Comments on Broken Dawn

i recall feeling the same way about the rice vampire trilogy twenty years ago...

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.

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.

@3

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

The picture accompanying this post is pretty hilarious, though.

@4: She's, uh, she's not a "fan." Cleolinda writes humorous summaries and take-downs of pop fiction, films, etc.

*ahem*George Lucas*ahem*

@4 I love how someone who actually writes "LOL" and "hahaha" thinks themselves an expert on what's cool and hip.

@7: George Lucas isn't an author. But this seems like a pretty similar analogy.

@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

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).

Well, nothing to do now but crack open that stack of Harry Potters, am I right?

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?

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.