Stephenie Meyer - Twilight

Pros: Engaging story, good character development, not too heavy on the liasons; suspenseful

Cons: Lying, sneaking around, physicality between the main characters, improper use of medication

The Bottom Line:

While Twilight is rated for 9th grade and up, you might find your preteen wanting to read it. Check my review for recommendations!

Review: As a busy mom of two preteens (10 and 12), I entered the Twilight zone later than most. A young co-worker of mine suggested that my daughter might want to read the popular Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer when she reached middle school age...

Pros: Interesting story and characters; well written YA book

Cons: Very slow until the end

The Bottom Line: The bottom line is wishing it knew a moral vampire to be friends with.

Review: At the beginning of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, Isabella Swan has just moved from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington, one of the rainiest places in the country, in order to give her mother more time with her new husband. Bella knows...

Pros: Well-written, smooth plot that draws the reader in and keeps them there.

Cons: The book ends.

The Bottom Line: Twilight is a great read that you won't soon forget.

Review: A few weeks ago I noticed that my fifteen-year-old daughter had abandoned her computer and was buried in a book. Now, this is not completely unusual as she does go through spells of voracious reading (a trait she inherited from me). Still, it was...

Pros: Great story, superb originality

Cons: Far fetched like most vampire novels

The Bottom Line: Twilight delivers a satisfying love story and thriller to all vampire fans!

Review: I enjoy reading teen/young adult novels because for me, it sort of puts my life in perspective. Also, I want to know what my kids are reading and what their friends are reading. The best discussions for me are talking to my kids about books and the...

Pros: Riveting, drama, action, romance, relatable, great characters

Cons: None!

The Bottom Line: This book was amazing and I enjoyed every minute of it! A very entertaining novel.

Review: I rarely buy books, but when I saw this book, I was wondering if this was the book I had heard so much about. Indeed, it turns out it is a book that I have heard so many rave reviews of, and is part of a series of books (currently there are 4...

Pros: Entertaining book with mostly interesting characters.

Cons: Slow pace for majority of the book.

The Bottom Line: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer was entertaining for the most part, but I did feel like it had a few issues.

Review: I can't remember when I first heard something about Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, a young adult vampire book. I know that I have been hearing more about it for the last year or so and while I was sort of interested, I hadn't picked up...

Pros: Well researched; deep emotional content.

Cons: I was so not the target audience

The Bottom Line:

In the final analysis my instinct to stay away from Twilight were well justified. But my daughter love it!

Review: Book Details:
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Book Type: Soft-cover; 544 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Publishing Date: September 2006
Language: English...

Pros: Marlowe or Shakespeare might have launched a masterpiece based on this text. Original cross-cultural slants.

Cons: Occasional inconsistencies in perspective. A fable wordier by far than any by Aesop.

The Bottom Line: Tired of serious hard reading into science, philosophy or history? Then relax before falling asleep with conscience-driven vampires. TWILIGHT is gothic, romantic, scary and cross-cultural as all get out.

Review: TWILIGHT is the 2005 "debut" novel of Stephenie (sic!) Meyer, one time Brigham Young University English major and since married mother of three, living in Arizona.

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Pros: Easy to read and understand, gets very exciting...halfway through

Cons: Predictable, sappy, your basic unrealistic teen love story

The Bottom Line: I wanted so much more from this. And yet, I couldn't set it down. And yet...it wasn't that great.

Review: The Cullens are a mysterious family residing in the little town of Forks, Washington. When Bella Swan moves there to live with her father, she misses the heat and friendships of Phoenix--and definitely can't get used to all her new male classmates,...

Pros: intriguing story, good character development, interesting human/vampire relationship

Cons: runs tediously slow in a few spots

The Bottom Line: I highly recommend this enjoyable vampire lore/love story. It's a good read - most all 500 pages of it.

Review: Twilight, being the second book I have read by Stephenie Meyer - the first being New Moon, the sequel to Twilight - was a little disappointing for me; it seemed to have a bit of trouble progressing and moved comparably slower...