Sparkling Vampires? Are You Kidding Me?
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Twilight Book Review
I am one of those people who have a ton of friends on LiveJournal, and while most of the time I keep up with people's Lost theories or track my friend's ideas about what's happening with Sam Winchester on Supernatural, there are times where the fangirls and fanboys of LiveJournal really go all out about books, movies or even music that I've never heard of.
That's exactly what happened when it came to Twilight. When the book first came out, I completely ignored what my friends and fellow bloggers were saying about it. I've read a lot of vampire stories, and for me there just came a point where I felt I had pretty much seen it all.
When I did finally cave in to the über-trend of reading this particular book, I actually viewed it much like a tragic car wreck -- I simply couldn't put it down. I do suppose that was the point, at least in part, of Stephanie Meyer. She did her job in that she wrote a book that every teenage girl across the world had to have a copy of.
Even though the plot of the story is one that reminds me of many other stories I've read (girl meets boy, they fall in love but boy tries to push girl away, girl finds out boy is a [sparkling] vampire, other vampires try to eat said girl, Sparkle Boy saves her), I just can't get past one simple fact:
The vampires sparkle.
That is quite possibly the most ridiculous thing I've ever read in my life (and trust me, I've read some doozies). Anyone who knows anything about Myths About Dracula And Vampires knows that vampires can't go out in the sun. It's one of the fundemental rules about vampires, really.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that Stephanie Meyer found such success with her series of books. If it means that teenagers are reading more, then good for her. I just wish that someone would write a new vampire novel that wasn't so fickle in the plot and characterizations.
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I was reading though your review and agree with you that out there on the book market there needs to be a book less fickle in the plot and characterizations. While loving the twilight books at being in my late 20's i sometimes feel they are a little young.
This is a web address to a fantastic book. It is only a small snippet of what the book offers. But it is really good and i could not put it down. It has not yet been published. But your views on it will help towards that happening.
Sparkling vampires? WHAT??????!!!!! Complete bullcrap the vampires in 30 days of night are the real deal THEY turn 2 ash in the sun
Realistically she should have just created her own creatures that sparkle rather than twisting the vampire lore as much as she did. I probably could have forgiven this blunder if the book had been written better, but I couldn't get past the first few chapters where Bella is trying to convince the reader that she's an awkward outcast, who strangely seems to be getting asked to the dance by everyone. Outcasts aren't that popular. Her and Edward were just to annoying and uninteresting for me to finish the book.
Though I'm not so sure about them being out in sunlight there is actually a type of vampire that does sparkle which is known as an obour or ubour.
well when it first came out i was sadly in brazil with a freind when we came back it was their waiting for me too read so i did in barne's and noble then i told myself that was plotless and stupid sparkle's sparkle's really really how fucking lame so emo i told my metal head freind so emo grow up
I agree, the book is something that you can't put down no matter how much you hate it. I hate Twilight, I find the character's boring and frankly awful people, I mean who would want to be friends with a girl that keeps saying she has no friends and is so melancholy? They are both incredibly self interested, and lead the most plot less boring lives! It is just such a clishe that you can't stop reading it! It entraps you in it's boring story lines and monotonous characters!
Sparkling. That's just funny. I think that modern vampires are allowed to come out during daylight because it allows more latitude for the movie director.
Although the sparkle is unfortunate, your comment, "Anyone who knows anything about Myths About Dracula And Vampires knows that vampires can't go out in the sun," isn't true. Have you read "Dracula"? You might check out Chapter XIII, Mina Harker's Journal, 22 September, when Jonathan and Mina catch sight of Dracula walking about during the daylight.
No sparkles, of course, but Dracula is capable of walking about during the day. Van Helsing later remarks that while Dracula can certainly move about in daylight, he lacks most of his supernatural powers at that time.
So, it really isn't as fundamental as you make it sound.
tweeb 2 years ago
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I had a problem wrapping my mind around that one myself but I couldn't put the books down either and so I just had to give that whole sparkling bit an aside.
That and they are made of rock basically. That doesnt make any sense either. bloodsucking (and oh so sexy) rock boy loves human. They fall in love. Other rocks try to drain human. He leaves. She flings herself from a rock, he tries to commit suicide by heckling other rocks. She saves him. They get married after defeating other rocky vampires who also sparkle. She gives birth to a boulder who falls in love with a werewolf. The end. Who knew sparkling rocks dramas could be so addictive?
Im ready for the next set of rock drama. bring it on.