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Twilight by Stephenie Meyer MAG

May 30, 2008
By Anonymous

I was never in love with vampires until Twilight came out. I didn’t know it was possible, but Stephenie Meyer changed the stereotypical blood-sucking vampire into a beautiful god-like creature.

In Twilight, an average high school girl, Bella Swan, falls in love with one of the most beautiful boys at her new school, Edward, who happens to be a vampire. What does one call a stunning, mysterious vampire and his stunning, mysterious vampire family? I believe “The Cullens” would suffice.

The author’s style and characters will glue your hands to the book and your eyes to the page. In no time, the book is over. But don’t worry – there are three sequels: New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn.

Twilight is well written from Bella’s point of view. It feels as though a movie is playing in your head. If you don’t feel that way, have no fear, the actual movie comes out November 21.

Twilight is such a magnificent book that it was a New York Times bestseller. Who would have thought that the idea for such an astonishing book could come from a dream the author had?

The theme is love conquers all, even the supernatural. Nothing stands in the way of love for Edward and Bella. Or does it?

Meyer’s style of writing will have you wanting to believe that there are gorgeous vampires roaming our world and just hopefully there will be Edwards for all of the girls who have fallen in love with this fictional yet breathtaking character. Since the characters’ love is forbidden, it only makes it better. ­After all, forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest.

© Anonymous

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sOmE_nIgHtS SILVER said...
on Oct. 10 2010 at 1:34 pm
sOmE_nIgHtS SILVER, Wayne, Pennsylvania
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Here we go again... at first  I loved Twilight, but now it kind of annoys me...
EmilyClark BRONZE said...
on Oct. 9 2010 at 10:56 am
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I love the last line of your article though I dislike the actual book. 
EmilyClark BRONZE said...
on Oct. 9 2010 at 10:55 am
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I found Twilight to be one of the worst books that I have ever read. The first one was okay, but the rest appeared to be just way to rake in cash. The way the books were written was horrible and the plot line was all over the place. Many questions were left unanswered or unexplained. I'm sorry if you like this book, but I found it terrible. Bella was annoying, Edward was creepy, and Jacob needs help. 
Boredom said...
on Oct. 8 2010 at 3:38 pm
I forced myself to read the first Twilight book. The beginning was fine, if a little cliched. But near the end, it was just getting boring. Nothing seemed to make sense anymore, like why the vampire that was trying to kill Bella hated her and Edward so much. I might've kept on reading the series if Bella hadn't been the most annoying protagonist I have ever read about. She's obsessive, complains about everything, and seems to have no concept of fear. She's so aggravating, the book just wasn't that enjoyable.
Stv :) said...
on Oct. 1 2010 at 10:33 am
I thought twilight was a really good book.
Nesser7 said...
on Sep. 29 2010 at 8:52 am
My opinion of Twilight is that I don't like it. Why are so many people obsessed over these books and over  the characters in them? I think it is just a fad like Harry Potter was and it will eventually die down just like Harry Potter did.
MadisonReneeJane GOLD said...
on Sep. 15 2010 at 5:52 pm
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I totally agree. When I was in the phase of reading the series it was fantastic to me and I stayed in that phase until the first movie came out. Then I realized it wasn't that big of a deal.
BriBear BRONZE said...
on Sep. 12 2010 at 12:07 pm
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Honetly i thought this way at first but i finally read every book that was of interest to me i got bored and started reading the twilight saga....... and sudenly i was hooked... i have learnt that u cant judge a book from what u hear.... and now im a vampire fanatic :) it would be cool if u rethought what u said and try the book. but if not thats fine
Aidyl BRONZE said...
on Sep. 11 2010 at 4:50 pm
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I think that although there was the added twist of vampires, the plot is mostly cliched. Also, the whole "vampires aren't really monsters" isn't completely original as many people seem to think. The writing wasn't amazing, and the characters weren't that deep, but it was a page turner. I liked it while I was reading it, but when I though hard about it afterwards, I realised that it wasn't a great book.
freewriter_123 SILVER said...
on Sep. 10 2010 at 4:26 pm
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why??? The series is awsome
fallentears SILVER said...
on Sep. 8 2010 at 7:35 pm
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I agree as well, I don't agree with the review, but I suppose it was well written. It still fails to change my opinion, though.
lexi925 said...
on Sep. 8 2010 at 6:07 pm
I love the books, personally, but that's me. I wouldn't ever try to convince anybody to like something they didn't. Please keep that in mind as I say that Bbb4313 was being unneccessarily cruel, and it was obvious they did not read the books or make an attempt to do such, and so their point is marked invalid. In my viewpoint, at least, Stephanie Meyer did a wonderful job. If you don't think so, that's up to you. If you do, WOOT WOOT!!
Saadi said...
on Sep. 8 2010 at 3:43 pm
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I totally disagree with the existence of vampires,but the movie has changed the mind of mine as well as changed the mind of "the article writer",it seems sometimes that some unrealistic things leaves a big impression on your mind although i am a very strong supporter of realistic stories.Sometimes with supernatural and unrealistic things some good msgs can be sent,like edward's resistance off bella's bloood,this sends a msg to me of love and patience,so nice book
TheNovaClytie PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 8 2010 at 12:57 pm
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yes, the better reviews i have read showed me the cons of the story, and i love twilight, but they also made me think of the many wrong things the author did in this book. nice piece.
Daddysgurl said...
on Sep. 8 2010 at 11:34 am
I love twilight too
Purple+Sparkles said...
on Sep. 8 2010 at 10:13 am
Although the review was very organized and clear, when I started reading it, I hoping that it would present both pros and cons of Twilight, which it unfortunately didn't. A good book review always includes the good points and bad points as a book, and all that I found in this review were what was so amazing about Twilight and why everybody should read it. So, to sum it up, this review felt very biased to me.
Gekkonidae BRONZE said...
on Sep. 1 2010 at 9:31 pm
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I'll have to admit that I hated the entire series, though your review was very organized and well-written. Good job!
MusicNote3 GOLD said...
on Aug. 27 2010 at 4:06 pm
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I agree completely.
MusicNote3 GOLD said...
on Aug. 27 2010 at 4:05 pm
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But the review was really good. :)
MusicNote3 GOLD said...
on Aug. 27 2010 at 4:04 pm
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As a horror movie/literature fanatic, I have an explanation for you. Vampires are a staple of classic Horror tales. Stephanie Meyers takes the concept of a bloodsucking monster and makes it into this romantic caring nonsense. Atleast Anne Rice kept the terror aspect but added a little romance.