Rant: Trends
I finally bought my own copy of New Moon, the sequel to the novel Twilight. I do like the story, yes, but the thing that starts to bother me is the fact that it’s starting to become a trend. And I dislike buying books when they’re universally worshiped by millions. When I first read Twilight, it was not as famous as it was now and I fear that the series is starting to become the new “in”. This is precisely the reason why I avoided The Da Vinci Code - everyone was reading it, it did not seem a leisure for me to do so. Though a big fanbase is good for any author, I don’t like them when they’re too huge - as some people do not like hearing the word “Bleach” because of its suffocating fanbase.
Maybe it was good I started reading the now-expanding series when it was not as popular. Now that I have started it, I’ll always have that feeling of finishing the story. I remember reading Stephenie Meyer saying she might write a fourth book but I want the story to end there. I don’t like novels stretching too long, as if there was no end to all their life-endangering problems, plots building up into a mountain too high to climb (i.e. Terry Goodkind, Charlaine Harris). If Stephenie actually writes over four novels for this series, I might just feel like stopping to read it. Gah.