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| Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $10.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2844 reviews
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Pages: 544
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.6
ISBN: 0316015849
EAN: 9780316015844
Publication Date: September 6, 2006
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 My thanks to the author!! November 23, 2008
This is more to show my appreciation for Ms. Meyer than anything... From the time I could read and up through my teens, I was a bookworm and was known for always having my nose in a book. Unfortunately, the older I got and the more responsibilities I took on as mom, full-time worker and part-time soldier, the less interest (and time) I had for reading. Now in my late 30's, I often joke about having ADD and only being able to read things with pictures, which meant mostly magazines. However, I recently returned from some military training to discover that my "tween" daughter and her friends, AND my grown up co-workers were raving about how wonderful the Twilight series is! Reluctantly, I gave in to the peer pressure and opened the first book in the saga. "Blown away" does not give my impression enough justice! I was captivated and finished the book in two days, staying up until 1 a.m. the second day. I had forgotten what it was like to become lost in a book--a GOOD book! I gobbled up New Moon in nearly one day and am now on Eclipse. How wonderful to once again find the sweet escape of being lost in a book! I'm already compiling a reading list of future books in which to immerse myself. I just feel compelled to publicly acknowledge and thank the author for rekindling a long forgotten love of reading. So thank you, a thousand times, Ms. Meyer!
Tammy, Pikeville, Ky November 23, 2008
I love this book! I read a lot but nothing has captivated me since the Harry Potter series until now! I'm on the third book and can't wait until I get all on them read! It's good reading for 13+ ages.
Captivating November 23, 2008
I Was hesitant at first to read this book, but once I starting reading it, I could not put it down. I was, and still am, and advid Anne Rice fan and, though this is not in the same league as the Vampire Chronicles, it's good to see someone reviving the spirit of the Vimpire. Although this book, along with the rest of the series, are written more for the teen audience, I found it captivating enough for an audience of any age. I suggest if you have not read it, or are as skeptical as I was, just give it a chance!
 "When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end." November 23, 2008
If you don't know by now that this is a story about a romance between a seventeen-year-old girl (named Isabella "Bella" Swan) and a "bizarre, beautiful boy" vampire named Edward Cullen, both of whom live in Forks, Washington, you must be living in a cave. The tale is this: because her Phoenix-based mother is often off traveling with her new husband (Bella's stepfather, Phil), the pretty, somewhat solitary, smart teen and only child chooses to move in with her police chief father, Charlie, and attend Forks High School, enrollment 358. It isn't long before she becomes intrigued by and infatuated with a pale-skinned, gorgeous guy who isn't as young as he looks. The feeling is mutual and so the two carry on a romance as normal as can be possible considering the fact that he really, truly, wants to suck her delectable-smelling blood.
The writing is, at times, horrendous. Judge for yourself: (p 143) "I looked around to realize that the school had become populated while I'd been sitting there, absentminded," (p 145) "A shiver of panic trembled in my stomach as I realized it was empty," (p 441) "The cabbie's question punctured my fantasy, letting all the colors run out of my lovely delusions," and (p 425) "A deep, heavy fog of lethargy washed over me, and my eyes closed without my permission." And could someone please share with the author the proper use of the word "chagrin"? On the bright side, the banter between Bella and Edward regarding safety precautions for humans dating vampires is pretty funny and the explanation of how the various Cullen family members came to be vampires is interesting. Although Twilight has its plot flaws (chains work on icy roads; students, in the age of AIDS, are allowed to prick their fingers and type their blood in a high school classroom; wildflowers bloom in winter), the plotting is definitely better than the writing.
Twilight is not my cup of tea, but I give it an extra star (the fourth) due to its rare, relatively tame tone and lack of profanity. In spite of its flaws, the fact that this barely beyond G-rated (some kissing and a bit of violence) has become the latest craze for teen-bookworms counts a lot in my book. Better: Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice, I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
 A new lover of books born! November 23, 2008
I bought this series for my daughter who is 12. She has NEVER been a reader and I was trying my best to light a spark. It worked!!! She finished all four of them in a month and is now asking for MORE! That alone makes me a fan. Stephenie Meyer inspired at least one little girl to love to read and for me, her mother, that makes the book a success.
Personally, I read the book and found it slow and the characters a little flat/bland. If I hadn't had the other three and moved from one to the next and the next, I would have thought the book was a complete waste for an adults reader. However, the story builds and builds in each one and by the end I couldn't put them down. The series as a whole was well worth reading but this book alone was weak.
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