Just checked Wikipedia's page for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn. I only skimmed through the first few paragraphs, but I approve of something mention, "received mostly negative reviews from critics."
Twilight has been criticized by just about every English prof I've talked to as being an embarrassment--or disgrace--to literature. In fact, in my Creative Writing class, we constantly rag on the series. These are the books we insult. The movies can only be worse than the books--as is common when literature is transcribed into film.
I've never read any of the saga's books, or watched the movies. I don't want to. The main reason is that they label it as a vampire story; yet, there are no vampires in twilight. Twilight's vampires sparkle in sunlight and drink animal blood. This is a classic portrayal of a faerie. Va,pires are supposed to die by sunlight and feast off of humans.
It's also a clichè romance.
What's disgusting about it is that it was inspired by a dream Stephenie Meyer had. A wet dream, I've heard, but I'm not going to slam my hammer down on the verdict.
However, Twilight can be happy with the fact that, "response from fans and other viewers has been more positive," as stated by Wikipedia.
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