I just spent the last 12 hours of my life reading the last book in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. Before I go on with my book review I want to talk about the previous three books in the series.
I read Twilight last fall at the suggestion of my neighbor, in fact mostly all the women in my neighborhood had read it. Usually I am pretty good about keeping up with novels coming out but I had never even heard of her before or her vampire novels. I was curious as she was an LDS writer and what she could produce about vampires.
I read Twilight really fast. It was an easy read. I think my only complaint was the whining, angsty teen called Bella. She reminded me of Harry in the Order of the Phoenix (I think) when he was whining all the time. I thought the storyline was interesting so I kept on reading the other two books. I liked her characterizations and some of her details. It was simple. By the time I finished with the third book I was not as impressed as I was at the first. I was hoping that the final book would shed light on some questions I had.
Now that I have read the book I am very disappointed in the ending of the series. I expected more out of Bella frankly. The way the character was portrayed in the other novels was totally undone in this last one. I thought the plot of this novel was kind of hokey and I thought it ended flat. I was hoping for something more than what we got. It was like being excited for the first Matrix film. Building up the anticipation for the second movie and being sorely disappointed in both the second and third installments. I recommend reading it with your kids if you have teenage girls because lots of things come up about sex that you want to be aware of.
I do however think she is great with characterization, descriptions and I think her writing has improved from the very first novel. I read The Host a few months ago and in my opinion that is the best book she has written out of the 5. If you are disappointed like me, I recommend reading The Host. I think you'll enjoy it much better.
3 comments:
I just finished reading the first book for the first time (just so you know you weren't the last to catch on to this series:) and I totally agree about Bella being whiny! I thought of Harry Potter in OoP too, so it made me laugh when you said that! It's a fun, light read though, so I'm looking forward to reading the other books anyway!
- Sara xx
The first book was good and I wanted to keep reading just to see where she was headed to. The second one was okay but the third and fourth just didn't gel well. For me anyways. That is so funny that we were on the same wave length.
It was the story line that kept me going, not the characters (I was never a fan of Bella - I still can't figure out why everyone was so obsessed with her). I just wanted to know how it would end and I found myself plugging away through #4 wishing she (Stephenie) would just "wrap it up already!". I think overall it's a really fun story. And I agree, The Host, was better.
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