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Books : Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) |
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Books : Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) |
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by: Stephenie Meyer
EAN: 9780316015844 ISBN: 0316015849 Label: Little, Brown Young Readers Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 544 Publication Date: September 06, 2006 Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers Reading Level: Young Adult Sales Rank: 3 Studio: Little, Brown Young Readers Editorial Review: Related Items:
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 Rating:  - twilighttwilight is a very good book so far. i am almost to chapter 12. but not quit there. i can not wait to finish reading twilight and to start on new moon. a lot of people say that new moon is said. i hope i like the books as much as everyone else. they seem like very good books. i can not wait till breaking down comes out. i think the books that are going to be in edwards point are going to be even better. sense edward is a vampire it is going to be very very interstimg. my sister and her friend are going to make t shirts for the opening day. well i should really say night. they are going to be rading the book stores. i just can not wait till i finish all the books and get to read the ones in edwards point of view. i think all tese books are going to be a big big very big hit. exspesly the ones in edwards point of view. Rating:  - What a wonderful premise... What a terrible way to go about itI don't know why this book is so popular, especially among anyone older than 15. I love the idea of the book. Sometimes throughout it I enjoy it and then it only lasts for a page and I'm bored again waiting for it to get good again. There are so few descriptions about Forks, Edward, the friends and Bella herself that I find myself feeling like I'm just reading a whole bunch of selfish dialogue and shallow conversations that leave me wondering why I'm wasting my time. I'm bored. I'm sick of hearing, "... eyes narrowed." I have counted over twenty times this phrase is used to describe a person's eyes. Where's the thesaurus? I just wish there was more to this than the gushy shallow feelings of one insignificant girl that's supposed to be clumsy-cute and some tall, dark and porcelain "cold" guy who's rude, annoyingly self absorbed and immature. My eyes tend to skip past the parts where Edward is described because all we get is "dazzling, smooth, gorgeous, mesmerizing, baffling, smells wonderful..." blah blah blah. It gets to be gag-me status just 100 pages in- especially the predictability of his heroic "Save the mysteriously boring klutz." What a disappointment. I think it's entertaining at best but don't expect to be "dazzled"- no pun intended. Rating: - A matter of perception?I am 31 and love this series. Meyer has created characters I care about and enjoy spending time with. I've read the books several times. It is essentially a love story. I enjoy the feelings the story evokes in me - Twilight: the intense emotions of falling in love for the very first time; New Moon: the crippling pain of having your heart broken and how to go on; Eclipse: the complexity of emotions that come with self-awareness, realizing mistakes and making difficult choices, knowing the consequences. This story seems to incite love or hate. I was surprised by the 1 star reviews, but then, saw a pattern: dislike for the characters, the dialogue, the wrong messages to YA or saw Bella and Edward's love as superficial. I think a person's enjoyment of the books will depend on their preconceived views. And perhaps the hype around the books has only served to antagonize, dare I say it, the more cynical or critical amongst us. I admit to being a romantic. I enjoyed the dialogue (yes, even the cheesy bits) and found it real and believable despite the supernatural subject matter. I love the characters of Bella and Edward (and the secondary characters) and am captivated by their intense love for each other, even if it happened quickly. For me, Bella is an independent girl, overwhelmed by an attraction to the enigmatic vampire Edward, who struggles for co-dependency. Yes, Bella is dazzled by Edward's looks, but her love for him is not superficial. Bella realizes her feelings for Edward AFTER she finds out he is a "vegetarian" vampire. Quote from Twilight: Bella: "I can't explain it right...he is even more unbelievable BEHIND the face. The vampire who wants to be good - who ran around saving people's lives so he wouldn't be a monster." And how could one not love Edward? He is such a good, moral character with unimaginable self-restraint. Edward painfully struggles with his natural instincts as a vampire to drink Bella's blood because he cares for Bella and could not bear hurting her. He struggles with doing what is right and what he wants. Bella fascinates Edward because she is not afraid of him. Bella sees through his mask and is not afraid to argue with him. Isn't that what we all want? To be yourself and be loved despite your flaws; to be able to communicate freely. Edward is very protective of Bella because she is such a "danger magnet". Can love work between a human and a vampire? What is it that draws one person to another? When can we say we have fallen in love - years, months or days? Is it when you have seen to the heart of the person and want to be with them despite flaws/obstacles? Perhaps you can fall in love quickly, but staying in love over time is the true test. The message isn't "you are nothing without a man" but that one can love so deeply that it hurts to be without them; that love makes you vulnerable. What would you sacrifice to be with the one you loved? Bella considers the implications in the sequels. Rating: - Simply IrresistableTwilight is the best book I have read in a really long time. I would definately recommend this book to anyone. Don't stop at twilight read the other two books as well. I am anxiously awaiting the fourth book.
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