Comments on: Eat, Drink, Vampire, Bella: a Review of The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer

By: Normal Mormon Husband

Normal Mormon Husband — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:24:13 +0000

Are you implying that I have talent? Wow. Thanks for the compliment.

By: Common Sense Media MOM

Common Sense Media MOM — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:17:08 +0000

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By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:13:47 +0000

Will it, Ellen? Will it?

By: Ellen

Ellen — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:05:54 +0000

Okay am I the only one who thought that Bella isn’t the only one who is being a bit whiny? Seriously Its a book for people my age(12)! They aren’t gonna put the biggest effort into this! I do agree about the sex thing, but I think its a bit much when you start to venture into your own memories/life. I might not be seeing this through a mother’s eye, but when I grow up and have my own children I’m going to understand that no matter what my kids probably won’t wait until marriage and will definitely know about sex. It is pretty much inevitable. I think for people my age it is an easy book to relate to. Sure its a little slo, but this series will definitely make oyu think.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:01:42 +0000

I struggled with English and literature all my 30 some years(math makes sense to me), so I’ve never been much of a reader. But about 7 years ago I picked up one of my daughter’s Harry Potter books and fell in love with reading. I think I look at books differently then most, I fall in love with the characters and the story. I love the Twlight series for that reason. I didn’t have to think; just sit back and escape for a while. The 1st is my favorite, the others didn’t seem to have the same feeling as it did. E and NM were good,but didn’t have the sparkle that the 1st did. BD was a good ending and I had a few tearful moments too. I am always looking for a new and different book, so i will try The Blue Castle next.Thanks for your review and I am looking forward to reading one of your favorites.

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:39:22 +0000

I love the books but I too feel that it is lazy writer. Good story? absolutely. Bad writing? yeah, it’s weak. I’ve read them all and I’m sure I will let my daughter and son read them but they aren’t as well written as the Harry Potter series or Anne of Green Gables.

Don’t worry Jane – we’re English majors, we’re literary snobs. I’m cool with it.

By: Natasha

Natasha — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:05:53 +0000

LOL. Jane, I think that was a teenager. TONS of people read. Maybe just not her friends. Maybe not her until this series. Yep, there’s a book for everyone.

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:02:39 +0000

nonyabusiness — I assume that your creative use of rhetoric, grammar, and punctuation is a new form of satire, but I confess that I am too unsophisticated to appreciate it.

Stephenie Meyer is successful because she is a good storyteller. She is not a good writer, as that term is generally used.

If, however, you determine “good”ness solely by financial succcess, Paris Hilton is one of the most talented, “good,” uh, actresses?

By: nonyabusiness

nonyabusiness — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:11:15 +0000

by the way your depiction of the characters was horrible, and renesme’s name is beautiful and different. again your just green with envy!!!!!!!!!!!1

By: nonyabusiness

nonyabusiness — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:08:53 +0000

i know everybody has an opinion BUT omg. Way to bash one of the best books i’ve ever read. You want people to read not put a book down, its called intelligence, and people these days just don’t read. It was an awful review and i say that you don’t deserve to call yourself one of the people who read the series. Do you know why Stephenie Meyer is successful??? BECAUSE SHE’S ACTUALLY A GOOD!!!!! WRITER!!!!!! Sorry I just defend things I feel for..no offence!

By: JeaNette

JeaNette — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:11:22 +0000

So many of your comments were forwarded to me, I had to respond. As the author of Unsteady: What Every Parent Absolutely Must Know About Teenage Romance, people always ask me if Twilight is really safe for teens. My answer is sure, as long as we don’t confuse fantasy with reality. Too many moms (quoted in the Wall Street Journal) saw Twilight as a primer for their daughters to determine qualities they must have in a boyfriend. We do our daughters a huge disservice if we lead them to believe Edwards could exist in real life. They might naively invite their boyfriends to sleep with them all night, assuming human boys have the same self-control as a 100-year-old vampire. Frankly, I have been preaching against adolescent romance since I first spoke on BYU TV six years ago. I worry that Stephanie Meyer has completely undone all my hard work. Like any romance novelist, she paints an unrealistic picture that teenagers are too inexperienced to see through.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:25:14 +0000

Kerrie — Glad you enjoyed the book. I didn’t know one’s uterus could skip a beat.

I think it being so long is an indication of laziness, rather than proof of hardwork. I think tight, clever writing is harder and takes more time than free-writing first-drafting.

Also, the witnesses might have agreed to hunt outside the Cullen’s territory, but it seems to me that vampires who indulge in the hunger to eat humans every day would be harder-pressed to refrain from eating (even a half-)human than her newly-born-as-a-vampire mother. And it wasn’t just that Re-gag-me’s smell was different from other humans’. Bella was able to refrain from hunting the human hikers, too. I just think the total lack of concern they had on that part was inconsistent.

By: Kerrie

Kerrie — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:40:22 +0000

I sort of like the review. I think that the book was a bit too long and the editor did not do their job correctly. But I don’t think the writing was lazy. Just the editing was lazy. Look how long the book is! Stephenie obviously isn’t lazy. And as Bella stated in BD, Renesmee didn’t smell that tastey to her, and she was a new born. So obviously the other vamipires would be able to control themselves. And the Cullens only invited vampires who would respect their land and go outside forks to hunt. Weren’t you paying attention to that?

And and totally understand Edward’s need to be pure until marriage. He has committed every sin possible except sex before marriage. Thats the ONE thing he hasn’t done and i can understand the his need to at least have not broken one rule. The reason he murdered was because he was thristy, he couldn’t control himself. But as a human he was raised in 1901, and I would guess that he was raised to believe that sex before marriage was wrong. Its completely understandable.

I loved Jake’s section, it was a breath of fresh air from all the madness. It was so good to hear someone else’s POV because Bella was getting a tad annoying lol. Jake is such a sweet boy, and in BD he’s so much more easy to realate to because he’s more human then Bella and isn’t making dangerous decisions. And his sense of humour is brilliant! And my heart just broke for him as he tried to prepare himself for Bella’s death and when Edward told him that Bella would be giving birth the next day, instead of 4 days later i nearly cried!
And when Edward broke down infront of Jake and asked him to kill him the minute Bella’s heart stopped, I nearly cried too. It was such a powerful, emotional scene. When Edward read Nessie’s mind through the womb and finally realised that he was going to be a father I swear my uterus skipped a beat haha.

The “morning after” scene was very good, when Edward and Bella argue over her bruises. It was very true to the characters.

In general I really liked the book. I found the ending to be a bit of a let down but this book is still really good. Bella discovering her vampire abilities and senses was very cool. Nessie was simply adorable. I liked the happy ending even though I wanted Rose to die lol.

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By: What About Mom » Blog Archive » Stephenie Meyer, have you been talking to J.J. Abrams?

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:58:13 +0000

[...] show Fringe, and I have to tell you that Bella’s pregnancy and delivery in Breaking Dawn was my favorite part of that book. I loved how Re-gag-me was a vampiric parasite, much like all babies, who leach the calcium from [...]

By: Jennifer, Snapshot

Jennifer, Snapshot — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:16:08 +0000

How neat to layer that in!! I was so glad you linked up, because I’ve been meaning to pop over here forever, and between getting ready for vacation, going on vacation, and recovering from vacation AND back-to-school time, I haven’t been doing much blog popping.

I sort of skimmed the middle part of the review, because I haven’t read them yet and want to be surprised, but I’m with you on the tweenish stuff. I try to steer my bookworm daughter away from too much romance for that reason. I was reading Danielle Steele as a young teen (certainly by 14 or 15 I think), and that’s not really necessary.

By: Gladis

Gladis — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:10:49 +0000

My roommate/best friend is reading this series right now.

I don’t expect I’ll give it a whirl anytime soon, just not big on the whole vampire thing, but your thoughts on the subject were very interesting!

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:31:53 +0000

I have seen a lot of people reading the twilight series. I have stayed away because vampires aren’t really my thing, but I am thinking I am going to have to give it a shot.

Lindsays last blog post..What’s on Your Nightstand – August 2008

By: Bluestocking

Bluestocking — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:34:57 +0000

I felt conflicted about this series as well. You have to come over and read my Breaking Dawn Review. Bluestockings last blog post..What’s on Your Nightstand? 2

By: robin

robin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:07:24 +0000

amen to most of that. i agree, holy batman she needed an editor… and possibly someone who wrote well! i have only read the first book and i refuse to read the rest. i just think there is much better literature out there for me to spend my time on. i am still not quite clear why this has become such the phenom that it is.

nice shout out to anne of green gables!

robins last blog post..winded.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:02:16 +0000

Yes, the Twilight series is very easy reading. But it’s definitely enjoyable. I read to be entertained, for escapism, mostly. I did read (and review) The Suicide Index recently, and it had scintillating prose. Inspired me to read more “real” books (not that I have, yet).

I confess I have not read Anna Karennina, but I have seen the John Cusack/Meg Ryan animated Anastasia — does that count?

As for wasting your time, you could always try a couple pages of Twilight, but I bet (since the first was the best) that you’ll be hooked!