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What young girl doesn't love gorgeous, sexy vampires? Some of us older girls do too, so I really anticipated watching the screen adaptation of Twilight[phpbay] Unfortunately for me it didn't live up to the hype[phpbay] Its demographic was teenage girls and I admit I'm long past that stage[phpbay] But because I usually find the book better than the movie I decided to read Stephenie Meyer's best selling debut novel, "Twilight[phpbay]" I guess I'm in the minority on this one[phpbay] It just didn't do it for me[phpbay]
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Bella's mom goes on the road with her new husband, a minor league ballplayer[phpbay] So Bella moves from Arizona to Washington State to live with her biological father[phpbay] She's popular at her new school but the guy she's interested in, the gorgeous Edward Cullen, remains distant[phpbay] There's a reason - he's a vampire[phpbay] Bella finds out and isn't afraid of him, so they fall in love[phpbay] But when rogue vampires target Bella it's up to Edward to keep her alive[phpbay]
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I enjoyed "Vampire Academy" and "Marked," both of which are marketed for young adults, so why did "Twilight" miss the mark? First off, the plot is stereotypical[phpbay] Forbidden love - human girl falls for vampire - nothing new there[phpbay] The action seemed like it was thrown in to relieve the repetition of the first half of the book[phpbay] The characters are flat as pancakes[phpbay] Bella is a klutz and Edward is hot[phpbay] They fall for each other immediately, no developing romance to speak of[phpbay] And what is this hundreds year old vampire doing in high school? The first person narrative does sound like the voice of a shy young girl, I assume that was intentional, but reading it was painful[phpbay] Twilight has certainly struck a chord with a large segment of the reading population, but I'll be giving the rest of this series a pass[phpbay]
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Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers; Standard edition (October 5, 2005)
ISBN: 978-0316160179
Hardcover: 544 Pages
Price: $19[phpbay]99
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