tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850489379194879270.post5974007119877634534..comments2023-07-13T08:29:01.856-04:00Comments on Marzipanland: In Which There Are VampiresMarzipanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863467490854679606noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850489379194879270.post-70186402463210670972010-03-26T01:27:29.299-04:002010-03-26T01:27:29.299-04:00Thank you. I couldn't agree more!Thank you. I couldn't agree more!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12574633140928208324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850489379194879270.post-4350328278939051972010-03-25T07:36:22.827-04:002010-03-25T07:36:22.827-04:00Re-posted to fix some typos:
The Wizzle: I cannot...Re-posted to fix some typos:<br /><br />The Wizzle: I cannot even imagine how frustrating that would be. I remember reading these books about a Mormon boy in the early 1900's when I was little. I can't remember what they were called, but I remember a scene where his mom made him go lay in bed with the neighbor so he could catch measles. I believe they were at least semi-autobiographical and very funny. You don't happen to know the author or title, do you?<br /><br />Kate: You make a valid point, but what I'd say bothers me the most is the bad writing. The plots are eye-rolly, but no worse than plenty of other teen fantasy wish fulfillment.<br /><br />I don't think it has to be a binary between bad writing and Pulitzer Prize novels, though I like many of them. I read fluff, but I like it to be well-written fluff. Harry Potter books have their flaws, but I think the world-building was excellent and pretty well thought out and full of good writing. What I've read of the Twilight books has been full of stilted phrasing and obvious thesaurus usage. And the basic premise with the high school thing makes no sense to me. As I said, it just frustrates me that someone who makes such clumsy use of the English language is receiving so many accolades as a writer. But then, I hate Dan Brown for the same reason.<br /><br />The think with Buffy and Stephen King and Anne Rice - to me - is that while they may be considered fluff from an intellectual perspective (though there is plenty of food for thought in all of them, especially King's earlier classics) the writing is clever and good. (Well, not always Anne Rice, but the others.)<br /><br />Queen of the Damned was completely batshit. I don't even know what that was.Marzipanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863467490854679606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850489379194879270.post-24580325020424041662010-03-25T07:33:02.335-04:002010-03-25T07:33:02.335-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Marzipanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863467490854679606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850489379194879270.post-26960530062738135052010-03-25T01:04:15.088-04:002010-03-25T01:04:15.088-04:00Ok, I'd like to take a moment to come to the d...Ok, I'd like to take a moment to come to the defense of Twilight. Ms Meyer will be a long time waiting for her Pulitzer, its true, but when was the last time you ENJOYED a Pulitzer Prize winning book? <br /><br />I loved Anne Rice, and Stephen King, and Buffy, and alot of other tripe. And yes, Twilight. I wanted to hate, but the characters are kind of compelling, and I don't know. <br /><br />I do know I didn't hate myself for reading and watching this as I did anything with Dan Brown's name on it. <br /><br />By the way, Queen of the Damned? Seriously? Maximum Overdrive? Not all books are art. Even when written by artists.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13498390749682637882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850489379194879270.post-8480392917942720742010-03-24T17:24:10.992-04:002010-03-24T17:24:10.992-04:00Can I just say something?
It's bad enough the...Can I just say something?<br /><br />It's bad enough the way these wretched books have wormed their way into the consciousness of even people (like myself) who have studiously avoided them - but because the author is Mormon, and I am Mormon, I am subjected to hearing about them literally everywhere I go, as if they were the New Modern Word of God and Stephanie Myers is a Prophet.<br /><br />So annoying.<br /><br />It's tripe, and juvenile oversexed tripe (says the girl who also totally rocked Anne Rice as a teenager), and now I am supposed to believe that it's Fine and Totally Okay and maybe even Spiritually Uplifting because a Mormon wrote it?<br /><br />Not buying it.<br /><br />But luckily for you, you don't have to harbor quite that level of hatred for it. I don't think it's entirely healthy.The Wizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836090881894636555noreply@blogger.com