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Shadow_Raven98 · 05-26-2008, 01:56 PM

This might cause some drama (which honestly i'm not trying to start) but as of now i can no longer stand the series. I used to like it-well, actully, love it. But after reading the second and third book, i realized how pointless and typiclly feminine the story is. Bella is an dense, insipid, annoying, self-centered coward who can't do anything without almost dying. This gets annoying after awhile when almost every chapter she ends up bleeding or getting hurt. Besides all that, Bella constantly plays the role of the damsel in distress which in it's self is annoying. Then Edward is supposed to be perfect and basically a superman with fangs. This sets up for an annoying unrelatable character, even if it is a vampire. IMO, having vampires that are perfect and super powerful that interact with humans is kinda pointless because then they aren't evenly matched. some of you may argue that "that's the point," but as a reader it just makes thing weird. You want charcters that can interact on an even scale. I'm not saying vampires shouldn't be stronger than humans, but that humans should at least have a chance. The other annoying thing is Edward is all "your blood smells delicious and i could kill you at any time, but i can't cause i love you and i don't want to turn you but wahhh...you're delicious smelling...". it's like either turn her and shut up about it or stop bitching about how breakable she is. Then don't even get me started on Jacob, who turns a slightly likeable story into a disgusting soap opera by interfering with the relationship and causing the typical love triangle drama. Her whole twist on the werewolf senario where "it only runs in a native-american family and they can't turn anyone" is kinda lame also. In general her writing is simple and rediculously drawn out (i mean why do i have to read about what bella had foir dinner and her everyday life for three chapters before something happens?!?!). On top of that, it's only likeable to the millions of typical teenage girls who lap up the idea of a perfect man falling in love with an imperfct unlikeable girl. I'm especially sickened by the series' rabid fans as well as the movie about to come out about it (I'm pretty sure it's the idea of a movie that made me start to hate the series-beside the fact that i woke up to the simplicity and stupidity of the story). *takes deep breath* okay that was my rant/my opinion of the series, sorry if i offended anyone, but i'm just stating my opinion, just as you are if you say you like the series. so don't get all pissy at me.^_^

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Shadow_Raven98 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: a minute from Dooms Day Age: 20 Posts: 55 Points: 14,882.22 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 14,882.22 Donate	This might cause some drama (which honestly i'm not trying to start) but as of now i can no longer stand the series. I used to like it-well, actully, love it. But after reading the second and third book, i realized how pointless and typiclly feminine the story is. Bella is an dense, insipid, annoying, self-centered coward who can't do anything without almost dying. This gets annoying after awhile when almost every chapter she ends up bleeding or getting hurt. Besides all that, Bella constantly plays the role of the damsel in distress which in it's self is annoying. Then Edward is supposed to be perfect and basically a superman with fangs. This sets up for an annoying unrelatable character, even if it is a vampire. IMO, having vampires that are perfect and super powerful that interact with humans is kinda pointless because then they aren't evenly matched. some of you may argue that "that's the point," but as a reader it just makes thing weird. You want charcters that can interact on an even scale. I'm not saying vampires shouldn't be stronger than humans, but that humans should at least have a chance. The other annoying thing is Edward is all "your blood smells delicious and i could kill you at any time, but i can't cause i love you and i don't want to turn you but wahhh...you're delicious smelling...". it's like either turn her and shut up about it or stop bitching about how breakable she is. Then don't even get me started on Jacob, who turns a slightly likeable story into a disgusting soap opera by interfering with the relationship and causing the typical love triangle drama. Her whole twist on the werewolf senario where "it only runs in a native-american family and they can't turn anyone" is kinda lame also. In general her writing is simple and rediculously drawn out (i mean why do i have to read about what bella had foir dinner and her everyday life for three chapters before something happens?!?!). On top of that, it's only likeable to the millions of typical teenage girls who lap up the idea of a perfect man falling in love with an imperfct unlikeable girl. I'm especially sickened by the series' rabid fans as well as the movie about to come out about it (I'm pretty sure it's the idea of a movie that made me start to hate the series-beside the fact that i woke up to the simplicity and stupidity of the story). takes deep breath okay that was my rant/my opinion of the series, sorry if i offended anyone, but i'm just stating my opinion, just as you are if you say you like the series. so don't get all pissy at me.^_^ __________________ It is the darkness that binds me, that kills me, that tortures and rapes me...and yet it is the only good thing I have. ~Shadow~ Last edited by Shadow_Raven98 : 05-26-2008 at 02:01 PM.