Twilight
Stephenie Meyer, 2005
★ 3.68 from 7.5m ratings on Goodreads
A girl moves to a rain-drenched town and falls for a boy whose beauty is inseparable from danger. Mood, appetite, and bad decisions. Rain-soaked longing and dread drive a lyrical, nostalgic voice, with a slow-burning romance and plenty of moody, bad-decision tension.
Feels like longing, nostalgia and dread. About love, morality and adventure.
Who it’s for
You may like it if you want a moody, nostalgic romance and can enjoy a guilty-pleasure read without taking it too seriously. Be warned that many readers find the characters shallow, the prose weak, and the central romance unhealthy.
Why read it
It offers a vivid, rain-soaked escape into first love and danger, and its divided reputation makes it a lively book to talk about.
A page from the book
What it feels like to be certain of something that could kill you.
About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was part of him — and I didn’t know how potent that part might be — that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him. What readers say
Readers are sharply divided: many call it a fun, nostalgic comfort read and a guilty pleasure, while others are frustrated by shallow characters, weak writing, and an unhealthy central romance. Amusement and annoyance often coexist.
Stephenie Meyer.Meyer has said the idea came from a vivid dream of a girl and a vampire in a meadow; she wrote the first draft in three months, never having written a novel before.
Books that feel like this
More by Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn
Stephenie Meyer, 2008
The fourth Twilight novel: Bella and Edward marry, and every supernatural faction in the Pacific Northwest has an opinion about it.
New Moon
Stephenie Meyer, 2006
A girl who has lost the person she built her life around has to learn how to keep breathing—and whether the old stories in her town are real.
Eclipse
Stephenie Meyer, 2007
Bella's engagement to Edward collides with Jacob's love and a string of killings in Forks, forcing a choice she can't make cleanly.
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Questions readers ask
- Is Twilight for me?
- You may like it if you want a moody, nostalgic romance and can enjoy a guilty-pleasure read without taking it too seriously. Be warned that many readers find the characters shallow, the prose weak, and the central romance unhealthy.
- What is Twilight like?
- Rain-soaked longing and dread drive a lyrical, nostalgic voice, with a slow-burning romance and plenty of moody, bad-decision tension. Feels like longing, nostalgia and dread. About love, morality and adventure.
- What should I read after Twilight?
- If you liked Twilight, try The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald), The Love Hypothesis (Ali Hazelwood) and Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins).
A taste of the feed
The moment a performance quietly stops being one, and nobody says a word.
Then that agonizingly slow moment went by, and the kiss became . . . different. The man inhaled sharply and inclined his head a tiny bit, making Olive feel less like a squirrel monkey climbing a baobab tree, and his hands-which were large and pleasantly warm in the AC of the hallway-closed around her waist. They slid up a few inches, coming to wrap around Olive’s rib cage and holding her to himself. Not too close, and not too far.
The Love Hypothesis · Ali Hazelwood
What is the cost of convincing a system it is fragile?
“I think we’ll make this whole situation a lot simpler by agreeing not to lie to each other,” he says. “What do you think?” I think my tongue has frozen and speech will be impossible, so I surprise myself by answering back in a steady voice, “Yes, I think that would save time.” “Whatever problems anyone may have with the Capitol, believe me when I say that if it released its grip on the districts for even a short time, the entire system would collapse.” [...] “It must be very fragile, if a handful of berries can bring it down.”
Catching Fire · Suzanne Collins
The difference between being someone's crush and being seen.
It’s just that I don’t want to be somebody’s crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don’t want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it too. I want them to be able to do whatever they want around me. And if they do something I don’t like, I’ll tell them.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower · Stephen Chbosky
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