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Twilight Review


by Stephenie Meyer



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A cliched romance tale disguised as a fantasy story.
1 star rating

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Pros

    Meyer's prose is readable

Cons
    Extremely poorly written characters

MAY
8
2008
Meyer's prose is decent, but her plot and character development are so atrocious that even the most brilliantly-worded sentences couldn't save them. Twilight's main character, Bella Swan, lacks any personality and gives the reader little motivation to like her. In fact, Bella's role in the novel seems to be solely that of "self-insert." Want to pretend you've got a hot vampire boyfriend? Just read Twilight and imagine you're the main character!

Edward Cullen, Bella's love interest, does actually have a personality, but it's riddled with vampire cliches. This in itself isn't a problem -- what vampire book is complete without a vampire who falls in love with a human? But Edward never seems to step beyond these cliches and ultimately becomes just as boring as Bella, and certainly more annoying (as we're subjected to constant descriptions of how wonderful he is).

Overall, Twilight is not even a fantasy novel. It is Meyer's wish-fulfillment story, a romance tale hidden in a world of vampires and werewolves. Unfortunately, even the romance tale is complete garbage.

Last edited on May 08, 2008


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