Twilight Review - Stephenie Meyer
So, I’d like to take this opportunity to make some observations about Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. Obviously, I’m not a 13 year old girl, but it’s a book and deserves to be read by everyone. I would agree with a lot of people who oppose this book, but only to a certain degree. It’s not the best written book, grammatically, but it does have an interesting love story. Having said that, I’m going to discuss the story and not the actual idiosyncrasies of the author’s writing style.
Synopsis: Bella, a 17 year old intelligent girl moves to the dreariest and most boring part of the world to live with her Police Chief father. Edward, a ‘vegan’ (drinking blood from animals, not humans) vampire, and Bella develop an impossible upon impossible relationship full of love and frustration, which leads to a dramatic and tense climax with other unfriendly human blood sucking vampires.
I’ve gotten a lot of crap from friends about actually liking this book. It’s not an action/adventure or a typical fantasy book, it’s a teen angst, romance and drama novel. Supposedly, it was written to deter young girls from having premarital sex, for whatever stupid reason that may be, but I don’t think that’s the point. I do, however, feel that this book was intended to instill certain morals into young girls and boys. At first, you feel that Bella is just lusting over Edward, but since the relationship develops over time, I think it does actually convey love. And, oh yeah, he’s a vampire. I believe Meyer intended the vampires and other supernatural characters to make the plots more interesting, but it’s not the typical vampire lore we are used to. For starters, sunlight does not harm them and other typical deterrents do not work. They do, however, feast on blood. Meyer has turned the Cullen family into honest, good working vampires that curb their appetite for blood by feasting on animals, instead of humans. That happens to be the most redeeming quality of this family and is the reason for their characters to be so believable and like-able.
Listen, it’s not all about the vampires. If you were looking for that, go read Bram Stoker’s Dracula. It’s a much better novel if you want the finer details of typical vampire life. Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight brings a new light to the world of vampires. She definitely knows the story she wants to tell and her litterary skills may have needed some honing, but she did an excellent job telling this story. If you are out there looking for an easy-to-read book and want to know what all the hub-bub is about, pick it up at Barnes and Noble or Amazon and read it. If you’re a hardcore fiction, smart-ass know it all, you might not like the story, but if you’re someone who likes to empathise with main characters of stories and you enjoy easy-reading, then take a look at this book.
Rating:
Story/Plot: 8/10
Writing Style: 7/10
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