Angst and more AngstNovember 22, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Everyone who sold me on reading this series told me each book is better than the one previous so I managed to make it through 2 and 1/2 books before I gave up. I give it two stars because Ms. Myers can write, but she uses that ability to give us thirty pages of story and several hundred pages more of extremely repetitive inner dialogue.
I found some of her characters interesting, and the books might have been much better if we saw their stories and Bella (the main character) was sent to go agonize quietly in a corner where she couldn't bother anyone else.
I can see a much younger audience being attracted to this series but the adult following baffles me. (And this is NOT a critique of fiction aimed at a younger readership, I love Harry Potter and Neil Gamman's Graveyard Book.)Becuase this book isn't so much about young love as young angst. Lots and lots of angst. And we all gotta go through it. But relive it?
and so it beginsNovember 22, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Twilight (Twilight Saga) I discovered these books when an injury kept me from doing anything this summer. I had read The Host and wondered if Stephenie Meyers had written anything else. I was delighted to find this series. I was hooked from chapter one and now so is my son. I took him to see the movie last night. At times Edward agonizes overly much...but he is a seventeen year olf from the early 19th century. I am not sure that many kids could make such a decision, as Bella does, to live with a parent to give the other parent the freedom to pursue a new life. But, as her mom calls her, she is an 'old soul'. She is different. And many girls can relate as she is far from perfect and admits this freely. She is a klutz, also a very relatable quality, and does not like to dance. She and the other characters are very likeable, they all could easily be our neighbors. And who would not want these vampires as neighbors. Okay, not the bad ones.
Silly rabbit, fangs not just for kidsNovember 22, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am new to the Twilight craze, had never heard of the books before I heard about the movie. I like to read books before I see the movie, so I ordered this book, trying to get my 13-year-old interested. I loved it! I already have the next two books and am planning on buying the 4th soon. Loved the characters, the way it is so easy to relate to Bella, the references to Phoenix, everything about the book. Parents, read these books. They are not just for kids.
TwilightNovember 22, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is very interesting and it hooks you and grabs you and makes you want to read the next in the series. A very fun read and I am so glad I have 3 more to read. The only down side was in the beginning...I thought Bella was way too angry a teenager...but heck it has been so long since my girls were teenagers, maybe that is the way they are these days...
ExcellentNovember 22, 2008 0 out of 2 found this review helpful
It is amazing the way the that the book involves you. I couldn't stop reading it. Is a lovely story that makes you believed that you are part of it.
