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Twilight | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Category: Book
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Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 4
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 544
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 0316015849
EAN: 9780316015844
ASIN: 0316015849
Publication Date: September 6, 2006
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 Good story, but definitely made for a young female reader September 3, 2008
I bought this book at an airport for lack of finding anything else to read. I finished it in 2 days. Now that is good...and bad. I have to admit that the story captivated me, but it was too easy to read...way too easy. I liked the characters, but towards the end, I wished Bella would stop mentioning just how good looking Edward was all the time! If I had read this at 15, I would of loved it. Now at 25, I've read too much to appreciate it fully. I have to admit though, the way she described how she was feeling the first time she was in love really did bring me back to being 17. But this is the thing, it felt like a harlequin novel for teens, with the twist being that she's in love with a vampire. Which is what intrigued me to read this book in the first place.
Also, there is a lot of repetition towards the end, which frustrated me the most, because I was taken away from the story and started to think about the author and why she used a certain word again, say this again... I'm undecided if I'll read the others, to see if the book matures, but from the reviews, I have a feeling it does not.
OH, and I thought for a second of my boyfriend reading this and I actually laughed out loud at the thought. Definitely geared for girls.
 Bella and the Vampire August 29, 2008
17-year old Bella has just moved to a small town to start her junior year in high school. She's dreading it until she sees her science lab partner and - BAM! - she falls in madly love with gorgeous but silent Edward. He wants nothing to do with Bella, but when her life is in danger, who should save her but the enigmatic Edward!
This young adult novel would probably be a big hit with teen girls as Edward is the perfect teen boy - handsome, tender, and selfless - and gawky Bella is no one to be jealous of. As an adult reader, I found it unsettling that hundred-year old Edward is romancing an innocent teenage girl. And aside from Bella and Edward, none of the characters were developed at all. There is almost no action until the end, and when it finally comes there's no question that Edward (who just happens to be a vampire) can save anyone, anytime. My biggest complaint, however, was that none of the teenagers spoke or acted like teenagers - they were way too mature, sophisticated, and eloquent to be believable. In spite of all this, the writing did hold my interest and I kept wondering what would happen next.
This quick read about a teenage vampire is different and I enjoyed it. I think teens will love it.
Wonderful Read! August 22, 2008
Now, I know that many people have a problem with sitting through the first part of the book because it's all about Bella & Edward's relationship development, but I loved reading through that. Obviously not everyone is going to love every book ever written, it's impossible! But I loved seeing what this girl felt when she was falling in love with him and being confused and frustrated with him.
I'm all about seeing the characters develop and become people I can relate with, or at the very least understand. And this book was fabulous! It reminds me of a few years ago when I was younger and falling in love. It's all electric and seeing what Bella felt for Edward reminded me of when I felt that with my hubby! :)
This is a really good read! A great vampire story without the main character being one.
 An enticing book cover...but otherwise awful, August 9, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
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 Star
R.Nicholson
P.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 August 8, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
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.
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