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Okay, so I downloaded the audiobook of Twilight this afternoon and listened to first four chapters.  And honestly?  I kind of hate it.  It's so, so angsty.  It's so stupidly angsty.  And Bella is kind of a bitch.  And Edward is really boring.  He's too pretty and perfect, and he's way too mysterious.  He's so mysterious, I'm not even curious about him.  He's so mysterious that he's come right back around to boring.

Anyway, I'm still going to listen to it, at least until the part with the vampires, because maybe it gets better?  I don't know, but I feel like I should at least give it that chance.  I had to find a way to keep myself sane, though, so I took notes while I listened.

( angst, angst, angsty angst angst )

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So I just finished Part 1 of the Twilight audiobook.  I've been listening to it for almost six hours straight, which is ... kind of frightening, actually.  I just got inexplicably sucked in.  I thought the slightly annoying narrator would help with that, but it wasn't enough.  I'm not sure what chapter I'm on anymore because I didn't take notes today, but I will say that in the 7 1/2 hours of Part 1, nothing happens.  That is why me getting sucked in is so frightening.  I couldn't stop listening, and then it ended and I realised that nothing had happened at all.  I mean, obviously stuff happened: Edward "came out" as it were; Bella's blood smelled nice; Bella and Edward angsted.  But from a narrative point of view, nothing happened.  I am halfway through the book, and now that I've stopped listening, I know I could walk away now and never ever care what happens to any of them.  And I'm actually rather scared to listen to the second half, because I'm frightened that a book that is so stupid and should be so boring can suck me in so completely.

Also, Twilight wins the "Cheesiest Line Ever" award for this bit (about 90-95% accurate, as I'm transcribing from an audiobook):

“‘Aren’t you hungry?’
"'No.' I didn’t feel like mentioning that my stomach was already full … of butterflies.”

I laughed so much at that, I had to pause the audiobook because I couldn't hear it.  Also, I'm amazed that so many people can take seriously a book that actually uses the phrase "alabaster brow" in a serious sentence.  But mostly I'm frightened that it's slowly sucking my brain cells, and I'm powerless to stop it because it's so inexplicably addicting!  Seriously, if iTunes hadn't stopped it automatically, I think I would have just kept listening into the night because I couldn't stop it!  I'm scared, frankly.