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[recrudescence]

Gaaaah.

Am reading Twilight. Just to make sure it's really worth the wank.

Thing is, I was reading Lovecraft immediately beforehand, and the juxtaposition is like going from plasma-screen HDTV to a black-and-white affair with rabbit ears you have to spastically wave around in order to get anything resembling a satisfactory picture.

New!Teacher swore I would love it and send me the file earlier today. Eighty pages left and I am so thoroughly beyond unconvinced. She owes me an Atlas bar (which, bluerosefairy, are a highly recommended specimen of Korean junk food). This is seriously the least engaging thing I've read in a very long time. And that includes the photo essay on mangroves I just taught in fifth grade.

The "one big incestuous vampire family" thing could have been kind of cool, too. But I am Not Thinking About This because I have yet to start my Yuletide fic. Ahahaha, God help me.

Comments

[better-late24.livejournal.com]

It's a young adult book, not Harry Potter. I found it pretty entertaining for a mindless read, but I have no desire to be into the fandom. It's kind of like reading a crappy celebrity magazine. IMO, books, movies, TV, etc aren't really art to me...they're entertainment. And it doesn't have to be quality for me to enjoy.

Seriously though, I won't see the movie because I'm a bitch who loathes swooning pre-teens. Can't even pretend to tolerate them. Plus, it's probably bad. I'll catch it on DVD.

[recrudescence.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't think that YA automatically = mindless. There're plenty of YA novels that've captured my attention more than adequately. What surprises me is the cult following Twilight has despite the amateurishness of it--and it isn't entertaining! Mindless entertainment is something I can get behind, but this book doesn't deliver either of those for me.

[better-late24.livejournal.com]

It doesn't automatically mean mindless, but this one I do lump into the mindless category aimed at teenagers. The insane cult following makes me want to NOT like it, actually, but I can't help it, I do. Though actually, the author has written an adult book called The Host that I much preferred. I read that one first.