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  • I am a high school teacher

  • Since I teach high school, I felt obligated to read this series. I never would have paid for them (the box set is RIDICULOUSLY expensive), and they are never available in the library... BUT I have a dear friend in the publishing business (she gives me ALL my books!) who hooked me up with the collect ... Continue

    Since I teach high school, I felt obligated to read this series. I never would have paid for them (the box set is RIDICULOUSLY expensive), and they are never available in the library... BUT I have a dear friend in the publishing business (she gives me ALL my books!) who hooked me up with the collector set. I read them so as to be better able to relate to my teenage students.
    It was easy and sort of fun to read, though I found the descriptions tedious at times. I also loathed the main character. She happens to be the exact one that my female students so strongly relate to. Well, I guess I am almost 30 and the teenage angst seems melodramatic and overdone to me.
    Oh well... I read all 4 in the series. If you like vampires and wish you could date one, then this is the series for you.
    Also if you think secretly you are NOT actually a boring, average human with no special skills or talents, then you may relate to Bella. Ugh.

    

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• ― Tisha808 said on Jan 20, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  • Well, well, well…
    To steal from the author’s choice of words from the back of the book, at the start of reading Twilight “about three things I was absolutely positive”: I was not a tweeny emo goth, there was a part of me that wanted to laugh out loud with ridicule, and I unconditionally and ir ... Continue

    Well, well, well…
    To steal from the author’s choice of words from the back of the book, at the start of reading Twilight “about three things I was absolutely positive”: I was not a tweeny emo goth, there was a part of me that wanted to laugh out loud with ridicule, and I unconditionally and irrevocably needed a drink.
    HOWEVER, after the first 100 pages I found myself completely obsessed with the oh-so-cliché forbidden romance that was unfolding before my eyes. Stephanie Meyer is GENIUS at tapping into every single element of teenage girl love fantasy. Don’t get me wrong, the writing in this book is extremely sappy but by the end of the last page my brain had “irrevocably” decided that having an impossibly perfect vampire boyfriend would be so rad and I so totally need to read the sequels.
    Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    Suggested With: Renewed Puberty

    

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• ― ReadingQueen 12/17 said on Dec 12, 2008 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • Twilight

  • I enjoyed reading this book but I would never recommend it to anyone else. I'm very embarrassed I enjoyed it and I'd consider it a very guilty pleasure. Bella gets annoying fast with her "I love him but I can't have him" routine. Also annoying is the fact that she is supposedly so plain, but sud ... Continue

    I enjoyed reading this book but I would never recommend it to anyone else. I'm very embarrassed I enjoyed it and I'd consider it a very guilty pleasure. Bella gets annoying fast with her "I love him but I can't have him" routine. Also annoying is the fact that she is supposedly so plain, but suddenly has a billion teenage boys swooning over her. Pretty lame. But again, a guilty pleasure :D

    

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• ― Deanna Kyre said on Mar 5, 2008 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • A decent start and an interesting concept, but Meyer clearly needs to work on her prose skills. That, and I have some major reservations about the stalkeresque quality of the Edward-Bella relationship. If you would call the cops if a cute guy (and complete stranger) snuck into your house and watched ... Continue

    A decent start and an interesting concept, but Meyer clearly needs to work on her prose skills. That, and I have some major reservations about the stalkeresque quality of the Edward-Bella relationship. If you would call the cops if a cute guy (and complete stranger) snuck into your house and watched you sleep in real life, you shouldn't find it endearing in a novel as a plot device.

    

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• ― nashiitashii said on Nov 15, 2009 about the Hardcover edition| Add your feedback

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  • I wasn't into the books until after i first watched the movie then i just had to read the series. What a great story not your typical vampire story.I got pulled right into it and i had a hard time putting it down.

    

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• ― Demonicvelvet said on Oct 15, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  • leeches

  • i absolutely love this book! yes, it's not your typical vampire literature, but keep in mind that stephenie myer never read typical vamp literature; twilight came to her in a dream. besides, edward explains the reason the "myths" about vampires exist in chapter 14. just because it doesn't fit your t ... Continue

    i absolutely love this book! yes, it's not your typical vampire literature, but keep in mind that stephenie myer never read typical vamp literature; twilight came to her in a dream. besides, edward explains the reason the "myths" about vampires exist in chapter 14. just because it doesn't fit your typical vamp stereotype, doesn't mean it isn't a fabulous book. yes, the movie sucks, but don't knock the book til you've read it.

    

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• ― Twihardsanonymous25 said on Oct 2, 2009 | Add your feedback

Grade 9 Up–When Bella Swan moves from sunny Phoenix to Forks, Washington, a damp and dreary town known for the most rainfall in the United States, to live with her dad, she isnt expecting to like it. But the level of hostility displayed by her standoffish high school biology lab partner, Edward Cullen, surprises her. After several strange interactions, his preternatural beauty, strength, and speed have her intrigued. Edward is just as fascinated with Bella, and their attraction to one another grows. As Bella discovers more about Edwards nature and his family, she is thrown headlong into a dangerous adventure that has her making a desperate sacrifice to save her one true love. One of the more original vampire constructs around, this recording of Stephenie Meyers debut novel (Megan Tingley Books, 2005) is narrated with great style by Ilyana Kadushin, who makes the infinitely romantic tale of star-crossed lovers resonate with a bittersweet edge.

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