Twilight (Twilight Saga, Book One)

 

STEPHENIE MEYER

Stats for my copy: Mass market paperback, Little Brown and Company, 2008.

How acquired: No idea.

First line: I’d never given much thought to how I would die – thought I’d had reason enough in the last few months – but even if I had, I would not have imagined it like this.

(Goodreads synopsis below.)

My thoughts: I’ve had this book since 2008, and do not remember how it came into my possession since I was never remotely interested in reading it. But I wanted an inconsequential easy read before starting the next book in my review queue and it was right there on the shelf, so I plucked it down and started reading.

I was pleasantly surprised right away that the writing was better than I had anticipated it would be. As I got further in, it got a little tedious, what with the super detailed minutiae of every facial expression when Bella and Edward talked, and especially when one or the other would suddenly whisper instead of talking like a normal person. Though Edward, of course, is not a normal person. From there it was enjoyable enough, definitely worth at least three stars. And then towards the end the action ramped up and it was actually pretty tense and gripping, which bumped it up to four stars. And now, much as I hate to admit it, I actually would like to watch the movie. I think I saw it way back when it was still fairly new, but while I was reading I remembered virtually nothing, so maybe I didn’t see it, or maybe I just didn’t care for it enough to be bothered wasting any memory space in my brain. 

Synopsis from Goodreads: About three things I was absolutely positive.

First, Edward was a vampire.

Second, there was a part of him—and I didn't know how dominant that part might be—that thirsted for my blood.

And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.