Thursday, September 19, 2013

  While recently scrolling through the D- reviews, I came across a book I thoroughly enjoyed, Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. I decided that I would defend this book because I really liked it.
Twilightbook.jpgThe book is about a teenager named Bella Swan, who moves from hot, Phoenix, Arizona to the small town Forks, Washington. Once she gets to the school, she meets Edward Cullen, a mysterious boy she immediately takes an interest in (although liking him would not be the right word for this situation... yet.). Edward immediately seems to dislike Bella, for reasons she can't understand. Then, Edward is gone for a week from school. Bella, suspecting it is because of her, becomes fed up and decides to confront him, and he surprises her by being nice to her.
  One night, Bella is told a story by her good friend Jacob Black. He tells her legends from his tribe say that Edward's family, The Cullen's, are vampires. Bella decides to investigate this, to which she begins to believe the legend. After a while of prodding, Edward finally fesses up. His family are vampires, but they are "good" vampires. They don't drink human blood, instead, they feed on animals. That is why Edward resented Bella the first day, because he was thirsty and she smelled very good to him. He left for that whole week to hunt. He tells her a few other things the vampires can do, including that he can read minds. Well, except Bella's.
  Soon, Edward and Bella begin (quickly I might add) to fall in love. They are nearly inseparable, and Edward eventually takes Bella to meet his vampire family. They go and play vampire baseball later, which leads to some not-so-nice vampires to begins tracking her, and it becomes a life or death situation for Bella.
  I LOVE this book. I think Stephanie Meyer is a phenomenal author, and she words things so beautifully. To those who judge this book by it's movie: The Edward Cullen in the movie and in the book are very different. In the movie, I think he is almost... weak. I'm not sure why I feel that way, but the book he is well developed. His character believes in good, he is a hero in many situations, yet he still believes himself to be a monster. It breaks my heart (yes, I have a fictional crush on Edward.).
Overall, I am head over heels for Twilight! The person who wrote the D- review was reading the book just to prove it was as bad as she thought it was. I can see why it is a bestseller. I, on the other hand, give Twilight an A+.
If you have a bad opinion on this book, Isuggest you actually read it haven't already. You might actually like it.
Also, #teamedward. Haha.

2 comments:

Mrs. Jensen said...

Thank you for an alternate view of Twilight. It is not my favorite book, but not because of the story. I am just not a romance-genre type of person (yes, that includes Jane Austen). The romance I like is more Wuthering Heights. Anyway, props should be given to Meyers for completely creating a cultural phenomenon as well as taking vampire lore and amending it. Hundreds, possibly thousands of years of vampire legends have existed, with the same characteristics given. Meyer admirably stayed true to many of them, but then added and altered parts as well. I think that is pretty cool. FYI-after I read the first book I had to know all about vampires and delved into vampire legends.

Unknown said...

Thanks Mrs. Jensen! I too just had to learn more about vampires!!