At Long Last…
Dear loyal readers, I have finally read Twilight.
The entire saga.
I’m pleased to report that it is pretty much exactly what I expected.
Do You Need to Skip this Review!?
If you are a lover of the Twilight saga, this may not be a review you want to read. Twilight has some good stuff going for it, and I am more than ready to point those things out! But as a whole, I have a lot of problems.
Series Overview
Twilight is a long series, so I’m going to break this review into two parts. I’m not going to do any summaries due to the sheer popularity of these novels. I’m going to dive straight in with a list of things I liked and then follow up with my… issues here. Brace yourself!
What Twilight Has Going for It
- An interesting premise → A human-hunter who falls in love with a human. Super interesting! (Poorly executed).
- An interesting world built → A vampire family built over generations, family members from different eras of history, choosing not to hunt humans. Super interesting… and largely ignored.
- The Cullen family → Going off this last bullet point, I actually really liked the Cullens and their family dynamic. So unfortunate it was overshadowed by a ridiculous love story…
- The individual Cullen backstories → We don’t get much of this until Eclipse, but I actually found the stories of how the Cullens became vampires pretty neat, especially Rosalie’s and Jasper’s.
- Charlie & Renee → Despite my qualms with Bella and the hatred of the “clueless parent” trope, it’s obvious that Charlie and Renee love their daughter. Charlie was certainly one of the better parts of the series.
- The werewolves → I liked the werewolves and their relationship with the vampires. It had so much potential, and I wish we had more time on that (outside of Jacob vs. Edward). I also liked the Indian reservation/Indian culture part of the novels, as it was something often not explored in YA novels.
- Breaking Dawn (as a whole) → As utterly BANANAS as the book is, it’s not horrible. I still have a lot of issues with the series and this book, but it wasn’t as painful as the others. It was borderline entertaining! I think this is because it has plot outside of Edward and Bella…
- Bella in Breaking Dawn → FINALLY Bella grows a spine. She stands by her choice to keep her baby and protect the child, despite Edward and Jacob trying to get her to get rid of it. This was a refreshing development.
General Final Thoughts on Twilight
I wish I had a longer list of what I liked. I see why the books (and film adaptations) are popular, but the cons overshadow the pros dramatically for me. Come over here to read my unfiltered thoughts on why this phenomenon, best selling book series failed for me.
Copyright Stephanie Meyer and Brown Books. Image from Amazon.
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