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Jan 15, 2012

Alli rated it:

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Oct 19, 2011

chucklesthescot rated it:

Utter shite to put it bluntly. I could write something funnier. Here is an example of the side-splitting humour...

She had brown bushy hair in a ponytail that was more like a squirrel tail in the context of her beady squirrel eyes.I thought I recognised her from somewhere, but I couldn't place it.
'Hi.' she said. 'I think I'm in all your classes.'
So that's why I recognised her. She reminded me of a squirrel I hung out with in Phoenix.'

Well har de har, excuse m More...

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May 08, 2011

Vinaya rated it:

I wiped the chemical dust off my clothes and sat down. Without looking at Edwart, I pulled out my textbook and notepad. Then, without looking at Edwart, I looked at the board and wrote down the terms Mr. Franklin had written. I don’t think other people in my situation could do quite so many things without looking at Edwart.

When the bell rang I stole another glance at him and shrank into a deeper sense of worthlessness. He was now staring furiously up at the bell, shaking all the musc More...

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Jun 18, 2010

Miffy rated it:

I love how people try to justify their bad reviews for this book by continuously stating that they do not like Twilight and that they are in fact true lovers of a parody.
I really liked this book. But anything that takes piss out of this universal tragedy is a win. Some of the reviews here stated that the parody was 'too exaggerated,' 'overly obvious' etc. but I found it to be delightfully subtle; where minor details or single words effectively pinpoint the craptastic wonder of smeyer.
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Mar 08, 2011

Tatiana rated it:

This was a Christmas gift from my brother. He bought it for me because he “couldn’t remember which of those Twilight books you had already.” So sweet. And it’s a fitting gift from someone who only watches comedy and whose favorite TV show is “SNL.”

Nightlight is a parody—you guessed it— of the first book in the Twilight series. It stars Belle Goose, who wants to be ‘turned’ and convinces herself that Edwart Mullen is actually a vampire who is thirsting for her blood and refuses to b More...

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Jun 11, 2011

Julia rated it:

It was bad and hilarious.
Here a few examples:
1. "I typed in a single word: Vampre. Google asked , "Did you mean "vampire"?" I said "yes"."
2. "About three things I was absolutely certain. First, Edwart was most likely my soulmate, maybe. Second, there was a vampire part of him (which I assumed was wildly out of his control) that wanted me dead. And third, I unconditionally, irrevocably, impenetrably, heterogeneously, gynecologically, More...

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Mar 31, 2010

Sarah705 rated it:

Creative Response

Belle is my name
I've never wanted fame
I'm a little different, it's true
But so are you!

Edwart you are
Into your eyes I can see far
Your eyes changed to green
By me you can be seen

You're a vampire, I know
Even if it doesn't show
You may say you're not
But that's not what I thought

Until I met Josh
Whose windows my dad does wash
In the cemetery that day
He gave it away
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May 19, 2010

Gemma rated it:

It's hardly ground-breaking, but I'm giving it four stars on the sheer enjoyment factor. I'm actually a fan of the Twilight books, but I get that Stephenie Meyer is no Shakespeare and this series is hardly world class literature.

Twilight's gotten so huge it was only a matter of time before someone sent it up, so I was eager to see what a bunch of nerds from Harvard did to it.

Belle Goose is an exaggerated piss take of Bella. She's self obsessed, and believes everyone else More...

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Nov 19, 2009

Manny rated it:

Not quite as terrible as I first thought, but still pretty bad. To give you some idea of what it's like, here's one of the passages I most enjoyed. Belle Goose is talking to her father:

"So, Belle, what's new today?"

"Dad," I said, grasping his hands and looking directly into his eyes. "I'm in the deepest love that has ever occurred in the history of the world."

"Gosh, Belle. When someone asks you 'What's new?' the correct answer is 'Not mu

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Oct 25, 2010

Milena rated it:

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Jan 16, 2012

Carolyne added it

A rather light and humorous read, Nightlight is a parody of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight and I really don't think that needs any explanation beyond that. I mean, it's Twilight, chances are we've all heard about it to some degree. This review is going to be a little short as I feel anything that could be said about anything Twilight has already been said. So pardon the lack of snark or the absence of hanging Twilight out to dry. Nighlight does a pretty good job of that anyways.

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Oct 17, 2011

cαss нαngs wιтн тнє cool ĸιds rated it:

To enjoy this book you need a few things:

1) A REALLY wide sense of humor that has no limits
2) Either a major, major love for Twilight or a major hate (you have to know the story back to front)
3) An appreciation for awful parodies

Any of those and your just fine to read. All of those and the book is right up your alley. Your sense of humor has to be good enough to accept the over done characters, the over done dialogue and just the over done story in general. More...

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Sep 07, 2011

Cyna rated it:

By far the more popular and more widely-available Twilight parody novel on the market, Nightlight was a huge disappointment. For a book written by the Harvard Lampoon - you know, IVY LEAGUE HUMOR PEOPLE - it's painfully dumb. Painfully. Perhaps it was my mistake for expecting something, I dunnno, more from them, but I went in to Nightlight hoping for some kind of relevant, witty commentary on Twilight's failures as a book. You know, jokes about the faults of its characters, the absurdities of th More...

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Sep 02, 2011

Shannon rated it:

Many of my friends loved Twilight and its sequels. I, on the other hand, could barely get through the first book of the series and would only read the rest of the titles if my life was in jeopardy and reading them was the only way to save myself...and even then I'd drag my feet. The Harvard Lampoon, authors of Nightlight, picked up on all of the reasons I couldn't stand Twilight and ridiculed them just as I longed for someone to do. Finally, someone who completely understands the absurdity of More...

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Aug 04, 2011

Amanda rated it:

I first heard of Nightlight when I was checking the New York Times Bestseller list of trade paperbacks one week. What first caught my eye was the cover art, an obvious jab at the cover of the original Twilight novel. I decided to check out the book and found myself rolling from the summary. I'm not a fan of Twilight, so I welcomed the parody's absurd humor. At the time I decided not to purchase the novel since the price was so high for something that's only 150 pages long. A few weeks later I di More...

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Jul 11, 2011

Pikachu rated it:

Belle Goose is a vain, delusional, psychotic, idiotic, socially retarded girl who has come to Switchblade, Oregon on a mission: that mission is to find a vampire boyfriend and get him to bite her. You will fall in love with her (deliberate?) misinterpretations of people's shocked and sometimes horrified responses to her inappropriate behavior. You will laugh when she falls over escalators, prams, computer cords, other students, and her own left feet. You will cringe at the inane statements she m More...

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Jul 04, 2011

Barbara rated it:

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May 07, 2011

Kari rated it:

I didn't actually finish the book, but I got literally halfway through, and I'd say far enough to be able to tell this is the worst book I have ever wasted my time on. I'm not just saying that because I liked the twilight series. I was actually really looking forward to a good laugh from the parody of the series. I figured there was no way to mess up the parody of the twilight series. Apparently I was wrong. This book seems like it is written by a 5th grader, because the humor is so shallow More...

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Apr 25, 2011

Heather rated it:

I sit on the fence when it comes to 'Twilight' fandom; while there's a part of me that detests the series, there's another part of me that can read 200 pages of a 'Twilight' book in a single sitting, so I suppose there's a part of me that likes it, too. I'm also a lover of well-done parody, even of works that I legitimately do love, so I was rather excited to discover this book. However, while it is certainly a well-written parody, it is just as certainly not a well-done one. Let me clarify: More...

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Apr 19, 2011

Reading rated it:

Okay, so let me start with the fact that, yes, as shocking as it may be, I have read Twilight. So, after reading my review of this awesomely genius book, you can't use the excuse of, "You haven't read it, you don't understand!" I have read it. So, to all you Twilight fans, (And possible Harry Potter haters) I mean no disrespect in the following review. Your opinion is your own, and you are entitled to it.

TWILIGHT IS A HORRIBLE SERIES OF BOOKS.

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Feb 08, 2011

Mary rated it:

To all you Twilight-haters out there, get ready for the best parody since "Epic Movie."

When Belle Goose moves to Switchblade, Oregon, she only expects one thing: to fall in love with a vampire and have him turn her into his immortal bride. So it's no surprise that, on her first day of school, she automatically suspects nonother than a Mr. Edwart Mullen to be her perfect match. After several incidents where Belle supposedly "roleplays," she finally realizes that h More...

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Feb 02, 2011

Heather rated it:

This book was probably written by a bunch of drunk Lampoon employees at 2am. Then again, the book it's parodying reads like it was written in about 45 minutes by an unpopular 16-year-old girl who is dying to be part of the 'cool' crowd, so I suppose the authors got it bang-on with Nightlight.

The reviews here panning this book make me laugh. Well, Twitheads in general make me laugh. Anyway, this book is suppose to be bad. It's suppose to make you groan and roll your eyes as you read More...

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Dec 30, 2010

Karissa rated it:

I liked "Twilight", really I did, but you have to admit there is a lot to make fun of in that book. So when I saw that National Lampoon had released a "Twilight" parody book called "Nightlight" I was eager to read it. Although, I have to admit I got this from the library...I knew that it had potential to be horrible as well as awesome. Well, unfortunately, this book fell into the horrible category.

This book is about Belle Goose and her relentless pursuit o More...

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Dec 19, 2010

Traci rated it:

Before anyone gets the wrong idea, I was a huge fan of the Twilight saga - about two years or so ago. I read the first three books with utter delight, and I recommended them to several library patrons (and not just teenagers, I might add). Unfortunately, I feel like the almighty SM jumped the shark with the fourth installment, a book so heinous to me that I stopped reading it just a tad after 100 pages; my feelings about Bella and Edward have been tainted every since. And after rereading "T More...

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Dec 07, 2010

Jacqueline rated it:

Kick ass to the extreme! The Twilight "saga" sucks...and here's proof!

By far, this parody was the single most comical, entertaining novella I've read in ages. In addition to the fact that it was written by the Harvard Lampoon, and is thus a tiny bit of demonstrative proof that smart people realize Meyer's Twilight book series is wretched literature, the comedy was very well done. Every negative aspect to the original series was addressed; the plot holes the size of China, th More...

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Aug 06, 2010

Ash rated it:

I LOVE Twilight, but I also LOVE parodies of Twilight. That is, GOOD parodies. This is not really what you'd call a good parody, unfortunately.

As soon as I started reading it, I fought with myself to just put it down and quit reading it because it's not really funny and more annoying than anything, but dangit, I wanted to read it. It's as if the author tried to be so funny, but only acheived the opposite. And it's not really a true parody since so much of the "Twilight" More...

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Aug 01, 2010

Kim rated it:

This was the most bizarre book I think I have ever read. I probably would have liked it more if I had re-read Twilight before reading this, but I didn't think I'd be able to handle 2 doses of stupid in a row. Nightlight was a clever little book that took major aspects of Twilight and made them funny. If you haven't read Twilight then you would probably miss why this book is funny. If you have read Twilight then, whether you liked it or not, I think you should at least borrow this book from a fri More...

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Jul 07, 2010

Realteenreviews rated it:

The Gist

Belle Goose has recently moved from her beloved home in Arizona to the desolate town of Switchblade, Oregon to live with her dad. As the town window-washer, her father Jim knows the majority of the town and made sure that everyone knew of Belle’s arrival. Everyone knows who she is and why she came to Switchblade. But none of this matters to Belle, because her first day of school brings trouble in the form of the computer fanatic, Edwart Mullen. Handsome, smart, and moody, E More...

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Jun 22, 2010

Katie rated it:

A parody of Twilight I'd read a hysterical review of, I was really excited when my mom passed her copy to me. Parts of it were really funny. Narrated by Belle Goose, Queen, Warrior, Chapter Book Reader, the book follows Belle as she navigates the strange land of a new high school and falls immediately in love with Edwart Mullen, a boy she's sure is a vampire. Her dad is concerned with her utter devotion to the boy she barely knows and says this in his only show of parenting in the book:
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Jun 14, 2010

Tashiana rated it:

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