When I was fourteen years old I was really into the Flowers in the Attic series by Virginia Andrews. This, as far as I can make out, is the modern equivalent. I wanted to find out what all the fuss is about so I tried reading it. Twice.

The second time I made it to the point where Edward stood Bella up at the beach but it was just so... wet. I think Meyer has tapped into her audience beautifully. It's just that I am no longer an innocent teenage girl, so I can't help but be a little sickened by the sap, and worse, by the unhealthy messages: the erotics of abstinence. I think Judy Blume did a much better job of handling teenage female sexuality... back in the nineteen seventies.

Women's lib has regressed. I find that just a little bit sad.

Anyway, I watched the bloody movie, which saved me several hours' reading but bored me to tears in places, especially the bit where Bella declares her love for Edward in the forest while he says over and over how she needs to be careful of him or he 'might lose control' (jizz in his pants, or what?). So I won't bother finishing the book. The language is way too clunky and the frequency of unnecessary adverbs annoys the hell outta me.

I don't think I'll bother with the rest in the series either, now that I know what all the fuss is about. (I think.) ( )

After having heard all the hype about this series and reading the reviews, it made me curious enough to go out and buy Twilight. Since so many people seemed to either love it or hate it, I had to know what it was about this series that was provoking these reactions. So I bought it, but it sat on my shelf for a month or two because I kept thinking that I'd made a mistake, I wouldn't like this book. Well, after finishing a book I'd been reading, I decided that now was the time to read it, and I'm glad that I did finally pick it up.

The story centralizes around the development of the relationship between Bella Swan, a teenage girl who moved to the town of Forks, Washington to live with her father, and Edward Cullen, one of a family of vampires who are living in Forks, passing as humans. I found it amazing that Twilight has almost no real plot, but still the book enthralled me. Nothing really major happens until near the end of the book. This entire book is devoted to development of characters and their relationships with each other. There is not a single author or book I've read that has successfully pulled this off, and still kept my attention. It is one thing after another that keeps you hooked. For me it was, if Edward is a vampire, what is it that makes him different from the normal, run of the mill sort? Then it turned to interest in the way Edward and Bella interacted and how their relationship developed.

While I did greatly enjoy this book, there were a couple of things that bothered me. Edward's mood swings are one thing, and I see this complaint a lot. His mood changes are so abrupt, it made me feel like he was bi-polar. Though I did see the reason behind the sudden mood changes, I think that it could have been written a little better than him laughing one second, and the next he's angry. The other thing that bothered me was how obsessed Bella becomes with Edward. I kept thinking, "I know you love the guy, but come on!" I don't like that type of love that becomes "I can't live without you! Anytime I spend away from you is agony and you're all I can think about!" I mean, don't get me wrong, I love my significant other to death, but I would never consider offing myself should anything happen to him.

Twilight is truly wonderful. I did not put this book down for long while I was reading it, because when I did, I kept thinking about what could possibly happen next, and when imagined what it might be, it made me pick it up again to find out. I am very, very impressed with the character development in this novel, and I fully intended to continue reading the next in the series, New Moon. ( )

Worst book I've ever read. ( )

people say its good ( )

such a good book ( )

i luv this book it is real dtailed an d it gets you hooked into the series it is amazing how good they are. ( )

A story about a girl who leaves Pheonix to live with her dad in Washington state. She meets a vampire named Edward. With lack of better since, she falls in love with him. Edward saves her several times through the story and the end leaves you hanging until the next book. This series of books and movies are very popular with others.
I am aparently to cynical to enjoy it. It reminds me of some action movie were I notice how fake things are or how dumb the charecters are. However, I'm glad to read it so I can stay hip and relate with the kids.
Other lessons could be on different climates relative to the equator. How to kill a vampire is also handy to know, just in case. ( )

Highly sucessful for those seeking a teenage love story with vampires...due to the obvious success of this book series and the movies I guess there are many !

Twilight is about a girl named Bella who moves to a new town called Forks, Washington. At her new school she meets a boy named Edward, whom she later finds out is a vampire. Bella falls in love with Edward and his family, who are also vampires. One day when Bella is with the Cullen family playing baseball, three bad vampires show up and realize that Bella is human. One of the vampires, named James, tries to attack Bella. Edward takes Bella away, but James hunts her. James tricks Bella in to meeting him alone and almost kills her. Luckily, Edward arrives just in time to save her. This book is the first book of a series of four.

This book is my favorite book of all time. It is so intense, romantic, and exciting all at the same time. It is hard to put the book down. I have read it multiple times. I feel like I am acutally part of the story and that I personally know every character. I think teens would really enjoy this book. Sixth grade (maybe fifth) is probably the youngest I would let read this book.

This book is a good example of modern fantasy. This would be a good book to use for a literature class when learning about metaphors and similes. There are a ton of great examples of both of these in this book. Also, this book would be a great extension for developing creative writing. For example, students could create their own story extending off of Twilight by picking a character and writing a story about what they might have been doing or feeling at a particular point in the book. The whole story of Twilight is written in Bella's point of view, so students could create a story about what Edward was doing and thinking when he was on his way to the dance studio when James was attacking Bella.

This story was about a girl named Bella that moves to a new town with her dad. As she enters a new school she is wondering and wanting a low down on the students. She suddenly notices a boy that is beyond words amazing. He seems to have abilities that she can not understand and is attracted to him, which he in turn is a vampire. Throughout the story, she is faced with struggles to keep herself alive and to keep the one true love that she may never have again.

I loved these books!!! I love stories that have a modern story to them, and most of all a love story.

Students could compare and contrast the movie with the book. They could also write about what they might think happens in the next book, since they already know that there is one.

A young girl moves to a new town to live with her dad. She meets a boy who seems to be more then he should be. As the book goes on she is faced with many different challenges in order to keep herself alive and the people she cares about.

I really enjoyed reading this book. I would definitely include this in young adult literature. I love all the action that is in the book, keeps you turning the page.

In the classroom I would like to watch the movie and do a compare and contrast of the novel verse the movie. I would also like to read the books the follow in the series.

This book is about a human, teenage girl who falls in love with a vampire that is over a century old. It is written from the eyes of the girl. It tells about the events leading up to their relationship, and of all the hardships and hurtles that they faced after falling in love.

I really enjoyed this book. The author does a wonderful job of presenting the characters and telling the story in a way that keeps you engaged and want to read more. I like the fact that it is humor, drama and action all rolled into one fantastic book.

We could have an art class, and have the children draw how they would envision the vampires and werewolves. We could also discuss the differences between fantasy and reality, and talk about which parts of the book fall into each category.

Twilight is a book about a girl named Bella and a Vampire named Edward. Bella moves to Forks to live with her dad and meets Edward in her biology class. He acts really strange around her at first and disappears for a while. When he returns they start hanging out and Bella discovers Edward is a Vampire. They fall in love, but its a hard relationship, for Edward desires to drink Bella's blood. At, first their relationship is rocky, Edward can't decide if they should be friends, but in the end he loves her so much he can't stay away from her. When they encounter another vampire, who also desires Bella's blood, they have to run away and hide bella. The Vampire tricks Bella into meeting with him. Edwards was almost to late in saving her.

When I started reading Twighlt, for some reason I didn't think I was going to like it, but I couldn't put it down. Its an exciting book filled with romance, hatred, and danger. Every chapter got more and more suspenseful. Once I finished Twilight I couldn't wait to start the next book.

I'm honestly not sure how to use this book in the classroom.

I was somewhat excited to finally get around to reading this book. I've been a fan of the vampire genre for many years before this book came out and that combined with the nagging of my friends to read this and the cult-like following surrounding these books gave me high expectations. So Twilight was great, right? No, very very wrong.

Twilight is nothing more then a poorly-written hack of good vampire stories that have been written in years past. Unfortunately, most Twilight readers are new to the genre and have no idea how much was taken from other books. I expect some elements to be taken from other stories, but Stephanie Meyer throws them together in unoriginal and sloppy ways.

Perhaps worst of all, Bella, the main character is a whiny, selfish, brat. Having to read through her perspective is painful.

If this series if what is now passing for a literary masterpiece we are living in sad times indeed. ( )

an awesome book about two people who go thru hell and back just to be together...forever ( )

This book is about a young girl name Bella who decides to go live with her dad in Washington because her mom got remarried and will be on the road with her new husband.

When Bella gets to Washington she notice this family who is a little different. They are the Cullen family. One of the boys Bella feels a connection with him. His name is Edward. Bella and Edward for awhile have a tough relationship. She wants to know everything about him but Edward does not want Bella to find one of his secrets which is he a vampire.

Bella finally figures out that the Cullen's are vampires. She is not scared and falls in love with Edward. They began to date. He decides to bring her home to meet his parents. When she does these bad vampires come and one of them start to hunt Bella. The family hides Bella, but the hunter found her and bites her. Edward has to suck out the venom.

Bella wakes up in the hospital and when she goes home Edward's sister Alice goes helps take care of Bella. When she gets better Edward takes Bella to the school dance. Bella not to happy about that but they start to dance and thats when Bella wants Edward to change her into a vampire. Edward will not do it.

I love this book. I love the romance and the excitement. I really think this is a great book for teenagers. It shows you their is true love and sometimes its where u least expect it. That when you truely love someone you will do anything for them.

I would let my students read this book and have them discuse their thoughts on the book.

Twilight is the first book in the 4 part saga. Twilight is a book told from the perspective of the main character Bella. Bella moves to a small town in Washington called Forks. Bella is instantly very popular with the boys around school, but she never notices since she does not have very good self-esteem. Bella notices a very attractive enchanting boy named Edward Cullen.

Bella and Edward start out on very rough terms and Bella is very put off by him. Edward acts cold and harsh to Bella upon first contact. Soon Edward and Bella talk and Edward becomes more and more interested in Bella and Bella starts to fall in love with Edward Cullen.

Edward is very protective of Bella and Bella discovers what Edward truly is. Bella and Edward soon become inseparable. Bella meets Edwards family and some of them give a warm welcome while others are very angry she is there. Edward brings Bella to a clearing one stormy day to watch his family play baseball. While playing baseball a group of vampires shows up and notices Bella is human. Edward and the family act very protective around Bella and one of the vampires James decides to leave, but hunt Bella anyways.

Edward and his family decide to hide Bella with Alice and Jasper in Phoenix where Bella used to live. James finds Bella and lures her to Bella’s old dance studio. Bella believes that her mother is there and is in great danger. As soon as Bella shows up she finds that it was all a trick and her mother is no where in sight. James shows up and taunts and teases Bella. Bella tries to run away, but James throws her to the side and injures her. Edward soon shows up with the rest of his family and they kill James. Unfortunately James has already bitten Bella and the venom is flowing through her veins. Edward has to suck out the venom to save Bella from becoming a vampire.

Bella wakes up in the hospital with her parents and Edward in the room. Bella tells her mom she made a mistake and still would like to live in Forks with her father. When Bella comes home Alice cares for her. Alice and Edward have a plan to trick Bella into attending her prom. Edward takes Bella to the prom and Bella is soon met up by Jakob an old Quilette Indian friend. Jacob is paid by his father to tell Bella to stear clear of Edward because he is dangerous. This upsets Bella, but soon she is dancing with Edward safe and sound.

I love the Twilight Series. I love to pick up these books and just escape to a different world. It is very hard to even summarize this book, there is just so much going on all the time. Meyer does a wonderful job entrancing the reader and making them feel like part of the story. This is my second favorite series only topped by Harry Potter.

Extension ideas would be for the older readers to further develop the characters, and see if their developments match with the next book in the series. It would also be fun to write a short story about one of the characters after the last book in the series is read.

Because my wife asked me to... ( )

The only reason why I added this book to my collection is to illustrate the fact that not everyone likes this book. It is my honest opinion that Meyer couldn't successfully write her way out of a paper bag. The fact that Bella is just a vapid teenager with an "eternal love" makes her dull and hard to care about. It took me 9 weeks to read this book because I felt it was so painful to get through. I only read the whole thing because I kept hoping it would get better. It didn't.
However, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. ( )

very action packed. you will enjoy this book if you like vampires. twilight is very suspenseful. if you choose to read this book it is a series. the last three books are called New moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. hope you enjoy! ( )

This was a good book. It is a really long though ( )

Half way through this book, I was in love with it. So I got online, read some reviews, and it kind of ruined it for me. Because the reviews really opened my eyes to the paper thin characters, silly plot, etc. They were right on.So, when I gave this to my sister this morning, I said, "It's stupid. It's so stupid. That being said, I'm going out at lunch to pick up both sequels." ( )

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I am highly impressed by this book and glad to have it as part of my book collection. This book is a romance novel between a human, Bella, and a vampire, Edward. She moved to Forks, Washington, a place she considers dreadful but eventually considers this town home for many reasons...she is accepted among her peers, has many admirerers, but most importantly, she has found true love with a vampire who can very easily kill her. This book is a must read for all ages, unlike most vampire books, this is free of sex, but there is some hint about it. These vampires have special powers that are general traits and some powers that are unique to the vamp. So, there are familiar vampire themes and some that are unique. Overall, a great book. ( )

Let me start off by saying that I'm an Interview with a Vampire fan, and I think there has been no other book written to match it. That said, I loved Twilight and read it before all the hub-bub. Meyer turned out an original, creative spin on vampire lore by making the Cullens vegetarians (in a sense). She writes vividly, enabling readers to see her characters and their setting. I could see Edward quite clearly (and he was nothing like the kid in the movie). By having Edward in love and so close to a woman who literally makes his mouth water, Meyer creates unbearable tension because you know she's one smooch away from becoming dinner. The way their love develops, Edward's disclosures about his nature physically and mentally, make the book memorable. The movie is crap and for kids. The book is a feast for all ages.

A final comment about Meyer's series. Unfortunately, each book gets incrementally poorer in quality. I read the second book (New Moon, I think)and missed Edward, wasn't too keen on the wolf den and found it a little absurd that 1 girl could attract to many scary creatures. I thought Edward's sacrifice in Italy was melodramatic. I skipped the next book altogether. I read the last, knowing Bella would become a vampire and was terribly disappointed. It was absurd, period, with one of the worst endings I've ever read. I skipped and scanned many pages.

But this is commercial publishing. It requires writers to exploit their own success instead of take their time to reflect and revise. Thomas Harris (of Hannibal Lechter series) always took his time, caring about the kind of book that was out there with his name on it. That Meyer wrote these way too quickly (and kids don't care)is sad considering the promise of Twilight. ( )