II loved Twilight. Read it as it was becoming big, but I didn't hear it everywhere I went when I was reading. Well, now I do. It's a household name. And I have to say something. It was a wonderful book... up until she began ruining it-- in my opinion-- by writing Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. Those were her downfalls for me.
But what is so amazing about Twilight? Why do we love it so much? Yes, Edward Cullen sounds hot, but guess what! He's a complete copy. Ever heard of "The Vampire Armand" by Anne Rice? Well, IncognitoTemptation is reading it. Armand is seventeen years old. a beautiful, handsome seventeen-year-old vampire, who Edward Cullen was based on. Isn't that character plagurism or something? But as I think about it, Twilight could be giving some very mixed views to some readers. Yes, you all may think: 'Oh, I know Edward isn't real!' but if there are any guys out there who have read Twilight, let me ask you this: Have you ever seen any man in real life who acts like the "princely" Edward Cullen?
It was the weekend after the movie when this whole this started for me. I heard about fourth graders who had seen the movie, and were talking about how far they were in the book! Hello, they don't even know what real romance is! I don't even know what real romance is and I'm four or five years older than them. The problem is, I see this in a bad way. What if these young kids think that one day their fairtytail Edward Cullen is going to come along? What if he does come along one day, but he holds secrets close to him that no girl wants. What if he hurts them? Then will they begin to curse those stupid views that they had of Edward Cullen?
And crazed fan-girls. Let me tell you. If I see another one of them ask to be bitten by Rob Pattinson, I will want to murder them. They are immersed in a story that isnt' real. At one point I thought Edward was amazing, but then it hit me. This is fiction, not reality. Fiction twists the worlds to make it look a million times better-- or worse-- than it really is.
So tell me, why is Twilight so great? I don't even think that the writing is anywhere near as good as Ann Rice's. It cannot be compared to any of those great writers out there who thrived on making a good story that she mended into hers, and made it her own.
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