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Editorial Review:
'The sexiest vampire tale for years arrived in Stephenie Meyer's TWILIGHT, about teenage Bella's chaste romance with a beautiful vampire boy. Their intensely erotic feelings are endangered by more predatory types. Guaranteed to suck in sulky 13+ girls for hours.' THE TIMES "Will keep readers madly flipping the pages of Meyer's tantalizing debut." Publishers Weekly
When 17 year old Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town. But in spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she finds that her new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark-haired new girl in town. But not, it seems, the Cullen family. These five adopted brothers and sisters obviously prefer their own company and will make no exception for Bella. Bella is convinced that Edward Cullen in particular hates her, but she feels a strange attraction to him, although his hostility makes her feel almost physically ill. He seems determined to push her away ? until, that is, he saves her life from an out of control car. Bella will soon discover that there is a very good reason for Edward's coldness. He, and his family, are vampires ? and he knows how dangerous it is for others to get too close.
When 17 year old Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town. But in spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she finds that her new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark-haired new girl in town. But not, it seems, the Cullen family. These five adopted brothers and sisters obviously prefer their own company and will make no exception for Bella. Bella is convinced that Edward Cullen in particular hates her, but she feels a strange attraction to him, although his hostility makes her feel almost physically ill. He seems determined to push her away ? until, that is, he saves her life from an out of control car. Bella will soon discover that there is a very good reason for Edward's coldness. He, and his family, are vampires ? and he knows how dangerous it is for others to get too close.
Stephenie Meyer is a 30-year-old mother of three children based in Arizona. TWILIGHT is her first novel.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Miss Harry? Here's your fix! I thought I'd never say this about any book, but this is as good as Harry Potter! However, only really for the girls. Twilight is an incredibly intense love story between plain, 17 year old Bella and irresistable vampire, Edward. The writing is very intricate and draws you into their world and emotions in a way I have never experienced with a book before. You will want the story never to end. The intensity of the writing will draw you in and hold you ransom. You will find yourself refusing all your... more info
What is all the hype about? I was really exciting about reading an original vampire novel, especially after receiving many recommendation to read this book. However it was apparent within a few chapters that Meyers was writing a very long (self insert) fan fiction style tirade about Bella and Edward. I found it repetitive, lacking story line, ill edited, lacking plot or three dimensional characterisations. It is truly one of the worst books of modern times.
Enjoyable enough, but not worthy of such hype! Having heard that the Twilight Saga had come to rescue the world from literary boredom, I eagerly snapped up a copy of Twilight - the first book in the saga - but remained cynical about the hype. Unfortunately, I was right to be cynical. Admittedly, the first half of the book is very absorbing, though not particularly well written. The intensity of emotion between Bella and Edward is at times spine-tingling - but so much of the book left me feeling frustrated. The frequent use of the word "Adonis" and... more info
Flawed, but enjoyable. Now let me give Twilight haters this. Almost every single thing the negative reviews said about this novel is true. It really is. What are the negative things said about it, you ask? These are the most common observations I read when I read countless negative reviews and things I had also picked up myself whilst reading: * It's unoriginal.
* The prose is overly filled with adjectives, mostly describing how beautiful Edward is, and constantly reminding us of that fact on every single page.
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