Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Twilight

I have just read the first of the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer and I am in love!
...with the characters. hehehe

I am happy at the character of Isabella Swan, who like any ordinary girl, is beset with insecurities and flaws. She is one of the few heroines in books who was not described by the author to be inhumanely beautiful. She may even border on being a very awkward teenager.
I loved the way Edward Cullen was described by Isabella to be one who possessed unworldly looks. You see, I sympathize with how Bella viewed herself as someone who was not even worthy of a glance from someone as gorgeous(?) as Edward. But I also loved the way she described Edward to be someone who was utterly good-looking. Because in my opinion, if you get attracted to someone, you will most probably end up describing him as ethereal and heavenly as how Bella described Edward. Awww... :)

I was very much enraptured at how the story unfolded. The book was written so well that it makes you feel like you really know the characters...and I am not exaggerating even a bit!
I love its vampire-meets-human love of his life plot, and I thoroughly enjoyed Edward's inner struggles with his human and vampire self.

I didn't really have the book since I never got the chance to go to National Bookstore due to the messy enrollment transition from ARIS to ISIS, so I settled for the e-book. I haven't attempted to read an e-book again since the last Harry Potter book (which I couldn't afford) because of the bad migraine I experienced right after. But the book was just so captivating that I ended up reading it till the very last page... and then getting my expected migraine last night. So to anyone who's reading, one of my gift wishes for this Christmas would be the Twilight series. (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse) ---- My very own paperbacks that I can read over and over again whenever I feel like it. hehehe :D

And one more exciting news still very much related to my happy new find! They are making a MOVIE from the book! Twilight will be showing in theaters early December of this year. I am definitely watching! Look the trailer up in Google or something to get you as hyped as I probably am right now.

Oh, and I'll share with everyone where I was able to read the e-book.
http://www.scribd.com/word/full/2960662?access_key=key-19ybf7qgu7aca9ptovkj

You'll find "New Moon" and "Eclipse" on that same site. I'll be starting "New Moon" tonight and brace myself for another bout of heavy migraines. hehehe.
Happy reading everyone! :)

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