|  | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
List Price: $10.99
Buy New: $3.95
as of 11/24/2009 01:34 CST details
You Save: $7.04 (64%)
New (242) Used (683) Collectible (5) from $2.94
Seller: OppenheimerRedgrave
Rating:  4542 reviews
Sales Rank: 12
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 544
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.5 x 1.5
ISBN: 0316015849
EAN: 9780316015844
ASIN: 0316015849
Publication Date: September 6, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Twilight - THE COMPLETE MOVIE SCRIPT - Format: A4, 133 full pages by Melissa Rosenberg - We will send you 24 hours on receipt of payment the complete movie script at your Email-account as pdf-file! You can everytime a own exemplar to print off!
|
| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 16-20 of 4542
Good, bad, and fiction! November 15, 2009
E. Ware (Kentwood, MI USA)
Yes, it must be said that the author goes overboard with how beautiful the leading male is...we get it we get it, Edward is beautiful, we haven't forgotten, you just told us.
The beginning is a little slow, but when it picks up it easily keeps your attention.
On Bella being a role model- moms, calm down about this, seriously. She's not meant to be a heroine, she didn't beat some overwhelming odds and live to tell a valiant story of courage and perseverance: she's a girl in love with a vampire- fiction!
On Book vs Movie:
Book characters are much more intense, especially Edward, who seems too harsh and condescending at times.
Bella is a normal teenage girl with some self esteem issues "how could someone so beautiful see anything interesting in me?" but ladies, a lot of us reviewing this book are adults and we still have these issues, so this should be no shocker.
Details, details, details, I love how much more of a view you get into the story with the book vs the movie. I saw the movie first, I almost recommend it that way- so you're not dissapointed. If you're still hungry for more Twilight then read the book after the movie to get your inevitable questions answered.
I don't regret buying this book, and recommended it to my almost 21 year old sister in law who loved the movie.
 Won't waste my money or time November 14, 2009
jazz lover
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Thanks to those who provided the cautionary reviews as I had no idea what the big deal was about this book, especially after Oprah gave it her stamp of approval. I was planning to buy a copy. Thanks to "TinaMom" for her summary and I agree, we don't need books glamourizing stalking boyfriends. Very creepy. Great perspective "TinaMom" changing the vampire character to a stalking boyfriend so those who don't 'get it' can see how unsettling this story is for their daughters. Also, I detest poorly written books with grammatical errors, weak analogies and nonsensical descriptions. 'Somebody' is making ALOT of money on this book.
 Sparknotes: Twilight November 14, 2009
R. C. Bowman (Hatch-a-Patch, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Twilight"'s plot is simple, perhaps even basic: an insecure, slightly misfit teenage girl gets fed up with her mother (without actually being angry at her mother) and moves halfway across the country to live with her father, in a small, charming, albeit constantly rainy, Washington town called Forks. There she meets and develops an almsot instantaneous attraction to a vampire, though, at the outset, she doesn't know he's a vampire. Typically, that revelation waits until she is, in her own words, irrevocably in love with him.
Honestly, I'm a voracious reader. I love well-written books, but I'll never turn my nose up at a good, or even passable, story, either. I wasn't particularly impressed with "Twilight"--as most people can painlessly admit, it certainly isn't a literary masterpiece--it's really fun to read. Stephen King--recently notorious for stating that the author of this book is an untalented writer--once described a state called "the gotta". As in, "I gotta know what happens next." Even if you're not enjoying this book, you more or less gotta know what happens next.
"Twilight" has some good qualities. It's a fun story, and a salable one. I won't go so far as to say it's addictive--for most experienced readers, one go-through is enough--but it's gripping. As well, the dialogue, particularly between Edward and Bella once their relationship hits the romance point, is really realistic. In my experience, couples who get along do talk like that. This "banter" has been under attack in many forums, but I enjoyed it. Meyer has a good ear for dialogue.
Also, "Twilight" has pushed many reluctant readers into the literary sphere. This is in and of itself a great achievement. It doesn't matter how sloppily or amateurishly a book is written if it pushes somebody to want to read. All of "Twilight"'s faults should be forgiven simply on this score. (Note: for many reasons, "Twilight" is a jumpstart book primarily for girls. Boys usually don't like it much, though there a few exceptions, so don't rule it entirely out.) This is further proof that, even if it's not a great story, even if it's not classic or phenomenal or brilliant, it's accomplished something. Whatever your feelings toward the book, it's best to acknowledge that.
So, it's fun, it's easy to read, it's gripping, the vampires are sizzlingly hot and it makes you gotta know what happens next.
Nevertheless, "Twilight" contains a lot of points easy to criticize.
As has been noted, the characters are sometimes shallow, more fitting to a TV show or film than a novel.
For one, Bella is a disappointingly weak heroine. She calls to mind the static princesses of old fairy tales, who did nothing. Bella does nothing for herself. She moves to Forks, which, in light of her character, is a genuinely surprising move. In many ways, she typifies the "ideal" female: she's a good cook, she's quiet, demure, acquiesces to and takes care of the males in her life, and doesn't like doing things on her own. During one scene, she can formulate no way to save herself, although any sly, enterprising heroine--especially in a fantasy novel--should have been able to at least play for time. But no: she loses her head completely, so cowed she cannot scream, and it is up to Edward to save her.
Another issue with Bella: she does not seem to actually be in love. People in love do not generally soliloquize about their love interest's facial features. During infatuation, sure; but once you're actually in love, physical appearance takes a back seat. It always does. Reading angsty, long descriptions of Edward's face, every time she sees him, is not only tiring, it is annoying, and unrealistic. Further, some of the more purple descriptions of him read almost like a description of a woman: his eyes, his face, lips, hair-- what is described is androgynous, and could, in a different setting, be construed as female.
In many ways, it's almost as if Bella appreciates Edward's appearance more than his personality--which is unsurprising, as Edward's personality, while beguiling and enjoyable within the novel, is noticeably lacking.
Edward is moody and closed-off. Worse--in the opening scenes--he behaves as if he hates Bella. No matter how gorgeous he is, weeks of straight hate-displays will dampen anybody's passion, particularly that of someone as insecure as Bella. Even when he loosens up, his personality has no continuity: at times, he comes off as an abusive, controlling father; at others, like a moody teenager.
The sideline characters have no development, either, which is a disappointment; there was a lot of potential.
There are also plot holes. This always drives me crazy. I don't usually care if a plot is farfetched--I'm a scifi/horror/fantasy fan, after all--but it HAS TO MAKE SENSE within the book, and IT HAS TO TIE TOGETHER. This novel's plot felt patched together and weak in many places, nothing but an excuse to write about a vampire romance, which IS irritating. Character-driven fantasy is very refreshing when it's done well, but the character must be interesting for this to succeed. Bella is not very interesting; Edward is much more so, and even then, he's not spectacular at all.
One really interesting observation is the identification that occurs between Bella and many young women who read this story. Girls identify with Bella much more strongly than usual; whether it's because they want Edward, or just feel hapless like she does, Bella Swan seems to be the personification many girls want of themselves. I think this is another reason these books are so popular: for whatever reason, girls feel like Bella.
Ultimately, "Twilight" is a shallow story with shallow characters, but they are fun characters in a fun story that people want to read. So, Meyer may not be a literary genius, but she's quite the entertainer, which is just as impressive.
I had hoped "Twilight" would have a lot more depth, and that Bella would be stronger, Edward more of a person and less of a shallow fantasy. Nevertheless--to repeat--it was a fun book. So, if you're not-an-English-major who likes a fun story, pick it up. If you're keen on masterpieces or intelligent plots or characters, though, give it a pass.
Overall, "Twilight" is, in my opinion, worth a read.
 OMG November 14, 2009
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
WOW
i thought that twilight was a goyh book but after reads the sample i yhouhgt it was pretty good and now i cant put it down.
Entertaining but definitely not a literary masterpiece November 14, 2009
f_train (Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Stephanie Meyer is famous for one reason: She wrote an engaging story. That is where my compliment for her ends. For an English Lit major, she cannot write to save her life. Her writing style is practically nonexistent. Her grammar is awful and she can't form a coherent sentence to save her life. If you enjoy novels that are beautifully written and vivid in describing things, this is not the novel for you. I wish her writing flowed, but unfortunately it doesn't.
Despite all her flaws in writing, the plot was good. It was an engaging story of first love, for both human and vampire. A lot of readers critique the book in saying Bella and Edward's views and ideas on love and "life" are very black and white. But let's keep in mind that it's the first time they've both felt this way about anyone. Anyone who has ever fallen in love for the first time knows how all consuming, intense, beautiful yet tragic, etc it is. This love plot is no exception to all that. A lot of people argue that Edward is also very bipolar or temperamental and this story seems to approve or condone behavior like his, explaining it away by simply saying it's just a part of being in love. I didn't see it that way though. It was evident to me that his emotions and feelings were so conflicted because even though he loved her so much (after having been alone for almost a century), he also felt his carnal urges for the first time since he became a vampire. So even though he found love for the first time, he was also being forced to confront who he was as a vampire (with a need/thirst for blood). So yes he was moody, but who wouldn't be when they're so conflicted between choosing your natural desires versus your emotional desires.
It's definitely a book about teenagers and their stubbornness/unwillingness and their inability to see the bigger picture, or to be able to take a step back and evaluate. It's about two people finding each other and discovering what love feels like for the very first time. It's about all the insane emotions that comes with that. It's a story that shows us that there's more than what meets the eye. That people/vampires are capable of being more than what they've been told they must be. That people can change, adapt and accept all different types of things.
Showing reviews 16-20 of 4542
|
|
|
