Twilight: Twilight Series, Book 1

Great story but couldn't bear the narrator.

I really wanted to listen to this story but found the style of reading really offputting. It felt as though the words were fired at me as fast as possible - I really had trouble processing them. I turned to a paper copy of this book - and found I really loved it. Would recommend the story but with a different narrator!

17 of 22 people found this review helpful

The ballad of whining bella

These books had so much promise and fail to deliver on all accounts.The plot of these books has so many holes its like reading a pin Cushion. and just as exciting.
If you did liked these, please try Kelley Armstrong's books they start with bitten and her writing style is so much better. unfortunatly audible uk only has The Awakening: Darkest Powers, Book 2 (Unabridged) which as it says is part 2 and is aimed at kids.
alternatly the queen of vampie writing... anne rice, this is how a story told from a vampires point of veiw should be.

im sure that the other reveiws out there will sway you into reading this but all i can say is.. dont believe the hype!

20 of 27 people found this review helpful

Lovely!

Ok, unfortunately I watched the film first - loved it and read (listened to) the book. This didn't really work for me, as I think its best to get lost in the detail and story - then see the short film version. The story however is about a girl named Bella, who has to move from her living with her mother to, move in with her dad in a town called Forks. She then meets a chap at school, who has something about him (later it turns out that something is a quality held by vampires!), he is called Edward Cullen and part of the Cullen family who are renowned for being odd and are slightly feared within the small town. And the love story begins... I love the idea of the book the characters and story line which made it work for me. But I did get annoyed quite often at the detail, to which some I found boring/tedious when all I really wanted was for the story to continue (again this could be because I had watched the film first which is a visual 2hrs) I also found Bella (main character) a little annoying at times and pointless opinion on things bugged me several times throughout - However the rest of the characters were super to read about and really brought the story to life. Definitely read if you are a girl in need a new super male to fill any void, as the main male character in this book is defintely one for the long haul.. Or.. If you want something a bit different but entertaining all the same.

12 of 17 people found this review helpful

Droning awful voice

My 9 year old could read it with more emotion and appropriate pauses... The narrator completely misses the feelings of most scenes, she doesn’t use any inflection, cadence or emphasis to convey the scene. Or change of voice for different characters. It really spoils the story. And why choose a narrator with such a strong accent??
It baffles me how she got the job.
Will persevere to the end because I’ve paid for it.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Great book but...

Great book just not keen on the narrator I just find her voice hard to listen to.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Bleak & lonely

Where does Twilight: Twilight Series, Book 1 rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It was nothing like the books I usually read, it felt sad.

Any additional comments?

Having watched the films, I already knew the story, and although there are subtle differences, and the book is easier to understand, the story remains very similar. I enjoyed the story, but I expected more and I can’t tell whether that is because of the films or just that I feel there should have been more to it. The plot is good and the story flows fairly well, but I feel like I’ve missed all the stuff that should be in between. Bella is lonely inside her own head and the first person narrative increases that sense of loneliness, bleakness, and emptiness. When Bella mentions any joy, I hear her guilt and I don’t feel the joy. I did enjoy the book, but I think I would have liked it more if it had other character’s points of view as well as Bella’s. Jacob, for instance, is a complicated person with a whole host of emotions that are desperate to burst out, and the film allows for this character to shine through, but the book keeps him imprisoned. I still intend to read the other books in the series, but I’m not rushing to start them.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Original and the best

What did you like most about Twilight: Twilight Series, Book 1?

I first read Twilight when it came out, before it was famous, I love the story, the star cross lovers, but who get their eventual happily ever after.

What other book might you compare Twilight: Twilight Series, Book 1 to, and why?

all the other Twilight books. I wouldn't really compare them to other vampire books as Stephanie Meyer was a unique voice.

Have you listened to any of Ilyana Kadushin’s other performances? How does this one compare?

I love Ilyana Kadushin, I find her very easy to listen to

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It didn't make me cry, I did laugh but I experienced other emotions, frustration at Edward, sorrow for Bella

Any additional comments?

I would certainly recommend this audiobook, esp when its on bargain price today

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Enjoyable in a way

Love twilight but not that keen on the reader, she doesn't seem to pause in the right places and she talks to fast with a fairly monotone voice

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Love

Still love this book. Been reading it since a teenager and it's still refreshing to listen to it while I work.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Teenage vampire drama

I probably don't fit the profile of reader that this book is targetting, but I must say that as a man in his late thirties, I still really enjoyed it. Despite all Bella's teenage angst and modest mantra 'why is the gorgeous Edward interested in someone as dull as me' irritatingly cropping up every third page, there is a great story here. I have read the second book as well and Bella is constantly bemoaning her good luck. The overall impression is that Bella never smiles - she seems to be in a constant sulk and between declaring her love for him, she spends most of the time being fractious with poor Edward.

All the same, I did enjoy it and the book is interesting enough for me to want to read the whole series. The film is very true to the book; almost verbatim in places. The only place it actually diverges is in the fact that whereas the book manages to develop some interesting chemistry between Edward and Bella, the actors chemistry in the film is more suited to two teenagers sitting opposite each other in an STD clinics waiting room.

7 of 10 people found this review helpful