Confessions of a closet Twilight fan

[sherron0]

I'm all nuts now about the Twilight series.  I can't believe I am completely sucked into a young adult book with teen-aged characters about teen-aged angst.  With the major female being as close to the definition of a Mary Sue as any I've ever seen.  But I'm just loving it.  This woman can write emotions and angst. I will have to go see the movie and see how well they handled everything.

I've finished books 1 & 2 & 3, and I actually spent the $18 for book 3, which is still only out in hardcover. 

 I was going to buy Breaking Dawn last weekend, but Thomas literally threw his body in front of my reaching hand and herded me out of the bookstore, saying, "You made me promise not to let you buy anymore books!"

I do have an overwhelming pile of books waiting to be read.  But...

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[belovedbywar.livejournal.com]

I admit, I read those books too to see what all the fuss was about. And yes, it is a good read. But strangely, apart from Jacob, I couldn't really grow to like the characters (- not like I love Vicki & co).
Maybe I just grew weary of all the teenage angst, but to be honest, most of the time I simply wanted to smack Bella in the head!
It was more the storytelling I liked; somehow you wanted to know how it would end.
Strange isn't it?

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

I decided a while ago that either you were That Teenage Girl or you weren't. If you were, it's perfectly constructed to suck you in.

If you weren't (and I so wasn't -- not that I was completely rational by any means, but I had different obsessions), it's perfectly constructed to make you want to kill pretty much every single character.

Except Alice. I love Alice. I hear even she gets tiresome later, tho. (I've only read the first book.)

[sherron0.livejournal.com]

Jan. 18th, 2009 04:24 pm (local)
I guess I was That Teenage Girl. I was going to deny it, because I dated LOTS and was very popular, and knew how to play my cards, especially with the boys. But mid way through junior year, someone did push me in love (I didn't fall, no way —I was pushed) that grew to be that obsessed, overwhelming type. And I understand obsession, then, and since then. And it's been a LONG time since I was in highschool, so I'm okay with all the immaturity, I've had time to accept that yes, we were that bad.

And yes, I did want to smack almost everyone at one point or another. But couldn't stop reading. The story telling was gripping, and the vampire mythology interesting.

But of course they're no Vicki & Henry.

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

No reason to deny it -- I don't mean it in a derogatory sense. Just that the appeal of the books is really contingent on having had that experience. I think it conveys it pretty well if you didn't -- one thing a lot of people miss is a certain level of self-awareness, that Bella doesn't just obsess, she obsesses about WHY she's obsessing. And yes, it's still a very self-centric worldview, but dude, seventeen.

That said, if you didn't have the experience yourself, wading through hundreds of pages of it is exasperating rather than compelling.

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear. Another one sucked into the Sparkle!Crack...

[teresa-c.livejournal.com]

It's the vampire thing, I think. I just loves me some vampires, so it's not hard for vampire literature to suck me in, so to speak.

I've only read book 1, but I'd be willing to see the movie a second time, and I don't mind the idea of reading more of the books.

[sherron0.livejournal.com]

I'd offer to send you 2&3, but I already sent 2 to my SIL, and 3 really needs 2 to make sense, IMHO. If you have access to 2, and want 3, say so. If you're okay waiting, my SIL insists she is going to send 2 back, and I could have her send it to you instead. --I just don't know how fast she reads, and she's just starting it. But, free books and all...

[maliciastarling.livejournal.com]

Don't worry I've learned not to judge people on their Twilight obsessions (its gotten everyone around me lately lol)... and I'm definitely planning on reading them.

Although really now if we're going to compare obsessions... TRUE BLOOD!!!!

vampires...yummy :D

[sherron0.livejournal.com]

You have HBO!! I now harbor deep jealousy toward you. I haven't gotten to see it at all, or start the books.

So much fantasy, so little time . . .

[maliciastarling.livejournal.com]

oh believe me I didn't have HBO the whole time. I finished the first season on surfthechannel.com and then ponied up the cash for HBO. Of course the show doesn't come back until the summer but yeah... <3 Vampires.

It's ok because I'm also addicted to Entourage :) (alright you got me... I also watch Big Love... I know I know its just a glorified soap but still)

Wait yeah... TWILIGHT...
have you seen it yet? I just saw it today :)

[sherron0.livejournal.com]

Not yet. I never get to go to the theater. I hope I don't have to wait for DVD

[pianofingers23.livejournal.com]

I'm not usually a huge fan of vampire stories, but I have to say that I got sucke right in from the moment I finished the audio cd of the first book. I got a little annoyed at Bella a few times, but found her to act a lot like me in the sense that I have had issues with obsession in the past.

I really liked the movie, but I still think the book was better (as usual). If you love the book though you are bound to at least "like" the movie.

Tell me what you think of the film when you see it!

I do have to say one little thing about Breaking Dawn though, I personally didn't think it was as great as the first three, but it at least summed everything up.

How are you and your family doing?