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Horrible attempts to ride Twilight's coattails
« on: January 07, 2014, 02:49:16 pm »
We've all heard about the Twilight Saga.  However, there have been a number of other paranormal romance books that are just as bad, or arguably even worse.

I think one of the worst of these is the Hush, Hush series.  For one, it has a male lead so unlikeable he makes Edward Cullen look like Will Smith.  Its female lead is a brainless bint.  It has plot holes you could drive a monster truck through.  The "villains" are more likeable and sympathetic than the "heroes".  I could go on, but I won't.

You can read more about the series here: http://zelda-queen.livejournal.com/95548.html.

Have you stumbled across bad Paranormal Romances?
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Re: Horrible attempts to ride Twilight's coattails
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2014, 04:09:16 pm »
I missread the title as "Hobbit attempts to ride Twilight's coattails" and thought this was gonna be about some horrific Twilight inspired addition to the Hobbit films.

As for bad paranomal romance, has anyone ever read Christine Feehans Dark series?
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Re: Horrible attempts to ride Twilight's coattails
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2014, 08:53:30 pm »
50 Shades of Grey. (URL leads to excellent deconstruction.)

HUGE doses of "stalking is love," "rape is love," "abuse is totally BDSM," and "asking for consent then continuing after a 'No' is OK."  And that's just the tip of the fail-iceberg.

(EDIT to fix link.  Sorry y'all.)
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Re: Horrible attempts to ride Twilight's coattails
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2014, 09:57:46 pm »
Quote from: TheL on January 07, 2014, 08:53:30 pm
[rul=http://pervocracy.blogspot.com/search/label/Fifty%20shades%20of%20grey]50 Shades of Grey.[/url] (URL leads to excellent deconstruction.)

HUGE doses of "stalking is love," "rape is love," "abuse is totally BDSM," and "asking for consent then continuing after a 'No' is OK."  And that's just the tip of the fail-iceberg.
Yes, we all know about Fifty Shades of Grey.  Personally, I hope the movie never gets made.

My brother's heavily into BDSM, and he's offended by the depiction of the subculture.
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Re: Horrible attempts to ride Twilight's coattails
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2014, 01:24:46 pm »
That's what disturbs me most about FSoG the lack of consent. The fact that the woman is FORCED into it against her will! Sick!

If she's forced into BDSM that means it's not her bag! Imagine being a non-scat person forced into doing scat? Makes my skin crawl!

People should do BDSM/Scat/Golden Showers or whatever if they WANT to!! You can't force a fetish on someone.

Some like costumes, some like tickling, some like whipped cream, some like massage, some like toys, some like whips & paddles, so like to play with their *blarrgh* poo *yuk*, etc. The important word here is CONSENT.

The fact that there's a bunch of women who like these books makes me wonder about them.


The weird thing is, it's been done before, it's practically plagarism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_O
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Re: Horrible attempts to ride Twilight's coattails
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2014, 01:56:54 pm »
Quote from: SpukiKitty on January 09, 2014, 01:24:46 pm
That's what disturbs me most about FSoG the lack of consent. The fact that the woman is FORCED into it against her will! Sick!

If she's forced into BDSM that means it's not her bag! Imagine being a non-scat person forced into doing scat? Makes my skin crawl!

People should do BDSM/Scat/Golden Showers or whatever if they WANT to!! You can't force a fetish on someone.

Some like costumes, some like tickling, some like whipped cream, some like massage, some like toys, some like whips & paddles, so like to play with their *blarrgh* poo *yuk*, etc. The important word here is CONSENT.

The fact that there's a bunch of women who like these books makes me wonder about them.


The weird thing is, it's been done before, it's practically plagarism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_O
Yeah, you could easily rewrite it as some kind of Hitchcock-style horror novel.
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Re: Horrible attempts to ride Twilight's coattails
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2014, 05:49:06 pm »
Quote from: Flying Mint Bunny! on January 07, 2014, 04:09:16 pm
As for bad paranomal romance, has anyone ever read Christine Feehans Dark series?

I liked the Dark Series. And then I grew up.
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Re: Horrible attempts to ride Twilight's coattails
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2014, 12:31:32 am »
Quote from: I am lizard on January 09, 2014, 08:42:36 pm
Quote from: Ultimate Paragon on January 09, 2014, 01:56:54 pm
Quote from: SpukiKitty on January 09, 2014, 01:24:46 pm
That's what disturbs me most about FSoG the lack of consent. The fact that the woman is FORCED into it against her will! Sick!

If she's forced into BDSM that means it's not her bag! Imagine being a non-scat person forced into doing scat? Makes my skin crawl!

People should do BDSM/Scat/Golden Showers or whatever if they WANT to!! You can't force a fetish on someone.

Some like costumes, some like tickling, some like whipped cream, some like massage, some like toys, some like whips & paddles, so like to play with their *blarrgh* poo *yuk*, etc. The important word here is CONSENT.

The fact that there's a bunch of women who like these books makes me wonder about them.


The weird thing is, it's been done before, it's practically plagarism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_O
Yeah, you could easily rewrite it as some kind of Hitchcock-style horror novel.
I was thinking something the Cinema Snob would review un-ironically.
I'd love to see that review.
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Re: Horrible attempts to ride Twilight's coattails
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2014, 12:38:49 am »
By the way, my wife told me about an unintentionally hilarious romance novel called Hedging His Bets.  Apparently, it stars an alpha-male were-hedgehog named Blake Carlisle who comes up with a zany scheme to get into his love interest's pants.
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Re: Horrible attempts to ride Twilight's coattails
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2014, 05:14:24 am »
Quote from: I am lizard on January 12, 2014, 04:38:02 am
That one time spike tried to get on twilights dress.



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Re: Horrible attempts to ride Twilight's coattails
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2014, 10:54:12 am »
Paranormal romance existed before the Twilight series, in all the usual spectra of quality.
Twilight gave the genre a popularity boost, but didn't invent it.
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Re: Horrible attempts to ride Twilight's coattails
« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2014, 12:41:37 pm »
Quote from: Ultimate Paragon on January 07, 2014, 02:49:16 pm
We've all heard about the Twilight Saga.  However, there have been a number of other paranormal romance books that are just as bad, or arguably even worse.

I think one of the worst of these is the Hush, Hush series.  For one, it has a male lead so unlikeable he makes Edward Cullen look like Will Smith.  Its female lead is a brainless bint.  It has plot holes you could drive a monster truck through.  The "villains" are more likeable and sympathetic than the "heroes".  I could go on, but I won't.

You can read more about the series here: http://zelda-queen.livejournal.com/95548.html.

Have you stumbled across bad Paranormal Romances?

My sister got that on a friend's recommendation, but she hasn't read it yet. After seeing the sporking, I've been warning her away from it.
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Re: Horrible attempts to ride Twilight's coattails
« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2014, 08:25:12 am »
Let's not forget Save the Pearls.  Oh my God.  It's racist, it's misogynistic, it fails science on every conceivable level, and it's just plain unpleasant.
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