My Life was going normal until my friend Anjali told me that she had bought the first two book in the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer and then it turned upside down. lol. I know I am kind of exaggerating it, but this series is just amazing. I have read all the four books in the series non-stop and in a way it was good that I arrived late into this frenzy and got to read all the four books in series. I had read quite a few Vampire related romance novels by Tereasa Mediros earlier and had liked them. The TV Serial Moonlight based on Vampire and falling in love with a human was also one of my favourites.
I have read a lot of reviews on these on various sites. They range from Most Favourite to hate it...Which in itself is kind of unique. From the opening statement you might have realized that of course I love the series despite the romantic cliches. I think the most engaging thing I found about this series was the witty and humorous narrative that kept me completely engaged and was indeed a page turner. The cliff hanging endings for each chapter also helped of course. Meyer may not be a great writer, but she is a great story teller. The series has quite a few moments of insight into life, mortality, soul and love and Meyer has a gift to create artistic and sensual imagery of her writing.
A wry and sometimes witty narrative voice that engages the reader, complete with a few surprising moments of genuine insight about life, mortality, and love, combines with a gift for artistic and sensual imagery.
I do agree with many reviewers about Bella being whiny, shallow and having very low self esteem. But again this is just how the author felt her heroine should be and everyone feels like they would have portrayed her differently. But that is how she is. The number of times she feels or tell that she is too good for Edward also grated on my nerves some times. I am like just get on with it!! I also think that Meyer has portrayed Edward as being tortured and angst and could have developed his character more. He who has been in existence for more than a 100 years could have been portrayed differently - again that is just my opinion. But then again how many women have not fallen in love with Darcy type character who are brooding, angst, intense and are slightly controlling as well...too many? Yeah totally.
So in essence less-than-perfect characters experience for the first time the vampire-human love and all the joys and pains accompanying it actually make the book more interesting and not less. There were humorous dialogues and upbeat situations in the book making it really a feel good book. For example there is a scene in the book where Edward is taking Bella to meet his family for the very first time and she is worried that they might not like her and Edward comments that - "You are not worried that you are going into a house full of Vampires but the fact that they might not like you?"...Which I thought was really cool.
If you have not already read the book, please read it with a open mind and then let me know if you liked it or hated it!!! You might be surprised at your reaction.
Happy Reading
From the one is currently re-reading New Moon (2nd book in the series)
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