Twilight: "New Moon" and "Eclipse".
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alexandralI have finished reading this in a very speedy manner and I really liked the sequels at the end. I liked the two last books even more than the first one – because I found an idea I can relate to and at the end it was a book that made me think rather than just a lovely written teenager romance story (but it is very lovely written!) Now I can re-read all this properly. :D I wanted to think more before I do a post about these books but thoughts keep going round and round in my head.
I can see very well why these series are so popular – I am not a teenager (far from it!) but the books made me feel as if I am. :D I get this sometimes with some books - they make me fall in love with the characters and imagine that I am there, in the book. I really value when this happens and it is such an intangible feeling. When this happens I usually stop thinking rationally and forget about any existing flaws. :D
I had a quick check on "Twilight" communities and I think I am in the minority on the way I see the story.. :D
Twilight
I liked the first half of "Twilight" more than the second. I liked the "falling in love" part and that inexplicable need Edward had for Bella and vice versa. It was beautiful.
I had few niggles.. There was something that made me wonder why there is an emphasis on Edward always having to have designer clothes, expensive cars, etc.. And well, THE SPARKLING thing was a little overdoing it on making him look like an angel.. But at the same time these things didn't bother me too much. I liked Cullens family very much and I liked Jacob from the first time I "met" him.
The second half of "Twilight", where James is hunting Bella, seemed a little contrived to me. He had to got through a lot of trouble in order to get one girl. What is so special about her? I guess this was explained by the fact that he was a hunter but still it didn't make much sense for him to get crazy over her so suddenly.
Twilight: the ending
I really hoped that Bella will become a vampire at the end. One of my immediate questions about the future of Bella and Edward was "what is going to happen when she grows up and changes and he doesn't?" One thing also was slightly off for me – the nature of Bella and Edward's relationship seemed to be verging on obsession in the later chapters and I couldn't see any good way out of it. Edward wasn't just a boy for Bella, he was some kind of a god. This type of obsession is difficult to maintain usually, especially when one of the counterparts changes. So I was really quite disappointed she didn't become a vampire.
"New moon"/"Eclipse"
It started poorly for me – the birthday party disaster and Edward's disappearance were quite difficult to believe in. It felt as if the author decided to give Bella and Edward some angst and separate them without really thinking it through. For one thing, it was very dangerous for Bella to be left alone. For another – why did Edward think she will ever recover from this and didn't consider how cruel his actions were?? But I found it quite believable that Bella took Edward's words at their face value. It was a part of the obsessive nature of their relationship, of the fact that Bella never considered herself equal to Edward. This is emphasised in so many little details. For example, in the way she always speaks of his beauty.
Jacob
But when I got to the chapters where Bella started her relationship with Jacob it all changed for me. I really, really like Jacob. He is my "special" character in this book, the one I fell in love with. It's a wolf thing. I liked that in the "Twilight" series werewolves were what they were in the stories of "my youth". They were changing into wolves and not into some hairy monsters of many recent TV shows. I like wolves. I saw Bella and Jacob falling in love together and I loved it too. And,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
meganbmoore, they have a great difference in height. :D. The rest of the two books kind of blurred together as I was focusing on Bella and Jacob. For me the whole thing became centred around Jacob.
Two loves For me this is the main point about the story, not it's supernatural settings. It is actually a story about a girl and her growing up and about different types of feelings she goes through.
Bella/Edward
It is something I can really relate to. Sometimes we fall in love with an ideal. This is usually an extremely strong and obsessive feeling, something that can take our whole life over. But it always passes and often leaves debris of wasteland behind. This is Bella and Edward – their love is so strong but at the same time they don't understand each other AT ALL, they are in love with ideals instead of real people. Bella doesn't really believe that Edward loves HER and Edward doesn't really believe Bella loves HIM. He is like a god-creature to her. This is one of the saddest things. I am not really sure how they will survive their first time of making love together. Or that she won't remember Jacob every time Edward and she are together.
I really hope that Bella will become a vampire at the beginning of the next book and that this will change things. Bella and Edward's relationship can't progress otherwise. But at the same time their obsession with each other is so strong that it is almost hurts to watch. A girly crush on her sparkling god can't be something Bella will be able to live with all her life (especially with such complication as Jacob). If she becomes a vampire they'll have shared views and desires and they can develop together. But this is going to be stretched over many years – NOOOOOOO! It is just going to be a string of disasters.
Bella/Jacob
Bella's love for Jacob is sexual love and friendship-type love (he is her soul mate as Bella says). The love that is good for making babies and spending your life together. It is shown time after time in the books how well they understand each other. But sadly, our ideas (and ideals) are often much more important to us humans. :D My personal wish is for them two to be together, live happy life and have children and grandchildren. I know I am in such a minority here but I can't stop wishing. It is a first non-canon pairing I had for a very long time (and I was just talking about this the other day toamandioka! Hmm, I was so wrong!) but it seems I can't help it. At least, I am very glad Bella admitted her feelings for Jacob. But at the same time I can't quite see how Bella can get over her obsession with Edward so it seems to be a catch twenty two.
PSI'll be very grateful if anyone has a good Jacob/Bella fanfiction to recommend!
I can see very well why these series are so popular – I am not a teenager (far from it!) but the books made me feel as if I am. :D I get this sometimes with some books - they make me fall in love with the characters and imagine that I am there, in the book. I really value when this happens and it is such an intangible feeling. When this happens I usually stop thinking rationally and forget about any existing flaws. :D
I had a quick check on "Twilight" communities and I think I am in the minority on the way I see the story.. :D
Twilight
I liked the first half of "Twilight" more than the second. I liked the "falling in love" part and that inexplicable need Edward had for Bella and vice versa. It was beautiful.
I had few niggles.. There was something that made me wonder why there is an emphasis on Edward always having to have designer clothes, expensive cars, etc.. And well, THE SPARKLING thing was a little overdoing it on making him look like an angel.. But at the same time these things didn't bother me too much. I liked Cullens family very much and I liked Jacob from the first time I "met" him.
The second half of "Twilight", where James is hunting Bella, seemed a little contrived to me. He had to got through a lot of trouble in order to get one girl. What is so special about her? I guess this was explained by the fact that he was a hunter but still it didn't make much sense for him to get crazy over her so suddenly.
Twilight: the ending
I really hoped that Bella will become a vampire at the end. One of my immediate questions about the future of Bella and Edward was "what is going to happen when she grows up and changes and he doesn't?" One thing also was slightly off for me – the nature of Bella and Edward's relationship seemed to be verging on obsession in the later chapters and I couldn't see any good way out of it. Edward wasn't just a boy for Bella, he was some kind of a god. This type of obsession is difficult to maintain usually, especially when one of the counterparts changes. So I was really quite disappointed she didn't become a vampire.
"New moon"/"Eclipse"
It started poorly for me – the birthday party disaster and Edward's disappearance were quite difficult to believe in. It felt as if the author decided to give Bella and Edward some angst and separate them without really thinking it through. For one thing, it was very dangerous for Bella to be left alone. For another – why did Edward think she will ever recover from this and didn't consider how cruel his actions were?? But I found it quite believable that Bella took Edward's words at their face value. It was a part of the obsessive nature of their relationship, of the fact that Bella never considered herself equal to Edward. This is emphasised in so many little details. For example, in the way she always speaks of his beauty.
Jacob
But when I got to the chapters where Bella started her relationship with Jacob it all changed for me. I really, really like Jacob. He is my "special" character in this book, the one I fell in love with. It's a wolf thing. I liked that in the "Twilight" series werewolves were what they were in the stories of "my youth". They were changing into wolves and not into some hairy monsters of many recent TV shows. I like wolves. I saw Bella and Jacob falling in love together and I loved it too. And,
meganbmoore, they have a great difference in height. :D. The rest of the two books kind of blurred together as I was focusing on Bella and Jacob. For me the whole thing became centred around Jacob. Two loves For me this is the main point about the story, not it's supernatural settings. It is actually a story about a girl and her growing up and about different types of feelings she goes through.
Bella/Edward
It is something I can really relate to. Sometimes we fall in love with an ideal. This is usually an extremely strong and obsessive feeling, something that can take our whole life over. But it always passes and often leaves debris of wasteland behind. This is Bella and Edward – their love is so strong but at the same time they don't understand each other AT ALL, they are in love with ideals instead of real people. Bella doesn't really believe that Edward loves HER and Edward doesn't really believe Bella loves HIM. He is like a god-creature to her. This is one of the saddest things. I am not really sure how they will survive their first time of making love together. Or that she won't remember Jacob every time Edward and she are together.
I really hope that Bella will become a vampire at the beginning of the next book and that this will change things. Bella and Edward's relationship can't progress otherwise. But at the same time their obsession with each other is so strong that it is almost hurts to watch. A girly crush on her sparkling god can't be something Bella will be able to live with all her life (especially with such complication as Jacob). If she becomes a vampire they'll have shared views and desires and they can develop together. But this is going to be stretched over many years – NOOOOOOO! It is just going to be a string of disasters.
Bella/Jacob
Bella's love for Jacob is sexual love and friendship-type love (he is her soul mate as Bella says). The love that is good for making babies and spending your life together. It is shown time after time in the books how well they understand each other. But sadly, our ideas (and ideals) are often much more important to us humans. :D My personal wish is for them two to be together, live happy life and have children and grandchildren. I know I am in such a minority here but I can't stop wishing. It is a first non-canon pairing I had for a very long time (and I was just talking about this the other day to
amandioka! Hmm, I was so wrong!) but it seems I can't help it. At least, I am very glad Bella admitted her feelings for Jacob. But at the same time I can't quite see how Bella can get over her obsession with Edward so it seems to be a catch twenty two. PSI'll be very grateful if anyone has a good Jacob/Bella fanfiction to recommend!
