Twilight

By Stephenie Meyer
2005

Twilight has been the rave for teens and tweens for the last year or so. Since the release of the movie version, even more popularity has built up over the past few months. My friend, who had read the first book, and I went to see the movie (I mainly went for the viewing of the lead character Edward). Afterwards, she mentioned that the movie had differed quite a bit and had cut out many details and events. Curiosity got the best of me, so I decided to read the book.

First off, I would like to ridicule those girls' cynicism for saying that the movie was way worse because of the lack of detail. That book is freakin' long!!! There is no way a movie could have followed the book exactly. The movie would have been five hours long. The Sound of Music movie was three hours while the book was only about 200 pages. Now take a 500 page book and make the movie follow it word-for-word. I'm personally glad they cut the movie short. They explained enough for the audience to understand.

Second, I'm typically an optimistic person, always looking for the good and pure in things. However, the romance between Bella and Edward in the book is completely unrealistic!!! He tells her that he loves her on their second date. Who does that (and actually means it, anyways)??? They are drawn to each other, which I completely get. But, as the rate their going, it's got to be lust. Tons of readers were swooning over Edward and his relationship with Bella. But I say there's no way. Fortunately, the movie reflected modern reality much more precisely than the book did. Thank goodness too, otherwise I might have gagged. Overall, though, the book was every bit as intriguing as the movie.