Fight over Twilight....

Yday there was a small tiff in my office with my colleague-cum-friend about how women fall head-over-heels for Edward (supposedly the near-to-perfect guy!!,.....whatever that means) and how Twilight sucks (for him). He just couldnt accept that women would like Twilight series even though it is about a teen girl falling in love with a Vampire and all she does (according to him and like minded men) just whine for Edward and then later for Jacob and again for Edward etc etc... Oh so boring !!!! (that is what he said..) Oh my.. Oh my... We have been having this tiff on and off now, since he saw Twilight movie (without reading the book) and found it goddamn boring and idiotic...So I thought why not use this for my blog this week ;) even though I had quite a lot of things to write about.

Let me accept a few facts. Most women would want a guy like Edward.. But is Edward perfect.. well hell no.. he isnt.. he is also flawed.. then why do women like his character ? Well there are lot of reasons.... but may be being a vampire is an added advantage ;)
Twilight series was my first ever teen romantic novel. What did I like in that ??? The humor. A general perception is that women authors arent that humourous in their writings. In Twilight, I loved the very cute one-liners..apart from Edward and Alice..;).

Vampires and werewolves , the fights between them....it really impressed me.. I agree that as a story Twilight series has its own flaws... it was blown out of proportion for the sake of a bigger book (the same happened with Harry Potter too..which for the record is one of my ever favorites).... So what.. as long as it has what you are looking for, I would read that book. I have the whole series with me and I know which pages has my favorite lines and which book has it..so when I feel like I can just pick it up and read it and feel better.. I used to do that with Harry Potter and Ponniyin Selvan too.

So now coming back to the tiff...why do guys feel this story stupid ? Well for one, I guess they just cant imagine how a teen girl's love ;) would be...and may be it is just the 'men are from mars and women are from venus' thing that makes these guys hate this novel.. I still agree that the first book is a very good teen romantic love story (remember I never read M&B or any other teen romance in my life...so may be I liked it ..but how wud a girl who has read all these, like this ??? I am not sure....should check with someone on that aspect ) and yes it has its flaws...but what novel doesnt ??? I agree that Bella isnt my fav character coz she is so so confused..just like Jessie in VTV (and I know some people in my friend circle would throw a glare at me for saying this...they did it on friday...;) )

Guys, its not that bad.. though it might not be that good for you..but always take what you like from a given series... And you know what, it is just a fantasy novel. So just enjoy it.. I know of much worse novels than this..

And let us not fight over it , Again!!!