What happened to the happy tales of vampires preying on young women and sucking their blood? Thanks to the saga Twilight, the stereotype for a vampire has changed to “only a vampire can love you forever.” No. They can’t. Teenage girls, and some guys, everywhere are obsessed with the story of a young, klutzy and somewhat bleak girl falling in love with a vampire who romantically spends most of the book trying not to kill her. Ohh lala. It’s become so big; in fact, that I believe some girls will actually search their lives for a vampire to have and to hold. Anything less is just not good enough. And who can blame them? The “dreamy” vampire Edward is perfect. With his Perfect pale skin, perfect golden eyes, perfect hair, perfect teeth, perfect features and his perfect perfectness. Nobody out there is like that, girls.
Now, I admit that I’ve read the books. I never was a huge fan, but the action parts are quite good and sometimes worth reading through the five-page long staring contests Edward and Bella seem to always have. It can be sickening. But probably the most sickening thing I read in the whole series was in the second book, New Moon, in which Edward leaves Bella in order to “protect” her. This sparks five pages that are even more boring then the staring contests. Nothing. Honestly, there are about five pages with just blank pages and months. Finally it gets back to Bella who is a total wreck. It’s like she’s an empty shell without her beloved vampire. Oh, yeah, great message to send to girls out there. Without a man, you are NOTHING. Woo. So eventually, she starts seeing this person who she starts hanging out with and makes her so happy. Shockingly, it’s a guy. Namely a guy named Jacob. Oh, and get this, he’s a werewolf! But even with this new male companion at her side, she misses her dear, sweet; perfect Edward so much that she jumps off a cliff just to hear his voice. That’s another great message. We should compose a motivation speech to women on this book. Eventually he comes back, and continuous to save her life. As always. She’d be dead and nothing without her Edward.
This book is horrible to the rights of girls. Not only that, but it shows that nothing is more important then your soul mate. Family and friends come second to bloodthirsty vampires, I guess. I am so sick of hearing about it, it’s just so… over rated. If you share in my feelings, you can read Stoney321 reads Twilight so you don’t have to. It’s basically a girl writing a synopsis on all the books, pointing out its flaws in a humorous fashion. It entertained me, so I’m going to share it with you.
WARNING: The following link contains mature (and some immature) themes and course language.
http://stoney321.livejournal.com/317176.html
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