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Plot: Human and vampire fall in love.
Why I Read It: I had to. I’m a librarian and I was doing a Twilight Program.
Why I’m Writing This: Over 3,000 people have strong enough opinions about this book to write reviews about it. What is it about TWILIGHT and the whole “supe” phenomena that generates so much fascination?
The most difficult thing in constructing a romance plot is creating a device that keeps the lovers apart. When there’s love at first glance, and the characters fall and fall heavy for each other, what spins out the tension? You have to hand it to Ms. Meyers (and to Charlaine Harris), that for one of the characters to be human and the other…not, is a great twist. This makes for excellent romance.
But more importantly, is it possible that the recent fascination for vampires and supernaturals is due to our human need to talk about differences in ethnic groups WITHOUT actually talking about ethnic groups? Instead of working with tired racial stereotypes, we can invent new fantasy ones. Vampires? They do tend to be a little Heathcliffish toward the human race, don’t they? (I’m talking about the Bronte hero, not the cartoon animal.) Werewolves? Lovable but not too smart, and awfully apt to get into bar fights. Fairies? Can’t trust ‘em.
So congratulations to Meyers (and Charlaine Harris) for freshening up the vampire/werewolf mythology so beautifully. They’ve altered a tired old Bela Lugosi cliche into sets of romance novels that have enthralled a lot of readers, and that’s a good thing.
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