Utena reviewed The Twilight Collection (Twilight) by Stephenie Meyer
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1 star
While really sick one year, two friends recommended these books to me. “Oh they’re good!” They said. “You will love them!” Yeah right! By the time I finished with the third book, I wanted to rip my brain out and shake it of this book.
The summary claims “deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful”, it lies. There is nothing deeply romantic or extraordinarily suspenseful about the relationship between Edward and Bella. In fact, I found Bella one of the biggest Mary Sues to date. She might not be beautiful as the description for a Mary Sue is but she comes from a background where her mother decides she doesn’t want her so why not send her to her equally neglectful father.
When Bella meets Edward in school (seriously are vampires that bored that they would go risk exposure to the sun and go to school in hopes of finding the “OMG …
While really sick one year, two friends recommended these books to me. “Oh they’re good!” They said. “You will love them!” Yeah right! By the time I finished with the third book, I wanted to rip my brain out and shake it of this book.
The summary claims “deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful”, it lies. There is nothing deeply romantic or extraordinarily suspenseful about the relationship between Edward and Bella. In fact, I found Bella one of the biggest Mary Sues to date. She might not be beautiful as the description for a Mary Sue is but she comes from a background where her mother decides she doesn’t want her so why not send her to her equally neglectful father.
When Bella meets Edward in school (seriously are vampires that bored that they would go risk exposure to the sun and go to school in hopes of finding the “OMG tru luv!”?), she finds herself wanting him even after she has been warned but she ignores that warning and tries to get to know Edward. Of course he tries blowing her off and she doesn’t seem to get the clue. Maybe he should have smacked her with a clue by four but then again he can’t stay away from her. He even saves her from being killed by another car.
Eventually Bella finds out what her boyfriend is when he starts sparkling in the sun. Are you kidding me? Vampires sparkling? Just. No.
Add a shape-shifting werewolf, a “I-can’t-love-you-because-of-what-I-am” stalker, a “OMG Edward change me!!!111″ to the mix and you have a recipe for a WTF book.
I don’t know what message Stephanie Meyer is trying to convey except all girls cannot live without a stalker-type boyfriend or if you break up, go toss yourself off a cliff. But then again Edward came to her in a dream.
Save yourself some money and find a better book. You will thank me later.