My Thoughts on Twilight

At first, I really wasn't sure how I felt about having to read Twilight. I had heard a lot of bad things from my friends about the book, though I did hear some good things from other people. Most of the bad things I have heard came from my friends who read a lot and seem pretty knowledgeable about what is good writing, while the ones I heard good things from just seemed to be obsessed fan girls with no real reasons why they liked it, except for saying Robert Pattinson is awesome. Perhaps maybe I didn't ask them to go in detail, or that was their reasoning. I don't know.

When I finally started to read the book, I realized that my friends who said the book was not so great, were right. There a lot of reasons why I think this and I will go over them. First off, I think that what was most frustrating is that the book really isn't about vampires at all. It's simply a love story with vampires conveniently making Bella's love interest more than just that great guy she's in love with, to something more. I notice that just when you think something really cool and fantasy like is going to happen, they direct the action to something a lot less interesting. Just when you think it might be neat to see what happens when Edward goes out hunting animals, he tells Bella he doesn't want her to go, and then there is the boring story of her day at school. Because of this, I'm having a hard time figuring out why people are so obsessed with vampires due to Twilight. The books are hardly about vampires at all. Its more about Bella's boring dating life and high school relationships. Another thing is that Bella has a tendency to ramble on and on about how awesome Edward is. It makes me wish it was done in a different way, or at least that she would describe different parts of him each time. That way, we could get a more detailed picture of what he looked like as the book went on, opposed to getting a detailed picture of what the color of his eyes look like. To go with that, a lot the book is describing something, and not enough action. A lot of the chapters were just conversations between Bella and Edward along with some vaguely intimate moments. Most of the conversations entailed how much they loved each other, but it was forbidden, but it still needed to continue. That part just didn't seem to make sense. It seemed so contradictory. To sum up my thoughts, I thought the book was really cheesy and didn't make sense. There was so much they just seemed way too convenient, the conversations were really sappy, and there wasn't enough that really happened in each chapter except boring high school drama that I no longer relate to.

About Me

Hello, I am Jen Hadorn and I'm majoring in Visual Communication with Interactive Multimedia and Media Arts and Studies with Digital Media: Special Effects, Games, and Animation. It's basically a long title meaning, I'm studying Web Development and Game Development. I'm mostly interested in the art and design aspects to websites and games, opposed to the technical sides. Something I'm particularly interested in is designing characters for games. Besides art done on the computer, I like to draw with pencil and paper, paint, craft, and other artsy things like that. Along with learning how to develop games, I also really enjoy playing games. I've always been a big Nintendo fan, but I recently got an Xbox 360, so I'm starting to really like those games as well. I'd have to say that games are something I am really passionate about and I always love to talk about them with friends.

As far as this English class goes, honestly, I am pretty nervous. I was never very good at English and taking a college level English course makes me a bit uneasy. I'm not exactly the fastest reader, so I'm hoping I can get all the readings done when I need to. I don't feel like I have the best writing skills as well. I'm going to try to do what I can, and I just hope that it is what is needed. Though, one thing that I am interested in is that the class is about vampires. I really like reading about fantasy and fictional creatures like vampires, so I think that might make things less nerve wracking for me.