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Kimberly R
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  • Rated 1 stars

Fluff....that's what this book is. This book was CLEARLY written for young adult girls who fantasize about their knight, or in this case, their vampire, in shining armor. Blach..... So many things irritated me about it including how on earth could an OLD, and you would think wise, vampire fall in love with a goofy teenager. Give me a break!!!!! And, I thought the author was beating a dead horse with the constant talk from Edward about not wanting to put his human girl in danger and the girl's constant talk about not caring if she was in danger. Edward has all the power and control over his little woman. Ugh..... But, even after bashing this book, I still finished it!!!! So, I admit that I enjoyed it on a teenage girl level! If you want to read purely for entertainment, because we all need books like that sometimes, go for it. If you're looking for something that goes beyond entertainment and the usual male/female roles, avoid it. I would love to see young girls (and grown women!) reading books that empower them and challenge stereotypical male/female roles instead of upholding the status quo.

Kimberly R wrote this review Sunday, January 11 2009. ( reply | view 198 replies | permalink )
  • Kiki Bear is Friends with Salami

    kiki bear is friends with salami said:

    I loved this book and the others. It is more for younger readers, yes. I thinnk Stephenie Myer did a great job describing everything in detail and It makes me excited to see the movie coming out November 11! I suggest this book ages at least 12 and probably no older than 30.

    posted Thursday, October 23 2008
  • Cynthia L

    cynthia l said:

    The only reason he fell in love with such a "goofy teenager" is that she smelled like really yummy food!

    posted Friday, October 24 2008
  • $weet $hu$hu

    $weet $hu$hu said:

    u r tottaly wrong cuz this series is the best ever, i think ur review is the wrost ever, wat the heck is wrong with u, r u crazy or mad???? Get a life sis from now on. $weet $hu$hu

    posted Sunday, October 26 2008
  • 5 Jackie B

    5 jackie b said:

    I am only 12 years old so maybe you are correct that it changes my perspective of the book but i thought that the frequent remarks on every move he made was too much of a play by play. Get on with it!!! Otherwise i thought the fantasy of the love romance made a sweet little plot. I think that the book is argeted to young teens and if i were an adult i would want something deeper.

    posted Sunday, October 26 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • meee, Amberr ur loverr :P

    meee, amberr ur loverr :p said:

    I enjoyed this book, and your negative review got me thinking that you might as well be a desperate woman who actually fantasizes about her knight or vampire in shining armor. Since you decided to write so much about how you thought it was "corny fluff", you could just be writing all lies. I personally LOVED this book, and to all people who read this, Twilight is a book you should DEFINETLY read!!!!

    posted Thursday, October 30 2008
  • I love Harry Potter,Twilight,Septimus Heap,Royal Diaries:Cleopatra VII,Chronicles of Narnia,Series of Unfortunate EventsJunie B.

    i love harry potter,twilight,septimus heap,royal diaries:cleopatra vii,chronicles of narnia,series of unfortunate eventsjunie b. said:

    No offense but you need to lighten up.Its not just girls either who read this book lots of boys at my school do.They give Twilight a true chance.I got started on this book because every and I mean every body in the 6th grade was talking about this book."It shows true love can happen between anyone"one the teachers had commented.All the girls no this is a FANTASY romance but has some real places.Adults shouldn't read this book unless they connect more to the younger group.If an adult 30 and under can't do that then that is sad.Why do you think kids won't listen to reccondmendations given to them by adults.Because adults become very biased about it.

    posted Monday, November 3 2008
  • emily g

    emily g said:

    I totally feel your pain. I couldn't put it down.

    posted Monday, November 3 2008
  • twilight fan1(jacob)

    twilight fan1(jacob) said:

    what do you know about vampires anyway?

    posted Friday, November 7 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • yanoh .

    yanoh . said:

    LOL , that might be just true KIM after all these year he liked this red head girl but maybe at the beginning he didn't like her , remember when he said you are the only one i cant read her mind ! its a mystery somehow , =D

    posted Saturday, November 8 2008
  • pagalina

    pagalina said:

    This book is actually found in the Young Adult section of book stores and libraries, so it helps knowing, going into the book, that it, indeed, is aimed at 12 and 14 year old girls. It was much like eating potato chips – a guilty little pleasure but also a lot like transporting myself back to the easily swooned young woman i used to be. I agree that stephenie meyer could write more briefly. It seems like she does spend a lot of time with the angsty teen stuff. But if you pick it up for some easy, silly fun, it can be enjoyed. I've been reading another vampire series aimed at the same age-group and it's nearly insufferable. This series is rather fun.

    posted Sunday, November 9 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Amy A

    amy a said:

    And here I thought this would be similar to Laurell K. Hamilton's Vamp fiction. I don't know if I'm going to read this now or not. Thanks for the review. ~AEA~

    posted Monday, November 10 2008
  • Mo

    mo said:

    YES! I could NOT understand how so many grown women I know were fans of this. The writing was poor, the storyline was repetitive, and I was so bored with it that I gave up before the third book and simply had a friend tell me the ending, which was entirely too tidy and predictable. And please, someone buy that woman a thesaurus! There must be something other than the word "marble" you can use 15 billion times? I'm reading my sons the Magic Tree House series and the sentence structure is exactly the same, sad. The premise of these books is so delightful and given their phenomenal success I had high hopes, instead we just have a whole new generation of girls with unrealistic expectations of a prince charming riding in to save them and what love really is.

    posted Tuesday, November 11 2008
  • Kiss & Tell

    kiss & tell said:

    This book is not "Corny Fluff", the only thing thats corny about it is that Edward won't let Bell be vampire. Thats the only thing thats corny about it.

    posted Wednesday, November 12 2008
  • paikea

    paikea said:

    thanks so much, Kimberly! - i was beginning to think i was the only one who read this and didn't go mad with ecstasy! - i agree with you 100% - i still finished it, too - but i got to the point where i found the smooshy overload waaay to much - Edward and Belle both got severely tiresome after a bit - i think it's fine also for tweeny level fairytale fantasy-land (and certainly NOT for any kind of girl-power purposes), but i remain baffled as to why anyone over the age of 13 would looove it - i found so much better young-adult fantasy to read when i was a girl - stuff that endures till today - and i'm 36 - i would never actively recommend this book - and with all the hype it's gotten, i'm afraid that girls are taking it seriously - and all this iidealized honorable knight-in-shining armour-ness for tweenies - these boys/men exist in fiction only (i've been married for 12 years to a wonderful man, so i don't say this out of bitterness, just reality) - i would hope that this is a series girls would grow out of, but grown women seem to love it too - there is so much better fiction out there for young girls - and fantasy fiction, too - it's just disheartening of course, i've read sci-fi/fantasy since i was nine - i've always found far better role models for girls/women in that genre (i have more sci-fi/fantasy in my library written by women than anyone i know - i met some guy the other day who was a voracious reader of the genre, but couldn't name one female author, and had never read one - what a crying shame!) - one of my favorite authors is Tamora Pierce - she wrote a series about a girl who wanted to be a knight - and four books and some really wonderful writing later, she did - i am not immune to the charms of chick-lit - or some good historical fiction - but this series didn't live up to the hype to me (sorry, this ended up being longer than i meant:)

    posted Thursday, November 13 2008
  • paikea

    paikea said:

    ah - one more thing - to all the people who insist that this series is written for girls and that of course women wouldn't "get it" (never mind that actually there are many adult fans of the books) - girls deserve better fantasy fiction - there are far better books and series out there - ones which are timeless and have the ability to appeal to both girls and women - and ones that when the girls read again as women, or ones upon re-reading that don't make them nauseous from disbelief that they looooved them when they were young - those are the best ones - the ones that endure - quite simply, this series doesn't make the cut

    posted Thursday, November 13 2008
  • meee, Amberr ur loverr :P

    meee, amberr ur loverr :p said:

    Maybe you are one of those young adult girls who had fantasizedabout your dream of knights and shining armor coming to the rescue! Maybe you are just talking about yourself as an example to trample our imaganation. This was a great book! It was imaganative! Not something about fluff... Fluff? What is fluff anyway? The stuff YOU are writing?

    posted Sunday, November 16 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Casey

    casey said:

    You do realize that this book IS intended for the young adult audience?

    posted Tuesday, November 18 2008
  • Mysha M

    mysha m said:

    It might be like that but it has it's finer points too. Imagine yourself reading this when you were a teenager you would've love.....you have to admit it. just think him not being a rally old guy more like a seventeen year-old that got into some trouble or something. and I personally think the author did write it for young girls going into adulthood that just maybe are dreaming about their prince charming. so you don't tatally have to avoid it.

    posted Wednesday, November 19 2008
  • Nicolette R

    nicolette r said:

    Well, I think from the beginning if you're only into "serious intellectual fiction" you shouldn't have picked it up in the first place, seeing as it was in the YA (YOUNG ADULTS) section. And there's no need to insult the author about 'beating a dead horse' and 'how on earth could an OLD vampire fall in love with a goofy teenage'. If you'd actually really read the book (which I see you say you did) and not been so closed-minded all of those are explained in the characters make-up. And you're not a serious reader if you can read a book without being able to define a character. You just don't have to be insulting. I read A LOT of fiction, and the Twilight Saga is one of the more well-written series out there.

    posted Wednesday, November 19 2008
  • Y. K. I.

    y. k. i. said:

    You read my mind. I didn't quite like the book because of it's mix of romance, fantasy, fiction, young adult, vampires... Yeah, just all the tags.

    posted Wednesday, November 19 2008
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