Stephenie Meyer - Twilight

Pros: Interesting story and characters; well written YA book
Cons: Very slow until the end

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: Great story, superb originality
Cons: Far fetched like most vampire novels

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 way ...

Pros: Riveting, drama, action, romance, relatable, great characters
Cons: None!

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: 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

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 ...

Pros: Easy to read and understand, gets very exciting...halfway through
Cons: Predictable, sappy, your basic unrealistic teen love story

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, who ...

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.

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.The following text from the novel's close may explain why the tale is called ...

Pros: alluring Edward, lovable Alice and Carlisle, could provoke some interesting discussions
Cons: drab, melodramatic, little humor, repetitive descriptions

I first heard of Twilight two or three years ago when a couple of my friends began gushing about how much they loved the series. Gradually, I noticed that more and more of my friends had read it, and with the release of the movie last year, ...

Pros: Too apathetic to put anything here . .  . read the review
Cons: None

When Bella moves in with her father in the dismal, rainy town of Forks, her isolation in the boons leads to a love to die for. A story with a bite Twilight, sinks its teeth into teenage love, trysts with the dark, and hunky vampires with ...

Pros: A very interesting take on the vampire mythology!
Cons: A monumentally boring read for most adult male readers!

Hundreds and thousands of fans couldn't possibly be wrong, could they? I figured with so much hype surrounding Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series, there had to be something to it. So I took the plunge and dug in. Now, please ... ...

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

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: Entertaining book with mostly interesting characters.
Cons: Slow pace for majority of the book. 

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: An unchallenging read.
Cons: Like a 13-year-old's diary, but much worse.

I’m not sure who is going to read this review, since my impression is that I’m actually the last person in the world to get my hands on a copy of this book.  But as a hater of hype and especially of International Book Sensations, I felt ...

Pros: Well researched; deep emotional content.
Cons: I was so not the target audience

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

Pros: innocent love story, good escapist reading, no weird loose ends
Cons: a little immature and amateurish for an adult, nothing that original

I've always been fascinated by...and a little terrified of... vampires. Even Count Chocula, back in the day, gave me the heeby-jeebies. So naturally Anne Rice and her vampire books became part of my lexicon during my teen and young adult ...

Pros: A light, easy read, and an engaging enough story...
Cons: ...lacks character development; uneven plot, and poor writing.

Last year, a bunch of the women at my job started passing around Stephenie Meyer's vampire books, the Twilight series (there are four books in total).  One of my coworkers raved about them so much to me that I finally gave in, and ...