The song for this chapter is Seven Days of Lonely by I-Nine:
[audio:https://twilightguy.com/music/sevendaysoflonely.mp3]
The first thing I noticed as I read Chapter 1 (First Sight) of Twilight was the usage of big words like inconsequential, omnipresent, claustrophobia, apprehensively. I feel as if I’m reading something from Jane Austen, which I am actually quite convinced is the point. Sorry for starting off on this tiny detail, but using the word ‘inconsequential’ on the first page of one’s book is an instant plus-3-points on my end, since most books these days would just say ‘no matter what’ and miss that Meyer flourish. Already off to a good start.
I actually like Bella for some reason, right off the bat. She isn’t stupid and she doesn’t have her nose in the air. When her dad gives her an old red truck, she is actually pleased with it. She’s normal but not a complainer, and that really stands out.
And speaking of her truck, what’s the first thing you think of when I describe a vehicle with a “...faded red color…big round fenders…one of those solid iron affairs that never gets damaged…”
In fact, if Bella was driving that special vehicle, she’d get the best parking at the school and just sit it right up front in the Fire Zone.
Also, I really liked the name of Coach Clapp.
Principal: Class, may I present to you…Coach Claptrap.
Applause.
Coach: It’s Coach Clapp, sir.
Principal: Apologies. Class, may I present to you…Coach Crap.
Even more applause.
So overall I am quite enjoying the read and I’ll be onto chapter 2 sometime this weekend, and perhaps find out more about this Edward fellow. I am actually looking forward to it, so I’ll write about it Monday-ish.
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wow. this is so COOL! i cant believe that someone with a y-chromosome is actually reading stephenie meyers books! fire truck..ha! i never noticed that until you pointed it out. thats pretty tight. good luck reading the books!
Hah! Red truck… i want a red truck… I want a Jacob too but… yeah, I’ll settle for a red truck…
I just thought you would like to know that there is a misspelling on the “banner” with the picture of you on this post. It says, “I’m definately not reading Twilight”. “Definately” should be spelled “definitely”. I’ve seen this same banner on other sights and thought you might want to fix it to keep up a professional appearance and all 🙂
Yoiks! I can’t believe NO ONE saw that! Thanks for pointing it out. I fixed it across the internet!
(and I call myself a writer!) 😀
You fixed it across the internet except on your own site, you mean.
OMG that coach joke(hey that rimes) was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO(copying and pasting the Os)OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY!
I think that it’s great that guys are starting to take an interest in Twilight. However, the saga isn’t exactly meant for boys to read. I mean, the parts where Bella is describing the, ahem, PHYSICAL attractions to Edward- well, that would be rather strange for a boy to be reading. But that is their call. As for the first chapter… I read ALL the time. If there is a good book, i WILL find it. I have quite a large vocabulary. I needed a dictionary! I had no idea what a couple of those words meant! I tried to figure it out. I couldn’t. Very refreshing, actually. Another thing I love about Stephenie Meyer is that she can put jokes and sarcasm into the most serious of scenes without it sounding cheesy. All in all, the Twilight saga is about to take over Harry Potter as my favorite book series, which is saying something. But one thing has me down: If I am reading such good books at the age of thirteen, where do I go from here?
This is a response to #50, annab.
OH MY GOD!!!!!!I never noticed that before. Of course, we all know that is totally right. Here are some other foreshadows:
1.) “I didn’t relate well to people my age. Maybe the truth was that I didn’t relate well to people, period.” Notice the key word “people”.
2.)”Maybe there was a glitch in my brain”. Well, there she is talking about people, but that is the glitch that keeps Edward, Jane, and Aro out.
3.)”The nicest car here was a shiny Volvo, and it stood out.” The passengers of that Volvo are indeed the nicest “cars” there, they DO shine(in the Sun) and they do stand out. Ostentatious, even, maybe. ^^
4.) “‘I can do this, I lied to myself feebly. No one is going to bite me.”
How wrong and right you are, Bella.
5.) “As if they were all suffering from a sleepless night…” How many nights? Bella might wonder. Eternity.
6.)…”and certainly not the most interesting by any standard.” How wrong you are, Bella…
7.) “if looks could kill…” I think that speaks for itself. Reread the chapters on the Volturi in New Moon, if not.
That is only the first chapter. Meyer has a great way of tying everything into another. Amazing, actually. Reread Twilight for more interesting and sometimes hilarious predictions by Meyer!!
annab, that is absolutely genius. :]
I disagree with Briana on comment 3. I don’t see how Stephenie’s writing seems “forced” at all. And I’ve read Jane Austen’s books. They aren’t that amazing.
I find it impossible for someone to read Twilight and just LIKE it.
Like extraterrestrial life I assumed that there where other red blooded guys who read Twilight (of their own free will) and liked it. I’d just never found them. I don’t feel so alone now.
I picked up Twilight up totally by chance never having heard of it before (not knowing it was a chicks romance at all) and just LIKED it. I liked Chapter 18 too. Vampire action at long last!!!
K-
I definitely think it’s amazing that you are reading Twilight. One of the first sites I always go to when I get on the computer is yours. I think that more guys should start to read it or at least go to your site to see how other guys are reading it too(: If I could find a guy who is willing to read it I would totally fall for him. I’ve read the books about a million times and I have August 2 and December 12 marked on my calendar for the next book and movie!
:)Alexa
Btw, Jacob *will* imprint on me one day (;
that’s actually how i feel about big words in the book. i actually had to get the dictionary a few times to make sure…. i like that Stephanie doesn’t consider her fans stupid, and doesn’t dumb down the words or terms.
Bella is an idiot. Also, it’s cool that you are reading this series. I am absolutely obbsessed with this series, to the point where I actually forced my friend (who’s a guy) to read it, which took begging, nagging, reading a bunch of books that I really didn’t like but promised I’d read if he read this, and sending him every chapter to him through E-mail because he wouldn’t buy it and I didn’t trust him with mine. IO’m not kidding, I did all that to get him to read it because I love it so much I think everyone should.
I am a guy and just finished the series (not Twilight, but the ENTIRE series). I started readind them because my mom and step sister love them. They talk and talk and talk and talk about them, you honestly would not believe what family dinners are like now.
I read the first book pretty fast, an obivously easy read, but kept reading them because I cared about Bella and Edward. The writing is okay,(cleary intended for teens) but the story is compelling and really great. Every book makes you want to pick up the next one. New Moon was hard to get through, monotony, and obivously sad. but eclipse and breaking dawn were good. The end of Eclipse and all of Breaking dawn were my favorite, a lot of things change and you really see Bella grow up. Shes a strong female through the entire series, but in breaking dawn she really grows into herself.
As for the movie- obiviously they have to add things and change things in order to create a block buster. I just hope that fans don’t picture the movie to be the book played out the same as in their head. Let the movie just be an entertaining rendition of the book, and appreciate it for what it is.
i havent read the book, but i saw he movie and i’m dying to read the book!! i think i love the series already! oh and by the way a guy reading twilight is cool. i think that way u’ll understand girls more. maybe. cuz ur still a guy either way. i dont mean that in a bad way yo.
..TWILIGHT…is a nice book..
..i almost read all the chapters
and if i read the book i fell not to stop reading because for the truth im a clumsy gurl,and a curious gurl i want to know all about vampirEs i felt more interested to read the book and when i know there was playing as a TWILIGHT movie i fell so exiting and very curious all about it and when i saw the movie i fell like more and more curious about the book i dont care what time im going to sleep its just what i want the “STORY” and i just want to tell that NICE movie NICE actors or players and thank you for making me improve about the book….soooo..thank you…..
..I KNOW MANY PARTS WILL COME…
..AND I WAIT FOR THE PART 2..
..VICTORIA IS THE ENEMY…..
….I KNOW IT…just read the book you will know………..
…THE PART 3 IS SECRET….
…JUST WATCH OUT…….
,…THATS ALL…TNX FOR LISTENING ME,,,,….more powers.
Hey Twilight Guy!!! I admire you for reading Twilight!!! I only know a few guys who have read the book(s) and they LOVED them!!! I think you will, too!!! I am about to read the series(again) for the 4th time. I hope you like the series!!!
My friend Sally(not using her real name cause shes a paranoid freak and has a black belt) got a real kick out of the coach clapp thing, but she was comparing it to coach slapp and was sure he was a child abuser in disguise as a gym teacher, because that is the only kind of person who would ever want to teach gym.
no offense to any aspiring gym teacher, those are her words, not mine.
Hey, glad you guys are giving Twilight a chance. I’m a big fan, but not for the reasons of most people.
I think it has an okay plot, but it’s good writing. I hate Bella with every fiber of my being, though. She’s weak, flimsy, dependent, clingy, misses the obvious, and has the self-esteem of an oak tree. Don’t even get me started on Edward, the creepy stalker-slash-domestic abuser. And Jacob? That obnoxious little pedophile and sexual harasser? Yeah, I can see why someone would fall in love with them. *not*
But Jasper Hale! Finally, we meet a guy who’s actually sane and knows the meaning of love. He’s amazing. Honestly wouldn’t change a word he says. Or lack thereof, haha. And Alice Cullen! Ah! Love her! She’s adorable and has a unique personality. And their relationship is so much deeper than Edward & Bella’s!
Down with Team Edwella and Janesmee!
Team Jalice forever!
Hi, Kaleb. Wow, I wish I could magic your attitude toward the books into the head of my fiance, who blatantly refuses to give them a chance. Bah. Would audio books work better, I wonder? Oh, well.
I noticed how you include a song with each entry. Might I suggest “Angel,” “Teardrop,” and “Everywhen” by Massive Attack, “Teardrop” by Jose Gonzalez (superb cover, btw), and “Touched” by VAST? I find that these songs in particular get me in that Twilight mood. Thanks for the site, man.
i thouht the first chapter was amazing becasue when bella went to seat next to edward and he went wild i thought he was crazy but i wanted to keep on reading. i thought that the truck bella got was, well reminded me of a firetruck don’t ask me why because i’ll laugh so loud i’ll fall off my bed.
twilight is an amazing story its about a girl named bella that falls in love with a vampire, Edward and she is going to get killed from a vampire called james he is hunting and tracking her i loooove twilight!!
edward is a cutie!
It’s great that you’re reading TWILIGHT! If more guys read it, they would understand females better & there would be less drama. I also hope some book will make us understand the oppisite genderr..! Ha, actually, it all started in my class with a guy reading twilight. then, I read it, but I found out he read it like, while i was reading it. then another guy & girl joined in.
I discovered your site a couple of days ago and just read your post on the first chapter.
Meyer’s connection with Jane Austen does make sense, because she was inspired by Pride and Prejudice (along with the original dream she had) when she wrote Twilight, but I bet you know that, considering you read that interview she had with vogue.com.
And…you’re straight, right? haha. Just kidding.
i love the movey twlight!!!!!!!!!! by is edward sooooooo cute and i mean relllllllllly rellllllllllllly cuuuuuuuuuttttttttteeeeeee i want to mary him
wow!!!…just let me tell you something guys.
i`m glad to realize that im not the only crazy girl in this world that get obbsessed for this book/movie twilight.
i really enjoyed seeing the movie and the soundtrack is amazing ( i loved the soft bella`s lullaby`s theme )…and i`m anxious to read the book now. by the way sorry for my bad english…i`m a mexican girl…VIVA MEXICO CABRONES!!! hahahaha…see ya!
i run with the werewolves all the way (team jacob)i love love love twilight it has become my new life its also very funny that my best friend and i hav fights on whos better jacob or edward!!!!!i am glad to say i read the first book it was awsom and i am now on the new moon pg231 so i cant wait to finish it i love decode (paramore)song
twlight so far is awsome so far and i am a guy my friend drew is reading eclipse 2 weeks ago twlight finished new moon this morning apperantly ed and bell have love in breaking dawn and while they are she is having spazums from her baby biting her…..
BELLA TURNS INTO A REAL VAMPIRE
I've read twilight and Im a guy.I hate it. Its over hyped and annoying. It doesn't follow Vampire ethics. Edward is just annoying,Bella is annoying. The entire book feels like Crap. Ive read the entire book. Not skimmed or wikipedia it,I read it. It was a waste of time reading it dring my school year
AHHHH you're first Twilight post! Even back then so long ago you posted hilariously. So awesome. Bravo.
I'll back again for sure, thanks for great article 😀
I disagree with you Bella can overreact but shes not selfish at all from my prospective ,just my thought but Stepheie is so awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Edward is so awsome I totally , 100% disagree with you!
read Twilight over again and look at the part she plays a amazing part. Desi
omg…..i used to b obsessed with twilight until it got to public then them made a big deal outta it
i love that a guy is finally reading twilight. its amazing. no guy that i know would read any books period. so him reading twilight is awesome.
i'm amazed a guy is reading twilight. no guy i know would read ANY sort of book, so someone like you reading a vampire romance teen novel astonishes me, but in a good way. i LOVE that you're taking the time to read this novel because i do believe that it is an amazing series. i read them all last year in a matter of a month, buying each one the day after i finished them, and buying Breaking Dawn the day it came out. reading this series made me realize i love reading and that i AM a hopeless romantic. thanks for being the first guy i know to read this series!
<3 M3LiSS4
i loved twilight when i saw its movie in 3d ……….. totally mesmerised by the movie …… i immediately searched on net n found twilight was a novel ……. i became so excited that i bought all of them the next day ….. i am a book reader … so i love stephanie meyer for writing such an enthralling story for us teens
Chapter 1 was great considering i've already read it 3 time and hopefully 4 times by the end of easter break. But than again i'll probably have the movies and twilight read by the end of the week. I've already read twilight 3 times new moon 3 times and eclipse 2 times and breaking dawn 2 times. I've been waiting for eclipse from my library for more than 3 weeks because somebody took it out of the library without checking it out. Well anyways I've watched twilight the movie more than 10 times and the new moon movie about 5 times and cried every single time. If I ever met a guy that was as addicted to the twilight series as me, than I would be more in love than Edward and Bella.LoL
I like Bella from the start also. Maybe because she just seems very ordinary but still a bit extraordinary at the same time. She is very mature for her age, giving up her own desires in an effort to ease her mothers situation is very mature. Not too many girls her age think that way. It is self-less. The fact that she is respectful with her father also shows her maturity. He hasn't been a big part of her life for the last few years and yet she gives him loads of respect. She just seems to be the type of character that lots of girls can relate to… I know I can.
good fire truck joke. I think that it is neat that some man created a web site dedicated to twilight for boys
ive watche all 3 movies
ive watche all 3 movies
I LUV TWILIGHT…. I am a girl…. and I am team Edward…. not that Jacob isnt hot… but I can tell how much luv edward has 4 bella… and it makes me fell giddy inside….. Im already on the 3rd book…. its summer vaca., I hate to read….. sooo what does that tell….. IM IN LUV WITH THE BOOKS AND EDWARD….
Polysyllabic words aren't a shortcut to good writing, compelling characters, meaningful interactions, or recurring themes or symbolism. With just that insipid introduction, you've already lost all your credibility: Junior-high level vocab words don't make someone Jane Austen.
Also, you “like” Bella right off the bat because she hasn't been fleshed out as a character – she's basically a shell, someone for the reader to identify with as they go through the story.
Not even kidding that is what I picture the freaking truck to be like…(except for the water hose) 🙂