Twilight, I don't wanna fight...

It only seems fitting to write about teen vampire books and movies after writing about social awkwardness, right?

I will admit, when I first heard about the Twilight books, I thought they sounded completely ridiculous. And then I saw the first Twilight movie and thought it was sort of ridiculous with horrible directing and sort of terrible acting, but it made me want to read the books. So I did. And I read them in about 3 weeks, which is a super fast time frame for me to read FOUR books. And subsequently, I have seen all of the movies that have been released and will absolutely be going to see the two Breaking Dawn movies. So, I thought I would give a Becca-esque review of the books first and then  the movies.  

The books

Overall, the books are mostly only good for entertainment purposes. There’s not much depth to them. And, sidenote: Bella Swan is NOT a good role model for young girls. (If you want a strong, confident role model for young girls/adolescents, you should read The Hunger Games). The writing is not great. But, where Stephenie Meyer lacks in the creative-and-skillful-use-of-words department, she basically makes up in her story telling. She is able to create a world that sounds more or less believable…. to some extent. Though she is absolutely not in the realm of J.K.Rowling, she does know how to tell an entertaining story.  

    I’m just going to assume everyone that might possibly reads this, already knows the general synopsis of the Twilight series so I’m not going to go into that.

   Another sidenote: I would never, ever recommend girls younger than 13 or 14 to read these books. No, they aren’t demonic or obscene. They just sort of absolutely make it seem like its okay for a girl in high school to become completely obsessed with a guy who “isn’t good for her.” And they make it seem like you can just have these little sex kitten make-out sessions with your hulky boyfriend and he will be the one to demonstrate self-control. Ha! Anyways, that was sort of a tangent.

Twilight (the book): This may be my favorite of the series. It actually tells a story that, for Stephenie Meyer, shows more depth than some of the other books. Yeah, the dialogue is super cheesy at times, but it works somehow. It’s definitely a quick read if you are over the age of 10. It also focuses a little more on Bella as an actual character, rather than just the other half of Edward. It doesn’t change your life or anything but it is a nice/entertaining time-passer. I would give it a grade of B+ or A-.

New Moon(book): I think the best thing about this book were the Volturi. They are just cool. Good job, Mrs.Meyer. J The first time I read this, I just kind of hated it because I didn’t want Jacob to be involved with Bella at all. Then I read it a second time and I liked it a lot more. It’s nice to see Bella without Edward even if she is semi-suicidal-ish. Its not really cool that Bella’s character is so manipulative of Jacob and Edward’s emotions. But I guess in a perfect world, or a very fictional world, women can get away with that sort of thing and everything turns out just fine. Anyways, I would give this book a grade of: B or B+.

Eclipse: Yawn. I really did not care for this book. It was like the middle child, wearing hand-me-down clothes that don’t fit right. Bella, Edward, and Jacob all have extremely annoying moments in this book. Edward needs to let those steely balls drop and man up to Jacob and Jacob needs to just move on. Bella could have died in this book and I would have been okay with that. Ok, maybe not, but needless to say this was not my favorite book at all. I would give it a solid C-.

Breaking Dawn: Ok, I lied, this book is actually probably my favorite. Yay very interesting things happen in this book! Obviously, Bella and Edward get to do the love bag dance which was pretty tastefully written. The sections where the story is written from Jacob’s perspective are sort of …. not so great but bearable. Then cool things happen with Bella. Then weird things happen between  Bella’s offspring and Jacob. Too weird for me. Then there is some fighting and then a quick but nice ending. I would give this book a grade of: A.

So…. what do YOU think of the books? Are they in your fireplace or on the mantle? Are they something you would read frequently, infrequently, or never?