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When Isabella Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen, her life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. With his porcelain skin, golden eyes, mesmerizing voice, and supernatural gifts, Edward is both irresistible and impenetrable. Up until now, he has managed to keep his true identity hidden, but Bella is determined to uncover his dark secret...
Beautifully rendered, this first installment of Twilight: The Graphic Novel is a must-have for any collector's library.
Beautifully rendered, this first installment of Twilight: The Graphic Novel is a must-have for any collector's library.
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When Isabella Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen, her life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. With his porcelain skin, golden eyes, mesmerizing voice, and supernatural gifts, Edward is both irresistible and impenetrable. Up until now, he has managed to keep his true identity hidden, but Bella is determined to uncover his dark secret... Beautifully rendered, this first installment of Twilight: The Graphic Novel is a must-have for any collector’s library.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
For die-hard fans only,
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This review is from: Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 (Hardcover)
I loved Twilight when I first read it. I felt that Stephenie Meyer truly crafted something special. While I've read so many books since reading Twilight, and adored some of them even more, Stephenie Meyer's series about the love between a human girl and a vampire boy still holds a special place for me.When I was wandering the shelves of my public library, I came across the graphic novel section and decided to have a look. I feel quite new to this type of book, since I've only read one before. My nephew had read a few of them (I know he's particularly fond of the Bones series), so I thought it would be no big deal to pick them up. The Twilight graphic novel immediately came to my attention as I was perusing the section, so I picked it up and signed it out. After reading it'it's quite a quick read, even with absorbing the pictures'I can still say that I prefer the actual novel to the graphic novel. I don't know if it's because I've read the novel twice, I've seen the movie countless times, and have read the rest of the books in the series, but something felt off with this one. I think part of it was in the storytelling. I know that Stephenie Meyer had a hand in the creation of this book, but there was the odd thing said that just felt out of place. The illustrations were, for the most part, quite beautiful. I loved the mixture between drawing, photograph, and painting. The only thing I ever had in my mind when I started to read graphic novels was that they would be similar to reading an Archie comic or something of the sort'I've now come to the conclusion that it's nothing like that. There were times when I loved the darkness of an illustration, such as the part when Jacob is telling Bella about the past, or times where I loved the depth in a characters' eyes. At other times, I was a little annoyed with how much it seemed that Belle was either crying or perspiring. Surely that couldn't have been just me noticing that? But other than the small graphic glitch (for me, at least), or the small warble in the story, it was nice to have something else to read that stayed true to the book. I remember reading Nightlight: A Parody and was so put off by it that I abandoned all things Twilight. For once I feel happy to have picked up something that has come from the books Stephenie Meyer crafted. While the read was quick and the words were sparse, it was still easy to get an idea of the character of Edward and Bella. We don't see much of Edward's family, and Charlie and Jacob are really only present to lend explanations for things, but still, it works for a volume of this size. I also loved the odd splash of colour that Kim would put in her work'it was a nice change of pace from the black and white. This graphic novel doesn't take us too far, only up to the meadow scene, so I look forward to reading more of these graphic novels that Young Kim puts out in the future. They seem promising to win over old and new fans of the series.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Oh! this is why I liked the series!,
By DigitalFirefly (Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 (Hardcover)
Like nearly everyone who's read the series, I have this memory of consuming each book in a matter of days. The feeling of WHY I was so drawn to the series disappeared once the terribly cast Robert Pattinson made his appearance. The whole thing turned into a joke of sparkly vampires, constipated looks, 1995 graphics and irrationally stupid characters.This graphic novel ignores the movie, and instead goes for a more true rendition of the novels.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
elegance and awkwardness,
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 (Hardcover)
For the record: I don't like "Twilight." At all. But I decided to give "Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1" a fair shot at impressing me, especially since it's rendered into manhwa/manga-style artwork and a pared-down narrative. The artwork is sumptuous, elegant and all-around lovely, but the story is dragged down by the rather stuffy internal monologue.Everybody knows the drill -- a girl from Phoenix named Bella Swan "exiles" herself to the rainy overcast town of Forks, so she can live with her dad. When she isn't moping, she attends the local school and is struck by the beautiful, aloof Cullen family (and particularly with the standoffish Edward, who seems to be bipolar). He also has superhuman speed and strength, as Bella discovers when he saves her from a runaway van. In case anybody needs to be told, Eddiekins is a vampire, albeit one who doesn't adhere to any of the traditional vampirey rules... except sucking blood. And despite the danger to her person, Bella develops a Phoenix-sized crush on him despite him constantly insisting that he's ohsoverydangerous. It's a given that any rabid fans of "Twilight" will gobble down the graphic novel adaptation of the first book's first half. As for everyone else? Well, there are still spurts of rather pompous, un-teen-girlish narrative ("I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him") and Bella still whines way too much about mundane stuff ("You could have saved yourself all this regret for not just letting that stupid van squish me!"). Fortunately, Young Kim did a pretty decent job translating the novel into comic book form, and I ended up enjoying her streamlined, sped-up version of the story. It's heavy on atmosphere and light on fluff (such as "Bella being randomly clumsy" or "Bella being chased by every boy in school"), with especial emphasis on the dreamlike landscapes, Indian legends and secretive conversations. And Kim's artwork is simply gorgeous. Her style is a semi-realistic manga/manhwa style, full of delicate strokes, light shadows and smooth lines. Lots of flowing hair, vivid eyes and even some lightly colored scenes when the story demands it (such as when Bella faints at the smell of blood). Additionally, she does succeed in making the Cullens look very lovely and ethereal, yet also very sinister. There are, however, some scenes that just don't work. The infamous "sparkling in the sun" scene ends up looking ridiculous -- Edward looks like he's covered in fish scales, not diamond sparkleskin. "Twilight: The Graphic Novel Volume 1" is a decent graphic novel in its own right, and Young Kim's elegant artwork distracts from some of the story's flaws. Worth reading if you're enamored with the book, or really like beautifully-drawn manhwa/manga.
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