I did it ... not proud but I did it.
Jan. 18th, 2010 10:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
scottishlassAs the weekend was overall shitty and I have a slight case of carpal tunnel on my right hand (hence no mouse movement or typing whatsoever) I finally started to read the first book of Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. And after one chapter I needed a drink.
Two tea cups and 2 hours later I tried to tackle the second chapter and half-way through I opted for going for a walk with the dogs IN THE FREAKING RAIN for an hour and a half instead.
Third try is the charm or so they say ... nope ... not really, but I kept at it, tried to ignore all those little inconsistencies, the bad writing AND the even worse over-editing of a zealous editor (I guess she tried her best to make this dribble even readable). OMG!!! You can actually see where the author's voice (aka own writing) leaves off and where the editor picked up and suggested complete passages. Which is bad ... very baaaaad indeed.
Anyway ... I was determined to read at least one book to see what all that hype is all about and whether or not I can gleefully continue in making fun of Twatlight.
My hunch was right ... Jesus fucking Christ on a crutch. Not only are these books written very badly from an editor's POV, they also open a whole can of worms and transport a whole unhealthy concept of true love to a whole generation of young girls.
Meyer seems to be Mormon and it comes across clearly in her books. Edward (and Jacob) are such traditionalistic, stalkerish, Mormon bastards, I doubt you find any more cliched ones in ... well Mormon literature. Heck even Amish romance novels are less cliched or full of crazy donkey shit as this one.
First ... Meyer supports the idea that a woman's/girl's sole reason for being is to be with her true love. Bella doesn't do anything in the whole book, either she mopes around or she wants to be made a vampire. She is like an empty shell without Edward.
Additionally, Meyer thinks only an abusive (aka stalker) relationship is a true love relationship. Women are property and you can transport them wherever you want, whether to make them leave their family and friends, move her to a new, foreign country or control whom she's going to meet. And have no say about it whatsoever ... but then Bella is such a weak bulb in the brain department any way (with Edward only nanoseconds behind) anyway, she wouldn't know how to talk back in the first place.
While reading all this it really gave me the creeps and some really bad flash backs to a relationship my mother had with my first stepfather. Which was abusive, harrassing and LIFE THREATENING!!!
And Meyer actually supports all this with her trilogy. What is the world coming to? It is already bad that some Japanese mangaka support abusive school girl hentai, but this is even worse. The school girl mangas are mostly read by wannabe school girl seducing men and while Meyer's drivel is read by school girls and young adults who actually think that this kind of relationship is okay. Young girls are her target group, she grooms them for hordes of unfeeling and abusive bastards who treat their girlfriends and spouses like shit and think they are the crown of evolution.
If living godly means to be abused and seen as an object, with no say or brain whatsoever, ready to be abandoned or mauled or stalked, then Miss Meyer needs a reality check.
Whoever accepted her prompt of this trilogy AND made the effort to edit the manuscript beyond any acceptable editing work should be shot and burn forever and a day in editing hell. Said editor is a very bad example of the whole trade.
OH and that book? It went straight into the trash can. I can only deal with the pollution of my brain so far, I don't need it sitting on my bookshelf side by side with authors who can actually write.
ETA: If you want to read good vampire fiction then try some of the books by Storm Constantine. Her vampires have a reason to be all mopey and introvert. Or for crying out loud read Bram Stoker's DRACULA ... now there you can actually learn something from.
Two tea cups and 2 hours later I tried to tackle the second chapter and half-way through I opted for going for a walk with the dogs IN THE FREAKING RAIN for an hour and a half instead.
Third try is the charm or so they say ... nope ... not really, but I kept at it, tried to ignore all those little inconsistencies, the bad writing AND the even worse over-editing of a zealous editor (I guess she tried her best to make this dribble even readable). OMG!!! You can actually see where the author's voice (aka own writing) leaves off and where the editor picked up and suggested complete passages. Which is bad ... very baaaaad indeed.
Anyway ... I was determined to read at least one book to see what all that hype is all about and whether or not I can gleefully continue in making fun of Twatlight.
My hunch was right ... Jesus fucking Christ on a crutch. Not only are these books written very badly from an editor's POV, they also open a whole can of worms and transport a whole unhealthy concept of true love to a whole generation of young girls.
Meyer seems to be Mormon and it comes across clearly in her books. Edward (and Jacob) are such traditionalistic, stalkerish, Mormon bastards, I doubt you find any more cliched ones in ... well Mormon literature. Heck even Amish romance novels are less cliched or full of crazy donkey shit as this one.
First ... Meyer supports the idea that a woman's/girl's sole reason for being is to be with her true love. Bella doesn't do anything in the whole book, either she mopes around or she wants to be made a vampire. She is like an empty shell without Edward.
Additionally, Meyer thinks only an abusive (aka stalker) relationship is a true love relationship. Women are property and you can transport them wherever you want, whether to make them leave their family and friends, move her to a new, foreign country or control whom she's going to meet. And have no say about it whatsoever ... but then Bella is such a weak bulb in the brain department any way (with Edward only nanoseconds behind) anyway, she wouldn't know how to talk back in the first place.
While reading all this it really gave me the creeps and some really bad flash backs to a relationship my mother had with my first stepfather. Which was abusive, harrassing and LIFE THREATENING!!!
And Meyer actually supports all this with her trilogy. What is the world coming to? It is already bad that some Japanese mangaka support abusive school girl hentai, but this is even worse. The school girl mangas are mostly read by wannabe school girl seducing men and while Meyer's drivel is read by school girls and young adults who actually think that this kind of relationship is okay. Young girls are her target group, she grooms them for hordes of unfeeling and abusive bastards who treat their girlfriends and spouses like shit and think they are the crown of evolution.
If living godly means to be abused and seen as an object, with no say or brain whatsoever, ready to be abandoned or mauled or stalked, then Miss Meyer needs a reality check.
Whoever accepted her prompt of this trilogy AND made the effort to edit the manuscript beyond any acceptable editing work should be shot and burn forever and a day in editing hell. Said editor is a very bad example of the whole trade.
OH and that book? It went straight into the trash can. I can only deal with the pollution of my brain so far, I don't need it sitting on my bookshelf side by side with authors who can actually write.
ETA: If you want to read good vampire fiction then try some of the books by Storm Constantine. Her vampires have a reason to be all mopey and introvert. Or for crying out loud read Bram Stoker's DRACULA ... now there you can actually learn something from.
