Twilight (2005)

I love the storyline even if the writing does tend to be clumsy and filled with adjectives. ( )

bad trash, as opposed to good trash.

Characters:

Isabella "Bella" Swan
Edward Cullen
Carlisle Cullen
Esme Cullen
Alice Cullen
Jasper Hale
Rosalie Hale
Emmett Cullen
Charlie and Renée
Jacob Black
James (the Tracker)
The Forks High Boys (Eric, Mike, and Tyler)
The Forks High Girls (Jessica, Angela, and Lauren)

Setting: In a small town in the east coast.

Theme: Romance. Love can cause you to do unthinkable things.

Genre: romace, fantasy.

Summary: In this first book tells the story of a girl who was different from all of her other peers in high school. SHe falls in love with a vampire. At the same time befriends a werewolf, who likes her. Throughout the story she experiences a love triangle. When she first met him, she doesnt know why but she really likes him. Throughout the book, it tells how they experience love.

Audience: Adolescents and Teenagers who are experiencing romance for the first time.

Curriculum ties: Ties to development where students are learning about how to control their feelings and dealing with the person they like.

Personal response: Knowing how popular this book was, I was interested in reading it to she the reason for this popularity. Overall, I found the book entertaining, but after reading the orginal dracula, it was hard to pick up on some the attributes of the new vampire race that was created. What I found interesting about the book is that it does try to put a twist on the existence fo vampires and werewolves in modernistic times. Even though I found the book kind of interesting, I don't think I would continue onto the next book. Interestingly enough, it does try to change the characteristic of the vampire and how it is not scared of the sun. Furthermore, it goes into depth of why the werewolf and the vampire does not get along. On the side of the romance, it presents a view of how young adults may fall in love. ( )

Having come to the Twilight Saga long after it became trendy I wasn't sure I was going to like this book. I had watched the film a couple of months earlier and had enjoyed that. But the book is so much more than the film. I love the intensity of Bella's feelings and her descriptions of Edward are what hook you in.
For all this book is about teenage romance I think it has a timeless quality that a lot of older readers can still identify with. A lot of people base their assumptions on the Twilight Saga having watched the films, but the books really are so much better.

My children bought me the entire collection for Mother's Day - March 2010 - and I had read all four books by the end of that week. ( )

Has anyone mentioned yet that this isn't a very good book? I really do think someone should. ( )