly written. The sentence structure is mediocre, and all adjectives are horribly overused. Not to mention the pacing is brutal, and the whole mess drags horribly. There's only the barest threads of an actual plot, and what little conflict there is is resolved FAR too easily. Bella and Edward sacrifice NOTHING for their perfect little ending. Also, the characterization is horrible. Bella and Edward are clearly supposed to come off as archetypes- Bella as the 'ordinary girl' and Edward as the 'hot, elegant, dangerous guy'. However, Meyer fails miserably, and instead shoots herself in the foot by not giving them discernible/likable personalities. I could spare a full post or three for Bella, but I'll leave it at the following: she's a whiny, shallow bitch. About three weeks after she meets Edward, her life revolves around him for no apparent reason other than his 'hotness'. This obsession becomes so complete that she's ready to give up onall ambitions of college to marry him and get laid (And I shit you not, that's the reason she ultimately agrees to marry him in Eclipse). Hardly an admirable character. Edward's no better. He initially becomes attracted to Bella because, apparently, she smells good to him-and it's OMG! TRU LUV! Or not. But, in any case, he quickly starts to obsess over Bella, stalking her on multiple incidents (one of these includes sneaking into her room and watching her sleep-without her knowledge-every night for months). When they finally do get together, Edward attempts to mock-attack Bella, bluff-charging her or physically restraining her in an attempt to rove to her that he's dangerous. Although it may seem he wants to protect her, when he follows these attacks up with declarations of eternal love, it's hard to believe that he's not simply trying to force Bella to allow him to control the relationship. Edward, in addition, repeatedly puts Bella down even before they get together, laughing at her behind her back, or insinuating that she's somehow abnormal. At one point, he even describes her as 'utterly ridiculous'. The perfect man? I think not. In summary? Twilight blows camel dick. [/QUOTE]

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