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69 out of 92 people found this review helpful.
For adults also!
I am 25 years old, a few friends of mine (ages between 25-30) recommended Twilight. The fact that it is a young adult novel made me over look it. I was finally convinced and absolutely loved it. I read Twilight and New Moon in 4 nights. Thats 1200 pages! It is a beautif...Read More
I am 25 years old, a few friends of mine (ages between 25-30) recommended Twilight. The fact that it is a young adult novel made me over look it. I was finally convinced and absolutely loved it. I read Twilight and New Moon in 4 nights. Thats 1200 pages! It is a beautiful romance novel, obviously Sci-Fi, but very well written. Now I just started Eclipse, still page turning!Show Less
posted by Gigi82 on November 24, 2008
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44 out of 100 people found this review helpful.
Not Very Good
This series was suggested to me by a friend. I read the first book in about a day and decided to finish the series. They were okay, but not the best thing I had read by far. The main characters are flat and boring. Bella is needy and very dependent on other people. The ...Read More
This series was suggested to me by a friend. I read the first book in about a day and decided to finish the series. They were okay, but not the best thing I had read by far. The main characters are flat and boring. Bella is needy and very dependent on other people. The relationship between her and Edward is not rational or healthy, and teenage girls should not think that having a complete mental breakdown after someone leaves you is okay. Your boyfriend should not be totally controlling who you see, and what you do.
The plot did not take form until 3/4 of the way into each book, and adjectives were thoroughly abused throughout the series. It gets very tedious when Edward is described in every sentence. I don't quite understand all the hype about these books. it just goes to show you many teenage girls will obsess over anything with the word "love" in it.Show Less
The plot did not take form until 3/4 of the way into each book, and adjectives were thoroughly abused throughout the series. It gets very tedious when Edward is described in every sentence. I don't quite understand all the hype about these books. it just goes to show you many teenage girls will obsess over anything with the word "love" in it.Show Less
posted by Natalie_Elena on March 17, 2009
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Gigi82
Posted November 24, 2008
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For adults also!
I am 25 years old, a few friends of mine (ages between 25-30) recommended Twilight. The fact that it is a young adult novel made me over look it. I was finally convinced and absolutely loved it. I read Twilight and New Moon in 4 nights. Thats 1200 pages! It is a beautiful romance novel, obviously Sci-Fi, but very well written. Now I just started Eclipse, still page turning!
69 out of 92 people found this review helpful.
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theReader278
Posted June 23, 2011
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Wonderful
I loved Twilight!!
63 out of 72 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted March 17, 2009
Not Very Good
This series was suggested to me by a friend. I read the first book in about a day and decided to finish the series. They were okay, but not the best thing I had read by far. The main characters are flat and boring. Bella is needy and very dependent on other people. The relationship between her and Edward is not rational or healthy, and teenage girls should not think that having a complete mental breakdown after someone leaves you is okay. Your boyfriend should not be totally controlling who you see, and what you do.
The plot did not take form until 3/4 of the way into each book, and adjectives were thoroughly abused throughout the series. It gets very tedious when Edward is described in every sentence. I don't quite understand all the hype about these books. it just goes to show you many teenage girls will obsess over anything with the word "love" in it.44 out of 100 people found this review helpful.
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Potter leaves Meyer in the Dust
I unfortunately see many tweenies come in to read this series. The writing style seems fantastic, making the book a quick read, but much too repetative with descri[tice. (You can only use granite, marble and stone so many times before it becomes a bore.) My major problem? The potential Stephenie Meyer showed. Edward shows little emotion and no development whatsoever, merely acting as a glitter-filled Hallmark card. Bella plays the clueless Mary Sue, never appreciating what she has, and has a very unhealthy and unnatural obsession with Edward. (Because, you know, he cuts her breakes because he loves her!) Jacob was one of the few characters who displayed a noteable amount of improvement, and Meyer was too quick to throw in a happy, fairy-tale ending. If, for some godforsaken reason, you decide to let your daughter read this, please, please PLEASE make sure that they are at the very least 16 years old and have experienced or seen a healthy relationship, in real life. Also take caution when reading the fourth book. The grossness factor about triples and will make the average reader a bit uncomfortable.
Not to mention, it costs more to buy to boxed set in store than it does the individual hard covers. Don't waste your time OR money. Invest in real literature, not bad fanfiction you could find online for free.42 out of 108 people found this review helpful.
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amazing bpook series!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
amazing from the very begining to the very end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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carlsi2
Posted November 26, 2011
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great
Such a great series from start to finish. The first book, Twilight, was my favorite, but there were a few good twists along the way. Can only recommend.
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Everything Wanted
So why should yet another book about vampires and werewolves matter?
That's just it--the Twilight series isn't just about vampires and werewolves. If anything, it's about humanity, and how one can find it within the hearts of those whose hearts don't necessarily beat.
Some of the characters are totally unreal according to our empirical knowledge. But they all feel such human emotions. It's comforting and exciting to know that even these glorious porcelain beasts and loyal wolves can go through what we ordinary humans go through.
But the heroine, Bella Swan, the most ordinary of humans, is faced with everything extraordinary: forbidden sexual attraction, obsessive love and life-threatening events to name a few. We see this pawn go through life and become a queen.
Its "Young Adult" categorization is misleading. The content is entirely mature, and it only becomes more so as the series progresses. Give it a try. Keep in mind that the first book, by default, must be expositional. It may read a bit like a teenage girl's bubblegum-pink-colored diary. But keep reading her adolescence, because, as you'll recall, you too had to grow up once.
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Anonymous
Posted January 13, 2008
Simply Magnifisant...
Ok, so for about three weeks I was cornered by atleast a dozen friends speaking about twilight, the must-read book of the season apparantly, and every one of them was utterly in love with edward. I finally decided I HAD to read the book after mentioning it to my English teacher who quickly replied 'You have to read it. But Edward Cullen is MINE', that totally tipped the glass, and I immediately got to reading. Not only did I read the entire series in less than a week, but EDWARD and BELLA became an awkward addiction.. I have read many books that have left me with my heart in my hand 'ex. The Kite Runner [EXCELLENt BOOK], The Alchemist, Veronika Decides to die', from varying themes and stories.. yet none has left me as mezmorised as these page turning novels..I'm still thinking of Edward now.
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Anonymous
Posted August 15, 2008
Not a Fulfilling Read
When I picked up Twilight, I was fully expecting to be under-whelmed, and while I wasn¿t completely disappointed, the book wasn¿t great either. The admittedly original plot can¿t compensate for the flat, one-dimensional characters. Isabella ¿Bella¿ Swan, the series protagonist, has little self-confidence and seems completely incapable of getting through an entire day without Edward by her side, despite his constant condescending remarks toward her concerning her clumsiness and her general ¿human-ness¿, which can¿t compare to Edward and the rest of the Cullens¿s heightened abilities and physical perfection, the result of the family being vampires. Twilight has next-to no character development, and the characters seem to regress back even further in the following book, New Moon - in which Bella spends the first half of the back wallowing in a depression brought on by Edward¿s leaving - with the exception of Jacob Black, the books¿ saving grace in the form of a boy-werewolf Bella befriends, who, though a fantastic character with his snarky remarks and boyish personality, cannot make up for the utter flatness of his fellow characters. I¿m a fifteen year old girl and fall right into the series demographic, but still fail to see the draw of series. While most girls are fawning over Edward and his vampire cohorts, I¿d take Harry Potter, with its brilliantly fleshed-out characters and page-turning plot over Twilight any day.
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Anonymous
Posted December 10, 2009
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Excellent Series!
This is an excellent series and definitely makes a great gift! If you know someone who loves to read about adventure, romance, and vampires then this series will be perfect for them.
10 out of 12 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted December 13, 2008
The Twilight Sega
When I was in seventh grade some people bagan talking about Twilight, I thought that they were all mad and that it would be a stupid read so I neglected to read it. Two years later when I was in High School I thought that it might not be all that bad to give it a try, I mean really I am into fiction and love stories so hey why not. It was upon reading the first word of Twilight that I fell in love with my now favorite books.
I read Twilight is a matter of hours, having girlish giggle fit every so often. This book was amazing, from every corny vampire line to the deeply romantic love of Edward and Bella ( Bedward). I love this book. The next day I began reading New Moon.
I had heard from many people that this was the worst of the books and I must sadly agree. This book was well writen but I find that when edward breaks Bella's heart for her saftey he was breaking mine as well. Then of course you get to met Jocob the hottest warewolf ever, and I find that I like his character but could not help getting mad at Bella for being so whiney. This books happy ending pulled me out of my depression however and I was ready for the next book.
Eclispe turned out to be one of my favorites. I did not really like all the Edward, Jacob I love you both drama, but it was enjoyable. In the end you learn that Bella chooses Edward ( who wouldn't) and Bella and Edward plan to get married.
Breaking Dawn which is the forth book is also one of my favorites ( note that it is slightly bedroom grafic for younger children).In the first section the wedding and honeymoon made me so happy it was like fate for them to be together, then the pregnancy. I found that the section from Jocob's point of view was my least favorite of the three sections though. This section just made me want to cry a lot but it all worked out in the end. At the end of the Twilight sega which rapts up with Bella becoming a vampire and her and Edward having a baby and getting to live happily ever after made me so happy i could barley contian it. This series was amamzing and I plan to read it 100,000,000,000,000 more times because it is just that good.
I read these books in three days so if you plan to give them for gifts make sure you give them all four and not just one. I recomend this to every older high school student who loves a Romea and Juliet, Tristan and Isolde, olny without the lovers dying. Better lines, more family and a happy ending.10 out of 16 people found this review helpful.
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the worst book series ever written!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the worst book series ever written!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A horrid excuse for teen literature.
I would type in all caps to convey my fury aimed at the crowd of nitwits who consider this a nice piece of work, but even I can't stand people who write in caps lock for everything.
This book is makeshift toilet paper for when I go camping.
The writing itself is far below what is considered to be teenage level reading. Also, I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed thus far, but the word 'chagrin' pops up innumerably throughout the series.9 out of 24 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted November 9, 2010
Get the box set..!
At first i did not know who this author was.Then i watched twilight.I loved the movie.Picked up the first book twilight,And i fell in love with the books. She is a good writer.This box set will make a good christmas gift to someone..!!
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this series is crappy
this series is crappiely wrighten if your going to read a paranormal romance series git one that talks more then about edwards looks and jacobs hunky body read the house of night series i am a boy and love romances and love vampires i love the house of night series it actualey talks about the caracters and it takes you into a diffrent world
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To be honest, it sucks
About a year ago, my whole sixth grade class became obsessed with the Twilight series. One girl girl in my class (I'm sure you have one too) was in love with the series and Edward. After I read all the available books, I came to the conclusion that they were okay. Boring, but okay. When Breaking Dawn came out, I was pretty excited and I borrowed it from a friend. A few chapters in, I was completeley disapointed. This book was so dull. It's obvious that Stephanie Meyer is an Edward fangirl herself because he is a complete Mary-Sue. For anyone who doesn't know what a Mary-Sue is, they're book characters who are completely perfect. Breaking Dawn was also predictable, everything turned out the way I expected it to. Even the previously mentioned Twilight fangirl was disapointed. The thing that annoys me the most about Bella is that she never takes care of her own problems, someone else always solves them for her. The main thing that ruined this series completely, was the Twilight movie. Kristen Stewart and Rob Pattinson are horrible actors. That's all I'm going to say although I could complain for hours. The good news is, our class, now seventh grade has discovered some new better book series'. Namely the Mortal Instruments series. Even our class Edward obsessed girl is getting over her obsession in favor of this series. So, let me conclude by telling you Twilight fans to read the following books; City of Bones, The Hunger Games, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The True Meaning of Smekday, and City of Ember. You will be amazed by what else is out there.
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speechless
each of these books in an amazing.I love, love, love them.I have never read something like this.I read the four books in over a week, all of them. I just couldn't stop reading them.After I finished reading them, I didn't know what to do with myself, I felt so empty.I wish there's another book at least close to these books.Don't waste your time get the books right away, you'll love them.
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Not just another Teen book!!
I happen to be in my mid 30's and wanted to start up reading again and after reading all the Sookie Stackhouse novels all 8 in 7 days....I needed something else to sink my teeth into (no pun intended) and when the trailer for Twilight started popping up online I knew that that would be my next good reading...I actually felt like I was 16 all over again wishing that vampires were real and that I could find someone jus like Edward Cullen....for those of you who love vampire stories and movies this is a real good read..Stephenie Meyer depicts these vampires like no other and there is no comparing her to Anne Rice she is in a league of her own..... I actually finished the whole saga (all 4 books) in just 3 days...see how addicting this saga can be.
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this is the worst book series ever made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is the worst book series ever made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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this is the worst book series ever made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is the worst book series ever made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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