So I'll be honest with you, a novel revolving around the romance between a weakly teenaged girl (Bella Swan) and an immortal loner vampire (Edward Cullen) doesn't sound like my cup of tea.
But give or take a week, I too fell under the Twilight spell.
The first book in the Twilight saga is from Bella's point-of-view: moving to the gloomy yet quaint little town of Forks, WA. Her self-conscious persona and lack of fine motor skills relates to the awkward teen in all of us. She's never dated, never saw herself as gorgeous or out of the ordinary, just a regular, talk-only-if you-initiate type of chick.
And then came Edward Cullen, who could not resist her. Which has a double meaning (read the book to figure that one out -wink-). And I must praise Ms. Meyer for creating such a heartthrob of a fictional character. I swear her character descriptions are right-on, and if your a teenaged girl like myself, your heart will grown a little attached to Edward's "golden eyes," gentleman-like mannerisms, and badass style. He's just hot. And I feel so pathetic writing this.
I guess it's because I picture Robert Pattinson (played Cedric Diggory in HP, and starrs as Edward Cullen in the upcoming Twilight flick) while reading. And he's just, well - gorgeous of course.
Anyways, Twilight is a super easy read. The size may be intimidating, but if it takes your more than 5 hours to read the book, I'm declaring you illterate.
So if you haven't got anything else to do, and are tired of those That 70's Show and Sex and the City re-runs, I suggest you sit yourself in the nearest Barnes and Noble and read this book along with the other teen girls, middle-aged moms and goths.
But seriously, Love + Suspense + Edward Cullen = a grand time for all.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Edward Cullen makes me want to become a Vampire.
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2 comments:
a. I've just spent a fair bit of time catching up on this blog from all summer. I love it.
b. I almost picked Twilight up in the bookstore the other day because I've heard really good things about it, but didn't because well... it's about vampires.
c. I will go pick it up now. :-)
Sierra, You have got to go read it. I'm done with all of the novels until the August 3rd premiere of the 4th book and they are just great. You get so attached to the characters and the story.
Mel, great review...everything you said about the book is completely true.
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