Damn Sparkling Vampires!
While I was in Arizona, my sisters finally sold me on reading the first Twilight book. As I read, I found they’d somehow transformed, “We’ll have more to talk about!” into a small cruelty. But I’m a resourceful reader, and I was able to enjoy a subversive reading of the story.
The science on that was totally awesome! I have not read that book, and probably won’t, but I reviewed the first of the movies on my blog last year, focusing mostly on how preposterous the plot was. It would have been so much more interesting had I realized that I was watching some kind of species of butterfly. It’s also kind of like that film MIMIC with the big roaches that evolved adaptive mimicry to pass among humans. Though they were nowhere near as pretty as the vampire bugs.
Thanks! Without the sparkles, though, they’re just a bunch of lousy ticks. ;P
Yeah, the book is pretty awful. I plan to read the rest of the series with my subversive hat on, but I don’t think I’ll be able to sit through the movies without shouting at the screen.
What struck me dumb through most of the book was the fact that every other character was more interesting then Bella and Edward combined. It was as if the author intentionally ran with the weakest people and plot points.
…And the public lapped it up. One’s artistic integrity takes a hit over bestsellers like those.