novel recently made its debut on the big screen as a movie starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. The first of Stephenie's "vampire" series has had mixed reviews. I've read both Anne Rice's "vampire" writings and Stephenie Meyer's book and I must say, these critics who put down Stephenie Meyer's book are forgetting who the target audience is in her series. They criticize her writing style, complaining that it lacks substance. What substance are they looking for? The gory details about the vampire kills and in-depth historical perspectives that you can read about in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles? Would Stephenie Meyer's target teen audience really be interested in reading all that? Or wouldn't the frequent mention of love and crushing stares be more interesting? Right.
, remarks that their dialogues were "bland" or "corny". Most of the characters in the novel are teenagers, for crying out loud. I think Stephenie Meyer painted a fairly realistic view of teenagers in her novel by not making them sound too intellectual, yet drawing some emphasis on their unsureness, their "dazzlement" with their desires and physical affection. In the story, both Edward and Bella deal with their growing desires for one another, yet wondering at the same time, why they are so attracted to each other, realizing that there is "something" that is not quite normal or right about the entire situation. It's a theme that successfully keeps the reader wondering where all this will lead to in the end. 
a negative review to read the book first and keep in mind who the intended readers are...then maybe they can have something sensible to say about the whole thing. 
I might be a little off-theme here, but I really thought I should mention this. People close to me know that I am a fan of Anne Rice, the author famous for writing the Vampire Chronicles, whose most well-known character is the Vampire Lestat. Many of us probably remember that character from Tom Cruise's movie Interview With the Vampire, wherein he played the vampire Lestat. Brad Pitt co-starred in the movie as Louis de Pointe du Lac. The then-young starlet, Kirsten Dunst, played Claudia, a girl that was turned into a vampire and was doomed to spend the rest of her life at that age.
I just felt like blogging about this because I was thrilled to find out that she is going to come back with another Lestat novel- after vowing to write only religious stories about Christ when she returned to her Catholic roots. I have to admit, while I am not against the religion (I am Catholic myself), I didn't get as much thrill out of reading her Christ the Lord novel as I did from reading the Vampire novels. I mean, her Christ book was very well-written. It gave me a look at Christ's life from a perspective I've never envisioned before. But my lust for the goth, passion, philosophy, and history that she blends her vampire novel series were just not being satisfied.
In a Time Magazine online article posted today, Anne Rice says that Lestat Lives. Yes, she will write another vampire novel. While not abandoning her vow to keep writing religious stories, she will bring back Lestat who "will be wrestling with the existence of God throughout the story" as she puts it. Sounds like it's going to rouse some controversy.
Yes, sounds like it's going to be exciting!!!
