But then, I read the second one, and the third one, and I wasn't a big fan of either of those. I thought Bella was getting dumber and dumber with each book, and I would've felt bad for Jacob and Edward if they both weren't such big jerks. But then, the last one. OH, how I despised the last book. I think it started alright. And then, came part 2 of the second book. The part where (SPOILER) Bella prances around everywhere, has hot sex with Edward AND is always talking about how beautiful she is now that she's a vampire. Well, then it became really lame because I felt like Stephenie Meyer was giving a cope-out of an ending, with everyone living happily ever after without any major losses to the story. Everything was TOO tidy. And far too naive. There will always be some sorrow and sadness in our lives--you can't have happy endings, for everyone, all the time.
I am not a fan of these books anymore; I read them a second time to see if I could see why I liked the first three (or thought they were at least entertaining) and I have no idea. Then, the first movie came out, and well, I've got to say that Bella and Edward weren't played well at all. I think Robert Pattinson just comes off really creepy and stalkerish (which is kind of how Edward is in the books). And Bella... well, the stuttering, gaped-fish mouth opened all the time, and the twitchy eyes really just spoiled the entire series for me.
Agreed! Wholeheartedly! The 4th book was a total cop-out. I think Stephanie Meyer seriously underestimated her readers. It was young adult fiction not a children's book. It's okay to have some heartbreak. It was so anticlimactic.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with you! I couldn't put the first book down, until Bella and Edward got together. I still liked the rest of it, but it wasn't amazing to me. I tried re-reading them, but I just wasn't feeling it. And I couldn't agree more about the movies! I just really don't like the actors they chose, I think movie Bella is way different than the book Bella.
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