tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612347305729053032.post4422709038812702509..comments2010-04-02T14:42:05.297-05:00Jason Boyetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03147149363718659049noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612347305729053032.post-23758703415702646292010-04-02T14:42:05.291-05:002010-04-02T14:42:05.291-05:00

If your daughter reads it, please make sure that she knows that a guy who orders her around, spies on her in her sleep, and takes the engine out of her truck is not a god or a hero, but a sick, delusional stalker. One would hope that teenage girls with Christian parents would instinctively know this. But unfortunately, they don't always.

Ginahttp://dickensblog.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612347305729053032.post-89854754523411877232010-03-19T16:19:45.250-05:002010-03-19T16:19:45.250-05:00

I tried. Because I grew up near Forks, in a slightly larger town, and we laughed at Forks a lot. I got through one page of the first book. The angst was too much to struggle through.

Ruth in the Deserthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03238629570552432282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612347305729053032.post-45505319000359058152010-02-18T05:51:11.475-06:002010-02-18T05:51:11.475-06:00

I just finished the fourth book in The Twilight Series last week. I enjoyed the first book the most. The second book was good for about 2/3 of the way through, then I skimmed the rest. The third, Eclipse did NOTHING for me at all. I read the first 80 pages word-for-word before skimming the rest of the book. I did enjoy the fourth book. The last part, when she has the vampire/mortal baby was very

Cecelia Dowdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07173806883218875753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612347305729053032.post-30719655114966517332009-04-20T08:52:00.000-05:002009-04-20T08:52:00.000-05:00

I liked your review and I liked the book.

Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14251219639584510968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612347305729053032.post-30682647804493833872009-03-20T20:52:00.000-05:002009-03-20T20:52:00.000-05:00

Jason, It's just about 10:00 PM and you just helped me score points with my 15-year-old daughter. I gave my blackberry to her so she could read this as I drove her and her friend to the bookstore for their Twighlight video release party. Both girls were impressed that I would subscribe to a blog with a writer as cool and insightful as you.<BR/><BR/>Iguess I now have to read the series myself.<BR/

Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07257621661217753626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612347305729053032.post-52058949107719696932009-03-20T16:39:00.000-05:002009-03-20T16:39:00.000-05:00

I read <I>Twilight</I> last month, when I was home sick in bed for a few days and fed up with the "literary" novel I was attempting to read. The whole time I was silently grumbling about the writing style and Edward and stuff, and yet... I couldn't put it down.<BR/><BR/>I don't know what I think. Edward got on my nerves because he was so over-the-top perfect, and the writing was pretty "meh"...

Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14496165137262348455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612347305729053032.post-21093539590045377552009-03-20T14:10:00.000-05:002009-03-20T14:10:00.000-05:00

I would think so much less of you...if I wasn't currently reading Twilight. It's certainly not the worst thing I ever read but it's OK. It earns a resounding "Meh" on my book ranking scale.<BR/><BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>I do like the book cover art...especially for New Moon, though.

Lance Culbertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612347305729053032.post-19078688310715805572009-03-20T13:07:00.000-05:002009-03-20T13:07:00.000-05:00

@Bryan:<BR/><BR/>No, I wouldn't mind it at all if Ellie read it a few years from now. For a romance series -- and, you know, considering the vampires -- it's extremely chaste. No sex until marriage, etc. (Also no sex because it might kill you.) <BR/><BR/>There's some violence in it, but nothing you wouldn't see in Tolkien or Star Wars, so I'd have no problem with her reading it as a young teen. 8

Jason Boyetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03147149363718659049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612347305729053032.post-65545923046568396872009-03-20T13:00:00.000-05:002009-03-20T13:00:00.000-05:00

good to have another opinion on this. still not sure why Stevey King felt the need to bash Meyer...i'd say jealousy, but he's done pretty well...but yeah, seems like more than 50% of high schoolers have read this.<BR/><BR/>as a dad and an artist yourself, would you have any qualms at all about your daughter asking to read this in a few years?

Bryan Allainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13996005100947225868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612347305729053032.post-56300148733554167292009-03-20T12:54:00.000-05:002009-03-20T12:54:00.000-05:00

I'll admit, there is something about a compelling story line. ... But I'm kind of embarrassed for you right now. ;)

matthewhjohnhttp://matthewhjohn.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612347305729053032.post-11172975253979520842009-03-20T12:21:00.000-05:002009-03-20T12:21:00.000-05:00

Yes! I'm so glad to read a person of your sort of <I>brand</I> comment on the Twilight series. I was so skeptical too. And until almost the very end, I was still ridiculously judgmental of the vampires topic as a whole. Still, I agree that people who criticize her writing fail to acknowledge her power to connect readers to her characters and to the action. By the end, I was completely sold.

serenityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08621332625562122360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612347305729053032.post-59491474757954029412009-03-20T12:18:00.000-05:002009-03-20T12:18:00.000-05:00

I read and enjoyed the Twilight series. They were fun reads. I have not seen the movie yet but will be buying it this Saturday. I know many people were a bit disappointed in the movie but we have to keep in mind that movies (besides the 1983 version of Jane Eyre with Timothy Dalton) never fully resemble books in any fashion....

clarissa hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612347305729053032.post-64957550870098257752009-03-20T11:55:00.000-05:002009-03-20T11:55:00.000-05:00

@Denise: Totally agree. My wife and I saw it and were both very disappointed in the film. The only thing I liked about it was the casting of Alice. Everything else, from the glitter to Edward's constipated "longing" to the casting of Rosalie to the incomprehensible plot (if you haven't read the book) left MUCH to be desired. <BR/><BR/>Then again, I'm not a 15 year-old girl. Maybe that's it.

Jason Boyetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03147149363718659049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612347305729053032.post-33268133875671803392009-03-20T11:46:00.000-05:002009-03-20T11:46:00.000-05:00

Oh man, Jason. I read (and enjoyed) them as well. By the end of the series, I was a bit tired of all the drama and the so-so writing, but overall I thought the story was pretty good. I was fairly ashamed of myself for reading vampire books in the first place, but hey, I need to keep up with pop culture ... right?<BR/><BR/>Umm, did you see the movie? It kind of made me <A HREF="http://

Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07999163152069642458noreply@blogger.com