Shouldn’t people give more educated book reviews(ex: Twilight)?
I’ve grown to know when I should stop being an obnoxious critic.
This applies towards all books I read.
The prime example you all might know quite well is Twilight.
In the past few months I grew quite snarky with it, and the face I own all 4 books and LE’s as well makes me me pitiful.
Here is my review:
For most teenage girls, it does make them a tad ignorant, but I can relate to the huge emotional and hormonal obsession it engulfs them in. They should learn to be less bubbly with their obsession and moderate, though, but the fact it shoudn’t be an obsession at all doesn’t help.
Meyer’s great with emotion, but she has a huge issue with structure.
Her emotions are a bit played out for me now.
My generation doesn’t see the cliche in some things, and even my brother agrees he sees nothing in this book that hasn’t been done before, though it does have some well written parts.
The only book I look upon to admire is Twilight, and very few portions of it at that.
I will remain anti to an extent, but I’m a Twilight lover at heart.
I keep myself convservative.
And I’m aware she is slightly bad at writing, and there’s much more great literature out there.
I don’t regret drawing mustaches on the movie posters all those months ago, though, teehee. =^.^= I mean, it was very fun. Though very immature.
Antis, you have more dignity than actually taking shots at Twi-hards.
You can state your dignified opinions, but you shouldn’t state obnoxious remarks.
And..Twi-tar- I mean hards.
Eh. There’s nothing I can say to you that you haven’t already heard, just don’t be stubborn. You’ll evolve at some point, I hope.
What’s your take on the situation?
LMAO. god forbid they get common sense now.
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Well, as an anti-, I feel the need to point out that nearly all of the defenses FOR Twilight have terrible grammar and don’t have much more content than ‘EDWARD IS HAWT AND SM IS BRILLAUNT. I LIKE, DOUNT KARE EFF I SPILLED THAT RONG.’ It says a lot about the people who like it, and that depresses me. So I take shots at them.
On the other hand, though largely snarky [It's really quite impossible for an anti-review to be un-snarky], the anti-’s bashing have good grammar and concrete reasons as to why Twilight is so terrible.
The only reason the ‘books’ have gotten so far is the fact that she created an incredibly Gary Stu character who falls in lust with an incredibly Jane Sue character, drawing in obsessive fangrllzz and Twit-moms. There is no literary value. It’s not even a good read.
I read all of them because at first, I was an obsessed fangrrrl. Which is shameful to admit, but true. But after reading Eclipse the realization of the idiocy of the books began. And so here I am.
My take on the situation? Twilight takes up enough space in Books and Authors without pointless questions like this one.
Hi there,
You’ll be surprised to hear that for once I don’t agree, at least not fully.
The issue at hand is not whether someone likes/hates/is obsessed by/is addicted to "Twilight" or not.
The question is why so many people think that Yahoo Answers makes a great forum to exhibit the extent of their obsession. There are heaps of forums online where they will be both welcome and appreciated, and I cannot see why they chose this place – where they are openly rejected, after all. If I KNOW my favourite novel will be fervently bashed in some place, I won’t explain my addiction to said novel at great length there, but rather go to some other place.
Oh. Hang on. My bad. There I go, assuming there is reason and logic left post-Twilight.
Cheers
S
People should give more educated reviews, especially Twilighters. Most of them don’t know what they’re talking about, but I have a lot of respect for those that do. I guess your right to some extent, but to me, I don’t think Meyer handled emotions very well. It’s just too shallow for me.
If you want my take, here’s my review: http://iheartrandomness.deviantart.com/art/Twilight-Worse-than-MTV-102510356
I think the separation of Anti + Pro is ridiculous.
The only reason Twilight fans are under attack is because it’s popular, and many of the Anti-Twilighters enjoy the sense of superiority that insulting a popular culture icon brings.
Long ago, I was an Anti-Twilighter. I am decidedly neutral now, having seen the emotion Stephanie Meyer admittedly puts into her books. The book itself is nothing wonderful, but anything that is able to unify any section of the nation should be welcomed with open arms. We live in a time of hatred and segregation, still, so I think it’s wise to accept people for what they like, no matter what it may be.
Who cares about the literary devices used in Twilight? Most people insulting the books are not critics of any sort, beside in their own minds, and they share they same IQ scores of any of those they belittle.
I find both sides of the "war" quite ridiculous.
My view: I will continue being a devoted Anti-Twilighter. I really really hate the series and as long as their are Twilight fans out there, I will be the Twilight hater ready to criticize their poor taste in literature.
She’s not slightly bad, she’s horrible. Anywone who can write the "Do I dazzle YOU?" quote seriously is a bad writer. And also anyone who can write "Holy crow!" Which made me go "WTF?!!!"
But obnoxious remarks are fun. They let us be creative and clever. It’s too fun to stop.
I hate Twilight more than any book series and I take it as a personal insult that they compare it with the HP series. I shall continue to be Anti-Twilight and insult all those fangirls. I didn’t spend all that time reading the Twilight seires and that money buying it NOT to make fun of it. That was the entire point! Plus, I’m bored as hell.
There is a huge difference between ‘criticizing’ a book for review and ‘reacting’ to it as an individual. People who are book critics are usually trained writers who, for whatever reason, choose not to write their own books, but simply to criticize written books for the supposed ‘good’ of others. While you are talking about your ‘critique’ of the Twilight series, especially the book Twilight, you aren’t giving us an educated critique at all. As you said, many in your generation can’t see the cliche in some things, while you do. Are they good cliches, though, or are they horribly overworked so that even the young (generally 10-13 year old) groan when they read them? You say that you keep yourself conservative, which may be all well and good for you, but what about those who revel in a good fantasy despite the use of ‘chliche, emotion, and can enjoy some lack of structure because their imaginations light up with pleasure when they read something? I’m not trying to take ‘a shot’ at you, nor am I a Twilight lover. In fact, I’m an older and happily married woman who reads many book reviews avidly but who knows what kind of books I enjoy reading, what books I know I may not enjoy but will read anyway (such as the Twilight series), and even read books I’m not at all sure I’ll like, because there may just be some appeal to me in them. My husband and I (both in our 50s) plan on seeing Twilight the movie, but before we do see it, I’ll buy the book Twilight and read it. Because I’m older, I may ‘hold’ my critique until I’ve read the book and seen the movie, but I do have one ‘irrefutable’ critique of this series, plus Harry Potter, and The Golden Compass and their series. More children and young adults are curling up to read their books instead of playing computer games, or going on-line to ’surf’ the Internet. THAT IN ITSELF is enough to give these books an A+++ in my ‘book’ … and I know that my children, who are now old enough to be having their own kids, are also reading these series, even to my grandchildren, because they know the value of a ‘good book’ … a book that engages the imagination and stretches it to it’s fullest extent, which makes it grow. I’m now looking forward to ‘the next generation’ of books, written by those who are children and young adults now … and I’ll give your ‘wobbly critique’ two grades: A B- for grammar and punctuation, and an A- for length and use of imagination. Now you need to sit down and ‘think out’ my question to you. Would you rather critique a book you’ve just read, or if you didn’t like it, write a better one yourself.
Sincerely,
A ‘professional reader’ … no pay, but I read a book a day!