Slog - Comments on Broken Dawn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn In this week's paper, I wrote about all the Breaking Dawn midnight sales going on in bookstores in the area and around the country. I also reviewed the first three books in Stephenie Meyer's vampire romance Twilight series: Edward Cullen has "a face any male model in the world would trade his soul for." He is an eternally 17-year-old vampire who lives in the eternally cloudy town of Forks, Washington. He doesn't have fangs, he doesn't kill humans, and he's continually described as the most beautiful man on earth. Sunlight won't burn him into a black powder; it only... Copyright 2008 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:23:23 -0800 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:59:24 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by chops i recall feeling the same way about the rice vampire trilogy twenty years ago...

]]> chops http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098156 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098156 Books Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:30:32 -0800 Comment by giantladysquirrels Paul, why did you find it worse than the other three? I think you're right, but I can't quite put my finger on why it's a different kind of bad.

]]> giantladysquirrels http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098199 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098199 Books Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:51:18 -0800 Comment by PopTart I found a website this weekend that is a complete walkthrough of Breaking Dawn. It was hilarious.

http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/2008/08/02/

It saved me from reading the book, not that I was going to anyway, but at least this way I can nod knowingly when people around me meltdown about the book.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098220 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098220 Books Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:00:42 -0800 Comment by Non @3

LOL a fan of the trilogy WOULD have an LJ hahaha losers

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098236 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098236 Books Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:07:47 -0800 Comment by Abby The picture accompanying this post is pretty hilarious, though.

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098250 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098250 Books Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:18:35 -0800 Comment by Darcy @4: She's, uh, she's not a "fan." Cleolinda writes humorous summaries and take-downs of pop fiction, films, etc.

]]> Darcy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098267 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098267 Books Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:28:32 -0800 Comment by TheMisanthrope *ahem*George Lucas*ahem*

]]> TheMisanthrope http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098285 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098285 Books Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:49:24 -0800 Comment by whatevernevermind @4 I love how someone who actually writes "LOL" and "hahaha" thinks themselves an expert on what's cool and hip.

]]> whatevernevermind http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098295 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098295 Books Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:58:12 -0800 Comment by Paul Constant @7: George Lucas isn't an author. But this seems like a pretty similar analogy.

]]> Paul Constant http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098325 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098325 Books Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:33:23 -0800 Comment by Jessica @2: It was bad because Bella got everything she wanted without making any sacrifices. And frankly, while the previous three were entertaining fluff, Breaking Dawn was like stumbling onto someone's Twilight fanfic page-- all 750+ pages of it. I mean, really, could Bella get any more Mary Sue?


http://jezebel.com/5034213/breaking-dawn-what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting-a-vampire

]]> Jessica http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098431 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098431 Books Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:48:41 -0800 Comment by chuchu The author is a Mormon, right? I grew up around plenty of Mormons and getting married right out of high school and having lots of children was what young ladies were were encouraged to do (and did).

]]> chuchu http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098584 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098584 Books Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:46:07 -0800 Comment by Greg Well, nothing to do now but crack open that stack of Harry Potters, am I right?

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098863 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1098863 Books Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:02:13 -0800 Comment by Julie I recently read the first three and they whole time kept thinking, this is not good writing and is ridiculously maddening for anyone who is the slightest bit of a feminist.

But, I kept reading, mostly because they were such a quick read, and she did do a good job of making me want to see what happened plot-wise.

I will probably read Breaking Dawn at some point... does the writing actually get worse or are people just mad about the plot not turning out how they would have liked?

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1099017 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1099017 Books Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:35:28 -0800 Comment by calamitypositiv I read Twilight as an attempt to relate to my sister-ten years my junior and completely obsessed with the series. I felt kind of pervy for getting into it with her as the motivation for picking up the softcore pore vampire action. It reminded me a lot of Placebo fanfic I used to read online when I was a teenager. I tried to get caught up in the series but after Edward dicked out on Bella outta the blue in book 2 I couldn't force myself to read more. Every page has the words "his crooked smile" on it! I knew after reading on the sleeve that Meyer was a BYU grad why the writing was so basic and lacking in creativity. But my sister is just a kid so I bit my tongue instead of ripping her favorite author a 2nd butthole. Thank god Breaking Dawn sucked so bad because now she understands why Stephanie Meyer is such a weak writer. The kid sister dabbles in fiction writing and I think the bar has been officially raised.
The Vampy kids are pissed, but at least the bubble got burst.
Are adjectives a sin to Mormos? Cause Stephanie Meye sure don't like to indulge in any decent ones.

]]> calamitypositiv http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1099793 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/broken_dawn#c1099793 Books Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:59:24 -0800