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Old 03-30-2011, 07:05 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by wyndslash View Post
my sister read the first book, i think, and relayed to me that she thought Meyer was "good at writing about nothing" (not an insult; "nothing" in the sense that nothing really happens, i guess @_@ can't explain it)

our uni library has it. might check it out once the copy has been returned.
I think "writing about nothing" actually puts it very well. In the first book the "action" sequence (approx' the last third of the book) feels almost tacked on, as if Meyer thought the book needed some other excuse to exist ... but despite this lack of substance I found myself just enjoying the ride. And isn't that what we read novels for, the journey not the destination?
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