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Originally Posted by lovestoreadalot
You have not read it yet still say it isn't that great of a story?
How can a story of a vampire who falls in love with a human girl yet has to control his urge to kill her NOT a great story.  |
Not everyone likes love stories.
Not everyone likes vampires.
Not everyone likes vampire love stories.
If you don't like those things, you won't like Twilight. Forbidden love is one of the oldest stories there is, and Stephenie Meyer's take on it isn't entirely original. In many ways, Twilight is like the Da Vinci Code. It's very successful and extremely popular, but most professional writers don't consider it very well-written.
However, it is a book that connects with one group of people on a very deep level, and those people (Twilight fans) love it. There's nothing wrong with that. Sometimes all a book needs to become someone's favorite is that it be the "right" book at the time, not necessarily the "best" book they've read.
Not everyone is going to like Twilight, nor should they. Personally, I don't think it's going to go down as great literature, but really it's too early to tell. One of the keys to great literature is that it's timeless - and it takes time to realize that. At a minimum it takes a generation, and Twilight hasn't been in print long enough. If Twilight speaks as strongly to the children of its current readers when they are in their teens, it may become a classic. If other books hold their attention, then Twilight probably won't become a classic.
Personally, the thing I like best about Twilight is that it's made a generation passionate about reading; and that's a good thing.