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I'd like to address to buzz about Twilight with my sincere opinion.
I find the book and movie disgusting, bland, and not at all to my interest. Apparently, no one in America seems to agree with me.

I've recently found that the popularity rate of Twilight raised a great deal AFTER the movie came out in 2008. Strange, because I thought every one loved the book series. Evidently, after the movie, with the "hot" Robert Pattinson, I believe that teens and tweens felt dedicated to read this book for the sake of good ol' Rob, and to join their friends to feel a comfortable sense, fitting in. Their pure attraction to the style and look of the movie lead to the true discovery of the series, and so forth, book sales sky rocketed.
For some reason, I think Twilight readers only read the books and viewed the movie because it seemed, and still does, "cool" and new.
Another theory. Maybe a person just feels satisfied after reading a, what, 1000 page book in a week. I've heard lots of this kind of chatter among my friends, so maybe Twilight fans also like to brag to their friends about reading a big, long book. Not that the quality of the literature works, which, believe it or not, is the whole point of a book.
Twilight is another cult that will soon pass. I don't think the buzz is really worth it, and after reading this article, you should agree with me.



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Aliescha L. This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Apr. 21 at 11:08 am:
I have to disagree with you on some of it, yes the book series did get more popular after the movie but I don't think fans felt they should read it just because they watched the movie. But I do agree that Twilight will eventually pass just like many other books from years ago.
 
KelliBThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
May 15 at 11:53 am :
I agree with Aliescha L.
 
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kateyt123 said...
Apr. 21 at 8:27 am:
As if she's not bashing our opinions
 
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LockeDemosthenesThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Nov. 4, 2011 at 2:15 pm:
A common incentive to watch the Twilight movies is because "teh atcors is so HAWT! *smiley face emoticon* *heart emoticon*."  This made me think, "What else is viewed because the actors are attractive?" Congratulations, Twilight. You have the same entertainment value as po.rn. 
 
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JAZLIZZLE said...
Jun. 10, 2011 at 1:10 am:
I completely agree!I've read all of the Twilight books and I've seen the movies to give it a fair chance, but I didn't connect with the story. With Harry Potter, I fell in love with the messages and characters. I feel the characters are better role models than Bella or the Cullens.
 
Priya5 replied...
Jul. 25, 2011 at 10:42 am :
exactly!!!!!! I still don't understand why tweens and teens "oooh and aaah" about Robert can-I-get-any-whiter Pattinson or girls wanting to be Kristen all-this-world's-grievances-on-my-shoulder Stewart....... i mean Harry Potter is a much more fantastic of a movie and also a great book......  
 
LockeDemosthenesThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Nov. 4, 2011 at 2:17 pm :
Kristen-emotional-void-Stewart.
 
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RockGirl182This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Apr. 28, 2011 at 9:47 pm:

I, for one, loved the books and ya i read them after i saw the first movie. But just because some teens, myself included, like something that after turns into a hit doesn't mean it's ''disgusting''. To some OK, if that's the way they feel about it, but that doesn't mean that it's not good. 

People should respect other peoples likings and respect what other people think of something. What appeals to one, might not to the other. I respect your choice for not liking Twilight, but you... (more »)

 
RockGirl182This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Apr. 28, 2011 at 9:48 pm :
sorry it doubled, don't know why :O
 
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madbunnymoniqueThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Apr. 28, 2011 at 7:13 pm:
I LOVE TWILIGHT  i  thouht the books where better than the movie BUT  im still a TWIHARD. I dont understand why people are in love with  Robert Pattinson.But Taylor Lautner i love him but i loved him before the twilight movies or books came out.
 
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Mystisha said...
Apr. 28, 2011 at 2:20 pm:
I've read the books but yeah i hated the movie to the core..I'm not a twilight fan at all..when i see girls mad about Robert pattinson or taylor i just hate it...i totally agree with this article..lol..Vampires suck is better than twilight :P
 
LockeDemosthenesThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Nov. 4, 2011 at 2:21 pm :
Parody is indeed as enjoyable or more enjoyable than originals.  
 
LockeDemosthenesThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Nov. 4, 2011 at 2:22 pm :
I apologize if that's grammatically incorrect. I have trouble wording these things.
 
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AnarchyIsMyFriendThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Feb. 14, 2011 at 7:38 pm:
The books were okay until people started just watching the movies in place of the books and it got way overblown and stupid.  I agree!   I am not a Twilight fan.
 
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dreamhorse said...
Jan. 8, 2011 at 5:19 pm:
I read them before they were even somewhat popular. I enjoyed them then because I wasn't really concerned with how good the writing was. I was fine with most of the characters besides Bella and Edward. Edward always creeped me out.
 
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Delanafan4ever said...
Dec. 17, 2010 at 8:00 am:
I agree with you 100 percent. And I dont even like the movies or books.
 
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kateyt23 said...
Oct. 4, 2010 at 12:47 pm:
Well to completely contardict what you have just written, I read the books because i wanted to! I've read them each 5 times, because i like them. You may like sports, music or simple pulling down somebody elses likes! Your article is ridiculus, let people do, read, sing, act like they want
 
SnowAngel replied...
Dec. 17, 2010 at 9:56 am :
I agree with u completely katey23. Just because we read her article doesn't mean we have to agree with her.
 
rplove013 replied...
Dec. 25, 2010 at 7:00 pm :

I think it is okay for people to have their own opinions..because not everyone agrees on everything.

But I loved the books and the movies as well.. and kateyt23.. I like your picture of edward:)

 
AnimalLoverNayNay replied...
Mar. 2, 2011 at 5:50 am :
I read the books too. I don't like the movies, amd i'm a twilight fan. So I have to agree with you. Except for the fact that it looks like your team Edward.
 
JessicaRae7This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Apr. 19 at 7:06 am :
I agree with everything Molly wrote. Just because you don't doesn't mean you need to bash her opinions. If you don't have something good to say about the article you shouldn't have commented. Even if I was a Twilight fan, I would either write a comment about how I don't agree but how it was well written or just not comment. There was no need to bash her opinion just because you are a Twilight fan.
 
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babygirlinthetardis said...
Sept. 20, 2010 at 4:05 pm:
Totally agree, I got given the books for Christmas one year, read them for the sake of it and I've never touched them since. Never seen the films and I don't want to - I've seen all the hype and from what I know the films are actually worse than the books. I have friends who've never read the books but think they know everything after seeing the films. This obsession with it is getting really annoying - they're not that great but everybody seems to be going on about it.
 
LockeDemosthenesThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Nov. 4, 2011 at 2:27 pm :
"Eeeeyup."-Big Macintosh
 
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RavenBird said...
Sept. 4, 2010 at 8:50 pm:
the books were okay, i read them before the whole buzz started. but when the movies came out... i didn't want to see them. i got sickened of the whole huge deal of it all. the fact that most people only read them because of the movies. so i think maybe there'd be a LOT less complaints about it if it hadn't become so annoyingly humongous to the teenage world.
 
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Still_Waters26This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Aug. 6, 2010 at 7:14 pm:
I AGREE WITH YOU 100%!  I SERIOUSLY THINK THAT IF THE MOVIES HADN'T COME OUT I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN HEARD OF TWILIGHT.
 
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emergingtalent said...
Jul. 21, 2010 at 3:28 pm:
I really hope you're right about the fact that this fad will pass. It drives me crazy! Like, scream and pull clumps of my own hair out crazy!
 
SnowAngel replied...
Dec. 17, 2010 at 9:57 am :
im sorry emergingtalent but i dont think this fad will pass for a long long time.
 
kksexi12 replied...
Sept. 23, 2011 at 10:14 am :
it prbly wont pass. i never would have heard of it if it werent for the movies or my aunt lol
 
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AwesomeNewtThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jul. 17, 2010 at 7:38 pm:
i havent read or watched them and i dont plan to good job
 
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jbutterfly10 said...
Jun. 15, 2010 at 8:33 am:
Ok, I read Twilight before it became a movie, like all yall. I actually didn't like it as much. It was just to.... mushy, ya know what I mean? Now, Harry Potter could keep me on the edge of my seat no matter how many times I read it. Bella's kinda an idiot.
 
emergingtalent replied...
Dec. 18, 2010 at 11:21 am :
I hear people say that they don't read Harry Potter because it's too long, but then they procede to talk about Twilight non stop. and I don't think that they just saw the movie either. And in my opinion, Harry Potter is a billion time better than Twilight. Harry Potter is quality reading, while Twilight is not even close.
 
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MadieArt said...
May 1, 2010 at 5:42 pm:
I totally agree with you
 
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SmileAndTheWorldWillSmileBackThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Apr. 21, 2010 at 12:04 pm:

I can understand why people get annoyed with twilight fans. Its true, some of the things they do are scary obsessive and just plain irritating but not every twilight fan is like that. Read my article about why I like Twilight and I hope you'll understand some of the reasons why it has such a large fan base. I'm a major fan...but I don't scream and chase the actors or obsess over everything Twilight. I genuinly like it for its story and strange morals.

http://www.teenink.com/opinio... (more »)

 
J. Rae replied...
Aug. 3, 2010 at 12:56 pm :

I read your article and totally agree with it! You are talking about the wantabe fans of Twilight. They read the books and watch the movies because it's popular right now. The real fans (ME!) read the books because they are truly interested in them and enjoy them.

And what's wrong about reading a 1000 page book in a week? Frankly, I read alot and really fast, so I probably read something like that every week. There's nothing wrong with a little bragging over reading a good book fast. A... (more »)

 
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ReadingFanaticThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Mar. 25, 2010 at 3:46 pm:
Well thinking about it, Twilight, the first book was pretty good. They should've stopped right then and there with the series though. No movie or fan hype, just a good book.
Harry Potter, is pretty much a classic. One of the top book sales ever, and it's been out for 12 years, and people are still talking about it.
Twilight (first book) has been out for 5 years, and is already loosing its hype. Soon enough Robert Pattinson, and Kirsten Stewart are going to be on a Where Ar... (more »)
 
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juicyfan6 said...
Feb. 18, 2010 at 7:14 pm:
I love how the majority of articles here are about Twilight lol. I didn't like how Twilight was written AT ALL. I think Stephenie Meyer had a good idea with the plot--you have to admit, her books DID sell--but it was written poorly. J.K. Rowling is one of the best authors--her vocabulary is rich and varied, and her stories run along smoothly.
 
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HermioneLunaGinny432 said...
Feb. 10, 2010 at 7:33 pm:
I agree with you 100%/. Twilight is the disgusting story of one Mormon girl who is weak until she has a child. The books are poorly written and have little plot. I used to like them for some, bizzare reason. I realized how sexist and just plain ol' awful it was after awhile. I now LOVE LOVE LOVE Harry Potter, in case you couldn't tell from my screen name ;). Harry Potter is the best book series I have read, and fans are willing to criticize the movies. People that dislike Twilight have... (more »)
 
mollyg replied...
Feb. 11, 2010 at 7:25 am :
you are definitely right. Twilight was written in a very sloppy sort of way, like the author wanted to crank out the books for money. Harry Potter uses higher vocabulary and the author is talented and actually knows how write a classic.
 
juicyfan6 replied...
Feb. 18, 2010 at 7:14 pm :
I LOVE Harry Potter. @ HermioneLunaGinny432 I can tell how much you love it by your username lol.
 
jbutterfly10 replied...
Jun. 13, 2010 at 3:56 pm :
OMG I agree with you. I've read the last book of Harry Potter like a million times. I write because of J.K. Rowling and it's a LOT smarter then Twilight.
 
juicyfan6 replied...
Jun. 13, 2010 at 9:24 pm :
lol same! J.K. Rowling writes really well. :)
 
jbutterfly10 replied...
Jun. 15, 2010 at 8:35 am :
I know! It keeps you on the edge of your seat. I thought the ending was sad though:-) With Fred, Tonks, and Lupin...
 
juicyfan6 replied...
Jul. 3, 2010 at 3:22 pm :
It was sad. Each of those characters was one of my favorites at some point. And Dobby...! 
 
jbutterfly10 replied...
Jul. 3, 2010 at 4:55 pm :
Oh, yeah!!! That was sad....
 
juicyfan6 replied...
Jul. 4, 2010 at 7:37 pm :
Yeah haha. I wish that J.K. Rowling would release a new book...it seems like it's been forever since the last HP book was released... :)
 
emergingtalent replied...
Dec. 18, 2010 at 11:24 am :
I read somewhere that she going to write new books! hooray for Harry Potter!
 
yogita replied...
Mar. 10, 2011 at 6:55 am :
i LOVE harry potter.... Twilight is SUCH A BORE! especially the movies!!! OMG!!! Really, the books werent that gr8 and these guys couldn't ake the movies watchable either!!! HARRY POTTER on the other hand is something that ACTUALLY has some thing thatwe can enjoy and read again and again and agian!!! GO JKR!!! :)
 
yogita replied...
Mar. 10, 2011 at 6:59 am :
and juicyfan6..have you read the other books by JKR...."Fantastic Beasts and where to find them", "Quidditch through the ages", and "Tales of Beedle the Bard" ?... if u haven't check them out....when u read the HP series again u'll enjoy it more!! :)
 
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