Book Review: The Twilight Saga

The Twilight Saga

Hey there! Guess it's been quite some time since I posted something in here (for me though). 

         Actually, I've spent a week to finish reading The Twilight Saga's books (all four of them). I thought I'm not an AVID Twilight fan but after reading all the four books, actually I have to say the film adaptations were awful. In my head, Bella Swan is SO~ not Kristen Steward (Kristen is beautiful-no doubt bout that- but she is not the Bella I had in mind). Same goes for Edward Cullen. The 'Edward' in the novel is so awesome (that's the only word that I can come up with right now, however he was more than that- you just have to read it to believe it) than it portrayed in the film. I mean like, after reading them, I was kinda mad that Robert Pattinson got the male lead. GAHHH!! 

         Anyway, among the four books, I have to admit that I like the first book (Twilight) the most. It's so much to my liking than others. I like to see how Edward tried so hard to avoid Bella so much that it rendered him helpless one day and decided to just give up and went with the flow. And it kinda fun to see their school life because after this book, there were no more school setting (which was kinda disappointing because I like to see their school life).

“When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it’s not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end. - Bella Swan, Twilight.

“I decided as long as I'm going to hell, I might as well do it thoroughly.” - Edward Cullen, Twilight.

“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb…" he murmured. I looked away, hiding my eyes as I thrilled to the word. 

"What a stupid lamb," I sighed. 

"What a sick, masochistic lion.” -- Twilight. 

         The second book (New Moon) though, was heart-breaking. I mean like, my heart squeezed when Edward left/dumped Bella in the forest. I was seriously want to kill him at that moment if he was standing in front of me. 

“I promise that this will be the last time you’ll see me. I won’t come back. I won’t put you through anything like this again. You can go on with your life without any more interference from me. It will be as if I’d never existed.” - Edward Cullen, New Moon.

          The time when Edward was gone had seriously made me like Jacob a little bit. At one point, I kinda hope Bella would fall in love with Jacob and make Edward eats his own dead heart, crushed. But the Volturi suicide thing kinda made me like him back. Though, I have to say this before I forgot, THE FACT that vampire sparkles when exposed to sunlight was sorta BULLSHIT. I can't get over it even though I read the story a thousand of times. Nope! I won't! 

"Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars¬ points of light and reason... And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light. I couldn't see the stars anymore. And there was no more reason for anything."- Edward Cullen, New Moon (Chapter 23)

         The third book (Eclipse) was a seriously mind-boggling for me. How can someone loves two people at the same time? In the same definition of love, we're talking bout. It was weird to wrap my head around Bella's thinking. How can she kiss Jacob, then go back to Edward, with a piece of her heart still remaining with Jacob? I was so sure at one point-a little bit afraid too- that Bella has really fall in love with Jacob. Though she did admit it, but I was sure that his love for Jacob is a little bit more than Edward at some point. This fact is kinda disturbing for me.

“The worst part is that I saw the whole thing -- our whole life. And I want it bad, Jake, I want it all. I want to stay right here and never move. I want to love you and make you happy. And I can't, and it's killing me.” - Bella Swan, Eclipse.

           Nevertheless, to be thinking outside of box, I think Bella is really a cruel girl. In fact, I think she has the credits to become the antagonist for this book. Imagining myself in Jacob's shoe (no matter how big they might be), made me think that whatever Bella did to him was so cruel, beyond words. She hurts him, again and again, and seems like had no remorse over it at all. I felt poor at him at this point.

Edward spoke in a voice so peaceful and gentle that it made the words strangely more threatening. "I'm not going to kill you now, because it would upset Bella." 

"Hmph," I grumbled.  

Edward turned slightly to throw me a quick smile. His face was still calm. "It would bother you in the morning," he said, brushing his fingers across my cheek.  

The he turned back to Jacob. "But if you ever bring her back damaged again--and I don't care whose fault it is; I don't care if she merely trips, or if a meteor falls out of the sky and hits her in the head--if you return her to me in less than the perfect condition that I left her in, you will be running with three legs. Do you understand that, mongrel?" 

Jacob rolled his eyes. - Eclipse.

           Finally is The Breaking Dawn, the last book. How am I going to explain this one? First part of the book was nice. The honeymoon part was totally heart-warming. The part where Bella seduced her husband (I love saying that!), was very funny. It was in the middle of the morning when I read this part. It was hilarious.

“Why am I covered in feathers?" I asked, confused.  

He exhaled impatiently. "I bit a pillow. Or two...” -- The Breaking Dawn.

          The second part, I don't like it that much. The drama in the wolf pack didn't intrigue me at all. The last part, however, brought many speculations. The conspicuous of them all the fact that Jacob imprinted Renesmee. I was so mad, as mad as Bella when she found out. I think I would kill Jacob right away if I was in Bella's shoe (a shoe that fits me, I guess).

I was stronger than Edward. I'd made him say ow. -- Bella Swan, The Breaking Dawn.

           And also the fact that Renesmee suddenly in the spotlight, made me kinda annoyed. Jacob's overly affection towards Renesmee also annoyed the hell out of me. Dunno why. *shrugged* The last battle also, kinda anticlimactic for me. There were actually no battle at all. Just showing each other powers one after another. Not that I was looking forward to it though. Just saying coz there were action scenes in the film (I think).

My life and his were twisted into a single strand. Cut one, and you cut both. If he were gone, I would not be able to live through that. If I were gone, he wouldn't live through it, either. -- Bella Swan, The Breaking Dawn.

           Overall, I think the novels were nice ^^. The novels only though, I kinda hate the film adaptations. It done injustice to the saga. I dunno how I will react tonight. I do still feel that the first book was the best of them all. It's so much more simplistic than the other books.

           *sigh* So here we parted our way, Twilight. I'm gonna miss you. :(  A week that I had with you is a week full of blast. I wonder if I will find a novel like this again. I'm really gonna miss you a lot. *almost  sobbing* See ya again... T__T

Twilight's Novels Reader, 

Liely

P.S. I actually read the novels online. From here. Happy Reading!