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Stephenie Meyer ended up writing four books and hundreds of pages to complete the story of her characters Bella and Edward. In reading and thinking about her Twilight Saga, I ended up writing hundreds of words to explain what I thought! Therefore, I have split it into three posts: Twilight: My Review The Twilight Saga: What do [...] Twilight, written for the “young adult” audience, is the story of an intense love between two high-schoolers, Bella and Edward. Edward just happens to be a vampire. The Twilight saga is a best-selling phenomenon but I had not been inspired to read the books, despite friend’s recommendations, because the vampire aspect put me off. Then, [...] A quick flip through reviews on Amazon shows that not everyone is enamoured with The Twilight Saga. There are of course flaws – every reader reacts to a book in a different way so what book can be perfect? The issue with Twilight is whether the weaknesses distract you. One Amazon reviewer wrote “…at times [...] Scoring at Book Club has become complicated. We give one mark out of 10 and now that we have past scores to compare with, are sometimes struggling. What are the criteria? Is it appropriate to score a Stephenie Meyer over a DH Lawrence, a respected writer whose books have been used as exam texts for [...] I found the climax of our country’s political drama strangely moving last night. Watching coverage of the speeches as Gordon Brown ended his time as Prime Minister and David Cameron started his, my eyes were drawn, both times, away from the men to their wives. I thought how hard it must be for them to stand and [...] |
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