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A review by zarara
The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer
2.0
I was so disappointed in myself that I read Twilight even after promising myself I would never subject myself to the torture.
“Life sucks, and then you die...”
This book sucks and you will want to kill yourself.
Why I hate Twilight can be summed up in one quote:
"About three things I was absolutely positive.
First, Edward was a vampire.
Second, there was a part of him—and I didn't know how dominant that part might be—that thirsted for my blood.
And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him."
Why, Stephenie Meyer, WHY?
First off, NO ONE TALKS LIKE THAT. The purple prose used in these books tries to make it sound sophisticated, but when it is used to describe Edward's amazingly attractive and swoon-worthy body for the millionth time, it gets more than annoying.
Second (and this is my main problem with this series) the morals promoted in this book are beyond wrong. It teaches young girls that love and desire are more important than family, friends and your life. Bella knowingly damns herself to a soulless, likely damned and cursed existence for a guy, but it's fine because she is in "love".
It infuriates me to no end that so many young girls are in love with this book and with Edward. Bella and Edward do not have a healthy relationship, it is basically abusive. Bella does not have a single, meaningful conversation with Edward, but somehow she's "unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him."Their "love" makes absolutely no sense. Bella believes that love is the most important thing even if it kills you and that you should abandon everything and everyone to be with the object of your desire. It doesn't worry her at all that she wakes up with bruises, broken bones and a ruined headboard on her honeymoon. That headboard could have been her, but NO, it only encourages her. Also, if I found out that a guy that I had barely talked to was watching me sleep, I would get a restraining order, not fall in love with him.
“He's like a drug for you, Bella.”
Yes. A drug that you overdose on and die.
Moving onto the protagonist, Bella is basically a cardboard cut-out whose only purpose is to whine after Edward and be the damsel in distress. The fact that characters like Bella are held up as role models is disturbing- Bella teaches us nothing but rather embodies misogynistic ideas and negative stereotypes against females. The fact that she does absolutely nothing on her own throughout the whole series and constantly needs help from Edward or Jacob is insulting. She is in severe depression for FOUR whole months when Edward leaves and while it is meant to be heart-breaking, it's just...boring and annoying. Seriously, who thinks "Oh, my vampire boyfriend left me because his adopted brother almost killed me. I'm going to jump off this cliff into the sea I can see a hallucination of said vampire boyfriend for three seconds before I drown in the merciless sea. This is going to be so much fun! I love you, Edward!" And then she is saved by the other insanely gorgeous guy in her life who is also in love with her. Ugh.
Also, what is it with YA and love triangles? I don't mind romance as long as it is done well and, oh my goodness, is Twilight way off the radar. The messy love triangle that isn't really a love triangle because Jacob didn't really love Bella, he loved her unborn daughter, (yes, her unborn daughter, talk about cradle-robbing) is grossly alarming. I can't ignore how stupid it is- Did Jacob ever like Bella? Why was he her best friend? And the whole part, when she used him and flirted with him to get answers to her suspicions about Edward makes me sick. I think I prefer Edward over Jacob because at least he accepts that he is a douchebag and he tries to do what is right, but he comes back in the end because apparently, he's Bella's life-support; unplug him and she dies.
Also, the whole ending fight scene conclusion in Breaking Dawn that didn't really happened shows that Stephenie Meyer is an author who never takes risks and is not going to part with any of her characters.
I could write an entire essay on Twilight, but for now, this has to suffice.
P.S. Even Robert Pattison hates Twilight. He will always be Cedric Diggory.
“Life sucks, and then you die...”
This book sucks and you will want to kill yourself.
Why I hate Twilight can be summed up in one quote:
"About three things I was absolutely positive.
First, Edward was a vampire.
Second, there was a part of him—and I didn't know how dominant that part might be—that thirsted for my blood.
And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him."
Why, Stephenie Meyer, WHY?
First off, NO ONE TALKS LIKE THAT. The purple prose used in these books tries to make it sound sophisticated, but when it is used to describe Edward's amazingly attractive and swoon-worthy body for the millionth time, it gets more than annoying.
Second (and this is my main problem with this series) the morals promoted in this book are beyond wrong. It teaches young girls that love and desire are more important than family, friends and your life. Bella knowingly damns herself to a soulless, likely damned and cursed existence for a guy, but it's fine because she is in "love".
It infuriates me to no end that so many young girls are in love with this book and with Edward. Bella and Edward do not have a healthy relationship, it is basically abusive. Bella does not have a single, meaningful conversation with Edward, but somehow she's "unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him."Their "love" makes absolutely no sense. Bella believes that love is the most important thing even if it kills you and that you should abandon everything and everyone to be with the object of your desire. It doesn't worry her at all that she wakes up with bruises, broken bones and a ruined headboard on her honeymoon. That headboard could have been her, but NO, it only encourages her. Also, if I found out that a guy that I had barely talked to was watching me sleep, I would get a restraining order, not fall in love with him.
“He's like a drug for you, Bella.”
Yes. A drug that you overdose on and die.
Moving onto the protagonist, Bella is basically a cardboard cut-out whose only purpose is to whine after Edward and be the damsel in distress. The fact that characters like Bella are held up as role models is disturbing- Bella teaches us nothing but rather embodies misogynistic ideas and negative stereotypes against females. The fact that she does absolutely nothing on her own throughout the whole series and constantly needs help from Edward or Jacob is insulting. She is in severe depression for FOUR whole months when Edward leaves and while it is meant to be heart-breaking, it's just...boring and annoying. Seriously, who thinks "Oh, my vampire boyfriend left me because his adopted brother almost killed me. I'm going to jump off this cliff into the sea I can see a hallucination of said vampire boyfriend for three seconds before I drown in the merciless sea. This is going to be so much fun! I love you, Edward!" And then she is saved by the other insanely gorgeous guy in her life who is also in love with her. Ugh.
Also, what is it with YA and love triangles? I don't mind romance as long as it is done well and, oh my goodness, is Twilight way off the radar. The messy love triangle that isn't really a love triangle because Jacob didn't really love Bella, he loved her unborn daughter, (yes, her unborn daughter, talk about cradle-robbing) is grossly alarming. I can't ignore how stupid it is- Did Jacob ever like Bella? Why was he her best friend? And the whole part, when she used him and flirted with him to get answers to her suspicions about Edward makes me sick. I think I prefer Edward over Jacob because at least he accepts that he is a douchebag and he tries to do what is right, but he comes back in the end because apparently, he's Bella's life-support; unplug him and she dies.
Also, the whole ending fight scene conclusion in Breaking Dawn that didn't really happened shows that Stephenie Meyer is an author who never takes risks and is not going to part with any of her characters.
I could write an entire essay on Twilight, but for now, this has to suffice.
P.S. Even Robert Pattison hates Twilight. He will always be Cedric Diggory.