and if you pay attention (Bella isn't) haha, very true. As you read the next books, you'll find that she's sort of an idiot when it comes to the obvious. Though I'm an avid fan of these books, I've grown to hate Bella's character. I read on for the vampires - Meyer write a very interesting vampire lore.
I've never seen erotic to describe this books unless it was done by a squealing 12 year old fangirl who wouldn't know erotica from a Disney movie, but later in the series, Bella tries to get more sexual - in a very annoying way.
I hope you enjoy the next two, when you decide to read them. :) I'm note even sure if New Moon is going to come out on paperback or not since it's been released in different editions thrice and none of them in trade.
I haven't read it yet and I am not really that keen on reading it, but it is kinda remarkable that really everyone seems to be all into this. And I do have it laying around here... maybe... I mean... one day...?
Not EVERYONE'S on the ball with it. :) A friend of mine read it (or tried to, I can't remember which) and wasn't thrilled at all. And I've got misgivings about where this might be going character-wise, but I enjoyed it enough to keep reading the series, so we'll see. :)
No hurry to read it though. ;) Read it when you feel like it.
I'm still mulling over the fact that Edward can't read Bella, which is, of course, one of the things that makes her so fascinating to him. I like that he can't, but we don't have a good "explanation" for it either.
I can't really remember if that is completely clarified later on, but Meyer gives a good enough explanation on her website.
Other than that, I agree largely with your review. About the erotic thing; hrmm... Strange. I haven't seen it described as that, but obviously, that doesn't mean anything other than that I'm rather unobservant! I think you're right when you say it is sensual and tantalising... Perhaps those feelings have been confused with erotic?
New Moon has been available in paperback in the States and UK for a while now, I believe. That shouldn't be so hard to get a copy of. Eclipse, on the other hand, won't be out as a paperback for some time
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I'll have to look for the explanation in her website then, because I'd like to know. :)
I wish I could remember WHERE I heard the erotic thing...I may be making it up, but for some reason, I was under the impression there was SEX in this book, so I was surprised there wasn't. Yet, I think you're right: if anyone's tossing the term erotic around, they're definitely confusing it with "sensual" and "tantalizing".
Though, if you HAVE seen a trade copy in the States, I'd love to know where! :) But I plan on waiting, because Eclipse did just come out, so there's not much I can do, unless I fork over the money for the hardcovers
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I can tell you now. Basically, Bella has a very private mind and so stuff that works with her mentally (such as Edward's skill to read her mind and a later character's skill to simulate pain in the mind) doesn't... well work.
Lol. Nope, no sex! Quite saddening, really :P! I wouldn't be suprised if they'd been mixed up. The Times nicely summed up the deeper feelings of the novel when they said "Her story, recounted in hypnotic, dreamy prose, encapsulates perfectly the teenage feeling of sexual tension and alienation." (Nope, I haven't got that memorised :P My copy of Twilight is sitting on my desk!) Sadly, I don't think that Stephenie Meyer intended for there to be any deep metaphors in the books, I believe she just intended to tell a good yarn! xD Which dashes all my ideas of the werewolf versus vampire thing being a metaphor for the Native Americans versus the pilgrim settlers
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It was released in a special edition hardcover with a poster and temporary tattoos around the time it was supposed to come out in paperback. I guess Little, Brown publishers is trying to milk it for all it's worth. I wish it would have come out in paperback, I don't like reading hard cover.
you are right about her overuse of particular words. I grimace every time she uses the word grimace. or cringe. and it doesn't get better in the following 2 books. great series though.
I assume your overuse of "horrible" in the sentence referring to Meyer's writing ticks is intentional?
I am a fan of the Twilight series, but I am liking them successively less--in Eclipse, I felt like Bella should just turn already and get it over with. But I've known people (in the target demographic) who absolutely hated it, because of Bella's Mary-Sue-ness. Which is totally true, but hey, it's a YA romance.
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I've never seen erotic to describe this books unless it was done by a squealing 12 year old fangirl who wouldn't know erotica from a Disney movie, but later in the series, Bella tries to get more sexual - in a very annoying way.
I hope you enjoy the next two, when you decide to read them. :) I'm note even sure if New Moon is going to come out on paperback or not since it's been released in different editions thrice and none of them in trade.
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I keep checking Amazon for the trade link, but so far, no luck. Maybe I'll just get surprised one day when I got to the bookstore. :)
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And I do have it laying around here... maybe... I mean... one day...?
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No hurry to read it though. ;) Read it when you feel like it.
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I can't really remember if that is completely clarified later on, but Meyer gives a good enough explanation on her website.
Other than that, I agree largely with your review. About the erotic thing; hrmm... Strange. I haven't seen it described as that, but obviously, that doesn't mean anything other than that I'm rather unobservant! I think you're right when you say it is sensual and tantalising... Perhaps those feelings have been confused with erotic?
New Moon has been available in paperback in the States and UK for a while now, I believe. That shouldn't be so hard to get a copy of. Eclipse, on the other hand, won't be out as a paperback for some time ( ... )
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I wish I could remember WHERE I heard the erotic thing...I may be making it up, but for some reason, I was under the impression there was SEX in this book, so I was surprised there wasn't. Yet, I think you're right: if anyone's tossing the term erotic around, they're definitely confusing it with "sensual" and "tantalizing".
New Moon is definitely not in paperback in the US. I've looked. And Amazon would've listed it if it were: http://www.amazon.com/New-Moon-Twilight-Book-2/dp/0316160199/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-9256272-5725658?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192398476&sr=8-1
Though, if you HAVE seen a trade copy in the States, I'd love to know where! :) But I plan on waiting, because Eclipse did just come out, so there's not much I can do, unless I fork over the money for the hardcovers ( ... )
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Lol. Nope, no sex! Quite saddening, really :P! I wouldn't be suprised if they'd been mixed up. The Times nicely summed up the deeper feelings of the novel when they said "Her story, recounted in hypnotic, dreamy prose, encapsulates perfectly the teenage feeling of sexual tension and alienation." (Nope, I haven't got that memorised :P My copy of Twilight is sitting on my desk!) Sadly, I don't think that Stephenie Meyer intended for there to be any deep metaphors in the books, I believe she just intended to tell a good yarn! xD Which dashes all my ideas of the werewolf versus vampire thing being a metaphor for the Native Americans versus the pilgrim settlers ( ... )
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I am a fan of the Twilight series, but I am liking them successively less--in Eclipse, I felt like Bella should just turn already and get it over with. But I've known people (in the target demographic) who absolutely hated it, because of Bella's Mary-Sue-ness. Which is totally true, but hey, it's a YA romance.
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I can see why people have problems with it, but you're right, it is a YA romance. :)
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