Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Saga vs. Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles  

Thanks for commenting. I realize that I am in the minority opinion but I do embrace all books whether I dislike them or not. I did read all of them because I believe that books are worth reading no matter what my opinion is because how else will I grow as a person. Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles are very dark books. It questions humanity, religion, and alot of other things that we take for granted. But I will warn you that Anne Rice is slightly perverse. Other than that, I hope you enjoy.

Thank you very much for your great analysis of the book. I do agree with your observations. I will admit that I had read Twilight with some bias. But I don't think that it is all that it is hyped up to be.

Did you only read the Interview with a Vampire? Because if you have, that is the most boring book out of the entire series. I liked it but I started loving it after having read Vampire Lestat. Memnoch the Devil gets much influence from John Milton's Paradise Lost.

Thank you for commenting. i truly do value your opinion. =)

That is what everyone says about interview with a vampire. My cousin has all the books in the vampire series and I've been meaning to get them from her, we had sorta a book club between us so we could read all the books we wanted without having to buy all the them ourselves, but she went away to college and its hard for us to trade now.

Then when I see her I never remember to borrow another book from the series.

I highly encourage you to read the series. It's mind blowing good fun. After I had read the second book I went out to buy the rest of the series in bulk. =)

Your observations are quite in sync with what I had in mind. I just had to create the comparison since all of my friends who are in their late 20s and 30s are just gushing over the Twilight series. If I ever make any mention of Anne Rice they hiss at me in contempt. I was told by them that I lacked literary sense to choose Anne Rice over Stephanie Meyer. And I had to listen to them seriously because my friends are all very well read. They even told me that they thought that it was better than Harry Potter, which I also think is not possible to properly compare... and I think that Harry Potter rules! I embrace all books whether they make sense to me or not. Thank you for your comment. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Yay! Another Anne Rice fan! I salute you.

But sometimes if the book is truly good, it doesn't matter what age group it was written for. For example, Harry Potter! But yeah, what is up with "vegetarian" vampires. It's so lame that it's great. =)

I have read Midnight Sun. I have a thing in which I have to finish what I started no matter what. I still can't agree with your assessment about how Bella is a good axample for teenagers. She lacks self-esteem, easily goes into depression and much more. I have not once felt that she sacrificed her comforts for others for the others. She loves to be the martyr and of what I don't know. And Edward may be a vampire but you have to also remember that vampires are humanoids. They're still somewhat human. And watching her sleep at night in her room without her knowing is by definition a stalker. But I digress. You may see this book in a different light because you like th series. I may dislike it because I already had a bias. But thank you for your opinion.

Stephenie Meyer never promised to inspire generations of teen girls through her novels. Protagonists of many books aren't really a good example for certain readers. Just like Artemis Fowl is about a criminal mastermind... Artemis isn't a very good example for boys of his age if you see it in that light but still it has loads of fans.

Bella does sacrifice her comforts at the beginning for her mom and comes to live in Forks as her mom needs to spend time with Phil. Before she goes to the meadow she informs Charlie that she is staying at home and tells Jessica she has cancelled her plans of going out with Edward, only to protect Edward from getting into trouble if he loses his control and kills Bella. When the James danger arises, she could have easily kept Alice and Jasper as her back-up when she went to meet James. In addition to her concern for her mother, she was also worried about the Cullens' safety... That's why she goes alone to face her death in return for her mother(though her mom wasnt actually kidnapped)... That's about her sacrifices... if u want more I have to read the novel again which I don't want to...

And the thing about Twilight which is really attracting is it's positive message...
that just like a movie there's always a happy ending in our lives, and if that's not the case then "Picture abhi baaki hain"... and that bad doesn't always have to be bad, he/she still has hope and it's the choices we make in life that proves ultimately whether one is good or bad....

I had been thinking about your reply all day... that's why the reply turned out to be so big...
you are right... there must be a reason why u are so akkhruoo about this novel...

Anne Rice is definitely for the more mature. But I also don't think that maturity has much to do with age. I believe that Twilight had great promise. It was a good idea but it has been done before by other juvenile authors. I forget the author's name but there was a book called Silver Kiss a long time ago and it was about a love between a human and a vampire. If you want to go even further back, Dracula by Bram Stoker is another. But now I'm just rambling.

I encourage you to read the chronicles. Very dark and sensual and it attacks the everyday norms.

Thank you for your response.

If you like gothic fantasy and anything to do with vampires, you will love it. Thanks for responding.

Yea. I can see it being a guilty pleasure for some people. Anne Rice is not so bubbly. It's dark and deliciously horrid. Hope you read them. Thanks for your response.

are Anne Rice's books all about vampires???

They are in a sense all about vampires but these books make the readers think much more about religion, humanity, torment, etc. I'm not able to describe it well but it is all well worth the read.