twilight

so i finally finished "breaking dawn", the final book in the twilight series. i honestly held out forever. most (not quite all) of my friends were reading it, so i decided to give it a try. embarrassingly. when i had jury duty in the federal building in detroit, i wasn't allowed to bring my cell phone in. no laptop, no peek no anything. figuring that i would need way too many magazines, i decided to borrow twilight from my neighbor, who promised me that it was worth reading.

it was a quick mindless read. done in just a couple of days. but i could put it down. and walk away. and probably never pick it up again. but i did read the second book "new moon", to see if i would enjoy it more. i read the third book "breaking dawn". i saw the movie. i still had the same feelings: bella whined too much. it's irritating that the cullens have 50 cars from 50 different brands. that's not practical, it's just dumb. jacob is ridiculous. if someone (anyone!) were hitting on your girlfriend like that, no guy would really just stand by. they curl their lips too much. i get it- they're vampires, but seriously. they are so pissed off all the time, that they curl their lips back every other paragraph? finally, the author uses the word "incredulous" way too much. i mean way, way, too much. i think she learned a big word recently. like in eighth grade when i overused "condescend." it was annoying when i did it, and it was so much more annoying to see a published author do it. throughout four books! incrediously, this is what put me over the edge- the characters were teenagers, so they would say dumb teenage things such as, "ooh, he's so cute. i love his amber eyes. oooh!" which makes perfect sense for a teenager to say. but then, "edward looked at me incrediously" really? hmm. i don't think that works out. i'm just saying.

so after several months, i decided to read the last book. it was decent, like the others, a quick read. jacob was still annoying, bella still whined excesively. edward was still incrediulous. the cullens car collection quadrupled. but the book still was poorly written and made my head ache. the final straw- renesmee. how could the story get any more ridiculous? with a ridiculous name such as renesmee. i'm just saying.

i'll watch the new movie, eventually, on dvd. but i'm certainly not dying to. there are more mature, well-written books on the same theme, such as anne rice's vampire chronicles, which are more about the lifestyle and personal interchanges rather that on the vulgarity of drinking blood. (i've honestly only read the first 6- apparently there are a few more. there are also two great movies "interview with a vampire" and "queen of the damned", though they are not like the books).

my review? 6/10. it was decent, but i won't reread any of them. and if you are in jury duty without a phone, it's an incredulous way to enjoyably occupy your time.