A teenage love story about a vampire falling in love with its common prey. Luckily for Bella Swan, he's given up human flesh and won't be drinking her blood anytime soon.
I, myself, am not a big fan of the book. As interesting and appealing it may sound to some people, I would not be the one to read it over and over again.
Why?
Well, for one, people are too obsessed with it. I can't go into a single store without seeing 'Twilight' posters being flashed in my face, and let me tell you, eventually it gets annoying.
For two, it’s sadly one of those stories where nothing ever really goes wrong. Sure, Bella almost dies a few times, and gets left by her true love, but you know for a fact that it'll all end okay. No one important ever dies, or there's no drama. So we should face it—it's not very realistic. Even for a fictional book.
For three, I don't mean to sound like a hater towards Stephanie Meyer, but Twilight (the book) became especially popular when they figured out it'd be turned into a motion picture, and teen 'hottie' (or so some think) Robert Pattinson would be playing the part of Edward Cullen, the vampire. It’s shame to say that such a popular book was turned into a horrible movie, consisting of horrible acting and directing, surprisingly being worse than the books itself.
If you're like me, and don't like reading pages of description and a whole chapter or two of a basically useless story, then you will very easily get bored out of your skull while reading the book. You’ll notice that Meyer constantly has to describe Edward as gorgeous though the first time I saw him I mistook him for Bella’s mom, wonder why on earth many things are left unexplained (which is because Meyer can’t explain them) and finally, realize that the book is poorly written, researched, and presented.
One of the main things wrong with the writing that many people have seemed to notice is that Meyer breaks the one and most important rule of writing. Show and don’t tell. She tells repeatedly that Bella and Edward love each other; however, she never shows it. Staring at each other for endless hours, and hurting your girlfriend with your kissing is NOT what teenage love is, but now thanks to Twilight many teens have that burnt into their brains.
I will admit I've read the first three of the books, and I liked the first one at first. Eventually people over obsessed and I couldn't stand it, and only got up to the third one before I popped, and I have no desire to read the last one. I know what happens, and really don't feel like spending any of my time wasting something that'll give me a headache.
No, I don't hate Twilight. I just don't like it. I’d gladly burn it for free. This isn't really a hate review, more of just an overall review. Letting you know what the books are like, and then a few reasons why I don't like it (I couldn't help myself), and maybe a rant on why it’s so irritating.
But, if you like long, long, long stories with lots of description and things that aren't explained to an understandable degree, then you'll like Twilight. If not—I wouldn't waste your time.
I, myself, am not a big fan of the book. As interesting and appealing it may sound to some people, I would not be the one to read it over and over again.
Why?
Well, for one, people are too obsessed with it. I can't go into a single store without seeing 'Twilight' posters being flashed in my face, and let me tell you, eventually it gets annoying.
For two, it’s sadly one of those stories where nothing ever really goes wrong. Sure, Bella almost dies a few times, and gets left by her true love, but you know for a fact that it'll all end okay. No one important ever dies, or there's no drama. So we should face it—it's not very realistic. Even for a fictional book.
For three, I don't mean to sound like a hater towards Stephanie Meyer, but Twilight (the book) became especially popular when they figured out it'd be turned into a motion picture, and teen 'hottie' (or so some think) Robert Pattinson would be playing the part of Edward Cullen, the vampire. It’s shame to say that such a popular book was turned into a horrible movie, consisting of horrible acting and directing, surprisingly being worse than the books itself.
If you're like me, and don't like reading pages of description and a whole chapter or two of a basically useless story, then you will very easily get bored out of your skull while reading the book. You’ll notice that Meyer constantly has to describe Edward as gorgeous though the first time I saw him I mistook him for Bella’s mom, wonder why on earth many things are left unexplained (which is because Meyer can’t explain them) and finally, realize that the book is poorly written, researched, and presented.
One of the main things wrong with the writing that many people have seemed to notice is that Meyer breaks the one and most important rule of writing. Show and don’t tell. She tells repeatedly that Bella and Edward love each other; however, she never shows it. Staring at each other for endless hours, and hurting your girlfriend with your kissing is NOT what teenage love is, but now thanks to Twilight many teens have that burnt into their brains.
I will admit I've read the first three of the books, and I liked the first one at first. Eventually people over obsessed and I couldn't stand it, and only got up to the third one before I popped, and I have no desire to read the last one. I know what happens, and really don't feel like spending any of my time wasting something that'll give me a headache.
No, I don't hate Twilight. I just don't like it. I’d gladly burn it for free. This isn't really a hate review, more of just an overall review. Letting you know what the books are like, and then a few reasons why I don't like it (I couldn't help myself), and maybe a rant on why it’s so irritating.
But, if you like long, long, long stories with lots of description and things that aren't explained to an understandable degree, then you'll like Twilight. If not—I wouldn't waste your time.
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