first, edward was a vampire
second,there was a part of him,i didnt know how dominant that part might be,that
thirsted for my blood
third,i was i was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him"
these are my favourite lines from the book 'twilight' by stephenie meyer.i've read this book nearly ten times and i'm still not bored with it! i'm totally crazy about this book.
well,my friends were crazy about it even before i was.all of them used to go bonkers,talking about it.
and once i cut into their deep conversation and asked them what twilight was [yea..i hadnt even heard about twilight at that time..] ,
my friends literally jumped up from their seats [like they had springs fitted on their seats..:P ] and asked me, "you dont know what twilight is? shame on you! "
i was surprised.what's so special about this book..i thought. i pressed my friends to tell me more about it but all i got from them was that it was a vampire romance novel.my first reaction to it was like, "vampires.? and romance? are my friends crazy?!"
soon,twilight was all my class talked about.reading twilight almost became an entry pass to the so-called "in" crowd of the class.i felt so left out amongst all of them.
thats when i decided that i should read this book,no matter what.and after that,there was no looking back.
i just plunged into the depths of the book.i've never read something so gripping before!
the story is from the narrative of bella swan,a simple and silent girl. 17 year old bella falls in love with the mysterious,the perfect,edward cullen,who,as she later finds out,is a 104 year old vampire.
bizarre..isnt it.?! not if you've read the book!
another 'supernatural' creature that comes in the book are werewolves.bella's friend,jacob black belongs to a werewolf family.
in this book,stephenie meyer talks about creatures like vampires and werewolves with such simplicity,
that you feel they're natural beings.
after reading twilight,i almost started believing that such creatures actually exist! [No..i havn't gone crazy or anything! wait till YOU read the book! ]
and about the romance part,twilight isnt like those cheesy,"guy-stands-on-his-knees-and-proposes-the-girl-with-a-bunch-of-redroses" [phew! that was long! :P] kind of a book.
the love,romance between edward and bella is very intense,natural and above all "human".
the romance part is written so amazingly well that you'd read those parts over and over again! i myself read it trillions of times!
bella's fascination for edward is etched in every word and every line she speaks.she compares edward to everything beautiful and handsome..right from a runway model to a greek god!
the ending of the story,though,is quite typical.its the same old 'damsel in distress' kind of a story,where edward heroically saves bella from the clutches of an "evil" vampire.win of good over evil..end of the story!
its all so obvious in the ending.but the story has a special magic/charm of its own.you'll never put the book down until you finish reading it!
PS : this is supposed to be a book review.but after re-reading the whole thing,i guess it has turned into something else! so..please bear with me..and yes,i may have left out many important points of the story.. do let me know if there is something like that!
