I loved them. They are what got me into reading. As a child I hated to read, but these gave me a love of it as an adult. I love that she describes everything in such depth. The characters are flawed, but that’s a good thing. They will always have a place on my shelf. Please don’t judge them by the movies.
I read the first half of the first book. Honestly, I couldn’t stand Bella who was incredibly whiney and flat in my opinion and I won’t even give my thoughts past that. One of only two books I gave up on. I hear it gets better but I read plenty to not care. But to each their own.
Poor writing, glamorizes abuse, too simplistic. If I want to read trash, I’ll read Sherrilyn Kenyon novels. It’s on a list of books I’ll rage about and I feel like I should feel bad about judging people for reading and enjoying that garbage but I don’t feel bad. It’s crap, I can find better vampire stories, better mush romance hooplah, and much better YA
Couldn’t stop until I was done. Loved them. Was excited for the movies watched 1 and never watched another, hated them and the actors/actress they chose to play most of the characters.
I read them as a teenager right as they were coming out. I LOVED them. At the time, I hadn’t read anything like them and I was obsessed. Now, I feel that genre has exploded and there are so many books of a similar type, with much better writing. However, I do re-read them every once in a while when I’m feeling nostalgic. Edward will have a place in my heart forever ?♥️.
I liked it, but that was over ten years ago. While packing for a move a few months ago, I tried reading the first book and could not. They’re fun for about five seconds ?
I still have all my books from that series, and Alma wanted to read them. She just finished them about a week ago. She’s almost 13, so those are literally her favorite books of her short life so far! ? She’s now reading The Host. I told her that’s not about vampires, but she says Stephanie Meyers is her “all time favorite author ever!” ?
I read them when my youngest daughter read them years ago. I have to say I enjoyed the story (though the writing is not that great). I liked to read what my kids were reading so we could discuss- it is so much fun when you realize how deep their comprehension is; and, how thoughtful and smart their opinions.
I read them when my son read them in middle school. He saw all the 8th grade girls carrying them around and wanted to have something to know what the hype was. ?. He’s 20 now and survived the experience. I’ve read worse……..
Yes I tell people this all the time that don’t get why I sometimes just want stupid books or trash tv…I had a highly stressful job and sometimes your brain just needs to rest!
When I read it when I was younger before the vampire craze and all the other books started coming out I loved it. Now I cringe when I think about it… But I’m not going to be whishy washy and deny enjoying it when I read it years ago
They aren’t amazing, but everyone needs something lighter now and then. They’re fun young adult style vampire romance fiction. A bit silly, but an easy read.
If you want something more adult, with slightly more substance to it, check out The Women of the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong, or The Mercedes Thompson series by Patricia Briggs. You’ll still get your supernatural fiction and romance, but with less sparkles.
All the praise put too many expectations on the quality, so I had a hard time getting into them. That was until I imagined that a young adult/high schooler not only is narrating them, but also was the original author. Then I could enjoy them. I did still find them a little too convenient, meaning the only way it felt the author could set the scene was by giving Edward mind reading (again, not fine tuned literature), but otherwise harmless fun. I could see growth in the author when I read Host. That book I really enjoyed.
I read them when they first came out. I read them once, enjoyed them….. and don’t want to read them again… people love or hate them I guess. They get a lot of sh*t, lol…
well……I read it in my late 30’s and knew that if I had read it when I was the target age, it would have been a lot better. So, it’s a forced sort of appreciation for me. The movies were visually/effects-wise great, and that’s about all I can say.
I read them I loved them at the time and appreciate them. Since they introduced me to to the urban fantasy genre that I didn’t know even existed before then other than that I’ve definitely read better since.
I liked the first one well enough to continue reading. Then I felt compelled to see it through and hated the last book so much and was annoyed at having spent the time on any of them.
If you go in expecting great literature, you will be disappointed. If you just want to be entertained and feel sort of warm and cozy then, it’s fine. I read them all and don’t feel bad about it, but they are what I consider to be romance fluff.
The first installment was almost decent (as in it was the most readable), but the series on a whole is really poorly written, suffers from a thin plot and one dimensional characters. The so-called heroine has no personality to speak of and literally throws her life away for a man. I just can’t. It’s trash, but not even the good kind that’s still fun to read. I’d never recommend it. The movies are much better and that’s really saying something!
I read the series maybe 6 years ago, not an avid reader at the time, and fell in love. I have not read it since, but I love the movies and watch them all the time. I want to reread them all to get a fresh opinion BUT that is highly unlikely lol I’m obsessed.
Love them! Forks is a few hours from where I live and the nearby Olympic National Park has become the trendy national park to visit. (Though it is stunning!) I wonder if the increase in tourism is because of the Twilight series.
Fun and guilty pleasure…I read them all during a hurricane due to no internet and power. I was an adult though, I would honestly worry about teenagers reading it as they have high schoolers willing to die for love in it. Seems like for an immature/still developing mentally young person it might be a bad influence.
It is one of those rare situations where I think a movie was an improvement. Just one though. I really enjoyed the books… until the ending. Wasnt overly thrilled with the movies… until the ending. Combo them and theyre a win for me.
Completely enjoyed them as fictional/fantasy fun. Sure, none of it was realistic – but then again I don’t only read non fiction.
Loved the films, but not as much as my various tours of the filming locations – they really nailed some of the most gorgeous places of the PNW in the first one.
The funniest part to me is how opposed to them some people are – truly cracks me up ? I mean, if they get someone to read at all I’m happier than if they’re not reading – and maybe it’ll get them to read another book?
I don’t make fun of those who read Danielle Steel or other such formulaic predictability, so I guess I don’t see what the problem is with Twilight.
Then again, I found 50 Shades gross because seriously, there are actually well done bondage books, ya know.
They were a reasonable introduction into archetype for me as a teenager. I would read the books in a day.
I’m glad I didn’t use them as a baseline in my romantic relationships. The dysfunctional romantic leads were similar to the books they borrowed archetypes from.
Unless you are in to really abusive gender roles, stalking, women with no self worth, and a book about an adult who wants to sleep with his best friend’s new born baby -skip it.
He imprints on her the second she’s born and finally understands why he’s been lusting after Bella for so long (despite her saying no over and over – yet another problem). Stephanie Meyer attempts get around it by making the baby age really fast so that it’ll be ok for them to be together sooner but the intent is there. He’ll be “a friend, protector, whatever she needs him to be”. . . Until she’s legally old enough to $&@!. It’s clear they end up together romantically/sexually which essentially means her parents sold her off to their friend from the time she was a baby and she never had a choice. She was always going to belong to Jacob. The fact that he waits until she’s legal which is only a few years in magic time does not make it less of a vile concept. The books are gross period that was just the final kicker for me in terms of flinging the series across the room, but I could write a thesis on the negative messaging for women in those books even with out that bit. ?
I mean to each their own, but I’m not into reading things that damaging to women which are aimed at an audience young enough to be shaped by it and (often) with out the skills and wisdom to critique it.
Let’s not not forget the whole book in the series where both characters spend countless pages depressed, practicing self harm, and attempting suicide because of the break up of a toxic high school romance that previously put the girl in the hospital.
I think the intent was to say that Jacob will always be around no matter what she wants. It could’ve been the fact that she simply didn’t want to marry Jacob n he’d still be there. But Stephenie Meyer obvs wanted them as a couple (in the future). I don’t think Jacob would’ve forced himself on her in any way emotionally or physically if she didn’t want to. But being with your mum’s friend is kinda gross tbh.
I do agree with what you said about the suicide attempt for a guy, I didn’t like that bit either, or that it was ok for Edward to stalk Bella, or that Bella wanted to change herself just for a guy
Oh wait why did I like the book? I mean I’m just realising all this stuff and once I was obsessed with it.
I liked the most of the first one as a teenager, before I was able to sit down and really think critically about what I was reading. I did think that the writing was terrible, and while it made me uneasy, it was only at the end of the book, when Edward dragged Bella to prom against her wishes, that I was able to pinpoint the problem I had, which is that there was something really wrong with their relatioship. Took me reading through the next few novels, and rereading the first one, to realize just how much the books glorify abusive relationships. I think that the books are inappropriate for teens, who are new to romantic relationships and still developing the wherewithal to know what makes a healthy relationship, but ok for adults who can recognize it for the fantasy (not talking about the genre here) that it is.
I have to respectfully disagree. I don’t see that at all. Bella wanted that experience but was afraid to go to prom. She’s never admit wanting to go, it’s a convention of teenage years she wanted to claim she’d outgrown or was too awkward or too mature for. Very much like me at her age. My bf at the time “dragged” me to prom and I secretly appreciated it. Not abusive at all.
I didn’t find the prom part particularly abusive but I absolutely agree for a teenager it might be encouraging of unhealthy relationships. What really bothered me the most was how Bella was just completely taken over by her feelings for him and willing to die for him. Willing to never see her family again. And even though I think Edward loved her he obviously struggled the entire time with wanting to kill her. I get that it’s paranormal but someone without any judgement might not think about that and might justify to themselves staying with someone abusive. I was actually in a very negative relationship when I read the books and some parts made me cry, I saw red flags everywhere! But aside from that I did enjoy reading them. Maybe it would be a good opportunity for parents of teenager to talk about healthy relationships.
I read the first, just because I am a big fan of vampire fiction. However, being such a fan I was pretty sick of the series after the one. My opinion… pure crap.
Wow people are vicious lol. I guess i didn’t analyze the relationships or writing very hard, I tend to just read for the enjoyment of reading and I loved reading this series.
If you enjoy just reading and finding a story and not judging a book by the authors writing ability (HATE when ppl do that…. I mean really why do we read??? To read a story. ?) any way I liked them!
Meh. I read them all, I understand their allure, but they are not for me. Same with Harry Potter. But I’m glad others like them enough to read and re-read. I don’t care what you read, just read! ???
I loved them. My dad was going through cancer treatments at the time I was reading them. So as we were driving to some of this appointments, I’d let him know that if we were vampires, we’d be there already. I was also concerned about his doctors. It was a fun fantasy style for me. Helps that my sisters and I all read them at the same time so we would call and discuss.
When I was in high school I absolutely loved to read. I was friends with a good amount of people who didn’t share my enthusiasm quite so much.
When the second or third Twilight book came out and the series started gaining popularity, I was ecstatic to see so many people I knew reading the books and consuming the content voraciously, even when they usually didn’t read much else.
It broke my heart a bit when the books turned out to get such volatile treatment later down the road. I understand why, seeing as looking back on the books, Bella was a problem character in some of the ways she acted and was treated, but the hatred the books got was almost daunting.
A really good analysis of the series — admittedly from a more theatrical standpoint but still valid — is this video essay called Dear Stephanie Meyer, which examines the extreme vitriol the book received when it was made into a film franchise. https://youtu.be/8O06tMbIKh0
When I was in high school I devoured the books because I was a sappy romantic teenage girl who was filled with emotions and loved the idea of two guys fighting over a Mary Sue, as a teenage girl is wont to do.
But more then that, I hold Twilight in my memory as a book I could actually speak about, enthusiastically even, with my friends. About the writing, plot, characters, and all that fun stuff. Even if it was just surface level or silly stuff, you can’t deny there’s an excitement in just seeing people all around you begin to really actually READ and sharing joy in an activity you’ve held so close to your heart for so long.
And so Twilight hangs in the air for me with a bit of happy nostalgia and good natured embarrassment. A book I devoured in late night binge readings and between class page sneaks, and laughed and swooned and joked about with my friends.
Are they great books? Not particularly. But I believe they will always hold an interesting place in the cultural consciousness.
I agree, it seems to be a thing now to hate them, but my book club and I all enjoyed them. They were a fun and interesting series, although I didn’t like the last book.
I loved them when they came out. I actually re read them a few times. I love the storyline and the happily ever after and although I look back with fondness I think the movies ruined it for me. it became played out.
In a dramatic twist, I hated the books (SO poorly written!) but I actually thought the movies were quite good. She has a great storyline, she just need to work a little harder on her writing. So many adverbs! Ugh! In my humble opinion! ?
I think the Twilight series deserve a place in the annals of vampire fiction (through not necessarily a high place). When I was a teen, I cut my teeth on Anne Rice, much to the chagrin of some of my elders in the urban fantasy/horror community who couldn’t abide the thought of vampires being the protagonists of anything. Now there’s a new generation of trashy-vampire literature, I’m inclined to cut its fans some slack.
I found the first one quite entertaining,but then it started to get on my nerves. For one thing, I don’t really approve of encouraging the idea that if you can’t have a particular boyfriend, your life is blighted forevermore. Also, if you are going to have two men competing for the heroine, you want a bit more uncertainty about which one she is going to choose. And the vampire thing is too easy in this series – most vampire stories have a downside to being a vampire, like losing consciousness in daylight hours or burning up in sunshine. But in Twilight there’s no drawback at all. And the thing about male werewolves imprinting on baby girls – that gives me the creeps, quite frankly.
If you want an easy read with not too much thought provocation then you’ll like it. Its written for teenagers. If you judge it on that its a good series. I liked them
Books are way better than the movies!!
Agreed!
Its one of those series that I’ll read over and over and always find something new because its easier to watch the movie when its on tv. LOL
I loved the books!
I loved them. They are what got me into reading. As a child I hated to read, but these gave me a love of it as an adult. I love that she describes everything in such depth. The characters are flawed, but that’s a good thing. They will always have a place on my shelf. Please don’t judge them by the movies.
The entire series is a bit weak and simple. The first one is still one of my guilty pleasure reads though.
The books were much better than I expected!
Great books!
Meh. Poor writing, and an amateur story. I wasn’t impressed.
Not sure what all the hype was about personally
Mind numbing
Not a fan.
I used to like them but I don’t want to read them back now
Love them!! Way better than the movies!
Quick reads but nothing stimulating. I’d read them again for fun.
I read the first half of the first book. Honestly, I couldn’t stand Bella who was incredibly whiney and flat in my opinion and I won’t even give my thoughts past that. One of only two books I gave up on. I hear it gets better but I read plenty to not care. But to each their own.
Lol. At least it got kids reading???
Nope.
Poor writing, glamorizes abuse, too simplistic.
If I want to read trash, I’ll read Sherrilyn Kenyon novels.
It’s on a list of books I’ll rage about and I feel like I should feel bad about judging people for reading and enjoying that garbage but I don’t feel bad.
It’s crap, I can find better vampire stories, better mush romance hooplah, and much better YA
I loved them
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I loved them!
I actually enjoyed the books and movies. But i love any thing to do with vampires and paranormal romance.
Loved the shows.
Nope
Ruined vampires for me
A hard no for me. Every single character annoyed me
I had a teen at the time. All I could think was….”that guy’s nothing but trouble with a capital T, he wants to eat you, not love you!”
They are fun fluff.
Total trash but I still read them all.
Samesies ?
Love!
Glad they are over. I didn’t read them, but caught enough of Edward’s beauty via my wife reading them.
Couldn’t stop until I was done. Loved them. Was excited for the movies watched 1 and never watched another, hated them and the actors/actress they chose to play most of the characters.
I love them
I read them as a teenager right as they were coming out. I LOVED them. At the time, I hadn’t read anything like them and I was obsessed. Now, I feel that genre has exploded and there are so many books of a similar type, with much better writing. However, I do re-read them every once in a while when I’m feeling nostalgic. Edward will have a place in my heart forever ?♥️.
I liked it, but that was over ten years ago. While packing for a move a few months ago, I tried reading the first book and could not.
They’re fun for about five seconds ?
I still have all my books from that series, and Alma wanted to read them. She just finished them about a week ago. She’s almost 13, so those are literally her favorite books of her short life so far! ?
She’s now reading The Host. I told her that’s not about vampires, but she says Stephanie Meyers is her “all time favorite author ever!” ?
Really liked the first one! Second one not as much and didn’t really like the third one.
I like them
Blech
To be fair they are nothing like the movies. I can’t stand the movies.
I read them when my youngest daughter read them years ago. I have to say I enjoyed the story (though the writing is not that great). I liked to read what my kids were reading so we could discuss- it is so much fun when you realize how deep their comprehension is; and, how thoughtful and smart their opinions.
#momgoals
I liked them and then watched the 1st movie. For some reason the movie made me hate the books.
Maybe this is what happened to me. The first time I loved it. Watched the movies and them read them again. Trash!!
In a word, garbage.
I enjoyed them
Nothing.didnt like it.
i like them
I liked them the first time I read them. For some reason I read them again and hated it.
Like a bad soap opera. Addicting but total rubbish
Basically just don’t watch the movies.
Yuck!
Not
Not exactly great literature, but harmless fun.
it was ok
I read them when my son read them in middle school. He saw all the 8th grade girls carrying them around and wanted to have something to know what the hype was. ?. He’s 20 now and survived the experience. I’ve read worse……..
If you’re looking for a brain break -wonderful.
If you’re looking for great literature – skip it
Yes I tell people this all the time that don’t get why I sometimes just want stupid books or trash tv…I had a highly stressful job and sometimes your brain just needs to rest!
I read them in highschool and liked the series.
When I read it when I was younger before the vampire craze and all the other books started coming out I loved it. Now I cringe when I think about it… But I’m not going to be whishy washy and deny enjoying it when I read it years ago
They aren’t amazing, but everyone needs something lighter now and then. They’re fun young adult style vampire romance fiction. A bit silly, but an easy read.
If you want something more adult, with slightly more substance to it, check out The Women of the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong, or The Mercedes Thompson series by Patricia Briggs. You’ll still get your supernatural fiction and romance, but with less sparkles.
All the praise put too many expectations on the quality, so I had a hard time getting into them. That was until I imagined that a young adult/high schooler not only is narrating them, but also was the original author. Then I could enjoy them. I did still find them a little too convenient, meaning the only way it felt the author could set the scene was by giving Edward mind reading (again, not fine tuned literature), but otherwise harmless fun. I could see growth in the author when I read Host. That book I really enjoyed.
Fun distraction.
Love? However, I read them all years ago.. I’m not sure how I’d feel about them now.
Loved them! It’s fiction, people. Definitely took us in another direction. Had me hooked.
Nope
Haaa…liked them at the time. Was happy to be “in” on all the hype. Remember they’re written for teens, and they’re fun…But I wouldn’t read them again
Absolute shite! Got part way through the first book and threw it across the room in disgust.
I loved it back then. No shame. ?
Love
The first one was okay for some extremely light reading but the sequels were awful.
I read them when they first came out. I read them once, enjoyed them….. and don’t want to read them again… people love or hate them I guess. They get a lot of sh*t, lol…
Love them
Entertaining… the kind of book to read after reading something heavy…
Loved when I read them at a difficult point in my life. Not sure how I would feel if I read them now
Love it
Love it!
You REALLY have to concentrate. It should have been shorter books. So drawn out. Ive read some over other books. Seems to be her style
I liked them. I wish I never saw the movies though.
well……I read it in my late 30’s and knew that if I had read it when I was the target age, it would have been a lot better. So, it’s a forced sort of appreciation for me. The movies were visually/effects-wise great, and that’s about all I can say.
Entertaining enough books. The last one was great. New Moon was painful because it was so accurate in regards to teenage love and behavior.
No.
I read them I loved them at the time and appreciate them. Since they introduced me to to the urban fantasy genre that I didn’t know even existed before then other than that I’ve definitely read better since.
Loved them back when they came out… Always hated bella.
Read the first book in a week, but then when I looked at the next one, I thought it was crap.
Loved the books!
I liked the first one well enough to continue reading. Then I felt compelled to see it through and hated the last book so much and was annoyed at having spent the time on any of them.
Same here.
So, so sooo bad.
If you go in expecting great literature, you will be disappointed. If you just want to be entertained and feel sort of warm and cozy then, it’s fine. I read them all and don’t feel bad about it, but they are what I consider to be romance fluff.
Terribly written but I read all the books anyway. My guilty pleasure.
The first installment was almost decent (as in it was the most readable), but the series on a whole is really poorly written, suffers from a thin plot and one dimensional characters. The so-called heroine has no personality to speak of and literally throws her life away for a man. I just can’t. It’s trash, but not even the good kind that’s still fun to read. I’d never recommend it. The movies are much better and that’s really saying something!
I loved them.
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I read the series maybe 6 years ago, not an avid reader at the time, and fell in love. I have not read it since, but I love the movies and watch them all the time. I want to reread them all to get a fresh opinion BUT that is highly unlikely lol I’m obsessed.
I’ve read each book at least four times. I do not enjoy the movies but the books were well written.
Love them! Forks is a few hours from where I live and the nearby Olympic National Park has become the trendy national park to visit. (Though it is stunning!) I wonder if the increase in tourism is because of the Twilight series.
I have friends who have visited there just because of the books so I’m sure there’s a direct correlation. It’s been years though.
Fun and guilty pleasure…I read them all during a hurricane due to no internet and power. I was an adult though, I would honestly worry about teenagers reading it as they have high schoolers willing to die for love in it. Seems like for an immature/still developing mentally young person it might be a bad influence.
To me they were on par with the Harry Potter series; a good read for YA books and not much else.
I enjoyed it.
I didn’t like them. I managed to read 1.5 books and gave up. I didn’t like Bella’s character
It is one of those rare situations where I think a movie was an improvement. Just one though. I really enjoyed the books… until the ending. Wasnt overly thrilled with the movies… until the ending. Combo them and theyre a win for me.
?????
The movies are an atrocity but the books are so well written, they capture your attention and hold onto it till the end. Loved them.
But the fight sequence from the last movie, that one was epic.
Not an intelligent read, not something I want my daughter to read.
Am planning a ‘re read soon
Completely enjoyed them as fictional/fantasy fun. Sure, none of it was realistic – but then again I don’t only read non fiction.
Loved the films, but not as much as my various tours of the filming locations – they really nailed some of the most gorgeous places of the PNW in the first one.
The funniest part to me is how opposed to them some people are – truly cracks me up ? I mean, if they get someone to read at all I’m happier than if they’re not reading – and maybe it’ll get them to read another book?
I don’t make fun of those who read Danielle Steel or other such formulaic predictability, so I guess I don’t see what the problem is with Twilight.
Then again, I found 50 Shades gross because seriously, there are actually well done bondage books, ya know.
love it..
Easy reading, quite liked them.
They were a reasonable introduction into archetype for me as a teenager. I would read the books in a day.
I’m glad I didn’t use them as a baseline in my romantic relationships.
The dysfunctional romantic leads were similar to the books they borrowed archetypes from.
The twinkies of books. Nutritionally deficient, but somehow addictive and hard to not enjoy to some degree.
I have always loved the series and I can spend my time re-reading it on my Kindle or paperback/hardback books.
Painful!! Badly written and the girl was just so wishy washy and annoying. I gave up half way through.
Unless you are in to really abusive gender roles, stalking, women with no self worth, and a book about an adult who wants to sleep with his best friend’s new born baby -skip it.
Sheesh and I thought I was being extreme calling it painful. I like your definition better.
The best friend doesn’t want to sleep with the baby.. it’s pretty clear in the book
He imprints on her the second she’s born and finally understands why he’s been lusting after Bella for so long (despite her saying no over and over – yet another problem). Stephanie Meyer attempts get around it by making the baby age really fast so that it’ll be ok for them to be together sooner but the intent is there. He’ll be “a friend, protector, whatever she needs him to be”. . . Until she’s legally old enough to $&@!. It’s clear they end up together romantically/sexually which essentially means her parents sold her off to their friend from the time she was a baby and she never had a choice. She was always going to belong to Jacob. The fact that he waits until she’s legal which is only a few years in magic time does not make it less of a vile concept. The books are gross
period that was just the final kicker for me in terms of flinging the series across the room, but I could write a thesis on the negative messaging for women in those books even with out that bit. ?
I mean to each their own, but I’m not into reading things that damaging to women which are aimed at an audience young enough to be shaped by it and (often) with out the skills and wisdom to critique it.
Let’s not not forget the whole book in the series where both characters spend countless pages depressed, practicing self harm, and attempting suicide because of the break up of a toxic high school romance that previously put the girl in the hospital.
I think the intent was to say that Jacob will always be around no matter what she wants. It could’ve been the fact that she simply didn’t want to marry Jacob n he’d still be there. But Stephenie Meyer obvs wanted them as a couple (in the future). I don’t think Jacob would’ve forced himself on her in any way emotionally or physically if she didn’t want to. But being with your mum’s friend is kinda gross tbh.
I do agree with what you said about the suicide attempt for a guy, I didn’t like that bit either, or that it was ok for Edward to stalk Bella, or that Bella wanted to change herself just for a guy
Oh wait why did I like the book? I mean I’m just realising all this stuff and once I was obsessed with it.
But I was a teenager when I read the books.
The imprinting on babies thing was one of the things I found really weird.
I love it.. it was ever book that I read and kept me hooked, haven’t stopped reading since
No thanks
Tell us how you really feel ?
I thought it was fun. ?
Not terrible, but not good either. Simply mediocre.
I prefer The Twilight Zone! 😀
Sucks
That was going to be my response!
I liked the most of the first one as a teenager, before I was able to sit down and really think critically about what I was reading. I did think that the writing was terrible, and while it made me uneasy, it was only at the end of the book, when Edward dragged Bella to prom against her wishes, that I was able to pinpoint the problem I had, which is that there was something really wrong with their relatioship. Took me reading through the next few novels, and rereading the first one, to realize just how much the books glorify abusive relationships. I think that the books are inappropriate for teens, who are new to romantic relationships and still developing the wherewithal to know what makes a healthy relationship, but ok for adults who can recognize it for the fantasy (not talking about the genre here) that it is.
I have to respectfully disagree. I don’t see that at all. Bella wanted that experience but was afraid to go to prom. She’s never admit wanting to go, it’s a convention of teenage years she wanted to claim she’d outgrown or was too awkward or too mature for. Very much like me at her age. My bf at the time “dragged” me to prom and I secretly appreciated it. Not abusive at all.
I didn’t find the prom part particularly abusive but I absolutely agree for a teenager it might be encouraging of unhealthy relationships. What really bothered me the most was how Bella was just completely taken over by her feelings for him and willing to die for him. Willing to never see her family again. And even though I think Edward loved her he obviously struggled the entire time with wanting to kill her. I get that it’s paranormal but someone without any judgement might not think about that and might justify to themselves staying with someone abusive. I was actually in a very negative relationship when I read the books and some parts made me cry, I saw red flags everywhere! But aside from that I did enjoy reading them. Maybe it would be a good opportunity for parents of teenager to talk about healthy relationships.
For what it was meant to be, and who it was meant for, it was fine.
I read the first, just because I am a big fan of vampire fiction. However, being such a fan I was pretty sick of the series after the one. My opinion… pure crap.
Wow people are vicious lol. I guess i didn’t analyze the relationships or writing very hard, I tend to just read for the enjoyment of reading and I loved reading this series.
awesome ?
If you enjoy just reading and finding a story and not judging a book by the authors writing ability (HATE when ppl do that…. I mean really why do we read??? To read a story. ?) any way I liked them!
There are too many great books out there to read poorly written books. That’s like saying you wouldn’t mind a bad plumber, Carpenter, or doctor.
But if they were so “badly written” they wouldn’t have been published soooo….. ?
No one is worth giving up your soul for. Bad message for teenage girls.
Meh. I read them all, I understand their allure, but they are not for me. Same with Harry Potter. But I’m glad others like them enough to read and re-read. I don’t care what you read, just read! ???
The first book I liked as a guilty pleasure…then bleh
Awful. Struggled through book 1 then burned it ?Even if you love the story-the writing is cringe-worthy —juvenile and repetitive.
Agree.
I loved them. My dad was going through cancer treatments at the time I was reading them. So as we were driving to some of this appointments, I’d let him know that if we were vampires, we’d be there already. I was also concerned about his doctors. It was a fun fantasy style for me. Helps that my sisters and I all read them at the same time so we would call and discuss.
I enjoyed it but never finished the last book.
I loved the Twilight saga. Really brilliant.
Uuuugghh do not like!
At the time I read them they were ok. Wouldn’t read them now.
Love them.
Poorly written.
Yes, poorly written.
Didn’t like it and I’m a vampire fan?
When I was in high school I absolutely loved to read. I was friends with a good amount of people who didn’t share my enthusiasm quite so much.
When the second or third Twilight book came out and the series started gaining popularity, I was ecstatic to see so many people I knew reading the books and consuming the content voraciously, even when they usually didn’t read much else.
It broke my heart a bit when the books turned out to get such volatile treatment later down the road. I understand why, seeing as looking back on the books, Bella was a problem character in some of the ways she acted and was treated, but the hatred the books got was almost daunting.
A really good analysis of the series — admittedly from a more theatrical standpoint but still valid — is this video essay called Dear Stephanie Meyer, which examines the extreme vitriol the book received when it was made into a film franchise. https://youtu.be/8O06tMbIKh0
When I was in high school I devoured the books because I was a sappy romantic teenage girl who was filled with emotions and loved the idea of two guys fighting over a Mary Sue, as a teenage girl is wont to do.
But more then that, I hold Twilight in my memory as a book I could actually speak about, enthusiastically even, with my friends. About the writing, plot, characters, and all that fun stuff. Even if it was just surface level or silly stuff, you can’t deny there’s an excitement in just seeing people all around you begin to really actually READ and sharing joy in an activity you’ve held so close to your heart for so long.
And so Twilight hangs in the air for me with a bit of happy nostalgia and good natured embarrassment. A book I devoured in late night binge readings and between class page sneaks, and laughed and swooned and joked about with my friends.
Are they great books? Not particularly. But I believe they will always hold an interesting place in the cultural consciousness.
I agree, it seems to be a thing now to hate them, but my book club and I all enjoyed them. They were a fun and interesting series, although I didn’t like the last book.
Love it!!
I loved them when they came out. I actually re read them a few times. I love the storyline and the happily ever after and although I look back with fondness I think the movies ruined it for me. it became played out.
I enjoyed them.
They got me back into reading.
Stupid
I enjoyed the books. I reread them sometimes… an easy read.
They are much better than the movies, but the movies can de set aside and watched…
Loved it!!
Loved them..
Loved it!!!!
I love them. Read the whole series in a week. I was hooked
Only read the first one. Needed a better editor.
Love them
In a dramatic twist, I hated the books (SO poorly written!) but I actually thought the movies were quite good. She has a great storyline, she just need to work a little harder on her writing. So many adverbs! Ugh! In my humble opinion! ?
Garbage
So redundant and poorly written.
They have their intended audience I however am not among them
Love!
I think the Twilight series deserve a place in the annals of vampire fiction (through not necessarily a high place). When I was a teen, I cut my teeth on Anne Rice, much to the chagrin of some of my elders in the urban fantasy/horror community who couldn’t abide the thought of vampires being the protagonists of anything. Now there’s a new generation of trashy-vampire literature, I’m inclined to cut its fans some slack.
It’s also worth mentioning that, despite all the “Magical Indian” tripe that the series indulges in, there is also:
– a reasonably authentic portrayal of “rez life”
– a native american portrayed as a love interest (in a series that’s not just about that).
…both of which I would like to see more of.
I found the first one quite entertaining,but then it started to get on my nerves. For one thing, I don’t really approve of encouraging the idea that if you can’t have a particular boyfriend, your life is blighted forevermore. Also, if you are going to have two men competing for the heroine, you want a bit more uncertainty about which one she is going to choose. And the vampire thing is too easy in this series – most vampire stories have a downside to being a vampire, like losing consciousness in daylight hours or burning up in sunshine. But in Twilight there’s no drawback at all. And the thing about male werewolves imprinting on baby girls – that gives me the creeps, quite frankly.
Agree
The imprinting bothered me a lot. That was my one complaint
Loved it
Miss new installments. I mean vampires never die so when is the update coming out.
Meh
Liked the first hated the second third meh 4th okay
If you want an easy read with not too much thought provocation then you’ll like it. Its written for teenagers. If you judge it on that its a good series. I liked them