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Twilight (Paperback)

by Stephenie Meyer (Author)
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Starred Review. Grade 9 Up–Headstrong, sun-loving, 17-year-old Bella declines her mom's invitation to move to Florida, and instead reluctantly opts to move to her dad's cabin in the dreary, rainy town of Forks, WA. She becomes intrigued with Edward Cullen, a distant, stylish, and disarmingly handsome senior, who is also a vampire. When he reveals that his specific clan hunts wildlife instead of humans, Bella deduces that she is safe from his blood-sucking instincts and therefore free to fall hopelessly in love with him. The feeling is mutual, and the resulting volatile romance smolders as they attempt to hide Edward's identity from her family and the rest of the school. Meyer adds an eerie new twist to the mismatched, star-crossed lovers theme: predator falls for prey, human falls for vampire. This tension strips away any pretense readers may have about the everyday teen romance novel, and kissing, touching, and talking take on an entirely new meaning when one small mistake could be life-threatening. Bella and Edward's struggle to make their relationship work becomes a struggle for survival, especially when vampires from an outside clan infiltrate the Cullen territory and head straight for her. As a result, the novel's danger-factor skyrockets as the excitement of secret love and hushed affection morphs into a terrifying race to stay alive. Realistic, subtle, succinct, and easy to follow, Twilight will have readers dying to sink their teeth into it.–Hillias J. Martin, New York Public Library
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


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Stephanie Meyer's teen-vampire romance offers an appealing heroine in Bella, transplanted from sunny Phoenix to the wet, dreary town of Forks, Washington, and the seductive, secretive object of her obsession, Edward, who may or may not be a vampire. Predictability doesn't keep this spine-tingling tale from being fun, but alas, Ilyana Kadushin's reading, does. Her speaking voice is thin and underdeveloped, and any sense of nuance is nonexistent. Kadushin doesn't try to give the characters personalities, so distinguishing between speakers is difficult. This is one of those rare times in audiobook listening when the writing exceeds the reader's capabilities. Still, the story is engrossing and the characters well drawn, ensuring that older teens will find much to enjoy. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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39 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Twinkling vampires galore, Jan 11 2009
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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Stephanie Meyer writes vampire fiction as many teenage girls do -- overblown writing, sexy cold vampires, and a vacuously attractive heroine who serves as the readers' stand-in.

And so it's hardly surprising that her megahit debut "Twilight" is essentially a teenage fantasy about finding the Perfect Hot Immortal Coverboy Who Longs For You Alone. Innocuous sparkling vampires, buckets of pointless teenage angst and a plot tacked on at the last minute leave this one of the more bloodless examples of vampire romance.

Klutzy Bella Swan is oh-so-self-sacrificingly going to live with her small-town cop dad, and is appalled by the student body -- all the local boys decide that (ick!) they like her, and all the girls are shallow idiots compared to her.

Then she's struck by the ash-pale, vaguely incestuous Cullen family -- an especially by the Hawt and Brooding Edward Cullen. Edward doesn't seem to like her much, resulting in much Teen Angst. but when Bella is nearly killed by a runaway car, he somehow manages to zip across the parking lot and knock away the car. Bella eventually figures out that he's a vampire-- a "vegetarian vampire" with the power to read thoughts... except hers.

Despite his fears that he'll hurt her, their smoldering chemistry (and Bella's tantalizing smell) draws them into a relationship... at which point, since the plot has had zero non-teenybopper tension, three two-dimensionally evil vampires enter the scene, intent on hunting Bella. The Cullens whisk her away to keep her safe from this trio -- but their enemies have more than one way to find her.

The book "Twilight" is essentially the eroticized fantasies of a teenage girl, purple of prose and taking itself hilariously seriously. In fact, reading this novel feels suspiciously like eavesdropping on Stephanie Meyer's fantasies of having a hot, sparkle-skinned vampire stalking her on a nightly basis to show his undying love.

Unfortunately there's not much more to the plot than that -- most of it involves Bella and Edward smoldering at each other, and Bella's contemplation of Edward's "scintillating, incandescent" body and Greek-god hotness. Furthermore Meyer smears the entire book in wildly swinging emotions, tepid dialogue, and overly ornate, purple prose -- the descriptions of Edward's chest alone may induce choking and diabetic coma.

After a horrendously silly "meet the vampire family," Meyer belatedly realizes that the book needs more than angst and sparkles and Edward is constantly shying away from Bella's virginal neck (what does that imply about sucking blood from animals?). So she tacks in a contrived subplot about evil vampires who are hunting Bella. Just... because they want to.

And heroine Bella is truly an amazing character -- she manages to be a blank slate for mass fantasy projection, while also managing to be whiny, selfish, snobby and superhumanly shallow (since the only person she cares about is the Hawt Rich Guy). Edward is a suitable mate for her -- he broods, smolders and stalks her to show that he loves her eternally. After all, isn't a bipolar stalker watching you sleep the very image of true love?

As for the other characters... well, we have quirky vampire Alice to add some humor to the story. But otherwise, none of them really matter much except to reflect how awesome Edward and Bella are -- and the villains could not be any thinner if Meyer snipped them from sparkly incandescent skin.

Those who dream of eternal angsty love with an Immortal Hottie may find "Twilight" a delight, but it's no more than a thin, flat guilty pleasure at best.
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38 of 49 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful and seductive vampire novel, Jun 12 2006
This review is from: Twilight (Hardcover)
I admit, I was skeptical when a friend told me about 'Twilight'. I thought, "Oh, NO! I'm not reading a romantic VAMPIRE novel!"

Stephenie Meyer captures every emotion in this book. I myself as a 15 year old with NO experience in the romantic world found myself dreaming of Edward Cullen. Edward being a "17 year old" beautiful vampire. Of course he's much older than that, but you'll find that you end up thinking about how complex he really is. Of course, you are in Bella Swan's head and see and feel everything through her eyes. I just can't explain the thrill you will get when you read this exciting, seductive, beautiful novel, so all I can say, is get your hands on it and pray for the sequel!!!

It has everything you'd wish for and the author never makes the mistake of over-explaining things or being overly descriptive, letting the beautiful simplicity wash over the reader.

Stunning in every way - like Edward Cullen...
A must have!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Seriously?!?, May 3 2009
By Lindsey Hanselmann (Saskatoon, SK) - See all my reviews
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I don't really think there is anything more I can say about Twilight that hasn't already been said by people far more eloquent and cynical than myself, so I will sum up my thoughts on Twilight with the following quote, delivered by the beautiful, godlike, angelic, liquid-topaz eyed, muscular Adonis known as Edward Cullen and the passive-aggressive, clumsy-as-a-plot-device, endlessly swooning Isabella Swan:

"Aren't you hungry?" he asked, distracted.
"No." I didn't feel like mentioning that my stomach was already full - of butterflies.
- Twilight, page 91

Congratulations, Stephenie Meyer, you just bummed me out.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Uhg - Bad
While my opinion is unlikely to sway the millions of teens who love this book, I hope that some parents see this before letting their kids read this drivel. Read more
Published 2 days ago by Bob Schmidt

4.0 out of 5 stars I know what the big deal about this book is
A really hot guy who wants to take care of you and doesn't constantly pester you for sex ... hello!

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1.0 out of 5 stars pale satiny skin blah, blah, blah!
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Published 21 days ago by Arlene F. Bailey

1.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't get past the first chapter
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great read.
I'm in my late 20s and until recently had successfully avoided reading the Twilight books... until I was suckered into watching the movie and, to my great dismay, I actually... Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars Hardly worth the hype
Out of curiosity of what all the hype was about, I read this novel (I am female, and 30 years old, for the record). Read more
Published 2 months ago by C. Dallaire

5.0 out of 5 stars Well done.
Stephenie Meyer is an author who certainly knows how to write. I was unable to put this book down, and I had it finished in 2 days. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars IreneP
No, I'm not a teenager or young adult. I'm a senior aged mother of 4 grown children and 3 grandchildren.

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I found Twilight to basically be a how-to guide for getting into an abusive and controlling relationship where the threat of violence was very real and imminent. Read more
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