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<blockquote data-quote="Unregistered" data-source="post: 553275">I will write this post civilly. Twilight is not a well-written book.Just face it, Twilight-lovers. The writing quality is not good at all. I read it twice (as some others noted: once because my friends were raving about it, and a second time because I couldn&#039;t believe such a popular book could be so bad and I was convinced I was reading it badly) and I could feel my brains turning to mush and leaking out of my ears as I was reading it.&nbsp;And I AM a teenage girl, but fortunately, I have read enough classics and developed a fairly good sense of what quality writing is, to recognize that Twilight is a highly repetitive, often uncreative story about a selfish, pitifully clumsy girl and a perfect, vampire being who fall in love. There is basically no story after that. Just Edward rescuing Bella numerous times.And what ever happened to falling in love? Was that completely skipped over? It seems as if they each knew they were in love without the actual stages of awkwardness, shyness and sweet moments that make reading about people falling in love actually enjoyable and pleasurable.As an unregistered member above me said, &quot;It was like chewing on cardboard.&quot; Indeed it was. Untouched by reality, imperfection and human-like reactions, it is stuffed full of flawless people, repetitive scenes and descriptions and plain non creativity when it comes to vampire lore. My other problem is Bella. It is NOT because I am &#039;in love&#039; with Edward Cullen (His description is actually FAR from &#039;my type&#039;) because I most certainly am not. It is because I find her so totally selfish and stubborn. Her sarcasm is sickeningly overused and she comes off as a smart-alec almost immediately. This may just be my personal opinion, but I&#039;d like to read a book for once where the protagonist is kind and has good morals (apparently having morals has gone out of style...it is evident in Bella&#039;s lust of Edward in Eclipse-I wish she had more self-control). Well, I have better things to do than bash about a bad book. See you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Unregistered, post: 553275"] I will write this post civilly. Twilight is not a well-written book. Just face it, Twilight-lovers. The writing quality is not good at all. I read it twice (as some others noted: once because my friends were raving about it, and a second time because I couldn't believe such a popular book could be so bad and I was convinced I was reading it badly) and [B]I could feel my brains turning to mush and leaking out of my ears as I was reading it[/B]. And I AM a teenage girl, but fortunately, I have read enough classics and developed a fairly good sense of what quality writing is, to recognize that Twilight is a highly repetitive, often uncreative story about a selfish, pitifully clumsy girl and a perfect, vampire being who fall in love. There is basically no story after that. Just Edward rescuing Bella numerous times. And what ever happened to falling in love? Was that completely skipped over? It seems as if they each knew they were in love without the actual stages of awkwardness, shyness and sweet moments that make reading about people falling in love actually enjoyable and pleasurable. [B]As an unregistered member above me said, "It was like chewing on cardboard."[/B] Indeed it was. Untouched by reality, imperfection and human-like reactions, it is stuffed full of flawless people, repetitive scenes and descriptions and plain non creativity when it comes to vampire lore. [B]My other problem is Bella[/B]. It is [B]NOT[/B] because I am 'in love' with Edward Cullen (His description is actually FAR from 'my type') because I most certainly am not. It is because I find her so totally [I]selfish and stubborn. [/I]Her sarcasm is sickeningly overused and she comes off as a smart-alec almost immediately. This may just be my personal opinion, but I'd like to read a book for once where the protagonist is kind and has good morals (apparently having morals has gone out of style...it is evident in Bella's lust of Edward in Eclipse-I wish she had more self-control). Well, I have better things to do than bash about a bad book. See you. [/QUOTE]

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