Review of Twilight

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

My review

rating: 1 of 5 stars
I was so sure I was going to like it from reading the description and reviews, but I couldn't have been more wrong.



Let's start by saying that in fact it IS a conventional romance. Like a Mexican telenovela, falling in eternal love for each other comes before getting to know each other at all. And then in regular MTV-style, the getting to know each other part consists of asking what kind of music each other likes and how were the teachers at your other school.



Then it becomes repetitive: she repeats over and over how gorgeous he is - I lost count of how many times the author uses the words "god", "angel", and "Adonis" to describe Edward's beauty EVERY TIME HE TALKS.



Then it becomes disturbing: Bella is a pathetic little girl who is always getting herself in peril, who needs to be protected by and will do absolutely anything for Edward, despite knowing he could easily kill her. She repeats over and over the words "obediently", "complied", and "followed his orders", whether he's telling her to "drink up your soda" or "behave". Bella likes to obey. At some point she even calls an elaborate seat belt a "harness". This is vampire-teen dominance-submission without the sex.



To make matters worse, there is absolutely no story other than how much Bella loves Edward (SPOILER: except around pages 400-450 when some bad vampires try to kill Bella but of course Edward saves her). oh, and of course the grand finale of this book: HIGH SCHOOL PROM!



I am definitely not wasting my time reading the sequels.


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