Twilight Book Series (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse & Breaking Dawn) [contain spoilers]

Last edited by Kytana on Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:27 am; edited 2 times in total

Alrighty, since it's the hype this week, I'm opening a thread. I've personally read the first two books of the series. XD You can talk about anything of Twilight books here. ;) I'm posting my reviews here. You can do the same. You can flame... you can agree... that's what the thread is about.

For the movie, of course the Movies Board. xD Shoot.. I will just open it there too. ^^

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TWILIGHT

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POSITIVES

It's a good comparison the Romeo and Juliet story - two 'beings' who take the challenge of going farther no matter how different they are.
I love the descriptions used for places they went to - the home, the baseball game, the ballet school, how Forks is a small town. She did a great job on it.
I love the Cullen family. They are the type of vampires I'd like to be a part of. =D The two that stand out for me are Dr. Carlisle and Alice. Oh.. can't forget Jacob. He's such a sweetie! ^^
For a bad guy, I liked James. His plans were devious and too bad he wasn't in the story for long.
Descriptions used for the characters was well done. Although, I would never imagine Edward to be THAT sparkly. xD
Some parts were humorous as I found myself laughing out loud.
I like the idea of how they turn into a vampire in this story. It's creative and well, I think more logical than just being bitten. I mean, if we all were bitten by every vampire, then we'd all be sucking everyone's blood, right? ^^
The plot is addicting. I see why it's made into a series instead of one book.

CRITICISMS

I felt this was one long fanfiction that was published by a weird company. If all my fanfiction were published and I made millions, that'll be a change of luck.
The romance between Edward and Bella was too much for me. They're so complicated towards the beginning and then all of a sudden, they're in love.....*falls over* The dialogues between them were just outrageous. I couldn't believe how corny they got. Now, I know I have to watch dialogue like this when I write... --;;;;;
The transitioning was horrible. I couldn't tell in some parts who Bella was talking to. When it went from once scene to another, I sat there lost and having to re-read it again.
Did anyone notice grammatical errors? I found a dozen. I thought people would look at this carefully before publishing the finished product. I guess not.
I hate Bella...... I have no reason to like her. It's not because she's w/ Edward Cullen. The way she's portrayed bugs me so much. I have a feeling I will hate her more in the next couple of books. Edward, on the other hand, is so contemplative and is very dominate. Here he is, hating Bella for a bit and then all of a sudden, likes her more... I felt creeped out. He'd be a guy I'd kick a lot if I ever met him.
Not everything is a happy ending. GAH!!!! If I want the happy endings, I will watch any Disney movie/cartoon.
I'm annoyed that from page 1 to like 370 or less, it talks about Bella and Edward even w/ the friends in the middle. I wished they elaborated more on the enemies like James and Victoria. It was like they were just there for the convenience.

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NEW MOON

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POSITIVES

Good character development - I began to understand most of the characters better. New characters are a plus too.
I LOVE Jacob Black. I'm glad he became a big part of the plot cause I would have been saddened if his character wasn't important at all. I guess I'm rocking the cradle over here... hahaha
The plot progressed well. I was always wanting to read this book when I got the chance.
The descriptions to the events in La Push sounded really fun. I don't think I'd be crazy enough to actually go cliff diving BUT I've taken classes to motorcycle training. Now I just need my license. :o)
Werewolves are awesome. XD It's not because of Jacob. They're the protectors and badass. I always imagined the guys becoming naked when they would transform. Ok... hentai thoughts are hitting me... *blushes*
I LOVE ALICE! I wish she was my best friend cause she's super supportive. =D I'm glad she made the crazy decision to come back to see how Bella was doing.
I want to visit Italy now. After reading parts and descriptions, I should drag Justin since he's part Italian. xD

CRITICISMS

I'm understanding what everyone meant when Bella gets 'worse'. I can't believe her motive to be Jacob.. pissed me off to no end. Then, she just lifelessly goes on w/ life because her obsession dumped her. Yeah.... it's ugh. She can't even choose between Jacob and Edward it seems. She goes out w/ her friend to the movie and now they don't talk. *rolls eyes* Nice way to use people.....
Again, I still felt like this was a big fanfiction.
The transitioning too.... I wished she used something like asterisks or something that could determine the time it is now.
Uh... the monthly pages were a waste of paper!!!! My lord!
Could Edward and Bella seriously the most melodramatic couple there is on this planet? Gar! Edward wants to kill himself because he can't be w/ Bella and Bella is being retarded, playing a w/ another guy's heart and keeps having these 'holes' in her. They would be the type of people I would kill myself I ever knew them in real life. Sheesh!
Are all the characters in this series really THAT BEAUTIFUL? O.o I feel like this is a bishonen series when they talk about the guys. Maybe I'm just being too critical about this because I'm average just like normal people.
Every page seemed to always have the word 'nightmare'. Can I say redundant?
I was fine for Edward being gorgeous and being a mind reader.... then he's given the cheesiest lines EVER!!!! I see why girls love him... he's a hopeless romantic. I'd be annoyed if he said those type of lines to me. *falls over*

Normally I keep my Twilight rants to myself but today I'm feeling very annoyed and I need to let off some steam (in the form of ranting about the biggest waste of money in my life).

Twilight

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New Moon - (Waste of money but I can live with it)

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Eclipse - (Bigger waste of money but.. I knew what I was getting into)

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Breaking Dawn - (My excuse of buying the book was I was forced to at gunpoint... )

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Yeah... you can tell I don't like the series much at all and depressingly, I bought all four books. *sigh* I feel like slamming my head into a locker every time I hear girls in the hallway spazzing about how "hot" Edward is. NEWSFLASH - EDWARD AIN'T REAL!! HE'S IN A BOOK!!. Lastly. Twilight is really one big fanfiction and is not a "literary masterpiece" it is not a "wonderful novel" it doesn't even stimulate your mind. *grumbles* And no. Comparing Twilight's "greatness" to Harry Potter ISN'T a compliment because guess what (I'm gonna get shot for this) - Harry Potter wasn't that great either! (1-4 were alright, 5-7... *cries*)

yes. I'm done my rant. I feel much better now.

Posts : 116 Join date : 2008-08-14 Age : 33

Okayyyyyyy I should have gone here first instead of the Twilight movie thread. >_> LOL. I'll just re-write what I said and continue.

Twilight was a huge disappointment for me. I mean, as a teenager, I understand how it affected tons of people my age in a good way but I can't seem to be affected by it. And it totally boggles my mind how this book turned out to be "the" teen book to read. It doesn't make any sense to me. What FRUSTRATES me to the core is how girls can compare this to Harry Potter saying it's even better! O_O The outcome of this book was so... displeasing. Unsatisfying. And it irks me so much that this book could have been epic if not for Stephanie Meyers horrendous writing. (Okay, not HORRIBLE, but far from being good enough to be able to get published imo... How the hell did Twilight even get published? O.o)

I was talking about it with a friend that was crazily obsessed with the Twilight series. She was actually kind of sickened that I wasn't "amazed" by the series. What, just because I'm young, I'm SUPPOSED to like it? I mean, I did enjoy reading it but I'm far from loving it. And I had tons of issues with it.

First of all, the execution of it all. COME ON. How can Bella and Edward be desperately in love with each other halfway through the book when they barely even know each other?! Their romance is absurd! It's irritating how they claim they're in love with each other when their relationship is pretty much based on lust and physicality. Being in love is far from just that, it's coming to respect and love who they are, not what they look like (then again how would I know, considering I've never been in love nor have I ever had a serious boyfriend *hides in corner* LOL). Seriously, I think they've talked about 10 times ONLY before they exchange the I-love-you's and the I-can't-live-without-you lines. Blah. Meyer totally rushed their romance and it's such a turn off for me. Their exchanging dialogues were SO damn cheesy, I had to make sure in my mind that this was actually a real, published book and not some journal I was reading from a 17 year-old girl who was proclaiming her undying love to some boy. (Wait, isn't that exactly what Twilight is? LOL)

Secondly, I HATE how the first three quarters of the book are basically only about Bella and Edward's relationship. Actually, now that I think about it, there was really no defined plot. It's so annoying how Meyer didn't concentrate on Victoria, James and Laurent. They were so interesting! I wished she brought them in sooner, rather than to drag her story about Bella and Edward's oh-so-complicated relationship.

I don't know if it's just me but I was hoping for a sad cliffhanger ending to make the transition from book one to book two interesting. Unfortunately, it was the happily-ever-after ending. *rolls eyes* UGHHHHHHH.

Anyway, this was more than enough for me to stop reading the series. I suspected that the books get worse in terms of development (and by that I mean their romance and plot). Stephanie Meyer, to me, doesn't cut it. I've read better fanfiction than this. Like Kytana said, it was like a super long fanfiction. I felt like Stephanie Meyers had more of a story to tell rather than to provide a good piece of writing. It was a good idea, but a failed attempt at making it a good book.

(P.S. WOW... I should watch how I write LMAO. I'm even more cheesier when it comes to romance. >_> Silly me. HAHA. And I'm such a hypocrite... I'm probably the most hopeless romantic you'll ever meet LMAO!)

Posts : 116 Join date : 2008-08-14 Age : 33

@ griffenhawk

LOL! Your post made my day! Sorry I didn't refer to you, I was writing my post while you were posting yours LOL! I'm exactly in the same boat as you. I don't even have to read the books and I'll know what happens in every book by reading a summary of a couple of paragraphs... HAHA. Your Breaking Dawn review is GREAT haha! Ahhh... good stuff.

And I feel your pain; literally almost every girl down the halls are carrying Twilight with them. O____O I hear "Edward Cullen is SOOOO HAWT ZOMG" every friggin' SECOND. Sometimes I want to pause and go outside and just scream so much I'm tired of these girls... >_>

Haha, glad to have a fellow Twilight-hater ... in every OTHER forum I've been on that talks about Twilight, everyone's like "Oh it's awesome! I love it! Edwards hot!" and you know how it is... good luck trying to persuade them that Twilight sucks. (-_-'')

I used to have a friend in school that didn't like Twilight either and we'd sit through lunch breaks just dissing the book whenever we saw someone holding it in the hallway... but she moved to a different school (>_<"). Although it seems a lot of Twilight fans have realized how bad the series is after the fourth book.... sort of...

actually no. It's more like, they only hate the fourth book but all the other three are still <3. >_< Twilight fans...

Posts : 43 Join date : 2008-09-20

Twilight in my humble opinion is very cliche. I mean seriously, a girl who never fell in love before and a guy who never fell in love before fall for each other? hmmm....

I admit though, last year when I read Twilight for the first time, it was a page turner (only because I imagine I am Bella :lol: )
But as for New Moon, it was very hard reading it. I can't imagine myself being as...helpless and annoying as her. I actually skipped parts including the ending even though it is probably the best part of the whole book. The only part I enjoyed there is Jacob Black (imagining Steven Strait ;)). I love that mutt.
And I stopped midway through Eclipse. I can't bear Bella's indecisiveness. I mean, have pity on Jacob lady!
And since I was disappointed on the last two installments, I didn't even touch Breaking Dawn. I just read the spoilers.

Most of my friends, much like you all, are twilight fanatics. They claimed that I don't like Twilight because I can't relate to Bella, that I can't relate to being in love.

Maybe that's true.

But if being in love turns me into Bella, then I don't think I want to fall in love. Haha.

I personally don't understand how people could compare Twilight with Harry Potter. JK Rowling created a world and a word (muggle is in the dictionary now!). And Meyers? Ooh...vampire glow in the sun, vampire don't get killed by stakes...how creative.

But I don't necessarily hate Twilight. The series has its good points. I just think that there are far better books out there that deserves half the publicity Twilight is getting, perhaps even more. *cough*Meg Cabot's The Mediator*cough* haha

I can't even begin to comment on these books... there's so much to talk about...
Let me just say that, as I told other people... this series should have been commercialized as a comedy for me. I hadn't laughed so much in a loooong time. It's THAT ridiculous to me.
I like it/hate it. Yeap...

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These books should get burnt right-away. Period.

Posts : 561 Join date : 2010-05-02

I didn't buy the book. I only downloaded it. I can't say it's a waste of money but it's a waste of time!