Twilight

Product Details

Author : Stephenie Meyer
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9780316015844
Edition : 1
Number of Pages : 544
Product Group : Book
Publication Date : 2006-09-06
Publisher : Little Brown and Company
Reading Level : Young Adult

ASIN : 0316015849

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An enticing book cover...but otherwise awful, (2008-08-09)

What a disappointing book!I hate to say it, but I must...this is a novel that will appeal only to adolescent, teenage girls.I purchased this novel after hearing all the hype around the latest book; so I decided to start reading this series at the beginning, with book 1, 'Twilight'. The book had an intriguing cover and the short preface gave me some initial hope of a great story, however, after about 20+ pages, I started to get an uneasy feeling that this book was not written with any intention of appealing to an adult audience.Some *SPOILERS* to follow...The story tells of the developing relationship between Bella (a 17 year old girl) and Edward, a 100+ year old vampire (who is handsome beyond belief and appears physically to be in his late teens).My concerns for this book...1.)The book features one line dialogues and inane conversations; page after page of fill and fluff. The link-up between the two main protagonist was dragged out over an incredibly boring 200+ pages.2.)Bella's and Edward's characters are about as flat and one-dimensional as any I've ever encountered in a novel. Furthermore, Edward's personality and his desire for Bella is totally unrealistic and unbelievable, given his true age and experience.3.)The writing is uninspiring and repetitive, as witnessed by Bella's unending swooning over Edward's good looks, and then Edward has frequent mood fluctuations (varying from outright adoration, annoyance, irritated or anger) whenever he has any dialogue with Bella.4.)The one, tense and extremely intriguing event (hinted at in the preface) that happened between pages 380 and 450, was resolved without explanation...almost like magic; the reader not really informed as to what had occurred to solve this life threatening situation. Then the novel slips once again back into a state of perpetual, rambling boredom right to the end.Conclusion:A good story that is well written and expertly told, will usually transcend most age groups and the expected differences in maturity levels; this book, emphatically does not.If your a 14-17 year old girl, you'll probably love this book...from the sales, it appears someone likes this novel. The level of writing and dialogue is very much geared to an adolescent female age group.Anyone else looking for a good fantasy tale should look elsewhere.1 StarR.NicholsonP.S. I find it unimaginable that they would think of making this into a movie. Other than the brief 'encounter' mid-book, there is absolutely nothing to hold your interest for 2+ hours in a theater.

Highly, highly overrated (2008-08-08)

Everyone at school is utterly fascinated by the new girl, especially the male population, which has me shouting at the book. In reality, all 300 some-odd self-absorbed teenagers would not be staring at her and following her around between classes. It's established that Bella is unique, and everyone in the school is drawn to her, but we're never given a reason for that. I don't mind a unique protagonist if we're told what it is that makes them so unique, but Bella has no particular skills or abilities, and there's no reason for everyone in the world to think she's soooo very special.Edward has no personality. Bella's obsession over him seems to center entirely around his looks, and they really don't have enough in common for me to sympathize with their ignoring the danger in order to stay together. In fact, vampire issues aside, Edward is exactly the type of guy girls should be running away from, not obsessing over. He sneaks into Bella's bedroom to watch her sleep, he shifts from passively happy to furious with no warning, and lest we forget, he's a 100-year-old vampire chasing a girl in high school. I don't think we could crank the creepy factor up much higher.As for the quality of the prose... well, the whole book is full of writing which sounds like Meyer opened a thesaurus and used every synonym listed in the book. The prose could have been considerably tightened, and at times I was wondering if the editor even read the book.I know the age difference is more or less ignored in most vampire love stories, but it really bothers me in this one. I think partially because Bella is jailbait as opposed to an emotionally mature adult, and partially because it's established this is the first time Edward has ever really cared about someone else. The guy is over 100 years old. Don't try to tell me Bella is the only "special" person to have been born in the past century. Also? 100 years ago, 17 was not considered particularly young. Girls got married at that age. Granted, it was less common for men to marry quite that young, but a seventeen-year-old at the turn of the century would have had his eye on someone, or people would have been wondering what was wrong with him.Also? Why are the vampires in high school? They mention moving into a new area is easier and they can stay longer if they claim to be younger upon first arrival, but there isn't much difference between 17 and 18, except that an 18-year-old wouldn't have to go to high school and forge transfer papers. I don't care what age I look like, I wouldn't want to go back and do high school over again, and I find it hard to believe this group of vampires does it voluntarily every so often.I wound up buying my own copy of Twilight because the waiting list for the dozen copies at the public library was freakishly long. Needless to say, this book is not going on my keper shelf. I don't want to chance letting it infect my other books with its many, many flaws.

Extremely over-rated (2008-07-23)

I picked up this book because I wanted to know first-hand what everyone was talking about. I am somewhat shocked that I am the only person that is writing a 'not so hot' review. First off, the book is WAY thinker than it had to be. Let's face it: the author wanted to make it look bigger then it had to be by using more words to describe things then needed. Also, I felt like all I was reading was the characters thoughts... and everything was WAY too convenient to be believable. So as soon as Bella realizes she is in love with Edward, nothing else matters and it's out of the way. I was hoping that since this book got glowing reviews, the author could make me feel like vampires did exist. Are my standards too high? Those who love this book will say yes, but I guess it's just the way I am...

genius. (2008-07-20)

This book.. These characters, The relationships the plot lines.. are like what I imagine heroin is. The book has it's holes, plot wise in the sense that it isn't very intricate or hard to figure out. But, although I never thought I'd say this about any book that those holes, small as they are, are absolutely insignificant. Where This book shines if not blindingly is it's characters. Meyer has created an amazing cast of people here. There isn't 17 different small backround plots going on throughout this, it's relatively straight forward. But if you have any imagination what so ever you will find yourself so immersed in this fantasy that You will not be able to put it down. I found myself sneaking the book to work with me and scampering off just to read a few pages. In all I read each book of the series so far in about 6-8 hours. Now I'm generally a slow reader I like getting all the nuances books have to offer.. But I was a glutton with this book.. and the rest of the series.. I tried to savor it, even fought with myself over it but in the end lost and read the entire thing so fast I had to go through it again to be sure what I had just read was as amazing as I thought it was. The only downside to this, is the last book of the series.. at least all were getting from The main character "Bella Swans" perspective is on it's way out.. Which means it's going to be a long time before we get any sort of continuation. Be prepared to go through twilight withdrawal when you have finished this series.For help with that though, Not that I want to plug more products.. but the Band "muse" Who's a huge inspiriation for Meyers writing, well their music seems to be the soundtrack to these novels. I picked up my first muse cd while awaiting breaking dawn to be released. The author raved about them and I had to have something to hold me over. It was quite an amazing experience to say the least.. You can hear the plot lines in the lyrics, or at least some version of them. It's the first time I've ever heard music that made me re visit a book in my mind, It was if they where writing about what was going on "in" twilight.. I recommend "absolution" As the cd of choice for those out there who feel curious.

I never wanted to put the book down! AMAZING! (2008-07-19)

I don't read a lot of novels, frankly, i stay away from reading them becuase i thought i had better things to do. I haven't read a novel volunatrily (meaning i haven't read a novel except for the ones i had to read for school) since I was 12. But then my best friend seemed to be CRAZY about this book. I couldn't understand her excitement for a book with vampires in it, UNTIL i read Twilight. If you're about to buy it, i say just get it already!! It's amazing! I read the book in 3 days, i probably would have read it in one sitting if i didn't have a part time job. I am excited to read the whole series!!! :D

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