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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) By Stephenie Meyer ( Little, Brown Young Readers )
Release Date: 2006-09-06
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"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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Amazon.com Review
The book that started the phenomenon is now available in a deluxe collector's edition! Featuring a ribbon bookmark, cloth cover, ragged edges, new chapter opener designs, and a beautiful protective slipcase, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.
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.
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 Disappointed
I know they say don't judge a book by its cover, but that's actually why I decided to buy this book. I loved the contrasting colors and simple design of the cover. I bought this book on a whim, never having heard of the author or the series. I was actually pretty disappointed. I read almost any kind of book, both within the adult and young adult sections, and I almost always enjoy/like books I read. This book was just boring, and repetitive for me (the language itself is just very repetitive and dull); and not truly original. I have read other books with similar plot lines, although if the characters had been likable for me, I could have gotten over that. I didn't like the main character... she was just very shallow and I didn't understand her obsession over Edward. Edward was just a pretty face, pretty boring in terms of all the male characters I've read about over the years. It's been a long while since I read the book, and I have had no desire to even pick it up again (in fact, I've lost it). Usually I will either completely reread a book, or reread scenes I liked, but with some books I just put them down and forget about them once I'm done. I would have done this with Twilight if not for all the press about it in Entertainment Weekly and elsewhere, and all the hype about it. I always hate it when a book I read is mediocre for me and just the best book ever for someone else; I always feel like people who think that's good won't even look for anything better. I've known people who read only one series of books for fun, such as the Harry Potter books (which I found good, but not up to the hype), and never read anything else. I don't want that to happen with Twilight - people need to read more, there's so many good books out there.
I recommend checking it out from the library if you're curious as to whether or not you'll like it. Just because it fell flat for me doesn't mean it won't hit the spot for you.
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The MOST annoying character EVER. Bella ( amiryghb )
I guess I asked for it by choosing to read a young adult book. Simply stated: If you are over the age of 15 this book is way way too foolish and immature for you!! Pages and pages of mindless, annoying, teenage angst. I have never found a book character as irritating as Bella. She has no depth, nothing to make her stand out as anything special or likable. She's not talented, smart, clever, or funny. She's stupidly clumsy and rather bitchy and not too friendly for being a new kid in town. I found myself wondering why someone as OH SO perfect as Edward would fall for her. He's got the body of a 17 year old boy but shouldn't he have the wisdom and maturity of a 100+ year old man since he has been around for that long? Seriously. Why did HE act like a teenager??
One minute they are glaring and glowering and scowling at each other, and the next they are professing their deep (and unhealthy/ psychotically obsessed) undying love.
Also if I had to read one more time how gorgeous, perfect, flawless and stunning Edward was I would have screamed and vomited. It really was torture to finish it. I will not be reading the rest of the series.
If I had a daughter that was in her early teens I would NOT want her reading this book. It really paints an unhealthy picture of love. It's almost saying love is like this dark obsession and it's OK to let everything else go when you are that young as long as you've got your man. And don't even get me started on the fact that she'd rather become a blood-sucking crazed vampire than stay with her mother and father and try to make something out of herself.
Bella just got worse with every page and went all the way to the end when she got red-hot mad at Edward for taking her to the prom! Then she cried because she thought they were all dressed up so he could sink his teeth into her and have his burning venom turn her into a vampire and they can live happily ever after; Yes, the two of them hunting grizzly bears and mountain lions together with their bear hands and teeth and shredding them apart and drinking their blood. The end.
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Glittering Vampires?????
When I first read this book I loved it instantly. I thought it was so cool and romantic, until I read it for the second time. Glittering Vampires? Who comes up with stuff like that anyway? Edward has no personality at all and is obsessed with kepping Bella safe. I don't see why he is so attracted to Bella besides the fact that she smells good. Bella is whiny and weak which can get really annoying. She can't live without Edward or she'll jump off a cliff. Wow. This book has serious flaws.
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 Blown away
I usually read Thriller/Romance Novels. Heard about this saga in my used book store and never dreamed I'd read this type of story but so glad I did. I absolutely loved it. Never have I finished a book in 2 days but its true I could not set it down. I carried it everywhere I went.
I was holding my breath at the end. Stephenie is an amazing writer. Can't wait to start the next one. By the way I'm 60.
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Why can't people just enjoy a good book! ( lbw973 )
Personally, I tried very hard to resist Twilight. I generally don't go for Young Adult Lit., and I generally don't go for fads. But, I gave in. And I am not ashamed to say, I loved it! I love all the books. What I don't get is why people cannot just take these books for what they are...stories. I highly doubt Stephanie Meyer was aiming at the Pulitzer Prize when writing this series. So, why does every pretentious wanna be book critic on here have to rip them apart for not being literary masterpieces? Why can't people just enjoy a good book because it is that...a good book? Maybe there are some crazies out there who feel like they can never fall in love with a real man now that they have met Edward Cullen. But so what? There are always going to be people who think fictional lives are better than their own lives. That doesn't take away from what these books are. GOOD STORIES; a good escape from the everyday boredom of life. Isn't that what books are supposed to be? If the only reason you read a book is because you are waiting to rip it apart, you should just quit reading. Reading is entertainment, and these books are highly entertaining. I think Meyer's should get her props and everyone should just shut up about the supposed lack of literary merit.
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