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Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780316160179
ISBN: 0316160172
Label: Little, Brown Young Readers
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: 2005-10-05
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Reading Level: Young Adult
Studio: Little, Brown Young Readers
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"Softly he brushed my cheek, then held my face between his marble hands. ''Be very still,'' he whispered, as if I wasn''t already frozen. Slowly, never moving his eyes from mine, he leaned toward me. Then abruptly, but very gently, he rested his cold cheek against the hollow at the base of my throat. As Shakespeare knew, love burns high when thwarted by obstacles. In Twilight, an exquisite fantasy by Stephenie Meyer, readers discover a pair of lovers who are supremely star-crossed. Bella adores beautiful Edward, and he returns her love .But Edward is having a hard time controlling the blood lust she arouses in him, because--he''s a vampire. At any moment, the intensity of their passion could drive him to kill her, and he agonizes over the danger. But, Bella would rather be dead than part from Edward,so she risks her life to stay near him, and the novel burns with the erotic tension of their dangerous and necessarily chaste relationship.Meyer has achieved quite a feat by making this scenario completely human and believable. She begins with a familiar YA premise (the new kid in school), and lulls us into thinking this will be just another realistic young adult novel. Bella has come to the small town of Forks on the gloomy Olympic Peninsula to be with her father. At school, she wonders about a group of five remarkably beautiful teens, who sit together in the cafeteria but never eat. As she grows to know, and then love, Edward, she learns their secret. They are all rescued vampires, part of a family headed by saintly Carlisle, who has inspired them to renounce human prey. For Edward''s sake they welcome Bella, but when a roving group of tracker vampires fixates on her, the family is drawn into a desperate pursuit to protect the fragile human in their midst.The precision and delicacy of Meyer''s writing lifts this wonderful novel beyond the limitations of the horror genre to a place among the best of YA fiction.(Ages 12 and up) --Patty Campbell 10 Second Interview: A Few Words with Stephenie Meyer Q: Were you a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Angel? What are you watching now that those shows are off the air?
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Summary: About three things I was absolutely positive:
Comment: First, Edward was a vampire.
Second, there was a part of me---and I didn't know how dominant that part might be----that yearned for his undivided attention. (among other things)
And third, I was uncondionally and irrevocably in love with him.
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Summary: Twilight Review
Comment: Stephenie Meyer is a fabulous author! I definitely recommend the sequels to Twilight. She doesn't let you down with the next three books at all! They're all great!
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Summary: Mediocre
Comment: I've read many young adult novels and a few vampire novels before reading Twilight. The hype around this book was crazy, and with a movie coming out, I was excited to read this book. Unfortunately, I was not impressed.
The book was entertaining, but nothing more than that. Maybe if I was in high school, I would have enjoyed it more. What I didn't like: the message, the characters, and the relationship.
Like another review wrote, the message is really bad for girls. A pretty girl meets a pretty boy, and life is meaningless without him. I've read so many young adult books for girls that is empowering towards women. It's another Cinderella story of a beautiful girl devoted to a beautiful boy. Shallow.
Bella Swann comes off as any pretty, a little socially awkward, clumsy high school girl. This is realistic. However, if you're going to make a perfect vampire fall in love with a human for the first time, shouldn't she be a little more interesting? A little more wise? A little more dark? I don't know, but she is lacking. And Edward is perfect and cocky. BO-RING!
And their relationship. She smells good. He looks good. They have a few conversations. It really seems like she fell in love with his good looks. Why do I think that? Because he has no personality.
I'm still going to the rest of the series, but my standards won't be as high.
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Summary: Twilight
Comment: I love books about vampires and feel this is well written. Can't wait to read the other three books.
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Summary: As good as the buzz, even for us adults
Comment: Ok, so I'm new to this series, I saw someone reading it on a plane Sunday and picked one up too, having never HEARD of it. Also felt a little silly going to the YA section to get it, but whatever, it was worth it. The book is amazing. The author can somehow propel the readers back to that completely awkward highschool experience and also throw in an arm-tingling, breathless, chilling, sometimes heartbreaking story all at the same time. I couldn't put it down. Finished it in 4 days and went out for the rest. I put it up there second to my favorite series, Harry Potter, and I'll admit it, I'm 33 year old mom. Give it a try.
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