terlwyth
Since: Oct, 2010
05/21/2012 00:00:00
Well said,I read this one once back when I first read,...and instantly hated Twilight and found myself surprised.
It still wasn't good though,Melanie was definitely a terrible written character,but still more interesting than almost all the Twilight cast that isn't Carlisle.However The Wanderer was a great character
The prose was still sub-par and when it missed,it missed bad,but yeah I still agree with most of what you said.
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Surprisingly Good (to the best of my recollection)
Stephenie Meyer still writes from the point of view of a young woman, but she does so much better than in Twilight. I think the reason for this is that Wanderer has to adjust to being a young woman, rather than just wallowing around in it. In this way, we get to examine human emotion and all its irrationalities. We also get to see some much more nuanced character interaction. For example: While Wanderer does get a separate love interest, it develops organically, rather than instantly.
I'd call it fantasy, rather than Sci-fi, because anything remotely scientific is never explored in detail. Sure, there are aliens, other planets, and advanced medicine, but they're treated more like supernatural entities, other worlds, and magic.
Helpfully, it's not too light on action or suspense, which I actually think Stehpenie Meyer is pretty good at. (but to be fair, I don't recall if it had Twilight-style punctuation abuse).
Overall, it's not a bad read.