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A review by morgob
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
3.0
I never read this book growing up and I thought I would finally give it a try, considering all the things I've heard about it over the years. And I needed something to balance out my library checkout pile, though looking back on it, adding this book to my pile of books about serial killers probably didn't diversify my reading a whole lot. I will start off with the good. If I were still a young teen, I probably would have loved this book as much as my friends at the time did. Sometimes it's hard reading YA books as an adult because I am a different person now than I was as a teenager. I did get through this book rather quickly, once I got past the first few chapters and got used to the writing style (don't worry, I will take my turn at the writing momentarily).
Okay, this book is ridiculous. There are a number of reasons. First, the writing is just shy of horrible. Part of the reason it took me so long to get into the book was because I spotted a couple handfuls of mistakes within the first chapter. It's not so much the grammar, but more the sentence structure. This begs the question: is she trying to write it as if she herself were a high schooler, or is it not purposeful? I think that's a dangerous line to walk. Regardless, it was not pretty from the start. I think she used more of the passive voice than I did in high school.
Also, I suppose this goes without saying, but Bella and Edward's relationship is horribly toxic. It is not good. I was cringing for a good half of the book, if not the whole thing. I did get a kick out of some of the more ridiculous aspects pertaining to Stephanie's ideas about vampires, like the sparkling in sunlight. The family baseball game, which is my favorite part in the movie, held up in the book as well. It is ridiculous, but that's part of its enjoyment.
I think I can say I enjoyed this book, mostly because of how ridiculous it was. I had seen the movie before, but the book certainly held up to all the criticisms and things I had heard. I don't think, however, that I will be reading the rest of the series.
Okay, this book is ridiculous. There are a number of reasons. First, the writing is just shy of horrible. Part of the reason it took me so long to get into the book was because I spotted a couple handfuls of mistakes within the first chapter. It's not so much the grammar, but more the sentence structure. This begs the question: is she trying to write it as if she herself were a high schooler, or is it not purposeful? I think that's a dangerous line to walk. Regardless, it was not pretty from the start. I think she used more of the passive voice than I did in high school.
Also, I suppose this goes without saying, but Bella and Edward's relationship is horribly toxic. It is not good. I was cringing for a good half of the book, if not the whole thing. I did get a kick out of some of the more ridiculous aspects pertaining to Stephanie's ideas about vampires, like the sparkling in sunlight. The family baseball game, which is my favorite part in the movie, held up in the book as well. It is ridiculous, but that's part of its enjoyment.
I think I can say I enjoyed this book, mostly because of how ridiculous it was. I had seen the movie before, but the book certainly held up to all the criticisms and things I had heard. I don't think, however, that I will be reading the rest of the series.