Jul-05-2010, 05:15 PM (UTC)
Twilight and its ilk. Ugh. *shudder*
I decided to read them because I wanted to know what the heck everyone was talking about. I stuck with the series because I kept hoping against hope that the books would get better. (They didn't.) With each page turn I kept thinking to myself, "I should put this down. This is awful. Why am I still reading this? This is painful. Ouch, awful characterization." Stuff like that.
On a funnier note, my friend has noticed that you can tell if a book is fluff or not by actually weighing it in your hands. I noticed that my paperback version of Assassin's Apprentice seemed to feel heavier than the hardcover Twilight I was reading... so what's up with that?
A different friend has summed it up like this: "The Twilight series is like a Twinkie. They both are terrible for you, they both cause the degeneration of both mind and body... but sometimes, you just want a Twinkie!"
So stay away. Avoid them like the plague, or if you're feeling fantastical, avoid them like traditional Six Duchies folk avoid the Witted.
Oh, one last thing. The Cullens live in the woods and sparkle in the sun. They're fairies.
I decided to read them because I wanted to know what the heck everyone was talking about. I stuck with the series because I kept hoping against hope that the books would get better. (They didn't.) With each page turn I kept thinking to myself, "I should put this down. This is awful. Why am I still reading this? This is painful. Ouch, awful characterization." Stuff like that.
On a funnier note, my friend has noticed that you can tell if a book is fluff or not by actually weighing it in your hands. I noticed that my paperback version of Assassin's Apprentice seemed to feel heavier than the hardcover Twilight I was reading... so what's up with that?
A different friend has summed it up like this: "The Twilight series is like a Twinkie. They both are terrible for you, they both cause the degeneration of both mind and body... but sometimes, you just want a Twinkie!"
So stay away. Avoid them like the plague, or if you're feeling fantastical, avoid them like traditional Six Duchies folk avoid the Witted.
Oh, one last thing. The Cullens live in the woods and sparkle in the sun. They're fairies.
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