I was in desperate need of something to read as I hadn’t had a chance to get to the library and was out of books. I borrowed L’s Twilight book fully expecting to dislike it, but wanting to read it anyway. Oh my! Was I ever wrong! I can totally see the pull this series of books has on young girls. It sucked me in and I’m an adult who knows this is ALL FICTION!
Honestly? What female wouldn’t be thrilled to know that the guy she’s so in love with would literally protect her with his life? The fact that he’s practically unstoppable is just an added bonus. What I dislike is how incredibly head-over-heal gaga Bella is for Edward. I get that the lore of Vampires is that they’ve got some mind control B.S. or something that causes her to feel this way to a degree, but I’m still bothered that she’s so “Don’t leave me! Don’t leave me! I couldn’t live if I didn’t have you!” The book describes her as so very weak in that regard. That bothers me. I think that sends a bad message to young impressionable girls about love and life. You should NEVER be so dependent on a guy that the thought of him leaving you sends you into hysterics.
That issue aside, I do realize this is a work of fiction, and is intended for entertainment purposes. Boy did it entertain me. So much so that I borrowed L’s New Moon book as well and am halfway done with that one.
I once dated a guy named Kevin who was a firefighter. He was HOT but was a gigantic D-Bag. I remember something he once told me about his theory on women and the men they choose. While on most accounts Kevin was completely full of himself, this theory rings true to me. He said that most women are physically attracted to men who are bigger than them and it has nothing to do with preference, and everything to do with nature. He described it as such – Back in the days of the huge predators, Ice Age maybe? In order for women to procreate they needed to survive. They couldn’t survive and care for their offspring at the same time. They required a man to protect them, and a scrawny man wouldn’t be able to do the job. The man needed to be brawny.
While most things that came out of Kevin’s mouth were completely chauvinistic and irritating, (such as the time he decided to tell me that all women have a fat friend so that they can make themselves feel better about themselves when out in public. Great guy, huh?) this theory about protectors makes sense especially when I started reading New Moon.
I can’t put this one down either. I’m transplanted back to the time in my life when I experienced my first real heartbreak. You women remember this, don’t you? When it actually feels like someone has ripped out your heart and left a gaping wound in your chest? Before the ache went away and you would do ANYTHING to hear his voice or see his face? I remember it vividly. I remember it so vividly I’m actually beginning to ache a little with remembering that pain, and despite what anyone wants to say, a broken heart hurts like hell.
In reading these books I’ve become curious about the actors and actresses who played in the movies. Yes, I DVR’d Twilight when I was on the other day and watched it last night. As always, the book is SO much better… Anyway, I read on Robert Pattinson’s Wikipedia page that he’s a singer as well as an actor and two of his tracks are in the Twilight movie. I listened for them while watching the movie last night and recognized words in one as “Let Me Sign”. He’s actually very good. He has a unique sound as well. So much so that I’m trying to find an MP3 of that song to download to my iPod.
While I realize that this series of books are works of fiction, it doesn’t stop me from enjoying them completely as thought they were reality. That’s what I love about books. They can transplant you to another time, place, universe, and you can always come back to reality.
