Twilight

[Oriole]

Anyone read it? Comments? Thoughts? It is rated pretty highly on amazon, but I was curious to see if anyone read the series on this board.




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[SquibsNCrackers]

may contain spoilers - lukewarm review

I'm reading it right now. It's a teenage vampire romance novel. I'm not a vampire aficionada, though I did love Dracula. Never got into Anne Rice, but not because of an aversion. That said, I find Twilight to be oddly sanitized for a vampire tale, especially given the provocative cover. There's no sex (yet), no real scary stuff, and it seems to be a pretty standard high school romance plot. New girl meets attractive but unavailable/dangerous boy, finds out more about him, becomes endangered by associating with him, gets rescued, noble love cannot be consummated because of boy's unavailable/dangerous issues. I haven't finished it yet, but so far am not finding it very "hot" or particularly engaging. It's easy enough to read but hardly a page-turner. I'll report back after I finish the book.

[A&A]

There's a lot of sexual tension in it, but it's just subtle enough that you don't quite realize it at first. (She wants hot boy; hot boy wants her but can't have her, etc.)

It's brain candy; fun but not profound.

[Traci mom23boys]

Oh man, I second the *brain candy* description! I found the series very engaging, almost embarrassingly so. I couldn't it put it down, and I am not a fan of the vampire genre. It was just something about the characters that kept me turning pages and wanting for more. The writing is ok, she does improve as the books go along. I stepped way out of my usual contemporary & classics genre to read these, prompted by all the teenage girls in my life that were reading them at the time. They are great fun!

Enjoy!

[klg47]

I love this series!!! I stayed up almost all night reading #2 and made myself sick. I will probably camp out to get #4 as soon as it hits the shelves.

Originally Posted by SquibsNCrackers

I find Twilight to be oddly sanitized for a vampire tale, especially given the provocative cover.

The series will likely stay pretty sanitized. . . the author is LDS (a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, aka Mormon). And what is on your cover? My cover had an apple on it, like this.

[NewCrunchyDaddy]

My thoughts are here.



ETA: I have to respectfully disagree with the "brain candy" label. Literary Crack is more like it: fun to read, not healthy in the least, and you can't stop jonesing for the next hit to come.

[SquibsNCrackers]

Originally Posted by klg47

I love this series!!! I stayed up almost all night reading #2 and made myself sick. I will probably camp out to get #4 as soon as it hits the shelves.



The series will likely stay pretty sanitized. . . the author is LDS (a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, aka Mormon). And what is on your cover? My cover had an apple on it, like this.

Mine has the same cover. I thought it was meant to be enticing and provocative. Like there was something really tasty and forbidden inside. Can't quite wrap my mind around the idea of a squeaky clean vampire romance novel ... So far it seems like an abstinence-positive message, which is okay, but doesn't quite go with vampire love in my book.

I won't deny that it's easy to read and I'll likely read all three, since my SIL gave them to dd for her 13th birthday, but ... for brain candy I find it a little saccharine. No snark intended, just agreeing to disagree on this one.

Squibs

[A&A]

Originally Posted by NewCrunchyDaddy

My thoughts are here.



ETA: I have to respectfully disagree with the "brain candy" label. Literary Crack is more like it: fun to read, not healthy in the least, and you can't stop jonesing for the next hit to come.

POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT:













I agree that Jacob steals the spotlight in Book 3.

[NiteNicole]

I am just finishing the second book and will probably start the third tonight.

They're fun, but not deep. There's a lot of repetitive introspection and I'm not going to lie...I skim. I don't need to read the same character having the same thoughts (or the same two characters having the same argument) 42 times. I get it. You're conflicted. Or sad. Or whatever. Yeah, got it the first 15 times.

[A&A]

Originally Posted by NiteNicole

I am just finishing the second book and will probably start the third tonight.

They're fun, but not deep. There's a lot of repetitive introspection and I'm not going to lie...I skim. I don't need to read the same character having the same thoughts (or the same two characters having the same argument) 42 times. I get it. You're conflicted. Or sad. Or whatever. Yeah, got it the first 15 times.

Good point. The books seem longer than they need to be, and this is probably why.

[Brisen]

Originally Posted by Traci mom23boys

Oh man, I second the *brain candy* description! I found the series very engaging, almost embarrassingly so.

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[holyhelianthus]

total brain candy. i can't quite explain it- i have about 50 other books that are way deeper and way better that i should be and want to be reading but i just want to know what happens to Bella and Edward even though i find her annoying and him just too good. for not liking the books all that much i still *need* to know what's going on in their "lives"

[A&A]

Originally Posted by magstphil

for not liking the books all that much i still *need* to know what's going on in their "lives"

Like a soap opera! That's what it is!!!

[JavaFinch]

I : Edward!!! Honestly, I did love the books (brain crack - great description for them!) but wanted MORE Edward in places that really required patience. I think every girl's fantasy is to, even if she feels she is only moderately 'attractive', to have a hot guy totally INTO her who sees what others seem to not see and find her totally irresistible. I don't know, at least that's my fantasy These books are just FUN. I can't wait for next summer and especially can't wait for the one she is writing that is "Twilight" all over again but from Edward's perspective. They have the first chapter of it on Stephanie Meyer's website.
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/otherp...dnightsun.html

I really want to know exactly HOW good Edward smells! I guess I can only use my imagination

[lisac77]

I find these books to be...... strange. Not in a bad way, exactly, and they certainly are engrossing, but they lack in a way that I just can't quite explain. I agree that Bella is annoying and boring, and that Edward is far too perfect, but their relationship is sweet and it's clear that they love each other. I hate the Jacob situation... I hated New Moon. I didn't buy the story in New Moon, and I will probably skip it if I re-read the series before Breaking Dawn comes out.

I guess part of my problem is that we kind of already know the details of what happens in Breaking Dawn. Edward and Bella get married, he turns her into a vampire. The end. Yeah, there will be other things going on, but that's what's going to happen.

And yeah, of course I'm going to read it!

[Oriole]

Originally Posted by klg47

I will probably camp out to get #4 as soon as it hits the shelves.

Originally Posted by NewCrunchyDaddy

Literary Crack is more like it: fun to read, not healthy in the least, and you can't stop jonesing for the next hit to come.

Originally Posted by JavaFinch

I : Edward!!!

I really want to know exactly HOW good Edward smells! I guess I can only use my imagination

Just finished the first one, and completely agree with all of the above.

[socialworkmamma]

Okay, I've read them all and on some levels I get what everyone is saying, but after the third did anyone start to feel like the relationship between Bella and Edward really is rather icky, and not 'cause he's a member of the undead? So bossy and controlling, but for her own "good"? I felt like Bella's mom was picking up a vibe not that Edward is supernatural, but that he and Bella have an unhealthy relationship with such weird control issues. Maybe he's starting to remind me of some of the stories I've heard from clients......
I would also guess having a daughter makes me think if she were to want to die without a certain person,who left her of their own free will, I would feel like I failed her as a mother.

[Synchro246]

Originally Posted by Traci mom23boys

Oh man, I second the *brain candy* description! I found the series very engaging, almost embarrassingly so. I couldn't it put it down, and I am not a fan of the vampire genre. It was just something about the characters that kept me turning pages and wanting for more. The writing is ok, she does improve as the books go along. I stepped way out of my usual contemporary & classics genre to read these, prompted by all the teenage girls in my life that were reading them at the time. They are great fun!

Enjoy!

Originally Posted by JavaFinch

I : Edward!!! Honestly, I did love the books (brain crack - great description for them!) but wanted MORE Edward in places that really required patience. I think every girl's fantasy is to, even if she feels she is only moderately 'attractive', to have a hot guy totally INTO her who sees what others seem to not see and find her totally irresistible. I don't know, at least that's my fantasy These books are just FUN. I can't wait for next summer and especially can't wait for the one she is writing that is "Twilight" all over again but from Edward's perspective. They have the first chapter of it on Stephanie Meyer's website.
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/otherp...dnightsun.html

I really want to know exactly HOW good Edward smells! I guess I can only use my imagination

Agreed! I had no idea there were already 3 books out. I must borrow them.

The first 100 pages were a bit dull for me, not bad or boring, but not page turning. But then, somewhere around page 100 I just couldn't put it down and I read it every chance I could until I finished it a couple days later.

There is a lot of sexual tension. I also think there's a bit of a virginity/purity undercurrent that's parralell to the living/undead thing. Maybe it's the author's roots peeking thru or something.


LisaC-- do you mind putting a spoiler warning in that please!

[klg47]

Originally Posted by Synchro246

LisaC-- do you mind putting a spoiler warning in that please!

That's not a spoiler - that's speculation! I myself am not entirely sure that will happen. I think Stephenie might draw it out longer. It's like we all thought Voldemort was done after Harry Potter #1, but that turned out not to be true at all.

[lisac77]

Originally Posted by klg47

That's not a spoiler - that's speculation! I myself am not entirely sure that will happen. I think Stephenie might draw it out longer. It's like we all thought Voldemort was done after Harry Potter #1, but that turned out not to be true at all.

Thanks klg47, that was indeed speculation, considering the fact that Breaking Dawn hasn't been published yet!

I still think those two things will happen though.