tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post3451694692995556506..comments2023-08-11T06:56:09.226-04:00Comments on Bites: Spine-Breaking Spawn by Stephenie "Pedophilia is teh Romance" MeyerDonna (Bites)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12585421704517898076noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-8665669828929734432011-01-08T18:43:04.183-05:002011-01-08T18:43:04.183-05:00Man, this comment is coming really late! I just fo...Man, this comment is coming really late! I just found your blog, so that's my excuse ^_~<br /><br />It is nice to find someone who was not completely enchanted and enthralled with Meyer's series. I had several friends tell me that I would love the books due to my like of vampires. In addition, I was taking a young adult fiction class at my university, so I decided to pick it up. To say I was grossly disappointed is an understatement. <br /><br />After finishing the series, I heard that Meyer wrote the books to prove that teenagers can wait until marriage to have sex. I think it is rally admirable of her to take on that task; however, her alternative is no better. "Sleeping" with Bella knowing that her father would disapprove is just as bad. In addition, Edward goes on about protecting her virtue, coming from a different, era, etc., but he fails to prove that. If he is going to make a big deal about it, why does he go against Charlie's wishes, does almost everything but intercourse, etc.? Furthermore, Meyer writes Edward as a classic abuser: controlling Bella's movements, stalking, not allowing her to see Jacob, and so on. <br /><br />If this series is meant to show teenage girls another option, why is a relationship with an abuser okay? Also, going against parents' wishes is bad all the way around (be it sex, sneaking out, etc.). Teen girls are worth more than that!<br /><br />I agree that Breaking Dawn was written a lot better than the 3 previous books. However, it was needlessly too long. It felt as though it drug too much. <br /><br />As far as Jacob, I agree and disagree with the pedophilia. I felt that Meyer wrote herself into a corner concerning Jacob and Bella's relationship. It seemed as though the only way she could justify Bella's cocktease behavior was having Jacob imprint on the baby. Also, pedophilia implies more of a sexual fascination, to me. My husband wanted to know what the difference was between the imprinting an an arranged marriage between an infant and an adult. <br /><br />My beef was with the whole pregnancy to begin with. If Meyer had just left it was something weird anomaly, okay. However, her reasoning was stupid! Did she ever have to take biology and sex education? Arg!<br /><br />LoL, anyways, it's nice to know there are some people out there who were not completely taken by this series!sinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839763274737210177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-55103832114763194542010-04-27T20:57:12.462-04:002010-04-27T20:57:12.462-04:00Now some people would argue that when a book is as...Now some people would argue that when a book is as bad as this, you should put it down and not waste your time reading it further. I am of the opinion that when a book is as bad as this, you should pay closer attention, read it thoroughly so that when you finally arrive at the ending you have a much greater appreciation for things you only thought you hated. <br /><br />This book will make you love the smell of four day old, baked in the sun, stuck to the asphalt road kill. It'll make you appreciate being pissed on by a homeless dude. After reading this book you'll have a new found respect for genital herpes.<br /><br />Meyer didn't simply write a bad book. She wrote the opposite of all that is goodness and light in the world. She sucked out the fire from the sun, took the world that would have shriveled to darkness and rot because of it and housed it in Breaking Dawn so that we might continue to enjoy our days on earth.<br /><br />She's a saint that woman. We owe her our very existence.Laura @ A Jane of All Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543791973035448627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-64927140465301783102009-04-20T22:42:00.000-04:002009-04-20T22:42:00.000-04:00Yup, Twilight is the My Immortal of literatureYup, Twilight is the My Immortal of literatureJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842988573970536796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-7708596165774868682009-04-17T19:36:00.000-04:002009-04-17T19:36:00.000-04:00You rock, PG!You rock, PG!Donna (Bites)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12585421704517898076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-83374174703374149172009-04-17T13:27:00.000-04:002009-04-17T13:27:00.000-04:00Glittering pixies... LOL! I'm a HUGE Twilight fan,...Glittering pixies... LOL! I'm a HUGE Twilight fan, and I had a lot of problems with this book. Renesmee being the main one. Then perfect vampire Bella and emasculated Edward.<br /><br />And don't even get me started on the anticlimactic ending. OMG. I wanted to throw my book through the window.<br /><br />I think I'm quite happy to think of The Twilight Saga as 3 books. They're my favourites!prophecygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943009333696533856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-30500614540319753512009-04-16T22:20:00.000-04:002009-04-16T22:20:00.000-04:00Way out of proportion is right!
Some of them are,...Way out of proportion is right!<br /><br />Some of them are, Jen! Those are the good ones.Donna (Bites)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12585421704517898076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-44330248096482450222009-04-16T21:14:00.000-04:002009-04-16T21:14:00.000-04:00This makes me think that terrible fanfiction might...This makes me think that terrible fanfiction might be parodies ^_^Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842988573970536796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-67306714289363880592009-04-16T19:54:00.000-04:002009-04-16T19:54:00.000-04:00OMG i remember that in spaceballs i love that movi...OMG i remember that in spaceballs i love that movie it's so ridiculous, love mel brooks :) <br /><br />good to know someone out there who's not crazy over twilight--that whole deal was just blown waaay out of proportion, i mean i think the books are okay but i'm not gonna go crazy thinking they are the best books ever and yatayataAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395008376786680669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-24104103234854507792009-04-16T18:40:00.000-04:002009-04-16T18:40:00.000-04:00Yeah, I just can't even pretend to like this serie...Yeah, I just can't even pretend to like this series. It makes me twitch.Donna (Bites)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12585421704517898076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-65818905244542980352009-04-16T03:17:00.000-04:002009-04-16T03:17:00.000-04:00This sounds super creepy. Nice to find someone els...This sounds super creepy. Nice to find someone else hating on the Twilight!Sadakohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01164802394129505587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-75814133676495762682009-04-16T02:03:00.000-04:002009-04-16T02:03:00.000-04:00I used to actually like Jacob as he seemed the mos...I used to actually like Jacob as he seemed the most normal out of the bunch of them. And then she came up with this idea for the fourth book?Liyanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03044426041937026894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-55873113488168315982009-04-15T21:53:00.000-04:002009-04-15T21:53:00.000-04:00Oh, also you've been splashed! Come get your award...Oh, also you've been splashed! Come get your award!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842988573970536796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-61659112751235809932009-04-15T21:34:00.000-04:002009-04-15T21:34:00.000-04:00Sometimes I find the fan fiction scarier than the ...Sometimes I find the fan fiction scarier than the book. Although I find B&E's relationship the most disturbing!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842988573970536796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-34406088698594875372009-04-15T20:47:00.000-04:002009-04-15T20:47:00.000-04:00And all the Twihards will say, but he's like a big...<I>And all the Twihards will say, but he's like a big brother or an uncle and will take care of her until she's old enough where they can take their relationship to the next level.</I>SMeyer is messed in the head, we all know this, it's accepted fact, even RPattison has said as much, and with great gusto. <br /><br />The problem then lies, not with the author, but all the fans that back her up. It's one thing for *one* deluded person to have this opinion, but to have masses of fanatic followers defending the position...it's about time to get the nukes out. <br /><br />There's already enough girls that are after a "perfect" (abusive, manipulative) boyfriend, and it's right to fsck up their lives, masochism with a side of not knowing any better...but to give them the idea that...that...THIS is somehow romantic, she's crossed a line. <br /><br />The imprinting thing is sick. Full stop. And seriously, burn the book, or puree it (though that may damage the blender), if you just dump it, or give it to a charity, there's the chance that someone else may read it, and that's the last thing the world needs.Stormyhttp://www.wibblypress.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-49462917251566813552009-04-15T20:33:00.000-04:002009-04-15T20:33:00.000-04:00I have been waiting for your review of this for a ...I have been waiting for your review of this for a good while, and now it's finaly here - yey! Unfortunately, I have to get to bed (1.30am here), but I will be back to read it tomorrow. :Dprophecygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943009333696533856noreply@blogger.com