On Twilight and Hate

If you have not read Kaleb Nation's blog post on this, read it now:

http://www.kalebnation.com/blog/2010/06/05/a-translation-of-twilight-hate/


Here is my comment, which, if you look carefully, I left on Kaleb's post as well:



Kaleb, you are so totally awesome, and I found you because of my love of Twilight. But I have to say, I agree with that review.

I am not a complete Twilight hater, but I also do not love Twilight anymore. It DID get me to start reading longer books, just like Harry Potter did. However, after moving on to books that were better written, had better developed characters, and had an overall better plot, I find it difficult to continue liking the Twilight Saga.

I think that it does show a bad representation of relationships, and I have found that books similar to Twilight have been giving girls that I know relationship standards that guys just can't meet. Stephenie's writing, which I once thought was brilliant, is now just okay to me.

HOWEVER:

I greatly admire the series and think that it's fantastic that Stephenie has written another book, which I will most likely read. I don't mind people who read and/or love the series, even those extremely hardcore fans that you mentioned.

While I prefer more realistic depictions of people/relationships/etc. as opposed to idealistic, I think that there is definitely a place in literature for books that ARE idealistic and create a place where fans can go to escape their every day lives.

Basically, although I agree that there are many things wrong with the books, I think that everyone (semi Twi-haters like myself, included) is going to have to accept that the Twilight franchise isn't going anywhere for quite a while. The criticism IS getting old, and it's near impossible for anyone to come up with anything original anymore. As a writer, I have learned things from Twilight that will stay with me forever, and I have to thank Steph for that.

I like your take on this, Kaleb, and I somewhat agree.


-Jess