As anyone who frequents this forum will know, there have recently been a large amount of topics about the 'Twilight' series by Stephanie Meyer. In the hope of consolidating some of the discussion, I have decided to create a general topic.

Please use this topic to discuss:

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is this a book that guys can read? or is it just a fancy harlequin novel?

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she is making edwards point of view so guys might read it.

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River Jordan Most July 22nd 1989 - February 20th 2006

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i dont think the movie will be that good.

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The Twilight books are like Twinkies.

Twinkies are not a gourmet dessert and, really, aren't very good for you. If you want to ingest that number of calories and ruin your figure, there are many tastier desserts you could choose, but sometimes, you're just craving the not-so-good fluff of a Twinkie.

Same is true of Twilight. As far as writing and plot go, the books are extremely lacking and, it could be argued, the only real three-dimensional character in the whole series is Jacob Black. But sometimes, you need something that's not-so-good and fluffy...and, in this case, sparkly.

That said, anyone who's going to argue that the Twilight books are great literature should be strapped down and forced to read Jane Austen novels until her eyes fall out.

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Let yourself be enchanted,
You just might break through
To ever ever after

Personally, I can't deal with Twilight myself. I've read up to Eclipse, but not without eye rolling and cringing every few pages or paragraphs.

I think the worst thing about Twilight is the MASSIVE fanbase it has. I can understand the Harry Potter fanbase, Lord of the Rings, Narnia, hell even Star Trek... but Twilight?

Someone posted above comparing Twilight to a twinkie and I think that has some truth in it. However, I don't think that explains the mass love of Twilight.

Honestly, I think the popularity of this book is such a tragic commentary on our times. Bad character development, cheesy dialogue, horrid writing... is that really the sort of "literature" that appeals to people now? Really.

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The short fortuneteller who escaped from prison: a small medium at large.

Everyone wants to be more special than they are, and books like Harry Potter and Twilight allow people to live that special life vicariously through their heroes. Twilight just does it a bit more fluffily and poorly-written-ly than Harry Potter.

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Let yourself be enchanted,
You just might break through
To ever ever after

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I think Cleolinda on LiveJournal put it best:

The Twilight books are like Twinkies.  

Twinkies are not a gourmet dessert and, really, aren't very good for you. If you want to ingest that number of calories and ruin your figure, there are many tastier desserts you could choose, but sometimes, you're just craving the not-so-good fluff of a Twinkie.

Same is true of Twilight. As far as writing and plot go, the books are extremely lacking and, it could be argued, the only real three-dimensional character in the whole series is Jacob Black. But sometimes, you need something that's not-so-good and fluffy...and, in this case, sparkly.  

That said, anyone who's going to argue that the Twilight books are great literature should be strapped down and forced to read Jane Austen novels until her eyes fall out.

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How amazingly true.Some books are like twinkies, or other yummy bad for you hostess delights. the twiglight series def. falls in that category.

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Do not abandon yourselves to despair.
We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.

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