| Title | : | The Twilight Saga Complete Collection |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 031613290X |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780316132909 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 2752 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 2005 |
Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, The Twilight Saga capture the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires.
The Twilight Saga Complete Collection Reviews
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I've added the Twilight Saga Box Set on Goodreads for sorting and bookshelf purposes, since I've already reviewed and rated all 4 (5) books separately. Those reviews do however need to be updated and I am planing to do so, but I figured I'd write a new short review for the box set.
Loved this series when I first read it in 2008 but I've fallen out of love with the series now. I do want to reread them all eventually and see if I'd still enjoy them. -
This was the first chapter book I read. I was starting 6th grade. I finished the whole series in a week (yes, I skipped a few chapters and the majority of New Moon & Breaking Dawn). I don't know about anyone else, but I like my male characters to act... I don't know... manly? Not like some possessive, always depressed, stick-up-his-ass glittery fairy princess. He wasn't a man to me, I couldn't picture him as a man. No matter how hard I tried, I pictured some girl with red hair and obsessive personality disorder. Bella... I named my dog Bella just because I disliked her so much. She was spineless, depressed, and treated herself like a "little woman". I found that the only character I liked was Rosalie and that was because she hated Bella. And, on top of all that, she described Edward as "perfect". Hate to break it to you, sweetie, I don't care what he is - no one is perfect.
I hated the shoddy writing and lack of plot. I honestly could've made a drinking game out of the book:
How many times does Bella say Edward is attractive, someone says an asinine line, and how many times I wanted to chuck the book in the trash.
The characters were static and very annoying to read, the plot in all four books could be described in one short sentence, the writing was shoddy, and it didn't convey a good message (no, "I would become a vampire for the guy I just met" and "always date crazy-obsessive people" doesn't count.).
Honestly, as a fellow writer, I wrote a better story at 11 than this.
Wanna read good vampire books? Look at these: Vampire Academy & Morganville Vampires. Those books actually have a plot-line and amazing characters - and none of them are perfect. -
...I'm just gonna go ahead and let Stephen King take this one:
“Harry Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend.”
PREACH.
The one thing I will hand to Stephanie Meyer, however, is that somehow she is still aware of EXACTLY what a teenage girl wants to read. She is aware of the hero the teenage girl wants and the heroine the teenage girl wants to pretend she is. When I first read the books, I loved Edward, and I thought Bella was juuuust like meeeeeeee. As do most of the other girls on the planet, I imagine. Hell - even grown women. So kudos to Meyer for managing to bottle down in *only* four books every instance of wish fulfilment a girl could ever need in her literature.She is still the antichrist though. -
Hmm, what can I say about this book series. It's been a while since I've read it, and for what I can remember, the fist book was good, quick paced and interesting, the second, darker and got a better view on Bella's feelings, the third seriously boring and the fourth just did not worth it. So, 2,5 out of 5.
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So… The twilight saga.
Backstory: I read these the first time around in 2008 when I was around 12 years old so I was the perfect candidate for the books. I remember the books I used to own had a warning label on them that people who read them had a chance to become obsessed with the stories. I was part of those people that l.i.t.e.r.a.l.l.y got obsessed.
Anyways, long story short, I got bullied for liking the books and therefore stopped reading them – when the saga got too popular I didn’t want to jump on the bandwagon again because I had already convinced myself that I hated the books. It also didn’t help that the series/author got a really bad reputation.
And so it was until this glorious year of 2021 when TikTok kept on giving me Twilight-content so that my repressed obsession started coming back to life. I just had to buy the books again since the ones I had previously owned were thrown away. I was going to buy them secondhand because I didn’t think I’d care for the books. But in hindsight, I am glad that my general book obsession made me buy a nice-looking collection box. It is really pretty on my bookshelf.
So here I am, 25 years old and having more than 10 years behind me since the last time I even touched the books. Let’s see how this goes.
Also, I will write reviews along the way to have the reviews ”fresh” for each book, then in the end I’ll review the series as a whole.
Twilight (Read between 7/8-11/8)
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This is so nostalgic. I am still having that stupid smile every once in a while when the story is sweet. I do not hate this. I enjoy this more than I’d like to admit.
I actually didn’t think that I would like this book at all at my age, I’m well out of the age group, but I think I like it almost as much as I did years ago. The book is definitely better than the movie– which i quite frankly think is boring as heck.
**REALIZING after finishing the first book that I’m going to have to start doing math to calculate my progress on the 2720 pages that Goodreads has bunched together from the 5 volumes :( I didn’t even pass math in school… damn it…
anyway
New Moon (Read between 11/8-16/8):
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This… is depressing. Which it’s intended to be to show just how much of an impact it is for Bella when Edward leaves. But I would still say that I enjoy this.
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However, I’ve seen people say that New Moon is overdramatic and problematic because of the way she responds to his leaving. But I disagree and I want to talk about it.
IF it had JUST been a boyfriend then yes, probably overreacting. But considering that this is also keeping a secret older than times, saved from the steps of death by this creature and the trust that this creature promised to stay by her side could (in my head) actually make this happen. Because trauma can be many different things. Loving someone to the point of considering them family and then being completely left by that person and having literally everything that you have of that person be erased at the same time WOULD be very traumatic. She doesn't even know if he exists anymore, if it was all a dream.
And the fact that she becomes a zombie for several months and then ”wakes up” when she gets into trouble is understandable. I am no therapist though but I do understand what she is going through and why she acts the way she does.
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And after finishing the 2nd book I can say I enjoyed this book too. There were some choices of words that were unnecessarily complicated. There is no use to write a Y/A book and then throw in like 5 words that no one barely uses anymore that just seems out of place. And no I am not talking about the Cullens ”old vocabulary”, this is just randomly in the book – as Bellas narrative. It doesn't occur in the other books either.
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But something that this book does good is how they portray Bellas and Jacobs's friendship. It’s not overdramatic like in the movies. And Jacob actually truly cares in the book, in the movies I couldn’t care less because they don’t show anything about HIS feelings. The movies seem really bad in general at showing remorse and apologizing and they just brush over everything, while in the books people are just apologizing and realize their mistakes left and right.
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I also liked everything with the Voultori a lot more here than in the movies, they seem real and actually mysterious. Like how they are ancient and their skin is described as looking ”fragile”, I wish there was more background to that. It makes sense to me how vampires would ”evolve” with time, to be ”more beautiful” (that Bella says) and be stronger, because… well… why wouldn’t they? They aren’t actually dead, and it feels like everything on this planet that LIVES actually grows in one way or another eventually. It might just be that it takes a little bit longer for vampires to grow.
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I will also add that I hated Edward in this book too which one will understand that I do later in this review, but it started at the end of this book.
Eclipse (Read between 17/8-03/09)
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So the review for Eclipse was supposed to look very different. There were so many things that I wrote down that were annoying about this book but I have decided to keep it short. I will sum up all of those pages of text that I wrote and say this; I truly Hate Edward.
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And the more I read of this book the more I am convinced that the only thing really keeping those two together is the fact that to Bella Edward is hot, and for him, it’s the frustration that turns into passion because he can’t read her mind.
They have absolutely nothing in common and the only thing they do together is him watching her sleep, look at each other. kiss and hug, and… well… that’s about it? They don’t even have nice conversations. And he playing with her hair when she’s on the phone and trying not to overreact every time she does something against his will is not something I consider relationship goals.
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Part of those reasons that I deleted was my like/dislike of Jacob. I think he is a good friend and more realistic in general than the rest. However, in the latter part of Eclipse that changes since apparently, he didn’t show enough ”childish wolfishness”. I believe he just went out of character for the simple reason of trying to justify to the reader that Edward was a better love interest because AT LEAST he didn’t kiss Bella against her will ………except for when he is trying to distract her when he wants to hide something, but whatever.
Anyway, Jacob and Bella have a history of DOING stuff together. Of talking. Of being actual friends that aren’t based on unnatural attraction. He doesn’t treat her like something mindless that can’t handle the truth. I’m not saying that Bella SHOULD be with him though, it’s a free world and no one can change who they love the most. But I can’t justify Edwards's actions and words in this book. I simply can’t see this as real long-lasting love. Like, imagine Edward not being a vampire and Bella can’t just be intoxicated by his smell, or see the pretty skin in the sunshine, or feel the static-thing that happens when a vampire touches a human, or have to deal with his overaggressiveness and overprotectiveness. Would there be any love left for her when all of that is gone and there is no more mystery left neither of eternal life or vampires who have special powers and beauty? He’d just be a normal toxic human boyfriend.
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Now that I’ve finished Eclipse I only have this to say;
THANK GOD that this is over.
Breaking Dawn (read between 04/09-07/11)
I really didn’t look forward to reading this.
But I will say that the beginning of this book wasn’t as bad as I expected, mainly because Edward was barely there and he was getting his way with marriage so there was nothing for him to complain about. The second part, Jacobs's narrative, is good though. I enjoyed that part a lot. He felt more like ”himself” in that part, in comparison to the other books.
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BUT IT NEVVVVVER EEEEENDS..!!!! (wrote this in October)
I struggled with this so much. Not the book itself, but I felt no drive. The first few books were read within a few weeks, this has taken me like 3 months… and damn… the thing is that it isn’t BAD… just… unmotivated. Sure I can enjoy moments in this book, but if I pause the reading in the middle of an intense event I don’t feel any motivation to pick it back up again for WEEKS! Also, it feels like nothing happens, this book makes me feel like I’m just a dead fish in a tank that is floating on the ocean.
I’m not going to read that Bree book because I do not want to suffer anymore. :)
So I have pretty much complained throughout the whole series so this will be difficult to review with stars. I would never reread this box-set again except the first 2 books if I was held hostage and had a gun to my head. But the rest had too many things that I disliked, the few moments (like 2 times in each book) that I enjoyed were overshadowed by negativity.
But I am glad I read these now to get a new perspective of the books.
They aren’t the worst books in the world, but I think they snowballed from being good to worse and worse. I don’t think I would recommend these to anyone unless they want to read them just to say that they’ve read them. I’d say to read the first 2 books and settle at that.
Twilight: 8/10
New Moon: 7/10
Eclipse: 3/10
Breaking Dawn: 4/10
Bree: -
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On Goodreads, I will give this 2 stars because that is still "OK". But barely. The first two books got fairly good stars from me, but it was overshadowed by my own hatred for (mainly) Edward.
I also tried to trim down this review, but it still turned into a whole damn novel, sorry about that. -
When this first came out, I was young (youngER, anyway) and easily influenced. Okay, so it wasn't like I immediately jumped the vampire bandwagon and started sticking posters of a shirtless Taylor Lautner all over my bedroom walls, but I DID think that it was a great series.
Well, it's not a BAD series either. It's good the first time around; then you read it again and you realize how annoying all the characters are. The best thing I can say about it is that the action scenes (the very, very minimal action scenes) weren't all that bad.
In all honesty, it could have been a good story if it wasn't Meyer who wrote it. Bella really grated on my nerves. She spends the majority of the first few chapters whining about living in Forks (if she sent HERSELF there I don't know why she's complaining so much, she can only blame herself), and describing herself as "non-athletic, slender but soft, with clear and translucent skin". That's kind of ridiculous; don't get me started on the fact that ALL human skin is technically translucent. Bella insists she's not pretty, yet no less than three guys immediately jump in to flirt with her in awkward high school ways, and from what Edward said, "that's not what every single male in the school was thinking".
If that isn't a shout-out to all Mary Sue traits, then I don't know what is.
Bella spends half of every book swooning and gushing over his goregeous, angel-like model looks, worrying over how plain she is next to him, and how he's so rich and it makes her feel awkward. Yet she reacts with hostility towards Jacob when he mentions this and says she loves him, not his looks or money. Right, Bella.
Edward himself is an unlikeable hero. He's abusive, extremely posessive, and has stalker-like tendencies, not to mention the fact that every single vampire is basically a Mary Sue/Gary Stu all on their own. He is so perfect, he doesn't even react negatively when Bella admits she loves another man. I'm sorry, but ... no. Just no. I have no words for this.
Besides the outrageously perfect characters, you would think a series filled with bloodlusting vampires and tension between werewolves would be full of action or at LEAST a punch or two somewhere. Meyer gave us several hundred pages of suspense in the last book, only to completely destroy our expectations when the heroes solve their problems with the Volturi ... by talking. This book clearly needs to win "The Most Anticlimatic Ending Ever" award.
At several points in the series Meyer attempted to use long, difficult words to make the book more adult, probably with the hope that tween girls would skip them rather than run to the dictionary, because most of those words were used incorrectly and in the wrong context. This itself is one problem I cannot ignore. All authors should have this unspoken rule: "If you don't know what it means, for heaven's sakes don't use it!"
I don't want to rain on anybody's parade, but my opinion still stands firm. This series is, while perfectly for fine for girls wanting PG13-level sexual tension and an entire cast of sexy, gorgeous, shirtless people, go ahead. But when the story destroys all vampire cliches in the worst way possible (sparkles? Seriously?) and takes a REAL Indian tribe and completely ruins their entire history, it goes just a little too far. -
Book 1: Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) by Stephenie Meyer. Keeping in mind the target audience and not expecting great literary depth, I highly enjoyed the book. The depth of love between the main characters is a bit unsupported and unbelievable in the first book, but it is a fantasy after all. 5 stars
Book 2: New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2) by Stephenie Meyer. My least favorite of the 4 books. I felt like Bella was slow to come to conclusions I'd come to early on in the book. It was a bit frustrating to wait out. If this book disappoints, hang in there, the 4th is by far the best. 3 Stars
Book 3: Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3) by Stephenie Meyer. The next chapter, a lot more action in this one. This book had a few more twists and turns and is able to go into so much more depth due to the background knowledge of the first 2 books. 4 stars.
Book 4: Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga Book 4) by Stephenie Meyer. By far the best of the 4 books. Felt more lengthy compared to the first 3 with so much more story packed into the book. This book could easily have been split into two. Probably why the movie was split into two parts. They read my mind. :) More character development and some twists and turns. 5 stars. -
twilight <3
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My brain has been a bit burnt out recently, so I felt like reading something a bit lighter, and I was curious about the Twilight Saga having heard a great deal about the sexual connotations of the vampire narratives and the link to preservation of virginity movements in the USA. The books were jolly good page turners. I initially thought that it was interesting how Bella was presented as just an ordinary teenage girl with nothing really special about her. The best bits of the books were linked to mythology and Native American legends; these stories were very compelling.
***warning - spoilers below***
What was interesting about the saga too was the subtext to the vampiric imagery of sex and consumption. Edward is the gallant hero who must exercise self-control, an old fashioned figure from another age, but there is something rather disturbing about the potential that he always has to hurt Bella. This is a little reminiscent of the old myth about domestic violence - "he never meant to hurt me" - which is brought out disturbingly when Bella and Edward finally have sex in the final book, Breaking Dawn. There are many examples like this throughout the saga, e.g. Bella punches Jacob and breaks her hand. The threat of violence and violation seems to crop up a great deal in the books from the first novel where Bella is nearly raped by a group of human men, to the rape revenge story of the vampire Rosalie's origins. -
The Twilight Saga is undeniably one of my guilty pleasures. I know there are many people out there who have called the entire saga stupid, and there are many parts of each of these books (and especially the movies) where I could see where they were coming from. I would also never claim that Bella Swan/Cullen is in any way the best fictional role model for girls. But it is entertaining, and kind of romantic. I think Breaking Dawn is the very best of the four volumes, and Renesmee, the daughter of Edward and Bella, is a cute little half-human, half vampire kid.
Vampire Bella, as opposed to human Bella is also pretty intense. The Twilight Saga, while not a thing to be taken seriously (and will never be as good a fantasy tale as Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, or the Chronicles of Narnia), is still an entertaining wish fulfillment saga with a supernatural twist, which is just what it's supposed to be. -
I tore through this series in sixth grade, ignoring awful aspects, so I could squeal about how great it was. I reread afterwards and felt incredibly stupid. Her writing is not nearly at the level I appreciate most and I felt guilty for calling her amazing. I could rant about her needing to go back to school to learn how to use proper imagery, being contradicting, and favoring emotionally abusive relationships (Yes, I count being constantly told by the 'love of your life' that you're not wanted as emotionally abusive), but it's kind of a waste of my time. The love-sick fans will probably get all pissy at me, others may or may not understand until they read it themselves, and I can't force people to change their opinions. Because after all, all these reviews are opinions and those should be respected even if one disagrees.
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Promotes domestic abuse :(
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Twilight...what can I say.... I finally broke down and read the series (If I hadn't seen the terrible movies first I probably would have read them sooner. The movies are sooooo much worse) and I'll admit that I read it straight through and then promptly turned back to book 1 read the whole series again a second time. I also read all of the extras and the unfinished bit of her re-write of the first book from Edwards perspective, which is better than the original!
The books get progressively better in quality from 1-4. The first two generally drive me insane and the last two I like better, the writing does improve as well, but it isn't even as good as Rowling. I think she's better than Paolini's first book or two, but his writing improved as well. Unfortunately the series ends feeling rather unfinished, kind of as if Rowling had ended HP on the 5th or 6th book and Meyer's is being a bit of a jerk about not finishing the rewrite of the first book ala Edward POV because it was leaked. All her diehard fans are chomping at the bit to buy it and she's whining about it being leaked! But I digress.
The concepts in Twilight are interesting, well at least some of them. I really enjoy her whole werewolf/Native American bit and some things about the vampires were interesting. I enjoyed the different, species of vampires (the Romanians vs. the Italians etc.), I think tying in the succubus/incubus thing was neat, I really like the side characters, like Jasper and Alice. Jacob was nice when he wasn't being really annoying. I enjoyed Renesme and all that. I like the conflict between the different powers in the vampire world, etc, but all of that is offset by horribly annoying things.
Myers has huge theory holes that bug the crap out of me, such as if they can't wear contacts very long because their tears dissolve the contacts and generally all bodily fluids have some sort of toxicity then how things like kissing, and... other things don't generally cause havoc is beyond me. That's only one example too. I'd have to keep a running tally as I read to get them all down, but this is something I nit pick about when I read.
As for the relationship betwteen Bella and Edwards, that's what really gets me because it's freaking ridiculous! And it's teaching young susuptible girls that, among other things, a guy who breaks into your room to watch you sleep is romantic. Really that's what bugs me about the series the most is that Edward's and Bella's and even Jacob's behavior is not only really annoying and unrealistic, but it's now what every Twilight Tweenie Bopper fan (and some ladies too) want. I know some people disagree with me on that, heck I disagree with people that Harry Potter is going to turn the younger generation to Satanism, but it's a lot easier for someone to "fall in love" with a controlling stalker than it is for them to get into real black magic. However, I don't think it'd be a problem for those who have a firm grasp on what is fantasy and how stupid, detrimental, and dangerous some of the behavior in this book would be in real life.
Still, for all it's faults, the book plays straight to those deep dark (or not so deep and dark) fantasies and day dreams that girls have (and perhaps some guys too) and that makes the whole thing a lot like crack. That's what it really is, emotional crack. What girl hasn't thought herself the Plain Jane and dreamed of a handsom boy who has a dark side but is really sweet finding her and becoming utterly devoted to her? That's what Twilight's basic premis is. It makes you feel warm and fuzzy (when the vampires aren't ripping each other apart) and it makes you sigh wistfully and cry a time or two when you're not laughing your head off because Meyers once again used the phrase "alabaster brow" (which for me conjures up visions of Anne of Green Gable's ridiculous stories about Counts and Damsels!) or Edward is currently sparkling in the sun like a melodramatic emo kid who rolled in elmer's glue and glitter.
So in summary... Twilight is crack and you're either an open addict, a closet addict, a recreational user, a guilty pleasure user, or a hater.
I fall somewhere between guilty pleasure and hater, but most times I play on the Team Wooden Steak side since most everybody drools over it and thinks it's so serious. I also have a bit of a grudge against it because it has forever ruined the names Edward and Jacob, both of which I adore and can no longer really use for any pets or kids or characters of my own. -
#1 - Twilight. Phoenix girl (Bella) moves to Forks in Washington state to live with her divorced dad. Falls in love with Edward who she discovers is a vampire.
I had a hard time with this book, it was easy to read, but I did not like the weak female lead (Bella) who had to be saved numerous times contrasted with the super-everything-vampire.To be fair, the idea of
turning the vampire myths on its head was great! So while not the best book in the series, I didn't dislike it enough to make me stop reading!
#2 New Moon. Edward's vampire family puts Bella in danger so he decides to leave. Bella is befriended by Jacob who it turns out is a werewolf - the sworn enemy of vampires.
Conceptually the problem for me with this novel is two-fold. First, that someone has a secret and Bella has to use her wits to figure it out herself (sort of like Book 1 but with Jacob instead of Edward). It
felt like a repeat to me. Secondly, that she would put herself in danger just to "hear" Edwards voice, it was difficult to accept. I think the last section of the book with the Volturi was very entertaining and redeemed the book in my eyes.
#3 Eclipse. Jacob and Edward team up to protect Bella against a common enemy - a vampire who wants to take revenge on Edward for killing her mate, by killing Bella.
I found this book entertaining because it showed up some of the rivalry between Jacob and Edward for Bella's affections and how they worked together for Bella. I enjoyed this book more than the first two, and by this time, I accepted the fact that Edward was so noble.
#4 Breaking Dawn. Edward and Bella get married, have a half human-half half-vampire child with special abilities and ***spoiler*** Edward changes Bella into a vampire as she is dying. Bella also has a special
ability as a vampire and is able to protect her family.
I enjoyed the wrapup to the series immensely. I didn't really enjoy the birth scene, and I wish some of the tension around meeting the Volturi was enhanced/extended. However, the series had a happy ending.
While no literary series, the story was very entertaining. In hindsight, adult me finds it hard to stomach a female protagonist who gets into trouble all the time and has to be saved. If however, I was reading this as a teen/young adult, then I probably would have fully embraced the idea of love knowing no bounds and the idea that an ordinary person could attract such an extraordinary being.
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I loved reading these books! I had meant to read them way before the movie buzz started but I never did. I finally read them all after the first movie came out. I read them so fast I can't even believe it. I know there are a lot of criticisms of Meyers Vamps, but I love the characters and the developments of each of them. I love Edward for his flaws and his attributes, and I appreciate that Meyers created a man for modern men to live up to. Men can bash him for being too perfect or being soft, but this is what girls want at least a majority of them. I respect the ideals of virginity and marriage so much, props to Meyers.
Still, I think that the books could have been achieved with far less trees executed. They were just too long and consequently almost taken far too seriously. I think they would have been more more commendable if they had been condensed and spared us of the long drawn out whining of any of the characters from Edward to Jacob. I think I may have to read them again to try to sort out my opinions on each, but overall I liked them a lot.
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as far as word candy goes, this is sticky sweet, initially satisfying, but in the end, i regretted it.
i found the books initially entertaining, even though edward and bella (and well all of them) found ways to annoy me. by breaking dawn, i was creeped out. the bruisey sex, bella knocked up, bella drinking BLOOD? edward performing a c-section with his teeth? i couldn't believe i was supposed to be happily going along with this!
i did enjoy the initial descriptions of what it first felt like to BE a vampire. who hasn't secretly desired to know that power and freedom?
but in the end, i realized how messed up the relationship between bella and edward was. i mean, could bella be a WORSE example for a young girl? "you're a mess; you're ugly; when a good-looking guy looks at you, you should immediately surrender your whole life to him, even when he tells you he's no good for you. don't do anything so silly as BELIEVE him!"
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the series were okay and were moving in a way. but to be honest i HATED bella swan. she is like the worst character ever made, both in movies and in books. she is given a lot of attention by author, more than she deserves, i mean like come on, a normal backward girl who is not assertive and not the "beautifullest" or outgoing is chased by allot of handsome hunks? seriously? if people would be asking alice out, or even rosalie, take at least jennifer who are far more mixing and awesome than this lame girl.
I can understand the fact why author made the lead girl so lame and a person who is not mixing and wants to hide from the world, but then making every guy after her? that is so nonsense. Then again, Bella has a great boy friend, wait for it..... THE BEST MAN EVER! who loves her till eternity, but then she goes around and kisses JACOB and says SHE IS IN LOVE WITH HIM TOO, that is soo nonsense. totally. i would never recommend anyone to read this book, and if i ever did, please assume that i was BADLY DRUNK! -
I had a YA Literature professor who reffered to some books as "potato chip books". Meaning that, they taste really good, you cant put them away, and you always hunger for more. But once you have finished the "chip bag" so to speak, you didnt really get any nutrients out of it.
Thats how I felt about this series. Its crazy addicting, and I loved it. Its one of the first series of books I ever completed. I read each one of them in a day or two.
I always want to go back for more, but at the end of the day, when the series is finished... I learned nothing from reading these books. Except for that if Stephenie Meyer is right about vampires, then we are all in trouble bc they seem pretty undefeatable. Unless you are friends with a warewolf, are dating one of the few veggie-vamps, have a collection of highly explosive weapons, or if your blood smells horrible.
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Twilight totally changed my life. Please don't quote me because that sounded pretty stupid. But before Twilight, vampires had a cape and chased Scooby-Doo around, ya know? Or he was ghostly white saying "I VANT TO SUCK YOUR BLOOD!" So, to actually find out that vampires could be these awesome indestructible babes, was quite awesome. And look at the effect it had, there are like millions of more vampire stories being written because of this series. But after seeing to many interviews or Rob Pattinson trash talk Edward, I did take a step back. The way Bella goes on and on about him, come on!! It's pretty ridiculous and the whole Edward/Jacob thing just bothered me. I read Breaking Dawn the day it was released and felt like it belonged to a different book series. I felt it was rushed and had to much happening to fast. It had a major cultural impact, no lie, and it's not trash but o.m.g I could just laugh at some of the stuff in these books.
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Although I'm not sure that this is the best written story, it is still a good read. While I find Bella to be such a wimp, and so in need of a man, at such a young age, it is still a beautiful story of love. Such a triangle of love, as young Bella is torn between two men, who wrap her into a world of the supernatural. She's in love with Edward, the vampire, and can't seem to be able to live without him. But, she's also in love with Jacob, the wolf. Though, her love for him isn't like her love for Edward. My biggest grip about this whole saga is the imprinting on a baby. I know that it isn't sexual, in nature, but it still felt wrong to have the story go in that direction. Though, it was the one way to keep Jacob in Bella's life, forever. To allow their friendship to continue, without all the hurt and drama. I have read MANY fanfiction stories, from the Twilight series, and have found several to actually be better written than the original by Stephenie Meyer.
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This is the second time I've read this complete series
The first time as for many I had to wait for each book to come out...waiting to see what Bella would do and hoping that she would choose Jacob (yes I was team Jacob, who wouldn't want a warm wolf to cuddle with)....
This time there was no waiting and I the outcome....but it was like reading them all new again...I could not stop...
I read the first in a day...the next one in a day...the third one in day and half and the last one took me two days....Bree I was done almost before she began...
My friends were back...I so wish I had gotten the Harry Potter series on my kindle....
it makes so worth reading again....and I am sure without a doubt in a year I will be reading this series again.
Stephanie you have made these people so real they are like family....Thank you -
You can read my reviews of each book separately:
Twilight,
New Moon,
Eclipse,
Breaking Dawn, &
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner.
*Not impressed. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is the exception to the series. -
I was pleasantly surprised when I pick up this first book of the twilight saga. I fell in love with Stephanie Meyer's interpretation of vampires and the romance between two characters meant to be yet not meant to be. Intertwine with friendships, enemies, and magical creatures its whole world with each person playing an important part that I easily get lost in once I crack open the book. I love Bella's point of view and relate to her. I was even more amazed when she added Jacobs point of view in Breaking Dawn. I remain sad that the 5th book was realized early causing her to put off or possibly never releasing Edwards point of view in Midnight Sun. I refuse to read the unfinished copy she released but hold fast to the possiblity of one day completling it on her own terms.
![Midnight Sun [2008 Draft]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/nophoto/book/111x148)
