World Famous Comics: Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)
By: Stephenie Meyer Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Little, Brown Young Readers Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 544 Publication Date: September 06, 2006 Reading Level: Young Adult
Product Description: "Softly he brushed my cheek, then held my face between his marble hands. ''Be very still,'' he whispered, as if I wasn''t already frozen. Slowly, never moving his eyes from mine, he leaned toward me. Then abruptly, but very gently, he rested his cold cheek against the hollow at the base of my throat. " As Shakespeare knew, love burns high when thwarted by obstacles. In Twilight, an exquisite fantasy by Stephenie Meyer, readers discover a pair of lovers who are supremely star-crossed. Bella adores beautiful Edward, and he returns her love. But Edward is having a hard time controlling the blood lust she arouses in him, because--he''s a vampire. At any moment, the intensity of their passion could drive him to kill her, and he agonizes over the danger. But, Bella would rather be dead than part from Edward, so she risks her life to stay near him, and the novel burns with the erotic tension of their dangerous and necessarily chaste relationship.Meyer has achieved quite a feat by making this scenario completely human and believable. She begins with a familiar YA premise (the new kid in school), and lulls us into thinking this will be just another realistic young adult novel. Bella has come to the small town of Forks on the gloomy Olympic Peninsula to be with her father. At school, she wonders about a group of five remarkably beautiful teens, who sit together in the cafeteria but never eat. As she grows to know, and then love, Edward, she learns their secret. They are all rescued vampires, part of a family headed by saintly Carlisle, who has inspired them to renounce human prey. For Edward''s sake they welcome Bella, but when a roving group of tracker vampires fixates on her, the family is drawn into a desperate pursuit to protect the fragile human in their midst. The precision and delicacy of Meyer''s writing lifts this wonderful novel beyond the limitations of the horror genre to a place among the best of YA fiction. (Ages 12 and up)
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Bella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Bella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Bella, the person Edward holds most dear.
Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite.
I'm a Twilight fan still on a Twi-Hi! Twilight was a wonderful adventure for me. I really loved the fast paced, clean and easy to read aspects of this book. I'm just amazed that it has become a "love it" or "hate it" fixation! I got more than I expected when I read this book because I didn't expect a Jane Eyre, I wanted a book dealing with vamps and what I got was a great love story and all the vamps I could ask for!!
Just glad I didn't have to pay for it This book stinks. The fact that people are happy that this book is encouraging young people to read, while it promotes an abusive relationship as "true love", is reprehensible.
Great Buy I was very pleased with my purchase! Shipping was on time and I received the book very quickly. I bought it used, and it looked completely new, with no tears or any signs of it being used really. Thank you for your service :)
Twilight I brought this book for my 13 year old teenage daughter, she was totally involved with this book. She wouldn't put it down! She was excited by the book because it gave much more background and many more details than the movie. She loved it! She is currently on the second book of the series and enjoying every minute. It was well worth the money I spent for it.
Sucked into the fanclub against my will I didn't want to read Twilight. I don't like Vampire stories and I don't like romance novels. I had no interest whatsoever, even though my family all loved it, in reading these books. But, I had to loan my kindle to my mother-in-law and found myself bookless for a couple weeks, so I relented and listened to the Twilight audiobook series during workouts. I'm ashamed to admit, I was hooked after the first workout (40 minutes). I ended up finishing the entire 4 books in 8 days. I enjoyed them so much I wasn't ready to be done, so I put them on my Kindle and read them this time.
Much of what the one-star reviews say is true. There are cheesy aspects, Edward is too perfect, Bella is a martyr. The story is often predictable and at times lacks action. But I loved it. Something about the way she wrote it makes it so incredibly easy for me to overlook these nuances.
A couple things to clarify regarding some complaints I've read...
1. Bella is a bad heroine. I would disagree with this. Bella is selfless (unrealistically so, admittedly). The whole point of her character is that she is a very ordinary, unremarkable girl on the surface. She is destined to be a much better vampire than she is human. That's important to carry the story over so it isn't a sad thing for her to be converted.
2. Edward is too perfect. I would argue that OF COURSE HE'S PERFECT - the story is written from Bella's perspective and she thinks he's perfect. When Stephanie Meyer finishes Midnight Sun (Twilight from Edward's perspective), we will truly get the more balanced view as we see that Edward thinks the same way about Bella.
As I said, there are some parts that make me cringe from the romantic perspective (my idea of romance may be different than most -- I'd rather go camping for my anniversary than to a fancy restaurant). The sparkly vampire -- a little cheesy, but I could live with it. Some of the dialog is sappy. But the addictive storyline vastly overrode any awkward details.
I am no literary analyst. I'm just a reader. But I am totally hooked (against my will I might add -- had ZERO desire to even read the books). Now, I am just dying to read Midnight Sun and will purchase it as soon as it hits the shelves. I enjoyed living in Bella's head so much that I think seeing Edward's thoughts and emotions during the same timeframe will be intriguing.
My mother-in-law made a comment while reading one of the books that I thinks represents it well. She said, "There's almost no one in book except these two - you'd think I would be so bored and frustrated I'd want to throw the book across the room... but I don't -- I actually *like* it..."
So... there you have it - addictive for most, repulsive to a few. A book whose appeal doesn't seem to be explainable by literary analysis. Its appeal isn't even based on genre. Whether you like it or hate it is beyond determination based on reviews, but is more about whether or not you connect with the emotional flavor of the book.
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