Stephenie Meyer???

[Scraps 2-point-0]

Eh. In the way you describe, I wouldn't say she is the genius here. It's her marketing team. So many other writers have done this cheap Romeo and Juliet ripoff and not gotten anywhere. But hey, at least she's getting young girls to read, as anti-feminist as her stories are.  

[Xiao Xianyu]

I read Twilight and suffered through New Moon because I was given them by friends. I'm sorry, but the writing contained in both novels was so bad it was painful. Her characters go beyond uninteresting to being annoying. The histories she then gives them does not logically match up with the characterizations she gives them. And, as other posters have mentioned, the basis for this all is an abusive relationship she sells as a fantastic romance.

Do I respect her for creating a fan base? Let's see, when one creates a fan base, I can only assume that said fans emulate what that person has written/created. So she's inspiring lots of people to view abuse as affection, and that true love means being unable to function normally in society if the said person leaves you for a few months. And let's not forget that when one's significant other is dead, it's perfectly natural to consider and attempt suicide.

No, I'd really rather have gone through life being completely and blissfully unaware of the fact that people would actually consider any of the above normal, good, or want it in their own lives. So obviously respecting her for it is completely out of the question.

/rant  

[VenusRain]

I tried to read Twilight once.

I got about three pages in before I wanted to chuck the book at the wall. It's got horrible writing, bricks have more personality than Bella, and Edward is a creeper.

Now, WOULDN'T YOU RATHER TALK ABOUT FLOWERS? /Dnyarri  

[Napatoria]

I give credit to how far she's gotten. She has gone DAMn far.

I respect her, but that is the average respect I give to absolutely everybody. I haven't gotten the chance to read her books (not that I want to...) nor her movies, but something in the pit of my tummy says I won't like them. I've read host ( I think thats the english tiltle, I read it in spanish) and I didnt last the half of the book. It was BORING. And it has nothing to do with the fact that that book was directed to an elder audience.

Point is: I really, really don't like her work.  

[Articx-Frost]

Allow me to add nothing to this topic by saying that I haven't read her books nor watched the films, and I have no real want to either. I don't care about the fangirls so long as they stay away from me. And to finish on a simple statement. Stay the f*** out of my life. I don't want you.  

[Todd186]

Now I don't approve of book burning at all. I actually want to beat people who do that, but if we just threw all the copies of SMeyers "Vampire" books in several trashcans and gave the cans to hobos, I could turn the other cheek. Plus, her books would finally be good for something and not be brainwashing teenage girls into thinking they "need a man".

I do want to bang SMeyer's head up against a wall though. I think it might get whatever insect is controlling her brain out. Y'know, the insect that makes her think she's a good writer, that she is a writer, that's she's worked so hard to accomplish something that many writers work their whole damn lives to do, and that she's given the world a gift. I really sometimes think she's possessed by an otherwordly demon or lifeforce. There is no way that she's earned what she has.

Also, someone said before that she doesn't deserve the harsh criticism she gets. Why not? She doesn't see any of it anyway. She doesn't know how to recieve criticism. If she did, she might actually improve on her writing skills instead of typing s**t that only half-minded fools could give a damn about. No, it's her brother, Seth that keeps the criticism away from her and makes sure that insect keeps doing what it's doing.

I think the world would be a much better place without SMeyer. And that's the way I see it.  

[velvetsophisticate]

ColorfulCrayonsOfContent

He went to a fraternity house where this one girl's bed had Jacob blankets and like the weirdo she is she said, "If you lay in this position, it looks like you're having sex with him!" CREEP! You couldn't even see the walls they were so filled with posters. They dedicated a whole room to Twilight, and watched all the movies every Friday night. They learned the entire dialogue.

jesus christ.

 

[Shadyness]

I read Twilight my Senior year of high school (4 years ago) before it really took off as this phenomenon. It was nothing impressive and I didn't think of it again until a couple of years ago when this frenzy really took off. These links explain my thoughts on the subject:

Here's the one about the domestic violence stuff http://current.com/entertainment/movies/91544310_twilight-promoting-abusive-relationships-and-female-submission.htm

This one gives a bit about the sexism http://www.alternet.org/sex/140132/vampires,_werewolves,_and_"scary"_female_sexuality:_the_sexist_world_of_twilight/

This is just a little comic, but it pretty much accurately describes how I feel about it all http://theoatmeal.com/story/twilight  

[pythonesque]

I dislike a lot about Twilight. I don't like the story line, I don't like Bella x Edward's relationship, I don't like Meyer's writing style.

Buuuut, I give her a lot of props. She's wrote a book that's become a huge phenomenon, and not many people will ever do that.
Plus, she's earning a lot more money than I ever will.  

[The Moon Wander]

I read all 4 books because I had nothing else to read... Truth be told I would rather read R.A.Salvators works any day of the weak. He has and will always be my kick in the a** into writing. The twilight sage I found it easy to read, and not very good at holding my attention most times I skipped pages looking for something more interesting to read. I get dragged out to see the movies by my friends and aunt and It just gives me more to make fun of it about.  

[SugarRos]

Twilight is NOT the worst book in the world. People hate because so many people like it (what's the point?). I ignore or laugh at the fangirls, and I think it's pathetic to dislike a series because there are so many fans attached.

There are far worse books than Twilight out there. Paolini wrote a series that had worse writing and characters, was a very close outline to Star Wars and had characters extremely similar to LOTR and DROP. Why isn't there a huge backlash against his stuff? Writing is worse, too. Almost elementary. At least Meyers threw some big words in there and had longish sentences.

The fans have died down, really. Who I'm sick of are the bashers that, for some reason, still think it's funny to bash Meyers and her work by writing up disturbing paragraphs about how much they hate/what they would do to the characters.

Also, I can't say I've ever read a book and loved it 'at first' but then 'realized I actually didn't like it because...' I feel that people who say that fell under the hate-twilight pressure because its 'cool'. It's okay to like something that other people dislike. It's okay to admit that you enjoy reading something that a lot of people say bad things about.

I'm not saying that everyone should like Twilight, I'm just sick of hearing 'It's the worst book written' as well as other things along those lines when it's such a stretch it's not even funny.

Bashers should give it a rest. No one cares how much you hate the series and what you think the characters should shove up their arse. People, actually, care about as much as hearing fans rave on and on about why Twilight characters are so awesome! That's right! Bashers have become just as annoying as fangirls! Way to go! I think you've done what you set out to do!

....oh, wait....

/rant

Notes: Sorry if I've offended anyone, really I'm not talking about single people here, so please don't take anything I've said personally.  

[Shadyness]

SugarRos

You should really read the first two links I posted up. It's not the writing I dislike as much as the message.

Also, the reason that people are criticizing the book with such a large following is because it has such a dangerous message. If she had written these books and no one read them would anyone protest it? Probably not, but that's because her message wouldn't be getting across. There are young girls reading these books under the impression that real love is this distorted abusive all-consuming thing. There are moms reading these books reinforcing these ideas in their daughters. My grandma is a huge fan of the series and the links that I posted were copied directly from an e-mail I sent her regarding it.

I don't think it's okay to say that this book is harmless. No book is harmless. In a hundred years no one will remember who Stephanie Meyer is, but there will still be young innocent girls being taken advantage of by this 'women are weak and need to be looked after at all times' mentality that Ms. Meyer and her religion tout.

If you are an adult and you understand the difference between reality and fiction, then by all means, read whatever the hell you like. But there are plenty of people out there that don't understand the difference; they can't draw the line that this is just a book and not how real relationships should ever, EVER work.

I also find it a bit sad that Ms. Meyer's mail is sorted by her brother (something I wasn't aware of before this thread); her particular religious beliefs hold that women should be subservient to men because they are innately lesser humans based on their gender. So it doesn't surprise me that she lets her brother run her life. As an educated, independent, adult female, I have no desire to read these books or watch the movies, I would not want my little sister or daughter reading them either. I wouldn't forbid it obviously, because that would only breed curiosity, but I think we'd have to have a nice long heart to heart about fiction and reality.

So, tl;dr: It's not the books I hate, it's the wide-spread acceptance of an idea that has made women inferior for millenia.