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I have just read Twighlight and am currently reading New Moon. I actually think that so far, the books seem to be very well-written. They are descriptive and clear and the plot is very well done. Numerous events that happened surprised me and I never would have expected things to turn out the way they did. If the books are so averagely written, why are they best-sellers? And why are millions of teens infatuated by them?

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Because millions of teens don't care about good writing. They care about imagining that they're the one in Bella's shoes, with everyone in the world in love with them, including nauseatingly perfect vampires.

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I think Cleolinda on LiveJournal put it best:

That said, anyone who's going to argue that the Twilight books are great literature should be strapped down and forced to read Jane Austen novels until her eyes fall out.

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Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 8:00 am on May 16, 2008

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I think Cleolinda on LiveJournal put it best:  

 
 That said, anyone who's going to argue that the Twilight books are great literature should be strapped down and forced to read Jane Austen novels until her eyes fall out.

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Jane Austin is too much for me, im not a great reader so i have a hard time understanding whats going on with the words and stuff

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1. Why did you edit out the bulk of my post?

2. Even if you're not a great reader, Jane Austen is still superior in quality to Twilight, on a purely objective level.

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Let yourself be enchanted,
You just might break through
To ever ever after

wow, how did you manage to find the  front cover page?

i cant find it anywhere

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Quote: from cutie teen15 at 10:03 pm on May 20, 2008

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Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 8:00 am on May 16, 2008

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I think Cleolinda on LiveJournal put it best:

 
  That said, anyone who's going to argue that the Twilight books are great literature should be strapped down and forced to read Jane Austen novels until her eyes fall out.

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 Jane Austin is too much for me, I'm not a great reader so i have a hard time understanding whats going on with the words and stuff

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1. Why did you edit out the bulk of my post?

2. Even if you're not a great reader, Jane Austen is still superior in quality to Twilight, on a purely objective level.

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AKA another persons trash is another persons treasure.

its no use arguing this because in the end, you will both be right, and wrong, and just generally be pissed at each other..

and thats not accomplishing anything

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[Stephanie Meyer has sold millions of books] because millions of teens don't care about good writing. They care about imagining that they're the one in Bella's shoes, with everyone in the world in love with them, including nauseatingly perfect vampires.

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How many books sell is not an indicator of good writing. In this day and age, it tends to be an indicator of pretty poor writing, if you've ever read Harry Potter or any of Dan Brown's catastrophes.

Also, I'd like to know where you get your information that Twilight and its relatives have sold more copies than Jane Austen's novels, considering that Jane Austen (a) was more prolific than Ms. Meyer; (b) has had her novels around for 250 years more than Ms. Meyer; and (c) will be around long after Ms. Meyer has ceased to be a popular fad?

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Let yourself be enchanted,
You just might break through
To ever ever after

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Quote: from Periwinkle at 11:27 am on May 14, 2008

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wow, how did you manage to find the  front cover page?

i cant find it anywhere

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It took about 2.5 seconds. Google image search.

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One drop is lonely
Two drops okay
Three drops can make a spray
Four drops get carried away

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hate romantic novels!

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I thought I did too, well I probably don't like most except the Twilight series.

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Quote: from Brando Pernando at 8:58 pm on May 22, 2008

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Quote: from Periwinkle at 11:27 am on May 14, 2008

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wow, how did you manage to find the  front cover page?

i cant find it anywhere

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 It took about 2.5 seconds. Google image search.

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Post edited at 11:19 am on May 31, 2008 by topaz eyes

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I was surprised there was nothing surprising in it. It's still really good. Just somewhat blah.

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If you want to review some of Stephenie's adult work I reccomend you purchase The Host. I'm a huge book worm and have read every Jane Austen, Lolita, Les miserables - the list goes on... anyhow; The Host is an amazing novel. Very well written and you wouldn't know it was the same author of twilight.

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Quote: from 721 at 11:30 am on May 14, 2008

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is this a book that guys can read? or is it just a fancy harlequin novel?

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she is making edwards point of view so guys might read it.

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Like it being from Edward's point of view is going to make any guy more inclined to read it? I think that if a guy wants to read it he should. So what if it has a mostly female readership if it seems appealing go ahead. I don't think books need to be stereotyped as either male or female. Granted, these books aren't exactly what I think the average male would want to read.

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