The Time Between Dawn And Sunrise And The Time Between Sunset And Dusk

Wikipedia's definition of twilight is listed in the title. Everyone elses definition of twilight is pictured below.

I don't think that the definition applies to Twilight the series. So after spending a little over $100 on the 4 hard back books, I have finished. I think being sick last week helped in my reading endeavor and it was a good thing that I couldn't really do anything else. I enjoyed Twilight and Breaking Dawn, the other two I could have done without. In all reality, I could have done without Twilight but as a book that introduced the two main characters, it wasn't bad. Plus there was the whole James thing. It seemed to me that the first three books lulled through out the middle. The whole section in Eclipse regarding the history of the "werewolves" was totally skipped. I loved, loved, loved the last one, Breaking Dawn.

**SPOILER**


I grew very weary of Edward and Bella and their tortured forbidden love, much like I grew very weary of Buffy and Angel and their tortured forbidden love. Buffy & Angel's saving grace was that they had an entertaining entourage. Now that is not to say that Alice, Roselin, Emmet & Jasper were not entertaining as well, but the Scooby Gang out shone the rest of the Cullens. That being said, I have to say that Alice & Emmet were my favorite characters in the Twilight series. I loved Alice's child like exuberance and Emmet's sense of humor! Those two truly saved these books.

Once the tortured couple married & consummated their relationship, things started to get interesting. When Edward found Bella covered in bruises, I could understand his anguish. I could see how he did not want to cause any pain to his "true love". When Bella started getting sick, I had a twisted thought that she was slowly being turned into a vampire via Edward's semen. I also thought that if I was right, I was extremely pleased that Stephanie Meyer had come up with some weird and disturbing way to turn a human. Then Bella became pregnant. How Genius!! Something that no other old-wives-tale or twisted writer had ever imagined! And then to have the pregnancy advance at an inhuman rate was also genius. I was hooked from the very first chapter of Breaking Dawn but I was not overly impressed with the other three. Yes, each book had good parts but overall I had a hard time reading them. In fact if I hadn't heard I SO many people praise this series and I hadn't kept thinking "This has got to get better", I would have given up half way through Eclipse.

So I guess if you are looking for something to read that does not require any thought at all, or that is several steps above the Sweet Valley High or Babysitter Club series, then I would say "Read Twilight". However, Harry Potter or The Wayfarer Redemption, this series ain't.



But I am going to watch the movie :-)