It took a few people telling me I should read it before I actually did, and now I have to admit that I have read it multiple times. I really disliked the movie because it did a terrible job of representing the actual relationship between Bella and Edward. There is a lot that is left out, and I fear it will have a terrible effect on the future movies.
Despite the clear obsession Bella has with Edward, I really enjoy the development of their relationship. Especially the way we get to know each of them and their families. Most of all I LOVE the sarcasm!! Stephenie Meyer does a great job of taking an intense moment and finding an extraordinary comic relief, like Bella’s constant clumsiness. Even more entertaining are the one liners...especially the ones when Bella makes the whole vampire thing sound like something completely normal, like having blue eyes!
Another thing about this book that I enjoyed was how different it was from other vampire stories. I did not find the story to be dark and dreary, the way most vampire stories are and the way the movie portrays it. On the contrary, I find it to be the happy, funny book I turn to after a really depressing one. The whole “vegetarian vampire” description is hilarious. I also like the way that Stephanie Meyer refuted a lot of the ‘vampire myths,’ which made the story so much more extraordinary and unique.
(Fall 2008...)
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