Thursday, August 07, 2008

the book sucks, but reading doesn't

Please don't read this awesome book review unless you've already read the 4th installation of Twilight Series, in which case, I'm really sorry because it sucked ...

what's awesome about it isn't that it makes sense and is dead on about some of the plot holes and character craps ... no, what's amazing is the following excerpt:
I could go on.

But now I’m tired. And it wouldn’t be right. Because despite everything I’ve just written, there were teenagers lined up outside of bookstores on Friday night waiting to read.

To read.

And if teens are reading, how can that suck?

It doesn’t suck.

Stephenie Meyer, no matter the quality of the creation, has created a reason for young people to be excited about books. Which could very well lead to them getting excited about different books later on. Totally a corny sentiment, true.

But in this day and age, when 5 million Wii units have been sold and counting, it’s actually kinda refreshing that reading is still “cool”. Like it or not, Meyer is helping to make it cool.

And that’s cool with me. Besides, she’s a millionaire now so, really, who’s laughing in the end?

- LaineyBooks

1 comment:

kat said...

quite true, bb.