Thursday, October 16, 2008

An Open Letter to Stephenie Meyer

Dear Best-Selling Author or Young Adult Vampire Novels Stephenie Meyer,

I am shocked that someone allowed you to publish Breaking Dawn.

Yes, I have cruised my way through all your (four) books in two weeks, and yes, I keep saying that I don't like them, but I enjoy them. That all changed when I got to this piece of drivel you call Breaking Dawn. Never have I read such outright masturbatory fast car/pretty clothes fantasy combined with right wing preachiness. I am truly sorry that I gave Borders $18 for this piece of crap, and I am so sorry for the millions of teenage girls who are going to walk away from this with a romanticized view of things.

Yeah, I get that, like, People magazine loves you, but you know what? My 18-month-old cousin can finish the People crossword puzzle in five minutes without help. Yeah, I get that you have millions of dollars. But so does Britney Spears. Don't mean she finished high school.

I am reading Pride and Prejudice over and over until I feel clean again,
Melissa Kate Elaine Evans

2 comments:

Unknown said...

my roommate feels the same way!

i'm on a "vampire break" right now after the first two books started to ruin my life. i've been resisting the third book as it sits on our bookshelf tempting me.

Nikki Illinois said...

I can't help it- I just pretend there is no Breaking Dawn and still love myself some Edward Cullen... Breaking Dawn, a travesty... All the others totally Awesome- I'm sorry for your loss of faith