Monday, December 1, 2008

Magic in a Word

What comes to your mind when I say the word, Twilight? An amazing book? Stephenie Meyer? A beautiful actor in the new hit movie? No matter what comes to mind, it's always something. Almost everyone, at least at school, has at least heard of this movie. Becoming the number 1 movie in America, a very popular movie among girls of all ages, this hit book and movie has swept the nation, and the main character, Edward Cullen, has become a household name. When I first began reading the book, even I couldn't put it down, and I'm not a big fan of reading! So what makes this book so unbelievably amazing?
Twilight is enriched with suspense in each compelling word. The end of each chapter is a cliffhanger that just falls into the next chapter, and this makes it almost impossible to put it down. This incredible suspense mixed in with romance, action, and the twist that the main character being a vampire brings to the story, makes up for a bestseller. Although I will admit, the book and movie are both pretty cheesy, but reading the book is not time wasted. I believe Stephenie Meyer does a great job of making the reader feel the same way as a character in her book, which compells the reader even more. Twilight, which used to simply be a word to describe the time of day around dusk and nightfall, now brings magic into the air when spoken, and gives us the hope to believe anything is possible.

3 comments:

S. Lesk said...

I have heard mixed reviews on this movie. Some say it's amazing and others were not huge fans. It's a pretty interesting range. I hope you enjoyed it!

J. Gallagher said...

I agree with you! This series is impossible to put down. I have always been a fan of the "fantasy" genre, like the Tolkien and Lewis series, Harry Potter, the Anne Rice books, etc. So I love that there was another series around for me to read! And I AM the slowest reader in the world. the fact that I'm on the fourth book and I started them at Thanksgiving is testament to the fact that they really are a quick, fun read!

And my daughter is addicted, too!

KaTe said...

I personally read the books and hate every minute of them. Then over the weekend I saw the movie, just to make sure I knew what everyone was talking about and thought that the movie was awful. I thought that the effects were bad and the plot was just as bad as the books. Sorry, hope you liked it though.