So, I finished it in three hours. Then I put it down and started wishing the heroine was in front of me so I could slap her for being so incredibly silly.
I thought the whole premise was great, but the fact that the main heroine is 17 didn't sit well with me. What does anyone know about love in the time of cholera when one's 17? I can relate to wanting to be 17 forever. I can't relate to being sure about matters of the heart at that age. Yeah, maybe I'm the shallow one, whatever. I still don't see a 17-year-old making all the decisions the heroine does in the story.
I had definite pictures of the characters in my head, and now I'm wondering why they made Edward look like this in the movie:
He looks like he got attacked by two Ever Bilena salesladies. He probably also fell into a vat of Bench/Fix products while making his escape. This is not the Edward I had in mind. I'd rather take the shorter-haired brunette vampire. Anyway. Overall a light read, frothy fun and romantic walks in rain-wet forests, etc etc - it's like the love child of Sweet Valley High and R.L. Stine's Fear Street put together.
2 comments:
Ha ha ha, I'm not surprised to read the "slap her silly" comment.
Nope, I'm NOT going to read the book. And nope, I'm NOT going to watch the movie.
But I will make fun of Mr. So-Beyond-Handsome-Vampire's hairdo.
LOL! Dom, if you fess up to having read this book, I will probably skip two heartbeats. I can't see you doing that!
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