TWILIGHT - THE NOVEL

Finally, finishing the novel after two days reading. I have to admit that some mysteries I’ve found in the Twilight movie got some answers but some remained unsolved, lol. I love the novel…could not stop reading it before finished…though mostly the novel presented dialogues of Bella and Edward…most all the time…but it never bored me…lol. I like the movie a bit better than the novel…partly because the pictures spoke more words, the music as well and there were some additional that I liked… the part that Bella and Edward climbed from trees to trees until Edward rested her on the highest tree to savor the beautiful landscape below. While on the novel Bella never opened her eyes when Edward carried her on his back…the speed and the fear was too great for her to open her eyes…I found also Bella loved to read Jane Austen's novels...lol

I found the details on how Carlisle built up his small family…how he turned Esme, Edward, Rosalie, Emmet, Jasper, except Alice into ‘a vegetarian vampires. Edward was the first to come in the family…saving him from death of a deathly fever that killed his parents in 19018…so basically, Edward was born that year…at the age of 17…died but then was saved. He got troubled in his first ten years as vampires…decided not to follow Carlisle on his diet…he hunted men…guilty men for his preys…then repented for the many leves he had taken no matter how bad those men were. He got back to his adopted father and started to drink only animals blood. Esme was next. She was desperate losing her only child at birth…jumping out of the cliff…Carlisle found her at the morgue while she was still breathing…he turned her into a vampire and she became his mate ever since. Rosalie was specifically chosen by Carlisle as Edward’s mate for he knew how it felt to be so lonely in the world in an everlasting day for them. It never worked. Their relationship developed as brother and sister…Emmet came next…he was found by Rosalie and they became inseparable. Alice was the mystery of all. Even Carlisle had no idea who had turned her into a vampire. She came into the family led by her vision of the future. She lost all her memories. Carlisle was the son of a preacher in London. His father was the leader of the church to hunt for witches and vampires alike. When his father died, he replaced him. Unlike his father, he had a great compassion for men and other creatures. He got bitten sewer vampires. He fought hard to suppress his thirst for human blood and exiled himself from men.

Until oneday, he met herd of cattles. Unable to restrain his thirst, he drank those animals blood and eversince animals’ become his diet. He traveled as far as Europe, Itally, Artics, until he found his calling a medical doctor. His calling was to save lifes…I found it ironic while his nature was to take lifes. I thought he was a noble character in this novel. It was during the srikes of contagious diseases, he found his first family, Edward. Urged by decades of loneliness, he needed a friend, a family to support his existence. He was careful in his selection. This part was not revealed in the movie so my answers on how Carlisle built his small family got the answer.

Also the novel twisted the ideas of how a vampire lived and be killed. Most films, novels and legends said vampires slept during daylight…the sun will automatically burnt them to ashes and the cross and garlic also the source of their death…piercing a stake right to their hearts will also kill them…all were turned upside down in this novel. Vampires lived day and night…they did not sleep…the sun did not kill them…on the contrary the sunlight made them beautiful and angelic…turned their skin into sparkling little glittering diamonds…like stardust. The sun did not hurt them..also the cross. Bella was surprised to find an ancient cross at Carlilsle’s home. It belonged to his father as reminiscence. And piercing a stake to their heart would not kill them. They must be torn into pieces and burnt in order to kill them…it’s more sadistic, I presume.

In movie, Bella finally knew the truth when she forced him to follow her track to the forest nearby the school. In novel, Bella knew the truth when Edward drove her from Port Angeles…It was the wood she knew how the sun worked on Edward. I think I have to give the movie a credit for smartly combined both.

In movie, there scenes when the nomadic vampires led by Laurent killed their preys. IN novel, I did not any scene their killing of people in Forks. They only appeared at three or four episodes before the ending. Perhaps, the writer wanted to avoid any violence...even it was not said clearly how James ended up in the hands of Emmet and Jasper. The movie developed this scene much to my satisfaction. I have to say I like the movie better on this one… the way it added the complication and plots.

In short, I like the movie a bit better…the scenery, the characters and the soundtracks had added the beauty of the film. In my personal opinion, it's one of most romantic novels I've ever read...almost reminded me of Pride and Prejudice...the way Edward protected Bella Swan and his sometimes unpredictable mieschiefs resembled with Darcy towards Elizabeth. And Twilight the movie was the first film that made me wanted to read the novel...I watched LOTR, Harry Potter, Stardust, etc that they did not move me to read the novels...lol

Next, I have to finish New Moon.