Breaking Dawn
Posted by Ms Harker | Filed under Horror Reading
Horror Lite
So being the horror enthusiast that I am, I purchased a copy of the latest of Stephenie Meyers teen vamp series ‘Breaking Dawn’. Before I start lets get something clear, I like my horror spooky not gruesome, scary not traumatizing and sometimes raunchy… but not dirty bird porno style. So even though the Meyers series is horror ‘lite’ the world she has created is interesting and complex and I think has managed to maintain a reasonably traditional mythology (if you suspend your disbelief that the vamps walk around during the day). I enjoyed the book, it took a darker turn than some of the others and finally the protagonist couple… ‘coupled’! However having read some of the fan-sites it seems many are unhappy with the final novel, some felt the darker turn a bit gross (little bit of blood and guts), others feel the main plot line is too much of a stretch. For those of us who read horror regularly, these new turns in the narrative are easy to accept, I think that fans are disappointed the vaseline was wiped from the lense for this novel, leaving them with the harsher reality of the vampire world. Which for myself was a relief from some of the earlier pseudo gothic fairy floss.
Tags: Horror
3 Responses to “Breaking Dawn”
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Lulu Says:
August 21st, 2008 at 1:51 amI’ve just finished reading Twilight, and am really looking forward to completing the whole series very soon! Thanks for the review
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Annie Says:
August 21st, 2008 at 1:55 amHi, I like the Anne Rice series, I love the history, the intricacy of her narrative and that her vampires are subject to soul search and emotions. Will take a look at this one to see what I think.
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coramdeofide Says:
August 23rd, 2008 at 10:30 amI like vampire stories but they’re quite alike. http://www.fictionpress.com/~daniyells The twilight series was tooo smut-less.
