Hello everyone! I hope you enjoyed last week’s book review. Today I’m doing Twilight by Stephanie Meyer.
Let’s get into it.
YA
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Romance, Supernatural
I give Twilight 0.5 out of 5 stars.
Before I explain why, let me give you a summary.
Bella Swan, a seventeen year old girl moves back to her birthplace of Forks, Washington for Phoenix, Arizona. It’s a rainy town in the Pacific Northwest. Bella describes herself as unattractive and very clumsy.
She meets a mysterious man named Edward Cullen and slowly falls in love with him. It turns out Edward is a vampire that only drinks animal blood. One day, a group of bad vampires that do drink human blood roll into town. Can Edward save her?
What happens next?
Now I’m going to go into why I give it 0.5 stars.
First of all. There is absolutely no plot whatsoever. If you take out the cheesy love triangle it’s just about a girl who moves to a rainy town. The storyline is mildly creative, I suppose, but still cheesy. It seems like Ms. Meyer just wanted to write a romance novel and didn’t care what it took to get it published. Unfortunately pulpy romance added with vampires and werewolves is very popular for a reason I will never understand.
Second. The writing style is terrible. It’s supposed to be YA but reads like one of those kindergarten practice books. Even I could write it better. I think if it was written more like The Mortal Instruments, or even the Divergent series, but nothing else was changed, it would get 2 stars.
Next. Bella Swan is terrible. She’s a horrible role model. She always needs Edward to do stuff for her. Her “clumsiness” is very exaggerated. Bella describes herself as unattractive when she actually is obviously very pretty. Her whole life revolves around boys and the attitude she has towards them. For example Bella thinks she isn’t complete without one. She’s weak and relies on Edward for everything. For all she talks about independence, she’s very reliable on other people. It’s sort of anti-feminist, though Bella seems feminist at first glance.
Fourth. Twilight talks about mental health in a degrading way. It speaks of depression and other mental health issues in an uneducated way. It’s very unrealistic and hurtful to people with those mental illnesses.
Lastly, Edward is toxic and a bad boyfriend. He’s downright creepy. Edward climbs into Bella’s window and watches her sleep. Um…WHAT? And the weird part is, Bella’s completely okay with that. He also purposely breaks her truck so she has to rely on him. Besides, he’s emotionally unstable and has severe mood swings that could endanger Bella.
Overall, this book is terrible. Please don’t read it. ❌
I hope you enjoyed this, or at least enjoyed how obviously disgusted I was by this book. 🤢
Have a great day, everyone! 👋
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