Twilight

Last year I read the book "Twilight". I had just finished reading a series of vampiric novels called "The Vampiric Chronicles" and though I do admit that Anne Rice is far from being the best writer ever, she does has quite an interesting style. I liked her vampiric tales so much that when I saw "Twilight" on the shelves I decided to buy it, thinking that way I'd continue my vampiric readings.

Oh boy I was so wrong.

I must say I did finished reading it, and personally, and publicly think it's real, real bad. So I'm gonna point out some of the reasons why I find it really lame.

Structure:
The basic structure of the book is a girl who meets a vampire in strange, always convenient situations that never fail to put our main character in danger, from which she is saved by her enchanted prince, sorry vampire... Then after they finally connect and immediately develop a "true love" relationship, the main character meets the vampiric family.

All of a sudden this odd vampire appears and he is determined to chase the main character and he will not rest until he kills her, right?

Now let's think, isn't it strange that first the author gives you the introduction and most of the context through insane 200 or so pages all of a sudden with no previous record she establishes the conflict?

It could be the "surprise" effect. But seriously she leads all the book making you think conflict involves only the day a day life with a vampire, and then like any Hollywood movie, the conflict arises in a second and puts the main character in serious problems.

All of this could slide off with great writing skills but...

Writing Style:
Through the whole book which is pretty thick, I found 3 to 4 good descriptions, 5 top. Good descriptions? You might say.

A good description must answer to the questions:

• How for action
• When for chronological structure
• Where for surroundings
• Why for context
• What again for action

I found very few action description, meaning most actions we merely stated but never explored to a convincing realistic way.

This could also slide off but...

Where? The surrounding descriptions were so vague that all she kept adding was "foggy and cloudy" or "gorgeous" for Edward.

The why?
I never really saw a meaningful context in this book, to me and I separate this from rest of article for it's my personal opinion. It seemed like one of those "vampiric" fanfics with no purpose but a teenage shallow "love". Want love? Read Byron.

I'd also like to add the tremendous amount of dialogs that serve as lousy supply for the lack of description. And the small vocabulary.

Then all this could be ignored at least to some degree but...

The Cliches

Raise your hand those who can recall a story where the girl is constantly saved by the handsome lover of hers.

Ever read a vampire not wanting to be one? The clumsy girl with great mum relationship that moves away in self sacrifice? The boy trying to ignore the one he loves to save her from him?

I rest my case: Hollywood

Unvampireness
I'm not one to limit a writing genre, but do I really have to say it? To be part of a writing genre you must fill in the basic out lines of it.

These vampires however :

• Go out on the day
• Can live with humans
• Drink from animals and not very often
• Have x-men kinda super powers

I don't say you can't play around the genre I do it to, but out in plain daylight with no consequences? This seem more like kids who dress in black and like blood, oh did I fall in cliche?

Why people like it
Mainly it is a best seller because it is designed to be so, Hollywood rolls through my lips again. Then 'causeit has a very poor vocabulary, and its perfect for people that don't appreciate much reading but just following a plot line. And then for the "impossible love" cliche.

Clarifying

I'm not trying to insult the author or the readers. I merely state that it is not a great book and I base of facts. The author did have good ideas, but in my opinion its a real weak book. You'll have your opinion, but if you're gonna argue mine with yours, base it on facts.