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Oh I haven't watched True Blood so can't comment on that one... But I've read some of the comments our here so I'll make it a point to have a look as soon as I get some free time during school hols...
Twilight emmm, I've read the entire series, not because I thought I would love it, but because I wanted to taste the hype that everyone was so excited about... To be truthful, when my friends came up with exclamations like "Oh, its too good!", and "Ahh! I am in love with the book!" I had my hopes quite up if not too high... So I had a look, flipped through the first one, the second one, the third one... I almost didn't want to read the fourth one but decided to give it a tiny chance.... I must say, at least the fourth one didn't bore me out....
Stephenie Meyer is an author, but not a good one, not one who's got the power to keep you enthralled in that new world she is describing... Unlike lets say, taking the most known fictional series Harry Potter, you don't have an encounter with the fictional world, you don't feel connected with the characters, nor the scenes... You read, you don't enjoy... Or at least I didn't... I feel it lacks the perfection a good book will have, it has a good idea, but not a good plot... At any point in the book I didn't connect with Bella, who is the one telling the story...
Breaking Dawn, the last one, was a far greater strike than the others... At least you could feel part of the tension building up, the climax... But again, the end was so predictable.... I hate thrillers which are so predictable and which tell you the whole story on the first page itself... What's the use of a thriller? Also, its to "teen-based romance", too much hyped for the "beauty" of the actors playing the roles rather than the characters... Unlike HP, where the characters are loved before the actors... Also, like another reader, I feel Jacob had so much power in the series, he could truly be a personnage, a very great challenge to the mighty Edward Cullen, he could even have gone to be an epic Hero... I just feel his worth was flicked down the drains as well... I saw in him someone very potential, alas, he'll remain a character almost forgotten....
Stating by the comments... And those wonderful pics... I'll go by True Blood....
But let me have a look and come back....
Cheers,
Sneha
Twilight emmm, I've read the entire series, not because I thought I would love it, but because I wanted to taste the hype that everyone was so excited about... To be truthful, when my friends came up with exclamations like "Oh, its too good!", and "Ahh! I am in love with the book!" I had my hopes quite up if not too high... So I had a look, flipped through the first one, the second one, the third one... I almost didn't want to read the fourth one but decided to give it a tiny chance.... I must say, at least the fourth one didn't bore me out....
Stephenie Meyer is an author, but not a good one, not one who's got the power to keep you enthralled in that new world she is describing... Unlike lets say, taking the most known fictional series Harry Potter, you don't have an encounter with the fictional world, you don't feel connected with the characters, nor the scenes... You read, you don't enjoy... Or at least I didn't... I feel it lacks the perfection a good book will have, it has a good idea, but not a good plot... At any point in the book I didn't connect with Bella, who is the one telling the story...
Breaking Dawn, the last one, was a far greater strike than the others... At least you could feel part of the tension building up, the climax... But again, the end was so predictable.... I hate thrillers which are so predictable and which tell you the whole story on the first page itself... What's the use of a thriller? Also, its to "teen-based romance", too much hyped for the "beauty" of the actors playing the roles rather than the characters... Unlike HP, where the characters are loved before the actors... Also, like another reader, I feel Jacob had so much power in the series, he could truly be a personnage, a very great challenge to the mighty Edward Cullen, he could even have gone to be an epic Hero... I just feel his worth was flicked down the drains as well... I saw in him someone very potential, alas, he'll remain a character almost forgotten....
Stating by the comments... And those wonderful pics... I'll go by True Blood....
But let me have a look and come back....
Cheers,
Sneha
Anupamaa
