Personally with a title like mine I expect it to mysteriously disappear from the reviews page, as have other books I’ve given similar reviews to.
After my sister gave me a glowing report of this book I knew it was not going to be my cup of tea, but upon her consistent urging I read this book; and the books that she had that followed. Meyers prose is sophomoric at best, but it works for a super easy (lazy reading) teens. I read the book in less than 2 and a half hours. If the exact story was re-written where Bella is a Desperate Housewife’ or ‘Sex in the City’ type there is NO way it would be as popular as it is… In this era of teen angst gone wild (much ado about nothing), Bella embodies the ultimate angst-ridden teenaged girl, Obsessed and superficial and Edward the ultimate Glam Rock Older Self-absorbed Bad Boy.
If I, heaven forbid, ever get turned into a Vampire, and I start, kid you not, Glittering, I would be searching to the ends of the earth for a cure or find some way to get myself killed. There is no way on earth I would be able to tolerate a woman thinking I am prettier than she is because my skin glitters…
I’d like to read a book from Edward’s POV about how annoying Bella is but he’s just going along with her fantasy because it gives him something to do for the next few years… Come on if he has been alive for THAT long there is no way he would tolerate Bella’s stalking obsessing emo behavior, or truly fall for that crap. OR a psychologist report that Bella is in an asylum and this is nothing more than her fantasy.
It is not the worst vampire novel, but by no means does it deserve the praise it is getting… except by those that glamorize the teen angst/emo/glam rock movement prevalent in the teen world today.
Without the Glam Rock pretty boy this story is old hat Think 21st century retelling of ‘Gone With the Wind’ for a younger audience… The new hat does not work with most males and women who have outgrown the superficiality that Bella ex
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