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Question: Why do you like/dislike Twilight!?
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Why do you think that so many people like Twilight!? I personally thought that the book was pointless!. The characters lack depth in my opinion!. And what is the point of the book!? What is the theme!? I can't think of a single one!. At first I thought that the theme was giving up things in life for your loved ones, but at the end of Breaking Dawn Bella sacrifices nothing! She gets everything she wanted and it's like christmas every day for her! I respect the opinions of others, but I just don't understand why this series is getting the attention that it's getting!. It's even being compared to classics which is ridiculous in my opinion!. Why do you like/dislike this series!?

p!.s!. don't pull "if you hate them, why did you read them all!?" on me!. I read them all because one, i get really annoyed with myself if i start a series and I don't finish it!. Two, because I don't want to be one of those idiots who bash a book even though they haven't read them (like some of these idiotic parents who support the banning of Harry Potter even though they haven't actually read the books)!. I'd rather bash a book while knowing that I can say that I have read them and YES I have read the Twilight series!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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It's popular because Bella is such a cardboard character that the the girls who read the book can make themselves Bella while reading!. They can use it as a self insert!. The idea of a boy being obsessed and fascinated and totally devoted to them and them alone elates most of them, which is another reason why its popular!. It's easy for them to get lost in the book an imagine it's happening to them (not me, bah!. I hate romance!. I don't have a romantic bone in my body)!. It's also popular because it's not intellectually stimulating at all!. It doesn't make you think at all!. That's why a lot of people who normally dislike reading read it and love it-- it's an easy, light, fluff read that doesn't make you think!. There is no symbolism, no message, no theme, no nothing-- it has no literary depth, which makes it easy to understand and follow!. You don't have to use any level of intelligence to understand the book!.

I think Twilight sucks!. Weak characters, weak plot, weak first person narration, weak conflict, and terrible writing!. Breaking Dawn was awful!.

It doesn't deserve to be compared to classics!. People who do that either 1) Don't understand classics or what constitutes a classic!. 2) Have never read classics!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i have never even heard of the whole twilight thing (I don't think anyways) until i started seeing it all over yahoo answers and people asking about the movie and such!.

So as of right now i have no clue if i like the series or not!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The theme is wish fulfillment!. Teenage girls who don't have a boyfriend read this book and think 'AHHHH EDWARD!!!!!!'

Personally, I think the books are alright!. The last one is shite and I want to kill every character except Jacob!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i like twilight because i do think there is a theme!.
the theme is if you love someone you will do anything you want for them!.
it also shows a little bit about vampires and idk about the classics part cuz i havent read any so yeah!.

just my opinion!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I agree with you on all of your points!. also, Bella is such a weak character who can never stand on her own two feet figuratively or litterally!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i don't like twilight!.
nor harry potter!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I was finished answering your question when it disappeared!.!.

I like Twilight because it's fun!. No harm in being entertained and experiencing a different world from mine!. It's easy to get absorbed by this book!. I do not look for spectacular language, plot, or character development (or whatever else you literary nerds look for in a good book)!. It's not actually *that* horrible when it comes to those points, so it's easy to just forget all that and try to enjoy the book for what it *can* give me!. I don't think Meyer is " the most amazing author" at all!. Especially not after BD!. *shudder*

Anyway, when the book is compared to a classic, then you know that person 1) hasn't read a single real classic 2) don't know what they're talking about 3) like to use a lot of hyperbole!.

Edit: The below answerers are not 100% accurate!. I do not read it and wish I were Bella or start to believe that true love like Edward is in his way to swoop me up and take me away in his white horse!. I think that's bullcrap!. And I have seen a lot of people who DO wish all that when they read the books!. But I also know a lot of people who don't think like that!. Those are very unfair, incorrect generalizations!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

OK i like twilight because im a sucker for love stories and this one had everything i liked!. Im not looking for any themes or point really!. For me its a good series(except breaking dawn) that i read for my own personal enjoyment!. though i do get annoyed by how many times she uses the same words and phrases!.

now where its being compared to a classic is dumb
im not sure twilight is classical material
most classics are mature books set in a serious position and have major themes

In my opinion twilight is probably an awesome book for most teens and some adults but its not gonna last through the centuriesWww@QuestionHome@Com

Yeah Breaking Dawn had no point to it it was pointless one of the worst books i've ever read
well here r my dislikes of the whole twilight saga
i don't like that the vampires don't have fangs
don't like that the male vampires could suddenly father children
don't like that they have venom
don't like the way they turn into a vampire (i personally like anne rices way to turn into a vampire way better the vampire bites them and then the vampire has to give the victim there human blood)
i don't like how the werewolfs were suddenly shape shifters in breaking dawn they turned out to be shapeshifters
thats it for the things i dislike about twilight saga mostly from breaking dawn though
oh and one my thing i didn't like how bella got married straight out of high school and how she got pregant straight out of high school


things that i liked about it
love edward and bella realtionshp in the first one it was so cute
love how in new moon jake turned out to be a werewolf
love how they killed james in twilight and now victoria is going to take bella's life in place for her own mate being taken away from her
love how jake is so beautiful full of life and hummoress
love how in twilight every guy wants to date her but she will only date edward
like how bella goes into a depression in new moon and befriends jake
love the love triangle in Eclipse
love carlisle's story on how he was tuned into a vampire
love rosealie's
and loved jaspers as well
thats pretty much of what i liked and loved about the whole twilight sagaWww@QuestionHome@Com

I dislike any book about vampyres that perpetuates the myth they are soulful creatures in any respect!. Anyone who has bothered to study vampyre lore would know better!. Idolizing vampyres is nonsense and dangerous!.

And as you have pointed out, it gives girls the idea of "I'm a princess and should be given everything without effort on my part", something they should learn isn't a realistic part of life!. Too many grow up believing the fantasy should and will be their life, which is where much of their troubles stem from!.Www@QuestionHome@Com