Readers Response 3 + Vocab

 Vocab:

1.Moratory-

authorizing delay of payment.

2. Caveat-

a warning or caution; admonition.

3.  Portend-

to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does.

Twilight

Stephenie Meyer

p.382-p.498

30 min.

Rating: 6.5/10.0

     

     Twilight continues, and it's in these last 100 or so pages where the action finally starts to kick in. Of course, it's all just as well, because the action and suspense are by no means the highlights to this book. The actual climax is much too short to be interesting, and there are no moments where you're actually eager to find out what happens next. The only part of the climax I actually liked was the part where James tortured Bella while making the video that he was going to leave for Edward. No, this is not because I hate Bella and love cruel, painful scenes of people slowly dying. It's because this is one rare part of the book where Meyer successfully uses great description to create true emotion, which is in this case, fear. Having read the whole series, the only emotions that she seems to be able to convey are horror and obsessive love. OK, I've been somewhat harsh so far in the previous RR and this one, but there are actually some pretty good things about this book.The biggest thing is the complexity of the world that Meyer has created. I mean, fantasy books have some pretty great worlds nowadays. The Hunger Games' post-apocalyptic atmosphere, Rick Riordan's Greek demigods and God's, and finally, the best fantasy world of all time, Harry Potter's world of witch's and wizards. Twilight doesn't hold a candle to HP's world(nothing ever will), but it's really interesting hearing about the world of vampires and werewolves. HP and Twilight both have great worlds, but but the difference is that Hp actually has an epic story to go along with the epic world. Whew, I'm all energetic, even though it's like ten(not that late but still), because I just listened to a bunch of AC/DC while writing this RR. So, before I end this, I wanted to ask one last question, would you want to become a twilight vampire if there were no pain involved? I, personally wouldn't, because I would hate to be immortal, and I can't really understand Bella's point of view yet. Answer in the poll, and leave your comments below!