tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post2613095017496887542..comments2023-10-19T05:38:45.008-06:00Comments on Karey White: My Problem with the Twilight Series - And It's a BIG OneKareyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168433852830113071noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-31433794486648158802012-06-03T17:18:37.717-06:002012-06-03T17:18:37.717-06:00Maybe instead of yakking about how everyone hated ...Maybe instead of yakking about how everyone hated the 4th book they could write their own 4th book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-45078281055384812032011-03-17T12:48:41.578-06:002011-03-17T12:48:41.578-06:00I have some very obsessed Twilight friends. I read...I have some very obsessed Twilight friends. I read them and they were just OK. While I agree with everything you said about Bella's choices and where Stephenie Meyer could have gone with that and then ultimately did, I actually liked Breaking Dawn for the fact that Bella had a personality after she became a vampire and I couldn't stand her up until then. I think the last several books in the series needed a lot more tweaking to be good. They were just OK and they only sold because of the obsession that began with the first book, in my opinion. It was as if she just pushed them out and didn't take her time with developing and editing and so on. The Host was a much better book and concept than the Twilight ones, in my opinion. I wouldn't let my daughter read them in 4th grade when she kept saying she had other girls in her class reading them. Hopefully she won't want to now that the fuss has pretty much died down and will even more after the last movies finally come out.Nicole *Ü*https://www.blogger.com/profile/08015767241273322067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-78232786072199179692011-03-13T09:55:54.833-06:002011-03-13T09:55:54.833-06:00Karey you were spot on. All the ladies where I li...Karey you were spot on. All the ladies where I live are gaga over the series. They think I am a weirdo for my take, which mirrors yours.<br />It could have truly been a great series if she had done it right.Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10470692642176627392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-47751059268192999492011-03-12T14:03:27.789-07:002011-03-12T14:03:27.789-07:00I enjoyed this post. I didn't read the 4th boo...I enjoyed this post. I didn't read the 4th book at all. I read the first three because I teach middle school and was curious to see what they were all about since very girl was reading them. I was also a bishop at the time and a lot of our YW were reading them.<br /><br />I agree with much of what has already been said here about the problems with the series, but I had a bigger problem. Having Edward in her bed each night was a terrible thing for an LDS author to write. Anyone with experience knows that kind of proximity is going to eventually lead to sexual activity. It bothered me that an LDS author wrote that since it makes it seem harmless and even sweet. <br /><br />In my opinion, that was the first place that Stephenie Meyer had some issues with choices not based on reality.Braden Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08543019025938404436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-81066655105815703122011-03-10T10:18:41.225-07:002011-03-10T10:18:41.225-07:00AMEN sister!AMEN sister!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-2938648803668279112011-03-09T16:03:31.292-07:002011-03-09T16:03:31.292-07:00I agree with what Karey said any with everything i...I agree with what Karey said any with everything in Mindy's post too. My husband and I have looked at small excerpts from the books and have been stunned at how dumbed down the language is. I haven't been tempted to read them. If you want to write a fantasy, at least use a heroine that the reader can look up to. What exactly were Bella's redeeming qualities? And it was always disturbing to me that married women were swooning over the two male lead characters. It seemed very harlequin to me. Do you remember that you're married? I am happy in my marriage, as I am sure many women are. It just didn't seem to make sense to me. Oh well. No offense intended to anyone who disagrees and likes the books.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14114397153536760613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-3180790081152194302011-03-09T15:57:08.823-07:002011-03-09T15:57:08.823-07:00I have to comment on this post. I read the first t...I have to comment on this post. I read the first three and bought the fourth. I think I threw it away, unread. I heard too many things from trusted friends and relatives to subject myself to it. Knowing how it all ends, I now wish I would never have read them. The entire thing is disappointing and I do not want my daughters(I have four)to read them. <br />I went to Mindy's blog and read her previous post. I agree with her sentiments, give me Gilbert and Anne, or Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth any day!!!<br /><br />As for the comment by "anonymous" I don't think the fact that someone made a lot of money on something is a good reason to accuse someone of being jealous. There a lot of things people could do to make a lot of money, but are we really willing to sell our souls to do that? Just a thought.<br /><br />Bottom line.....a chance to let a light shine before men was lost in this case.(in my own humble opinion, of course)Scott / Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672125104004953851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-26283417412478605472011-03-09T14:36:08.695-07:002011-03-09T14:36:08.695-07:00I can't even say that the first three books we...I can't even say that the first three books were even worth much. This was a post I wrote a long time ago about my thoughts on the series: http://smithfamilyicecreamscoop.blogspot.com/2009/11/bite-me.htmlMindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567142546664665869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-1510689741499458302011-03-09T13:46:36.879-07:002011-03-09T13:46:36.879-07:00Loved reading this!
I never read the books, but I...Loved reading this! <br />I never read the books, but I really enjoyed this post and have to say, I TOTALLY agree with you.<br />Life is full of choices, but there is always a consequence.<br />I need to get YOUR book :-)LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168367904926813463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-25230088877418297752011-03-09T13:16:40.390-07:002011-03-09T13:16:40.390-07:00anonymous: don't be shy! show yourself! this i...anonymous: don't be shy! show yourself! this is not THAT serious... just some opinions being thrown around about a series of fantasy books. :)<br /><br />i can accept if people call it entertainment and you are entitled to your opinion. but can you tell me what you think was WELL-WRITTEN about it? in all honesty, i would like to know so that i can fully appreciate it.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12323061018356173607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-9632017752342285462011-03-09T11:48:55.317-07:002011-03-09T11:48:55.317-07:00A. M. E. N.
I wish i could make those letters eve...A. M. E. N.<br /><br />I wish i could make those letters even bigger to get the point across BIGGER!<br /><br />this was spot on. SPOT ON!<br /><br />i will not ever read book four.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03166451736632622252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-62337996805797951772011-03-09T11:36:26.956-07:002011-03-09T11:36:26.956-07:00Boy, do you people take your reading seriously. Bo...Boy, do you people take your reading seriously. Book four was not the best of the series, but it she wrote it well and it was an entertaining series.<br /><br />I see you're a writer. Maybe you're just jealous. She made a lot of money off those books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-15119530731223981412011-03-09T11:19:02.778-07:002011-03-09T11:19:02.778-07:00the way in which mrs. meyer finished this series w...the way in which mrs. meyer finished this series was pure laziness. from the cheap, rough sex all the way to renesmee and beyond. what a waste of time.Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02807779672607223201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-38487486437976712322011-03-09T11:02:05.522-07:002011-03-09T11:02:05.522-07:00i know my comment sounds really serious and heavy ...i know my comment sounds really serious and heavy but i guess what i didn't realize is that all of us read for different reasons. for the most part i DO NOT read for entertainment...honestly i have too many other ways to entertain myself. i read to be INSPIRED. maybe this explains why my opinion on this is different than most of my friends'. here's a question i just thought of. to those who love the twilight series for entertainment and to be swept away from real life: are you all the harlequin romance novel types? there are those who love/read harlequins, and there are those (of us) who don't. and we are all still great. i guess the tragic thing is that stephenie meyer could have entertained AND inspired (cause good books do that). opportunity lost, stephenie!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12323061018356173607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-31342711523189181452011-03-09T10:59:01.359-07:002011-03-09T10:59:01.359-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12323061018356173607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-7074119923673686432011-03-09T10:55:08.722-07:002011-03-09T10:55:08.722-07:00Christie, I can understand what you're saying,...Christie, I can understand what you're saying, but I found the lack of hard choices and any consequences to be really unsatisfying.<br /><br />Also, at the time I read it I was YW president and all my girls were reading them. I found it really troubling that they were getting the idea that you could do whatever you want and have whatever you want with no consequences.<br /><br />It would be nice if that were true, but it isn't. I don't think every book has to teach a moral lesson, but I felt that my girls were being given the wrong message.Kareyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168433852830113071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-21806946737594457312011-03-09T10:50:28.978-07:002011-03-09T10:50:28.978-07:00Perfect explanation as to why I HATED the last boo...Perfect explanation as to why I HATED the last book. It felt like she didn't finish ANYTHING. Even the "ending" was too good to be true...Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986800559122090441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-50515294198669069432011-03-09T10:49:23.222-07:002011-03-09T10:49:23.222-07:00I think I feel the opposite. I think real life ha...I think I feel the opposite. I think real life has consequences that are not fun. We all know that (even most teenagers). I read fiction to escape the realities and real heartache of life. I want my love stories to be completely romantic and unrealistic. Because it entertains me and is a fun escape. Do I ever confuse the two? No. And I'll take my messy, boring, unromantic life any day over the novels. But I like the escape and the ease of it all.<br /><br />That being said, the name of the baby in the fourth book is the worst name in the history of names. Seriously. What was she thinking?Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769700320834756050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-31844413781093080252011-03-09T10:31:57.400-07:002011-03-09T10:31:57.400-07:00thank you for putting my own feelings into words. ...thank you for putting my own feelings into words. i also did not finish book 4. my favorite fictional books and movies always have an element of right and wrong mingled in...that's what makes them worthwhile. i hope my daughter never chooses to read those books and i wish other mothers would realize that they aren't harmless reading for them or their impressionable daughters.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12323061018356173607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-73149291790453000632011-03-09T09:00:39.142-07:002011-03-09T09:00:39.142-07:00Wow Karey, I hadn't even thought about this! I...Wow Karey, I hadn't even thought about this! I guess simply because I was reading the series for pure escapism and nothing more. I actually found myself relieved she could get everything she wanted even though how it all happened was still really strange to me - especially the conception. (I didn't mind the sex scenes - weren't they already married for their first time? And again, I could stay in my fantasy world even in that arena). As for young women readers, I believe it makes great conversation and a real opportunity to delve in to the realities of life and let that young woman feel the conflict and imagine what she would do - in probably more realistic dating terms. I totally agree that life is usually filled with sacrifice and consequences and the only thing perfect that we can count on is God and how He makes the suffering we experience "worth it". Thank you for opening my eyes to the literary "oops" in story developement but I will still enjoy the fantasy for what it was worth: about $75 for the whole collection.mormonbirthmomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-87861648803060034922011-03-09T08:51:43.175-07:002011-03-09T08:51:43.175-07:00Wow, aren't garage sales great! We can get rid...Wow, aren't garage sales great! We can get rid of unwanted junk! I had purchased book number four, but because of what I had been told of it's off color contents, I didn't even crack the cover. On hindsight, I should have just tossed them and not subjected the cute teenage girl who bought them such reading! I am supposed to be my "brother's keeper."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-17958282023391734642011-03-09T08:27:16.262-07:002011-03-09T08:27:16.262-07:00Ditto. Ditto and ditto. I sold the books at a ga...Ditto. Ditto and ditto. I sold the books at a garage sale as well. I don't want my daughter to stumble upon them someday!Heidi Tottenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275976895033550120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971815118512072283.post-35442234767566540492011-03-09T08:17:03.154-07:002011-03-09T08:17:03.154-07:00Completely AGREE. I loved reading the first three...Completely AGREE. I loved reading the first three books and couldn't even finish the fourth. What a disappointment. I sold my books for cheap at a yard sale. Not even worth owning. Wish she had continued the fourth book to make sense with the rest of the series.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10783736196181597300noreply@blogger.com