Twilight

Twilight is the first book in a four book fantasy series written by Stephenie Meyer. The main character, Bella is a young girl who lives with her mother and stepfather in Phoenix. When Bella's stepfather Phil starts traveling for his baseball team leaving Renee (Bella's mother) at home to look after her she decides to move to Forks to live with her father, so that her mom can be with Phil. When Bella gets to Forks she meets the strange Edward Cullen. She notices something different about him and his family. Bella is very curious as to who and what the Cullen's are. Soon Bella and Edward become friends and develop feelings for each other. Bella starts to understand who and what Edward really is. They become very close, to the point where they feel that they can't live without each other. Bella's relationship with Edward puts her life at risk several times throughout the book. This book relates to the world by showing that even someone who is seen as a bad guy can really be the good guy at heart, and do something good. So everybody has a little good in them. It's just the way you perceive it: half empty, or half full. In sixth grade everybody who was anybody was reading this book. Many times I thought about reading it and even started several times to no avail. But now that I have finally read it, I almost wish I hadn't. This book is one of the most slow-going and boring books I have ever read! Over half the book is filled with Bella talking about her everyday life and how much she loves Edward. And, it seems like everything Edward says is something about how Bella should be afraid of him. Every conversation between Bella and Edward is them taking turns asking each other questions. After a while it gets kind of old. The only parts of the book I really like are the higher actions scenes because it feels like something important is actually happening, and the themes because they get you thinking. Another theme you can take from this book is who you hang around can affect the choices you make and the situations you are involved in. If you are thinking about reading this book and you like high action and adventure this is not the book for you.