Day 47: Peaceful Bliss
As my two adoring cats snuggled up at my legs, I finished the brief 3-night marathon to read the last book in the Twilight series - Breaking Dawn. All 750+ pages. Cambria was fascinated with the speed I read.
I give full permission to make fun. But truly, this is so what I needed. Arguably better than the weekend vacation in Florida. It offered me such a pleasant and entertaining escape into a world so far from my inconsistent, and often disappointing reality.
It took me until a few weeks ago to finally give into watching the Twilight movies. It started with curiosity by watching the first one. Then I easily was swept into the others. By the time the most recent one ended (Breaking Dawn - Part 1) I felt the dreaded pull of anticipation for what would happen next. The nearly fanatic draw that I had been so incredibly suspicious and critical of for so long in others.
So naturally, I needed to find a way to resolve the story without having to wait until later this year when Part 2 came out in theaters. Pathetic, I know. I ordered the Breaking Dawn book online. Not any of the others, mind you. I didn't need to relive that drama. I just wanted to know how it ended.
I have to admit, the writing style of this author was a little disappointing. Didn't seem very mature or challenging, but I reminded myself the target audience was teenagers and it made a little more sense. The bigger let down though was when I saw a short video interview of the author on Amazon while I was purchasing this book to fulfill my newly found addiction. She seemed to be flabbergasted as to why her series were such a hit. Really? She can't see how the concept of this story would naturally be so appealing to practically any woman alive? The idea that you're surrounded by handsome, strong men (okay, boys more or less) who are completely smitten with you and would literally put their lives on the line to protect you and win you over? Yeah, I guess her unintentional way of going about the story was pretty disappointing. I had hoped the author would exhibit some sort of brilliance at delivering something that was so perfectly in line with every woman's fantasy. But, oh well.
I watched Breaking Dawn Part 1 with a Serbian friend who has never read the books, just watched the movies. It was funny to see her reaction to Bella becoming pregnant and then becoming a vampire....I think she said she was going to read the book as well so she could know how it ended :) If you want to continue to lose yourself in great books, I'll email you some recommendations. There's been a few in this past year that pained me to finish because the end of the relationship with these beloved characters was nearing the end...
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE any and all recommendations as long as they are not too emotionally intense...lol. I can't handle too much right now. : )
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