My son *hates* these movies — so what better reason than that to read the books? I’m late to the party, I know, but that’s nothing new.
So, I read the book, then watched the movie. If you’ve only seen the movie — or just the commercials for the movies! — you’ve missed a lot. I can see now why my son thinks the movies are boring. They have to leave a lot of the details out, of course, to fit the films into two hours. But what I’d like to see is moving the story along — leave out all the “intense moments” where they’re just staring at each other — and actually tell the story more as the author wrote it.
I like the way the author writes. Sometimes, a book written in the first person just comes off as a “ME! ME! ME!” story, but it’s not like that. I like her sense of humor. I *love* the fact that it’s just pure, fun entertainment. You don’t need to highlight anything, or make notes in the margins. You can just go along for the ride.
I’d honestly like to see a stronger heroine and there are hints throughout that there’s something here that we just haven’t seen yet. I haven’t read the last book, “Breaking Dawn,” yet, and I really hope the big reveal is there.
3/5
