Comments on: Twilight: One Fantasy Phenomenon I Don’t Get

By: Jenna

Jenna — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:48:00 +0000

Harold, I know what you are, vampire.

I'm just kidding. I have to agree with above comments. Twilight is horribly written but really fun and addictive.

By: Harold

Harold — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:10:16 +0000

Hi. I'm reserved, handsome, quiet, and secretive. I'm also hypersensitive to light and sound and I'm not a morning person. I'm a very mysterious guy with a little bit of a creepy, dangerous side. Call me!

By: Kay

Kay — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:47:32 +0000

The reason I, who did not get into the harry potter thing or other books of this genre, LOVED twilight and devoured these books at an astounding rate is because the reader literally falls in love with Edward. You are Bella in the book. She is average, clumsy and awkward, like me and probably a lot of other people. So as Bella falls in love with Edward who sweeps her off her effing feet, you are equally swept. it is magical, i love twilight.

By: Aislinn

Aislinn — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:41:11 +0000

OK, so I have now read the books, at least a few, and feel better able to comment. OK, yes, they are hyped but behind it all is a really sweet story. Now, I'm a big dorky Harry Potter, Buffy, Narnia fan so I'm predisposed to like vampire stories but thats not why I like this one. The trith is it's well written and it feels like how it felt to fall in love and to then have your heart broken. It's real but not too real cause it's still fantasy. Either way, I dare you to give it a try Marisa, I was as hesitant as you and so far, I've loved it.

By: Miranda

Miranda — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:36:27 +0000

I'm not usually one to go for those "OMG! It's a new fad and it's totally great and you have to read it" things, but I do enjoy Twilight. I didn't even know it was popular or anything. I was just looking for a new book to buy and read and picked it up. I really did enjoy it.

Now, I have to say, I abhor articles that criticize books or movies when the writer hasn't even bothered to read or watch them. Why should I respect your opinion when you really don't have a basis for it?

By: Kayla

Kayla — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:49:07 +0000

I can definitely understand your point of view on the Twilight series. When I got the books for christmas I was happy that i got books, but I was looking at what the story was about and i was utterly disappointed. I was stuck at a house with nothing better to do so i started reading the series and the character Edward gives girls a false version of guys and makes them hope, which is a part of that book that i didn't like. I'm not sure what it is about the book though that it just catches you from the very beginning and you can't set it down. I would have been saying the same thing about the book if I didn't take the time to read it and now that I have read the whole series I realize now that it is a world that you wish to escape to just like you would in Harry Potter. The Twilight series has more of a mature side to it unlike Harry Potter and that is probably anther thing that makes it a book that you cant set down. The way Stephenie Meyers has made it, not only Bella starts to love the other characters, but where you seem to follow the same direction. The fact that Stephenie Meyers is a religious woman shows that there are books out there that can be extremely good books without the detailed violance and sex scenes that everyone expects these days. So I guess what im saying is maybe you should try to sit down and read the series even if you don't like it just to see what all the chaos about the book is really about. You can't really judge a book by it's cover or by what other people say about it, so once you've sat down and read the book then you have a reason to actually share with the world what you think about it. Maybe even after you read it you won't like it, but you can't really know unless you do.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:14:12 +0000

These books are terrible. I trudged through the first two (I'm usually a very fast and enthusiastic reader) and have decided I'm not going to read the last two simply out of annoyance. Bella Swan is a non-heroine. She's weak, unstable, co-dependent and thusly a terrible role model for this series' target demographic.

That said, Jacob Black > Edward Cullen.

By: Aislinn

Aislinn — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:23:08 +0000

I was not even aware of this series. But I'll admit to being a closet vampire dork with a love for Buffy and Angel so honestly, I might stop by my local library and pick up a copy. I'll have to go in disguise so that no one will know about my inner dork though

By: Beth-Frosh

Beth-Frosh — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:09:41 +0000

I have read both Twilight and New Moon but I find myself struggling to finish Eclipse. The plot of the story is drowned in the angst between Bella, Edward, and Jacob. The book is 600-some-odd pages that could have easily been condensed to half that size.

I dont really read teen fiction (aka Young Adult)anymore because of books like Eclipse. they are preceded by some pretty good stuff but after awhile, the series dries up. Breaking Dawn is a much needed conclusion.

If you want vampire romance, cruise the romance section of the bookstore. You'll find something much more interesting there.

By: Cecca

Cecca — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:00:06 +0000

The article's not about the books, it's about the hype. Now does anyone have anything to say about the actual topic of the article, or do you just want to bash it some more?