Twilight

I don't know how many of you have read Twilight, but here's my review of it.

I was skeptical of it at first. All I knew of it was that this girl in my Seminary class named Sydney loved it and wanted to marry Edward Cullen. I kept hearing about the book, though, and everyone I talked to who had read the book loved it. I decided to try it. I started off by reading how the idea for Twilight was born on the book's website. It sounded interesting enough, so Amanda Swanson loaned me her copy. It sat on my desk for a while, waiting for me to put down the textbooks. Yesterday, I finally did.

I started it around 5pm and stayed up until around midnight to finish it. (I did have a break for dinner - I wasn't about to miss spring rolls!) I loved the book. I thought that the beginning was very well done - a beginning for the character and the reader. I thought Bella was a little pessimistic, but I really loved her anyway. Her observances and musings were very entertaining, but Edward totally stole the show.

I had heard that people thought Edward was amazing. That doesn't even cover it. Edward is pretty much the perfect man. He's cryptic at first. We have no idea what he's thinking. And then the character unfolds. As Edward gives up trying to stay away from Bella, the reader gives up trying to not love Edward. Edward is gentlemanly, smart, mysterious, amazingly good-looking, interesting, strong enough to dent a truck, brave, fast and all around incredible. Wow.

The characters in this book are very interesting. I don't think that the characters of Bella's friends are very deep or developed, but the complete opposite is true of Edward's vampire family. They're very intricate characters and I can't wait to read more about them.

The setting of the book could not be more perfect for the story. I personally love rain and trees, so the rainiest place in the country with a bunch of trees immediately appealed to me.

The language of the book was amazing. The descriptions of characters, of places, even of things was incredible.

I seriously cannot wait to read more. Wow.