Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)

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Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the much boring move she ever made. But one time she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Isabella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, particularly Isabella, the person Edward holds much dear. The lovers locate themselves balanced precariously on the point of a knife-between desire and danger.Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story together with bite.

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Bella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the much boring move she ever made. But one time she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Bella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, particularly Bella, the person Edward holds much dear.

Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story together with bite.

Customer Reviews

A Truly Unique and Captivating Story 2010-03-14

By M. L. Beckenholdt (Lutherville, Maryland)

I saw the movie Twilight, several weeks ago, purely by accident. I'm so glad I had recalled hearing something positive about the story in a review I had read and took the time to view the movie. I immediately bought the book and since have read it twice. I must commend the author for her truly unusual and captivating story. It's my understanding this story came to her in a dream and I count myself lucky she had the dream and wrote it down to share. The story is about a 17 year old high school student, who at first comes across as somewhat ordinary, but who is anything but. She is full of self doubt, has a problem with coordination, lots of typical teen angst, but with a core of unbelievable inner strength. And then we meet Edward Cullen, whom we discover is a "vegetarian" vampire. Edward's physical beauty if often referenced throughout the novel, and having seen Rob Pattinson's portrayal of him in the movie, I luckily had a face and physique to put with the character in the novel. I would have to say, great casting. While Edward has a great many gifts such as super human strength, speed, agility, he too is much like Bella. Full of self doubt, unsure of his place in the world, unable to befriend or connect with humans. He leads a fairly solitary life, surrounded only by his adoptive family. To me, the most beautiful part of the story is the gentle and tender way Bella and Edward find each other, share their secrets with each other and come to the knowledge they are soul mates, however challenging that path is to them both, being of two different worlds. Some the passages in the novel where Bella and Edward speak to one another truly takes my breath away. This is a mesmerizing, romantic, engaging novel I know I will read over and over as time goes by and enjoy every word with each reading. In a word, enchanting!

Sucks you in! 2010-03-14

By J. Rasmussen

I am not an avid reader, nor did I have any interest in the idea of vampires and the hype around the Twilight movies. I happened to catch the movie and thought it wasn't horrible, thought I may take the time to read the first book. The movies do not do these books justice. I only ordered the first book because I really didn't intend to get swallowed into the story as much as I did. I was done within days, and upset I had to wait for the second! This is for the person who can handle a classic romance story. Highly recommend for this type of reader. It is not over the top cheesy, but there is plenty of action to keep you involved. It is actually tough to watch the movies now because of how much they leave out.

It could have been better 2010-03-14

By Temperance (Pittsburgh, PA USA)

I have read my fair share of fantasy novels. As my best friend knows, who got me Twilight for my birthday. Just to put it out there, the book wasn't bad over all, however, there were some annoying aspects.

To start with, the undeveloped character irritated me. I don't want to place myself in the book. No, I want a character I can relate to from her struggles to her love and everything else in-between. I found it hard to even like her at points. Bella being dependent on men was another down fall to her personality. She doesn't need to be a feminist, but some back bone would be nice because of how woman are more independent now. Second, Edward, oh, Edward, the author overly did the adjectives in this book. As a reader, I know he is good looking I do not want to be reminded time after time. To me, Edward is over controlling and reminds me of a story I'd see on lifetime about a girl and her overprotective boyfriend (In the end, the girl is killed).

In addition, I don't believe in their love. It wasn't real to me. I have never met a guy and within a few months knew he was the one for me. Even after a few years, I still questioned. The books connection to Romeo and Juliet is puzzling. I found the play a tragedy, but Twilight is hardly that.

Finally, guys loving Bella just to love her was over the top. No non-self-esteem teen has guys all over her. Guys notice that and don't like it.

Overall, the book was captivating and interesting. I found some of the folktales to be wrong, which is disappointing. Especially, since in those folktales there were never vampires because that's a European thing.
If you want a fun read, it's a good book. However, if you are looking for more I'd find something else.

Maybe next time... 2010-03-13

By Aubrey M. Tate (Arlington, TX)

I will admit I did enjoy this book, to an extent. It was the only book of the series that I enjoyed because it focused on their relationship. However she loses that focus and takes no risks in the series. So I have very little respect for Meyer's writing, very very poor. My comments go much more in depth in the following book reviews because they get worse and worse in quality.

Twilight 2010-03-12

By Lora Leuzinger (Dublin, OH United States)

I'm sure I'll be duplicating some of the reviews, but I had to add my love of these books. I, like so many, thought these were books for teenagers and ignored the series completely for the longest time. My friend said she started to read them and encouraged me to try the first one just to see. We both have kids in elementary school so we aren't the "target audience", although I truly believe these books aren't YA. (Stephenie even said herself that the first one was never written that way, it is just the genre they got put into.)

So, I began reading, and began falling in love with this story. There are a few words that get repeated too often and there are even typos here and there, but it didn't matter. You get to step into another world and learn all about these wonderful characters with Stephenie's fantastic descriptions. And you literally feel the passion going on between them!

I've seen the first movie, but will not see any more. There is just no comparison since there is soooo much more in the books. I have read all four books (and the Midnight Sun draft online) and would say Twilight is my favorite of the published ones in this series. But I love each one since it continues the story. It will be hard to find something better, but I hope to find other books as good.

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