Albert's Thoughts on the Twilight

Recommendation
A pair of pale arms extended outward, palms facing upwards and an apple in the center. Captivating? Not. Another book, of the numerous ones, where the cliché “Don’t judge a book by its cover” comes to play. A book I never dreamed of reading yet after reading it never dreamed of closing it. Stephanie Meyer has caught many people’s attention with this romantic, exciting, mind-blowing thriller of a book. I was always that type of person who always looked at the cover of the book or read the summary in the back of the book before actually reading it. The two things “Twilight” lacked. A cover page that never caught my attention and a back cover filled with a short summary and some comments that meant nothing to me at first. The only reason why I decided to read it was because it was the next book, after Harry Potter, which was required of me to read. Resentment filled me as I opened the book. I read the preface, interesting. Went on to the first chapter, right after that I just couldn’t stop reading. Honestly, my favorite book out of the many books that I have read. I whole-heartedly encourage each and every one of you to read this book, it is just fantastic. Everything about this book is just perfect: characters, settings, weather, emotions, plot, and everything else. I plan on buying the collection. The only collection of books I have right now is the Harry Potter series. By getting the Twilight series, it shows that these are pretty great books. If you’re reading this recommendation right now and are interested in books with action, vampires interacting with humans, fast cars, and amazing characters, head over to your nearest library and check out this book. If I didn’t regret reading this book, you won’t either.

Summary
Who would have known that her time spent in a small town would be so exciting? Bella Swan. A teenager whose parents are separated and going to Forks to live with her father. Forks, a small town in Washington, known for its many rain drops a week. She starts school there and although her first few periods were going smooth, her Biology class wasn’t going well. The only seat available was the one by a guy named Edward Cullen. She sat down and noticed that Edward, leaning away from Bella, had his fist clenched. With no clue of what might’ve caused this, she tries to concentrate on the subject but continued to stare at his fist. This continued for a long period of time until Edward, out of the blue sky, suddenly talks to her one day in a very calm, controlled manner. Whatever happened to that anger he was showing through his fists? They start to get to know each other more and Bella finds out she has a major crush on him.
They face many challenges together. Especially, the part where since he is a vampire he has to reframe from biting Bella and turning her into one of them. Bella meets the Cullen family and Edward meets Bella’s dad. Every night, Edward would sneak into Bella’s room and they would just go on talking, asking questions about each other until Bella goes to sleep. Towards the end, nearly dead because of James’s bite, Bella goes to the hospital. Edward, feeling really bad for what he had put her through, decides that it’s time for him and his family to move on. This will be a test on whether or not true love will still stand even through the strongest disaster.
What did you enjoy about this book?
I enjoyed every single thing about this book. There is not one thing about this book that I dislike.
What parts did you like best?
Well, like probably everyone else, I would say the parts that kept us at the edge of our seats. An example would be the part where the Cullen family and Bella were playing baseball and another kind of vampires came to visit; their names were Victoria, James, and Laurent. James smelled Bella scent from where he stood and tension began to build. I almost thought he was going to turn Bella into a vampire, but luckily Edward went into his defensive vampire mode, warning James not to even come close. Another part would be when after the baseball game, they all went to the Cullen’s home and started planning what they should do. There are so many parts that I enjoyed. Just the littlest parts that I can really imagine and make it seem real to me, would be my favorite part.
Did the characters seem believable? Did their actions and words seem real?
I would say definitely. Especially when Bella and Edward would talk about being a vampire, I really liked it how the author came up with new concepts—instead of the stereotype—on how her vampire characters should be portrayed. An example would be the stereotype about vampires not being about to be under the sun. Instead of following that, she came up with a new idea: they can go under the sun but they begin to shine extremely bright. Everything about the characters seemed real, their actions, words, feelings, thoughts, everything.