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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)

Stephenie Meyer

Start date: September 1, 2016

Finish date: September 30, 2016

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Dec 07, 2008 Alnora1227 rated it liked it

I had given this whole series a wide berth but, being in the kid lit business, I finally decided it was profesionally irreponsible to roundly avoid such a widely read text. So, I caved.

It was not as awful as I thought it would be, but Shakspeare Ms. Myer ain't. After reading I realized what was bothering me about the style: I was reading a Mary Sue. An extremely self indulgent Mary Sue.

A Mary Sue, for those out there who don't read fanfic, is when an author makes one of the characters in the s ...more

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Dec 10, 2007 Sasha rated it really liked it

I checked it out of the library because I saw that almost everyone in my school was holding a copy of it... and couldn't keep their noses out of it. They read it during lunch, hidden in textbooks during Chemistry, even one girl got out of class to use the "bathroom" only to whip out Twilight and finish the next chapter. So I thought, what the heck, go for it.
Oh. My. God. I want Edward as my husband (Edward is one of the main characters. A vampire. The coolest vampire on the planet.) Bella Swann ...more

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Mar 11, 2008 Troi rated it it was ok

Shelves: reviewed, series, supernatural, romance, young-adult, borrowed-from-friend, vampires, werewolves, psychic-abilities, lame-heroine

I was 15 going on 16 when I read this book and was blinded by the alluring, yet completely cliche, romance. Edward was the guy I wanted, Bella was the girl I wanted to be. For a little while, I was completely obsessed with this book. Now I am 17 and understand a lot more about life and writing.

Stephenie Meyer isn't as good a writer as everybody makes her out to be. There are both run-on sentences and fragment sentences all over her story. Her characters are all developed really well, except the ...more

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Dec 01, 2008 Brandy rated it really liked it

If I could give this book 4.5, I would. I guess I'm seriously all into the vampire fiction now. This was a great book though, and I'm really looking forward to seeing the movie, as well as reading the other books in this series! ...more

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Sep 27, 2008 V.R. rated it it was ok

Shelves: series

If you want kind of a fun, semi-mindless read, go for it. My inner 15 year old liked the story, so from that standpoint, it was awesome.

My 31 year old writer/reader self wasn't as keen on it. The first quarter of the book was really enjoyable and then the same descriptors got used repeatedly, certain vampire "rules" were broken and halfway through the book there still wasn't really much drama except for the tension between the main two characters. The REAL danger, doesn't get started until late ...more

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Jan 12, 2009 Lindsey Sarah rated it really liked it

I enjoyed this book! It was an easy read compared to most. Don't expect anything like Harry Potter but a great escape for those who want a science fiction. ...more

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May 19, 2009 NatalyaVqs rated it liked it

Undoubtedly this would have been one of my favorites have I read it while in high school. In my thirties, I found the descriptions of cuddling against a cold hard vampire chest mildly repellent, and all the idealistic gushing and suicide tendencies somewhat tiresome. Its a quick read, an intriguing story, so I can see the huge appeal.

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