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 enlarge | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book
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Rating:  2800 reviews
Sales Rank: 3
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 544
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.6
ISBN: 0316015849
EAN: 9780316015844
ASIN: 0316015849
Publication Date: September 6, 2006
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 Excellent Romantic Story November 17, 2008
Musicbookfan (Illinois, USA)
I'm guessing the more popular Twilight becomes, the more unfair bad reviews it will receive, simply because it's become popular and therefore a target. Which is too bad. Also, some folks feel that Vampires and such stories should not be tinkered with and take issue with the fact that the vampires in Twilight don't always behave like traditional fictional vampires should. Which again, is too bad.
I LOVED THIS BOOK!! I loved it for many reasons:
1) Romance, Romance, Romance. Romance where the two characters just looking at each other, or sitting next to each other and not touching (though desperately wanting to!), is vividly intense. Romance doesn't have to include descriptive sex and this book is super Hot and Wildly Romantic with just the most minimal contact. Which is nice, because my teen daughter, mother in law, and I can all read the book and not be embarrassed discussing it. Ha Ha.
2) Every scene in the book is worthwhile. The writing (which unfortunately seems to deteriorate in the sequels) is good and I could picture every setting and every character very clearly. And Edward - whatta hot vampire guy!! And the reader really feels this guy's angst.
3) Just when the book could have wrapped up and been only a romance story, the plot kicks into another gear and HELLO - there's bad Vampires, danger, tension, and major suspense. Excellent.
4) A lot of folks take issue with the character of Bella, thinking that if she's so "plain" why are all the guys drooling over her? Meyer addresses this on her website and explains it very well. And most of us know this first hand: Time and again someone moves, or switches schools or a job, or goes off to college and suddenly they're everything they weren't in their previous life. A lot of the most popular chicks on a college campus were plain janes in high school, and sometimes all it takes for a girl to suddenly have "it" is to move across town to a different school. Ditto for some guys.
Therefore, I found this part of the story line totally plausible, including Bella being perplexed by it. And then there's the fact that her scent dives Edward wild. Nice.
5) I LOVED the Vampire facts. Very creative on Meye'rs part and interesting. The Cullens were interesting, not too familiar, and likeable. Yet even when Bella had to trust them the most, she (and the reader) are still not 100% sure it's safe. And that goes for Edward, too.
AMAZING!!!!! November 17, 2008
Jaclyn R. Warn (Palm Coast, FL)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
LOVE THIS BOOK! LOVE THE SERIES! I am not a teenage girl. I am married with a little girl of my own and yes I still love TWILIGHT. Don't know why but these books are so much fun to read. Would recomend this to everyone in the world. Also, Stephenie Meyer's THE HOST is an amazing book as well.
 I feel like I have been drained of my blood, and my ten bucks. November 17, 2008
Kristie B (Missouri)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I felt I should read this because I will soon be a high school English teacher. I expected a decent piece of literature because it has become so popular. What I didn't expect was a poorly written, boring and annoying load of vampire dung that left me wondering why I didn't save my fiction stories from the 8th grade.
Is it safe for your kids to read? Yes, Bella and Edward are not even saving themselves for vampire marriage. Edward will never ever be able to "do that" with Bella. So sad. I would think more about the messages it is sending to young girls. The "beautiful boy always saving poor Bella" is about as sickening as it gets. It is really disgusting how he carries her around, poor helpless, stupid little thing.
Stephanie Meyers, your no J.K. Rowling. Keep cashing those checks though, they will be coming for a while until these books end up at the thrift store next to the "Babysitter's Club" and the "Goosebumps" series.
Ummmm....WOW!! November 17, 2008
Brooke (Lacey, WA United States)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Honestly....one of the best books I have ever read...I could not get enough...my husband returned from a 6 week trip...I bought this book to pass time waiting for him to arrive at the airport...finished the entire thing in less than 48 hours....neglected hubby by day...made up for by night..."I can be your Edward Cullen"....ummm YES PLEASE!!! Amazing...thank you Mrs. Meyer!!!
Take it for what it is...Just a good fun vampy drama story! November 17, 2008
Brook V (North East)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm 30-something and having been through the self loathing, gothy teen angst and wayward hormones thing, I'm finding I'm really enjoying this book. It is kinda overkill how much Bella self-depreciates herself and obsesses over the "perfection" that is Edward, but that's Bella! An absolute drama queen!
I do get hung up on the long winded detail that is described about everyone and everything in the book, but I understand where that comes from. Stephanie Meyer is just cutting her teeth with this novel and quite frankly, I'd probably write the same way, feeling that in order to create the atmosphere, I'd describe every little thing as well.
So be forgiving and just enjoy a good book. That's what I did and I am happy that I dove into the Twilight Saga! ..Can't wait till the movies opening day! I'll be there with pop corn and a soda :)
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