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A “Twilight” Repartee

January 20, 2009 by Kyle Brady
Tags: Awesome, Book Review, Comebacks, Twilight
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A user named "Anna" made some unenlightened attacks on my review of "Twilight" over on Goodreads, and I thought the dialogue was worth reposting.  Especially since I'm awesome and had a witty/snarky response.

Anna said:

I hate when people say a book isn't worth reading just because they didn't like it. Your opinion is not more important or better then any of the people who did like the book and saying that it's not worth reading just because you didn't like it is pitiful. Not to mention the fact that you are a middle aged man and it's very much a teenage girl book. an there is Vampire sex, something you wouldn't know about as you never read past the first one.

My reply:

Hi Anna,

Thanks for playing, but you're wrong.

My opinion IS more important than all of the crying, whining teenage girls and post-menopausal women who claim this book is the second coming of Hamlet. You know why?

Because I don't let sappy pulp-based emotions rule my judgment of something's literary value.

Me not liking the book has nothing to do with just not liking it on a reader level... this book is not worth reading, by anyone, because it has zero literary value. And I believe I've said that many times in this thread already.

I'm glad you took the time to attack me and my very informed opinions. I really appreciate it. Maybe next time you should do a little background on who I am before you decide to slander me as being "pitiful", and I think you'll find that my thoughts on books are usually insightful, if not balanced.

Finally, what I said on here is no different than what the majority of the literary community of America (maybe the world?) said. Ask college Literature professors what they think about this "novel". Ask high school English teachers. Ask snooty librarians. Maybe you can fool "The Today Show", but sum of us iz just two damm smarte...

Most of them will tell you this is nothing but unmitigated pandering to a tear-stained audience that doesn't deserve to be in the same room as some of the modern greats, much less raised on the same pedestal, despite how often it gets compared to Harry Potter.

Good try though. Taking a stab in the dark at someone you don't know is always a good idea, especially when it's emotionally driven.

Enjoy your vampire porn.

--Kyle

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