So there was the little preview from the CW...NOT at all like the Books. Here we go again with discrepancies that DO NOT need to be there. The main character Elena is suppose to have blond hair and blue eyes! The books talk about it almost as much as Stephenie Meyers compares Edward to a Greek God. So I would say-don't go off this TV series as to whether or not you want to read the books.
Now to the books: Here is my own TwiSessed TwiNereded Opinion...and it is my own. And for those who have read our blog before, I don't always keep it "clean"....there you have been warned.
The first thing I noticed is this series in not written in the any one's POV...it is just a story. And it jumps from what one person is doing in one place to what another is doing in another. Although it isn't difficult to keep up it did start to get to me after a while. I can see where it is compared to Twilight - there are a lot of similarities...but this book came out in 1991, so I give it a free pass on any "Twilight Knockoff" references. It does have the word "Twilight" in it about a million times and if you are a Twilight Obsesseed like me you will notice! LOL!
The main Character Elena is the popular girl at school, everyone LOVES her...I am wondering if that is why this series never caught on. How many "Popular" girls were there in your High School compared to the normal to dork level girls. I say we had about 3 "POPULAR" girls, a few DORKS and the rest were just Normal. So I can see where a lot of people might of had trouble relating to Elena. Perhaps that is ONE of the reasons this series never "caught on" like Twilight did.
The story line is a LOT darker than Twilight. And the romantic scenes remind me of True Bloods little brother (the one in diapers still sucking a pacifier). Not a lot of passion really, but when you aren't getting the story from any ONE person's point of view-you don't really get what they are "thinking".
LJ Smith talks about Stefan's Oak Green Eyes just about as much as Stephenie Meyers talks about Edward being a hard marble statue (too fucking much). The same with the Elena's eyes...I don't give a rats ass!!
The first book (which is part one and two) was a LOT easier to get through than the second (the third and forth parts). I found myself fighting to keep reading the second book. I really didn't care what was after them, who died, who didn't die...etc.... Where as the writing might be on a higher lever...I don't think the books grab the audience like Twilight. I don't feel like I had a vested interest in any character. I kept getting Bonnie and Meredeth mixed up. I am still not certain which one was the psychic (nor do I care).
Would I recommend these? I guess...if you have ran out of fanfic to read and you want to give your clitoris a break from Twiporn. Will you be doodling Stefan's name during your next office meeting instead of Edward's? I think not!
Yeah I read the first book too, but I didn't feel the undeniable urge to go out and buy the next one. I have, however, read a million fanfictions, and about 4 book series since Twilight, and it sucks how much Twilight ruined me. Will anything ever be as amazing as Twilight?!
ReplyDeleteThat's funny, do you think they casted Elena as brown haired, brown eyes to channel a "Bella"?
ReplyDeleteI haven't read LJ Smith's books, and I actually only found out about The Vampire Diaries when I was at Borders back in March after finishing reading Twilight and was looking at what other YA books were out there now. I was surprised the YA bestseller shelf was loaded with things like Cassandra Clare's City of Bones, this, Night World, Twilight, Vampire Kisses, and then of course PC Cast and her daughter's House of Night series. I haven't had the desire to read any of them. But I will probably check out The Vampire Diaries (it so sucks that to truncate the title gives you VD) because I'm a sucker for these teen shows and a part of me longs for Buffy on TV again.