If you haven’t heard about the Twilight craze yet, you soon will. The movie version of the book opens this weekend and promises to be a major event. We thought it an appropriate time to post a review of the book from our barkingdog writers.
Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer, was published in New York by Little, Brown and Company. It is about a seventeen year old girl named Bella Swan who moved to a new town to live with her father. While at her new school, she meets Edward Cullen and they fall in love. Bella later discovers that Edward is a vampire who could put her in great danger. The general theme is the dangerous relationship between Edward and Bella.
The story begins with Bella moving to the town of Forks, Washington to live with her father Charlie. “It was from this town and its gloomy, omnipresent shade that my mother escaped with me when I was only a few months old,” she explains. While at Forks High School she notices a prefect-looking family. She becomes lab partners with one of them (Edward) and they eventually fall in love. However, Bells later finds out that he is a dangerous vampire. She does not let this come between them throughout the book.
The author’s purpose of writing this book is that you need to fight for what you love. No matter what it takes, you should strive for what makes you happy in life. Mayer achieves this purpose since Edward and Bella fight the odds and end up together in the end. Though their hard work and determination they got what they wanted most. The reader is left believing that nothing can break unconditional love.
The major problem in the book is that being with a vampire is obviously very dangerous. “It’s a bit easier to be around you when I’m not thirsty,” Edward explains to Bella (referring to blood). Despite the risk, they cannot be apart because of their feelings. They have to fight against what is right in-order to be together.
This is the author’s first piece of work. There are three books following this one, all containing the same characters and plot. She calls it “The Twilight Saga”. After the release of Twilight, booksellers chose her as one of the “most promising new authors of 2005” (Publishers Weekly). Meyer graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in English literature. She lives with her husband and three young sons in Arizona.
This is a very memorable book because it is unique and provides a very interesting story line. It also provides the reader with a tale about true love. Stephenie Meyer put the very unlikely couple together and made them work. The reader is left fighting for the couple to be together. Throughout the whole novel there is suspense on whether the couple will make it or not. The author’s opinions in this book are very well-written.
Issues that the book raises are whether a couple should go against everything in order to be together. Should someone risk their life to be with someone that they love, even if it means hurting others? Bella knew that vampires thirst for her blood, but she wanted to be with Edward anyways. The book leaves out the situation of the danger Bella’s family and friends are in since she is with a vampire. Even though she is risking her own life, should she risk others’ as well? The issue should also be whether your happiness is just as important as your family and friends’ safety.
This book affects the reader because they end up falling in love with the characters. Even though they are fictional, one is left with the hope that they will be together forever. Opinions stay the same because you should always fight for the ones you love. Even if you are put in danger, nothing is more important than a successful, loving relationship. This book can relate to teens especially because it is rate to find such a romance in high school. This book represents a dream that many young people have. Readers are also left with a hops that this fictional story can become somewhat read for them (excluding the vampire).
Overall, this is a very good book because of the overall story and message. This book should be recommended to anyone looking for everlasting love. You should always fight for what you believe in!
— Rachelle
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