Week 5

Week 5: Twilight

Book Summary:

When Bella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father, she meets and falls in love with Edward Cullen, a vampire whose feeds on animals instead of humans. Bella and Edward’s relationship faces many obstacles including Edward’s desire to feed on her, his reluctance to bring her into his world, a vampire who wants to kill Bella, and her fear he will leave her. Bella begs Edward to change her into a vampire so they can be together forever, but Edward refuses.

My Impressions:

Twilight’s appeal is the love story, not the vampires. Meyers conveyed the desire, emotions, and obstacles that come with a person's first love. The vampire aspect simply created the obstacles many young people face. I would define this a romantic fantasy, not because of the vampires but because it brings out emotions and feelings felt before you mature and have been in a long term relationship. Before you realize that over time the butterflies go away, the constant desire fades, and imperfections arise. I also found Edward slightly creepy with stalker tendencies when he watches her a night.

Professional Review

From Publisher's Weekly's starred review: "The main draw here is Bella's infatuation with outsider Edward, the sense of danger inherent in their love, and Edward's inner struggle—a perfect metaphor for the sexual tension that accompanies adolescence. These will be familiar to nearly every teen, and will keep readers madly flipping the pages of Meyer's tantalizing debut."

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Library Uses:

Have a Twilight movie poster give away, have people dress as their favorite characters, meet for the midnight release of the next film.

APA Reference: 

Meyers, S. (2005). Twilight. New York, NY: Little, Brown, and Company.

Children’s review. (2005, October 3). [Review of the book Twilight, by S. Meyer]. Publishers Weekly.

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