Reasoning with Vampires has got to be one of the best things I’ve ever stumbled upon. It’s a forensic examination of the Twilight series where the books are carefully dissected and their inner workings exposed to the harsh light of day.
Never having read the Twilight series, I hadn’t realized just how flawed they are on almost every level. Not only is Bella’s relationship with Edward pathologically unhealthy, but she literally forgets to breathe on several occasions. Honestly, Urban Dictionary could define TSTL with a picture of Bella Swan.
If that wasn’t bad enough, the books also suffer from all kinds of mechanical problems. Stephenie Meyer’s sentences are often so large and unwieldy that they collapse in on themselves and become literary black holes. She also never met a dialogue tag that she didn’t like. Her pronouns stubbornly refuse to be tied down to any clear antecedent. The list goes on and on.
Snarkiness aside, RwV is a valuable resource for any writer because it can actually teach you quite a bit about grammar. It’s certainly much more enjoyable than The Elements of Style.
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