Reviews Literature / Twilight

Speaking as the target demographic....

I'll get it out there now, I used to like Twilight, when I was eleven. I'm fifteen now and decided that before I nitpick I better reread.

I didn't get past page ten, and I came here insead.

As I commented on Paulamore's review, I believe Stephanie Meyer is a lazy writer. Notably, the lack of research and the disappointing "battle scene". Now, I'm an anime fan, specifically shonen, so I like a good fight. The fact that the author created so many characters and just had them stand there while the Volturi gnashed their teeth at the protagonists was actually kind of depressing. There's a bit of build-up, but at the end it was all pointless and I could have skipped the second half of Breaking Dawn without really missing anything.

While there does seem to be some research thrown into the first book (Bella looking up vampires), the rest of the series falls a bit short. The most glaring example is Bella and Edward's honeymoon on an island OFF THE WEST COAST OF BRAZIL.

As for the characters, both our main protagonists are flat. There's no other way to put it. Both are made out to be perfect. In fact, every flaw Bella is given is endearing to everyone else, so they're hardly a setback. Everyone loves them by default, and they don't even have to do anything. But Bella annoys me. She constantly moans about her situation, when she's the one who put herself into it. Granted, she did it for her mother, but personally I'm living with my mother rather than my father, and my mom accepts it and understands why I want to stay with her.

I understand that as a fifteen year old girl I am exactly the target demographic, but I can't relate to someone so shallow yet universally adored.