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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) | 
| Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: EBooks
List Price: $10.99
Buy New: $6.04
You Save: $4.95 (45%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  2476 reviews
Sales Rank: 4
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: Standard
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 544
ASIN: B000QRIGLW
Publication Date: July 18, 2007
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Amazon.com Review
The book that started the phenomenon is now available in a deluxe collector's edition! Featuring a ribbon bookmark, cloth cover, ragged edges, new chapter opener designs, and a beautiful protective slipcase, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.
Bella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Bella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Bella, the person Edward holds most dear.
Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite.
Product Description
Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Isabella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Isabella, the person Edward holds most dear. The lovers find themselves balanced precariously on the point of a knife-between desire and danger. Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite.-
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2471 more reviews...
 The MOST annoying character EVER. Bella October 7, 2008
I guess I asked for it by choosing to read a young adult book. Simply stated: If you are over the age of 15 this book is way way too foolish and immature for you!! Pages and pages of mindless, annoying, teenage angst. I have never found a book character as irritating as Bella. She has no depth, nothing to make her stand out as anything special or likable. She's not talented, smart, clever, or funny. She's stupidly clumsy and rather bitchy and not too friendly for being a new kid in town. I found myself wondering why someone as OH SO perfect as Edward would fall for her. He's got the body of a 17 year old boy but shouldn't he have the wisdom and maturity of a 100+ year old man since he has been around for that long? Seriously. Why did HE act like a teenager??
One minute they are glaring and glowering and scowling at each other, and the next they are professing their deep (and unhealthy/ psychotically obsessed) undying love.
Also if I had to read one more time how gorgeous, perfect, flawless and stunning Edward was I would have screamed and vomited. It really was torture to finish it. I will not be reading the rest of the series.
If I had a daughter that was in her early teens I would NOT want her reading this book. It really paints an unhealthy picture of love. It's almost saying love is like this dark obsession and it's OK to let everything else go when you are that young as long as you've got your man. And don't even get me started on the fact that she'd rather become a blood-sucking crazed vampire than stay with her mother and father and try to make something out of herself.
Bella just got worse with every page and went all the way to the end when she got red-hot mad at Edward for taking her to the prom! Then she cried because she thought they were all dressed up so he could sink his teeth into her and have his burning venom turn her into a vampire and they can live happily ever after; Yes, the two of them hunting grizzly bears and mountain lions together with their bear hands and teeth and shredding them apart and drinking their blood. The end.
Glittering Vampires????? October 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I first read this book I loved it instantly. I thought it was so cool and romantic, until I read it for the second time. Glittering Vampires? Who comes up with stuff like that anyway? Edward has no personality at all and is obsessed with kepping Bella safe. I don't see why he is so attracted to Bella besides the fact that she smells good. Bella is whiny and weak which can get really annoying. She can't live without Edward or she'll jump off a cliff. Wow. This book has serious flaws.
 Blown away October 6, 2008
I usually read Thriller/Romance Novels. Heard about this saga in my used book store and never dreamed I'd read this type of story but so glad I did. I absolutely loved it. Never have I finished a book in 2 days but its true I could not set it down. I carried it everywhere I went.
I was holding my breath at the end. Stephenie is an amazing writer. Can't wait to start the next one. By the way I'm 60.
Why can't people just enjoy a good book! October 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Personally, I tried very hard to resist Twilight. I generally don't go for Young Adult Lit., and I generally don't go for fads. But, I gave in. And I am not ashamed to say, I loved it! I love all the books. What I don't get is why people cannot just take these books for what they are...stories. I highly doubt Stephanie Meyer was aiming at the Pulitzer Prize when writing this series. So, why does every pretentious wanna be book critic on here have to rip them apart for not being literary masterpieces? Why can't people just enjoy a good book because it is that...a good book? Maybe there are some crazies out there who feel like they can never fall in love with a real man now that they have met Edward Cullen. But so what? There are always going to be people who think fictional lives are better than their own lives. That doesn't take away from what these books are. GOOD STORIES; a good escape from the everyday boredom of life. Isn't that what books are supposed to be? If the only reason you read a book is because you are waiting to rip it apart, you should just quit reading. Reading is entertainment, and these books are highly entertaining. I think Meyer's should get her props and everyone should just shut up about the supposed lack of literary merit.
 A must read. October 6, 2008
When I first heard of the book I wasn't sure if I wanted to read it. I'm an avid fan of Anne Rice and I was really apprehensive on reading this series. But when I got through the first book I could not wait to read the next one. I recommend this book to anyone that would like this kind of genre. It has its own glamour and suspense that captures you till the end. Its no where as good as Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles but it's still a must read.
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