The Dawn has Broken

Yes!  Is it weird that I want to turn right around and read all the TWILIGHT books again?!  (I'm already thinking about going back to HP, so why not TWILIGHT, too?!)  I must say that this time in reading BREAKING DAWN, I seemed to focus on Stephenie's errors.  Her biggest problem is split infinitives.  I would think that by her 4th book, between her and her editors, that problem would have been corrected.  But rather than correct it, it's worse!  UGH!  That reason and that reason alone is what is going to keep the TWILIGHT series out of any serious educations pursuits as well as the Literary Canon of "great" literature.  I'm sorry, Stephenie.  I LOVE the TWILIGHT series; I'm a twi-hard and proud of it, but it's true.

I also found a huge mistake....at least I think it was a mistake.  I can't imagine that it was on purpose.  Once Alice has her vision and the Cullens realize the Volturi are coming to destroy them, Renesmee puts her hand on Bella's face and thinks about each member of their family:  "She showed me my own face, Edward's, Jacob's, Rosalie's, Esme's, Carlisle's, Alice's, Jasper's, flipping through all our family's faces faster and faster.  Seth and Leah.  Charlie, Sue, and Billy" (570).

Do you see it?!  Do you see who's missing?!  I don't want to tell you; I want you to see it for yourself, but I can't help it....Emmett!  How in the world does Stephenie FORGET our beloved, muscled Emmett?????  Renesmee would NOT have forgotten him....THAT is an author error.  I can't believe she include Seth, Leah, etc., but FORGETS Emmett!!!!! 

In spite of my negative comments, I honestly LOVE the TWILIGHT series.  This 5th or 6th reading (or whatever number I'm on now) has been just as much fun as the first time I read the series.  In fact, I probably love the series more now than I did before.  While it will never be GREAT literature, it's FUN literature.  I like reading things where I don't have to get deeply involved in symbolism, setting, characterization, theme, etc., etc., etc. 

Don't get me wrong.  I LOVE the literary stuff, too.  I wouldn't be teaching ENGLISH if I didn't!  It's just that it's nice for a change to read something simple and fun.  It's why I read the Mary Balogh books and Stephen King.  Why not add Stephenie Meyer to that list?!