SECRETS OF THE SPARKLE
So, I’m knee-deep in Carrie Jones’ book NEED and I’m totally digging it. Some of the reviews on Amazon.com and other places have likened NEED to TWILIGHT but I beg to differ. Reason number one being that TWILIGHT sucked and NEED rules. I know, I know, I’m in the minority here about the book-slash-movie phenomenon that has people acting like this. But really — when you read a suspenseful thriller like NEED, you realize what TWILIGHT should have had: a strong female protagonist, humor, and a bona fide mystery to solve (a.k.a. more plot than just swooning over Edward.)
Fortunately, a friend sent me this website, “Secrets of the Sparkle,” which is what would happen if the Soup met literary criticism. No wait, maybe this is funner. It’s about the hidden “meaning” in TWILIGHT, which really isn’t hidden at all. The site’s kinda old, I guess, but I’d never seen it before and it had me about peeing my pants. So give it a look. Then go read NEED.
2 Responses to “SECRETS OF THE SPARKLE”
June 21st, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Dear Lara,
Thanks for sucking (hah, sucking, get it?) away my entire allotted writing time for today. No need to apologize though. I’ve spent the last week of my allotted reading time trying to get to the end of New Moon cuz – you know – I figured I HAD to. But now, I am free to skip Books 3 & 4! On to something really good — like Donut Days. (I wish!)
Ssly, thanks!
June 22nd, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Haha. Great to hear about Twilight! So few in the literary world are willing to admit that they don’t feel that it’s the latest greatest thing. I admit I haven’t read it myself. I’m a teacher and many of my students have read it (and the whole series), but I have never felt the pull, even though I love vampire stories (I’m so glad True Blood just started again on HBO), and I know that many people love the books. I had a friend who said that she read them just to know what the hype was about at first, got through all four and thought they were mediocre. She gave me the synopsis and I felt that that was enough for me. It reinforced my hunch about how much I’d be able to get into them. I’m definitely going to check out Feed now though!