Anyone else think that Twilight (trilogy) by Stephenie Meyer is overrated?

[WritersBlock]

Okay, well I read the first book. I thought it was pretty good.

Spoiler

The second book, however, is horrible. She gets dumped and practically wants to commit suicide throughtout the book. When they get back together at the end, its like none of it never happened. She isn't mad, just happy again. She treats her dad like garbage and then have a meeting to become a vampire,

which I thought was absolutely ridicolous.

 

[hippokrene]

Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer.

 

[Nimea]

Thanks hippokrene for posting what books this is about.
I also put spoiler tags in and the author's name in the thread title. That way it is easier for people to know what this is about. And please, WritersBlock, both be more careful with spoilers.

Oh, and there is nothing wrong with discussing this trilogy but please, just don't let it get to a state like the last one which had to be closed in the end . . .

 

[hippokrene]

I've never heard of the books before but seeing the book cover makes me think I've seen it in the YA section.

Vampires have become the new bad boys of romance. They seem to have been 'de-fanged' from putrid, undead horrors to tragic, soulless monsters to erotic, tormented souls to gothy, blood-drinking bad boys. When I see a vampire in a current novel, I don't think monster or villain but romantic interest.

I wonder to what extent changing attitudes toward women engaging in physical intimacy have helped the vampire gain popularity. It used to be that since heroines were good, and good women don't just hop into bed, the heroine could refuse the romantic interest and it reflected well on her. Now it seems a three-month-old relationship without any horizontal activity is considered odd.

Enter the vampire: a ready made reason to put off that activity until the writer considers it thematically right. "Oh, I love you John, but I have vowed to destroy your kind/ but you might kill me/ but you might turn me into something I hate/ but you're still in love with your 1,000 old ex!"

This is a book about a 17-year-old-girl and sold to YAs. The main conflict is that love one another, but his passion for her would cause him to kill her if they're anything other than chaste. As a metaphor, that's unsubtle, and it's an interesting message to send to young readers.

 

[TarotGaladriel]

I had heard so many positive reviews on this book (Twilight) that I did eventually get round to buying it. I love supernatural fantasy as well as standard fantasy, so thought I'd give it a go.
It was okay, nothing fantastic or that memorable, it passed the time and not much else. I know I won't be following the series any further, it just didn't grab me enough. Can't really see what all the fuss is about. Unless you're a lovelorn teenager with all the usual teen angst, I guess I'm way past that point in my life LOL

 

[Valkyrie]

I read Twilight and really enjoyed it--though I will be the first to say that it is not without its flaws. Reading New Moon, I have the same complaints as above. However, I'm hoping that the heroine and hero's ridiculous behavior is developing characterization, taking the slightly overly perfect characters of the first book and revealing that they have deep-seated personal issues that can hopefully be addressed in the next book. Emphasis on hopefully.

 

[WritersBlock]

Thanks hippokrene for posting what books this is about.
I also put spoiler tags in and the author's name in the thread title. That way it is easier for people to know what this is about. And please, WritersBlock, both be more careful with spoilers.

Oh, and there is nothing wrong with discussing this trilogy but please, just don't let it get to a state like the last one which had to be closed in the end . . .

Thanks, sorry.