Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3)

Stephenie Meyer

Absolutley a flash in the pan! These books really have no redeeming qualities at all,and the fact that the movie was made with the "beautiful" people prooves it.Nobody is going to remember reading when they can watch HOT Edward on the big screen. Not what I call memorable literature.

...not sure I agree wholly LJ although I do agree they're not high quality literature. My theory is the reason they're so popular is they're written in teen language - and let's face it, from a literacy point of view a lot of adults can't cope with books written in adult terms, nor do they have the concentration required to carry it off.
There are stax of better vampire novels but these ones are just much more accessible to the reading age of the general population.
Just my theory though!!

I think both book and movie are less than nothing. They are all a product of good market strategy - a kind of literature/cinematographic "Spice girls" or something. Ten years from now most people would say "Oh, there was that "Twilight" thing, but nobody would remember details about it.

I know i'll burst everyone litterary bubble...but where have you all been for the past decade? Besides Harry Potter, and the odd Lord of the Ring, when was the last time you saw any litterary interest in "the general population"? God forbid we might make something accessible....So what if its hollywood fabricated...have you taken a good look around? People are READING. I have raised 5 teenagers, and reading was like pulling teeth. And trust me, they were raised "litterate". It took my 14 yrs old 7 days to read the entire 4 volume collection of Twilight! And she is not the only one of her class. So be it, if it to common for some litterary snobs. I vote for kids and young adults to read even it means lowering YOUR preference in ten years, one of them just might become your favorite author...just a mom

here here!!! i whole heartidly agree

They are very good, but they do get a bit more credit than they're worth. They are getting other people into reading, though!

I absolutely agree with you, Nancy. I travel a lot and was pleasantly surprised to see a number of teenagers reading the Twilight series in airports and on airplanes. I've had a number of enthusiastic conversations with these teenage readers about the series as well. I'm 27 years old and read the series due to my weakness for vampire novels and really enjoyed it. When I went home for Christmas, I found that my mother was reading the series and it was nice to reconnect with her on a book level, which we hadn't done since she first picked up Interview with the Vampire back in the 1990s.

I think it is important to remember these are young adult books, not adult books. The thing I do like about the books is that they're an "easy read" and although the romance part is compelling and doesn't go too far (although I've only read 3 of 4 so I don't know what 4 entails) there are also a few underlying stories to keep them interesting. I was disappointed in the movie though, I'm not sure I agree that they used beautiful people, but I was impressed that they were majority unknown. Although it touched on all the important parts it seemed too fast and you didn't get to know the characters as well as you'd like. I will read the 4th though and likely see the next movie.

"Good writing" Is NOT the first words that come to mind when I attempted to read these books. More like "absolutely horrid". I agree that yeah, it's good teenagers are reading, but at what cost? By reading books with weak plots and characters with the personalities of common house plants? How is that a positive thing? They might as well be watching soap operas.

thats a little harsh Suzie, just because there not your cut of tea!! if we all liked the same books the world would be pritty standard!! Book snobs are the worsed

and the books didn't have weak plots, they had plots designed to catch the imagination of teenagers not einstien..