Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 (Twilight: The Graphic Novel, #1)

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Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 (Twilight: The Graphic Novel #1)

by Stephenie Meyer, Young Kim (Art/Adaptation)

3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 · rating details · 24,576 ratings · 1,284 reviews

When Isabella Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen, her life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. With his porcelain skin, golden eyes, mesmerizing voice, and supernatural gifts, Edward is both irresistible and impenetrable. Up until now, he has managed to keep his true identity hidden, but Bella is determined to uncover...more

Hardcover, 224 pages

Published March 16th 2010 by Yen Press

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Mar 16, 2010 Bry rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010, graphic-novel, paranormal-romance, urban-fantasy, young-adult

Right off the bat I love the colors in this book. Most of the book is this wonderfully muted near black and white coloring, yet a lot of pages has just the slightest hint of a single color that adds a lot of depth to the 2D drawings.

Furthermore the art itself is beautiful with all of its details. Even the backgrounds are highly detailed, and each page makes sure to use almost every square inch available. At least this is true when the humans are the subjects of the page. The art becomes incredi...more Right off the bat I love the colors in this book. Most of the book is this wonderfully muted near black and white coloring, yet a lot of pages has just the slightest hint of a single color that adds a lot of depth to the 2D drawings.

Furthermore the art itself is beautiful with all of its details. Even the backgrounds are highly detailed, and each page makes sure to use almost every square inch available. At least this is true when the humans are the subjects of the page. The art becomes incredibly surreal and dreamy when it focuses on the vampires, and its as if they are all that exist for that moment, that page, and nothing else is important. Some pages the artist took photographs and morphed them into her drawings by sketching over them to blend the 2 images to create a more realistic background (an example of this is when Bella is sitting on the bed in the hospital after nearly being hit by Tyler in the van or the first glimpse of La Push First Beach). Just stunning!

The cover art alone is worth drooling over with all of the shading and amazing use of light.

I am basing my rating off all of this, or the art, layout, and composition as it were. The pacing and the layout of the drawings keep you turning pages at a furious rate, and I can't wait to go through it again to take in the art a bit more because I am sure that every time you read this you will notice more and more details that went previously unnoticed.

My only complaint though is how short it was - not in terms of pages but in how far it actually progressed through the story. I was hoping to at least get to see some interaction between Bella and the other Cullens. But not to worry there are more volumes coming. Although at this point only Twilight has been green lighted for graphic novelization, so I for one am keeping my fingers crossed that Meyer will approve the rest of the saga!

This is definitely recommended to any fan of Twilight, whether they have read a graphic novel before or not!(less)

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Jan 17, 2011 Rebekah rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, comic-manga, movies

Anyone familiar with graphic novels knows they don't take long to read. I read it three times within the given time period. It's only volume one, through the meadow scene. I don't know if the rest of the story wasn't finished in time for publishing, or if more than one volume was planned. I can't wait to have the rest.

The illustrations are beautifully rendered and so representative of the written descriptions. Color is used sparingly, and enhances the scene or feeling. The written story is abbre...more

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May 12, 2013 Jessica Mcclelland rated it 4 of 5 stars

Name: Jessica McClelland

APA citation: Meyer, S.(2012). Twilight. Yen Press: NY.

Genre: Fantasy, Graphic Novel.

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Format: Graphic Novel

Selection process: This graphic novel is favored in Library Journal. Cornog, M. (2010). Twilight: The graphic novel. Library Journal, 135(12), 66-67.

Review: Deciding to give her mother and her new husband space, Bella Swan moves from sunlight Arizona to cloud infested Forks, Washington to live with her father. She imagines life will be pretty q...more

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Jul 03, 2010 Maddie Cromar rated it 3 of 5 stars

I was really excited when I learned about the existence of this book because it combines two of my favorite guilty pleasures: Asian graphic novels and Twilight. I have yet to find any artist's rendition of the story (whether it be in film or a drawing) that captures the vivid images I had in my head when I first read the book, but this is a very beautiful version. I really enjoyed the art, although Edward doesn't look right most of the time to me--more like a 50s letterman athlete type or someth...more

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Oct 24, 2011 Tally rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novels, vampires, my-hall-of-fame, in-a-series

I'll start by saying that I'm not a big fan of graphic novels, and particularly not of that style used here, but Young Kim has simply won me over. This book is wonderfully constructed, from the breathtaking illustrations to their incorcopation with "real" landscapes - the Swan residence, the hospital, the meadow - I thought it was really well done. My only complaint would probably be the lack of color, but I understand the purpose behind it, and it is more effective to have only glimpses of colo...more

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Oct 25, 2011 El Templo de las Mil Puertas added it · review of another edition

Shelves: 16-eltemplo, la-comicteca

"Querido templario: Si la suerte del destino ha querido que cayeras en estas palabras, antes de seguir debes saber que la siguiente crítica habla de una historia archiconocida y adaptada a mil formatos diferentes. Primero fue la novela, esgrimida por la pluma de una señora estadounidense llamada Stephenie Meyer, que ni por asomo imaginaba la bomba de relojería que estaba creando; después fue una horda de fans alrededor del mundo, que esperaba cada nuevo libro de la serie como agua de mayo y no d...more "Querido templario: Si la suerte del destino ha querido que cayeras en estas palabras, antes de seguir debes saber que la siguiente crítica habla de una historia archiconocida y adaptada a mil formatos diferentes. Primero fue la novela, esgrimida por la pluma de una señora estadounidense llamada Stephenie Meyer, que ni por asomo imaginaba la bomba de relojería que estaba creando; después fue una horda de fans alrededor del mundo, que esperaba cada nuevo libro de la serie como agua de mayo y no dudaba en gritar su entusiasmo, hacerse camisetas o pintarrajearse la cara; poco tiempo después llegaron las películas y el fanatismo creció y sus actores se convirtieron en objetos de deseo. Y ahora, como no podía ser de otra manera y ya estaba todo inventado –incluidos pintalabios, repostería, sábanas y ropa interior de la saga–, le toca el turno al cómic. La novela gráfica de Crepúsculo, adaptada e ilustrada por la coreana Young Kim, una artista que siente predilección por los trazos suaves y un mundo de metáforas y colores, ha supuesto todo un regalo para los fans de la serie. La historia sigue siendo la misma que la del libro y, de hecho, cuenta con un guión muy fiel al original, aunque las primeras hojas pasan sin pena ni gloria con un ritmo demasiado acelerado; si bien en pocos suspiros la cosa se calma y avanza como debería. Todo comienza un día cualquiera en la vida de una chica normal y corriente: se llama Bella, es una adolescente hermosa y algo desapasionada y, a pesar de amar el sol, decide mudarse a un pueblo perdido de la mano de dios y alejado del calor para dejarles intimidad a su madre y su nuevo marido. Así que Bella, muy apática ella, se muda a Forks, hogar de su santo padre, un policía todavía de buen ver –hay que reconocer que Young Kim sabe embellecer a los personajes, sobre todo a aquellos que no salieron demasiado bien parados en el casting de las películas–. Sigue leyendo en ---> htp://www.eltemplodelasmilpuertas.com"(less)

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Jan 26, 2011 EZRead eBookstore rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I want to start out by saying I’m Team Jacob. And even drawn, he’s more handsome than Edward. If you have a problem with this, you can click your mouse elsewhere. Shoo, shoo, Edward lovers!

You probably wouldn’t be picking up the “Twilight” graphic novel unless you already read the book or at least seen the movie, so why pretend? This is a fabulously done edit of the text, but as with all graphic novels, it flies by quickly. Volume 1 begins the story of Bella and Edward, long before the complex l...more I want to start out by saying I’m Team Jacob. And even drawn, he’s more handsome than Edward. If you have a problem with this, you can click your mouse elsewhere. Shoo, shoo, Edward lovers!

You probably wouldn’t be picking up the “Twilight” graphic novel unless you already read the book or at least seen the movie, so why pretend? This is a fabulously done edit of the text, but as with all graphic novels, it flies by quickly. Volume 1 begins the story of Bella and Edward, long before the complex love-triangles or battles, a simpler time. Bella worries about the little things, like nearly being crushed by a car or wondering whether she stinks in Biology. It’s nice to see her romance with confusing prude Edward develop, long before Jacob or the Volturi stick their noses into it. (Still Team Jacob)

The animation style is what makes this graphic novel stand-out, it’s a manga-ish black and white with occasional pages of color. Bella is done beautifully like a little Barbie doll, with long hair that whips around in every scene like crazy seaweed. Edward is alright, handsome in that pretty way, without any real stand-out features. Now Jacob, on the other hand, is a ponytailed angel floating in on a cloud of hunk heaven. Let’s just say I look forward to the “New Moon” adaptation.

This is an excellent edition for fans of the series, if anything, to give you that “aww” feeling again. I think part of the draw of readers to this series is not the wittiness of prose, or a fabulously original plot. A great romance, for me anyways, is when a man or vampire or whatever breaks the man-barrier of man-world and meets a woman in the middle. There is no manicure date with the girls or beer pong with the boys, there is a magic compromise of both worlds, a sexless fair-game. Edward is an attractive vampire with his own thing, but he seeks Bella as equally as she is seeking him. That’s why “Twilight” works, it’s simple and romantical and they make their world “even stevens”.

Philosophizing aside, the graphic novel might exist only to make some extra pennies for Meyer and her publisher, but these are pennies I am eager to part with.

EZ Read Staffer Jenifer(less)

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Jun 03, 2013 Nikki rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I've never read the book, & I saw this at my local library, so out of morbid facinisation just 2 actually read the story & try 2 figure out what all the mania was about, so I sat down & read it & let me tell you, this was the longest time I ever took completing a graphic novel of this length! I had to rest it on my lap at least 4 times 2 calm my angry thoughtstream. Okay let's get down to it, we all know the story but let me address my problems with it. First Bella, 3 pages in &...more I've never read the book, & I saw this at my local library, so out of morbid facinisation just 2 actually read the story & try 2 figure out what all the mania was about, so I sat down & read it & let me tell you, this was the longest time I ever took completing a graphic novel of this length! I had to rest it on my lap at least 4 times 2 calm my angry thoughtstream. Okay let's get down to it, we all know the story but let me address my problems with it. First Bella, 3 pages in & I hate the girl that's depressingly impressive because with damaged phsys & villans or people with learning disabilities (speaking as 1 myself) I tend 2 keep an open mind even if I find fault. The problem is she's NONE OF THESE! Just whiny, self centered, anti social & idotic! She has no problems none at all! Just an attention seeker sending out her "torture" vibes! She never stands up 4 herself, she can, but she won't. Even more worringly she's supposed 2 be a role model for girls. Then there's Edward, insulting, maniplutive pretty boy emo! God! The chemistry good lord! The basis that he won't kill her? That's healthy! As far as I can see there's no romance, just mindless lust which sadly some teenage girls can't tell the difference or worse this is what romance is. There was something I found amusing though, when Bella asks y Edward can't read her mind he says something like, "You're different, there's nothing I can read." it probably IS! That there is literley nothing! Then there's vampirism, okay the sparkling we all hate it, but other than that, there's nothing more 2 it. Personally I like gore & bloodlust but if u like romantized vamps that's fine, too bad all of these concepts are awful! The logic makes no sense at all with anything, peticually what a terrible attempt Edward & his family hide themselves & that he's interested that Bella almost finds out, it's obvious! Anyone with a brain cell could have found out they're vampires! Along with the werewolves too how has this small town not figured out they have poor ineptly disguised supernaturals at their doorstep? But I digress, okay maybe I'm overeacting, it's just fairytale material, but it's so poorly put together & yes I'm the wrong demographic I'm 25, but 1, I've read much better paranormal romance & 2, I wouldn't have liked this even if I was decade younger. The artwork matches the plot, that is 2 say brooding & morbid, too much so, Bella looked undead herself, despite not being gothic (physically speaking) & Edward looked like a reject extra from Baywatch. As a goth myself it was too depressing to look at even for me. All in all, don't bother with this rubbish, there's better romance, (normal or paranormal) supernatural, or the fairytale genre out there that's a hell of lot better that teenage girls or women can be reading than this.(less)

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May 04, 2013 Cassy rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-in-2013, fantasy-sci-fi, graphic-novels, romance, ya-lit

It's Twilight... but in Graphic Novel form. Honestly, I picked it up due to morbid curiosity. I've read the Twilight books and... this is better but not by much.

The writing is still terrible. What's more, the art isn't all that great either. I'm not saying Young Kim doesn't have talent... but I noticed, about a third of the way through, that most of the background scenes aren't actually drawn. They're real photos that she's... I guess sketched over. So the ACTUAL drawings (of the characters) aga...more

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Apr 23, 2013 LG (A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 3-star, acquired-library, graphic-novel, read-2010

My initial reaction to this volume, when I flipped through it, was "ooh, pretty artwork." That's one thing this adaptation has over, say, the movie - the Cullens don't look like pale plastic Barbie people, they look like the inhumanly gorgeous creatures they're supposed to be. Unfortunately, the super-gorgeous character designs include Bella, who, rather than looking like an ordinary girl, has a tendency to look like a manga (or is manhwa the better word to use here?) princess - what's going to...more My initial reaction to this volume, when I flipped through it, was "ooh, pretty artwork." That's one thing this adaptation has over, say, the movie - the Cullens don't look like pale plastic Barbie people, they look like the inhumanly gorgeous creatures they're supposed to be. Unfortunately, the super-gorgeous character designs include Bella, who, rather than looking like an ordinary girl, has a tendency to look like a manga (or is manhwa the better word to use here?) princess - what's going to happen when the story gets to the point where Bella gets turned into a vampire and she's supposed to become inhumanly beautiful? I'm not sure it's possible to draw her more beautiful than this.

Had I been a newcomer to this series, I don't know that I would have liked this adaptation all that much. While Bella's narration can get a bit...trying...in the original novel, this graphic novel condensed things almost a little too much. The worst part is, the annoying aspects of Bella's narration are still there, so it's not like that particular weakness is overcome (it's still incredibly dramatic in an unintentionally amusing way, and Bella still doesn't "sound" like a teenage girl to me). Anyway, it's probably a good thing that I didn't read this for the story. I already knew the story, what I wanted was to see the artwork and take a look at the visuals for any scenes I remembered enjoying in either the novel or the movie.

While I, for the most part, enjoyed the artwork, with its gorgeous character designs (although I thought Jasper actually looked better than Edward), dreamy shading, and clever use of color (only a few pages in this volume have any color), there are still things about the look of this volume that I hated. For now, this is only a minor weakness, although it'll become a greater weakness if this graphic novel series ever makes it to the more Jacob-heavy parts of the series: while the first wolf depicted in this volume looked really good, the second one looked off and bothered me. A more generalized problem I had with the artwork involved characters' facial expressions. While some subtle facial expressions were well-done, other times (quite a few times actually) characters' facial expressions were so subtle that they seemed to be non-existent, at least to me. Also, is it too much to ask that not all facial expressions be subtle? It was rare for characters' facial expressions to be more pronounced or to involve their whole face. Maybe they all got Botox treatments?

All those complaints feel kind of nitpicky in comparison with my hatred of the conversation bubbles, lettering, and "trembling" lines used, although at least the "sweat drops" weren't overdone (unlike in In Odd We Trust). The conversation bubbles tended to be large, perfect, translucent things, with a scraggly little line pointing in the direction of whoever was saying the text. The lettering used throughout the entire volume was perfect, the kind of thing you'd see in a Word document. The overall effect, combined with the inhumanly lovely characters and smooth shading, was one of lots and lots of perfection. A little hand-lettering, or at least a font that would give the illusion of hand-lettering, might have broken up that perfection somewhat. The translucent conversation bubbles just annoyed me - they screamed "lookit what we can do with the computer!" more than anything else to me.

The "trembling" lines (such as when Edward is shaking from the effort of being around Bella at the beginning of the volume) had a look that was similar to the weird scraggly lines coming out of the conversation bubbles. The lines were too strong (especially when outlined in white while on a dark background), making them stand out way too much, I hated that the look screamed "we did this on the computer, after everything else had already been drawn" (making the trembling less a part of the artwork and more something like a sound effect), and there was something about them that didn't seem quite right to me. When I first saw the "trembling" lines, I had a second where I couldn't figure out what they were. That shouldn't happen. Things like these lines need to perfectly follow conventions, which will allow them to be interpreted by readers as being certain emotional cues, all without the reader ever necessarily being aware of what's going on. If you're actually seeing the lines, the way I did, and not feeling them as emotional cues, then something's not right.

I already wrote a lot about the original novel in a separate post, so I don't think I need to say too much about what I thought about the story. I still think Bella's a bit too masochistic. I think this adaptation proves that there is no way to do Meyer's "sparkling vampire" look without it seeming stupid - it was stupid in the movie, and, although it's marginally better in this graphic novel (the bit where Edward walks out into the sunlight is absolutely gorgeous and one of several instances of the book's really effective use of limited color), it's still pretty lame. In addition, because of Young Kim's style, I couldn't help but think "shojo sparklies!" when I saw the sparkles shining in Edward's hair.

If I had bought this instead of getting it via ILL, I would probably consider this a keeper for the artwork alone - despite various shortcomings, the artwork is still lovely. As far as its story goes, though, it's pretty meh. If you want the story, I'd recommend the book or even the movie over this graphic novel any day.

(Original review, with read-alikes, posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)(less)

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Sep 23, 2012 Tessa rated it 3 of 5 stars

La bande dessinée reprend réellement bien le livre, c’est à dire quasiment mot pour mot avec évidemment des passages en moins.
Malgré donc un bon atout, les passages en moins rendent la lecture trop rapide, il n’y a pas le suspense du livre, l’attente, l’émotion et les autres diverses sensations que l’on ressent en lisant.
Ce tome ne reprenant pas entièrement Twilight / Fascination, il aurait été peut être bien de soit le rallonger soit l’arrêter avant pour nous permettre d’avoir plus de détails.
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Sep 23, 2012 Matthew Horrocks rated it 3 of 5 stars

i chose to read this book because i saw it in the library and thought that it might be interesting because i enjoyed watching the 'twilight' movies.

this fits under the 'graphic novel' category. this is interesting because you can expect amazing illustrations from a graphic novel based off the 'twilight' book, which it didn't fail to live up to.

'twilight: the graphic novel' is about a bit of a loner named Bella. she is moved to a new school where people are friendly and she quickly makes friends,...more

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May 20, 2012 Meg rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: i-tried-but-eventually-put-down

Let me explain, first of all, that I LOVE graphic novels. When a particular novel really doesn't click, or I just really adored a book, I would try and find a graphic novel version. I had picked this book up one time at the store, curious about how it would be. I was well aware that I had learned little about the Twilight series prior to reading this, other than watching coming attractions in the movie theater over the years.

I was also aware that this, like so many popular books, has had some h...more

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May 06, 2012 Sara rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novels, ya-fiction

So we all know that it is trendy to bash on Twilight and its fanatics, which is easy enough to do given the caliber of the writing and the characters in the book and cast in the movie. This particular review, though, is for the graphic novel adaptation of the first novel, and only the first volume at that.

Everyone knows the story of Twilight (and if you don’t, what rock have you been living under), so I will be brief in addressing plot elements. The text is easily summarized within the limitatio...more

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Mar 11, 2012 Lisa Campbell rated it 2 of 5 stars

Lisa Campbell
Romance (Graphic Novel)
Bella Swan leaves Arizona to move in with her father in Forks, Washington. At school she is intrigued by her encounters with Edward Cullen. Bella suspects there is something different about Edward and his family but she just isn’t sure what. After Edward saves her life through an incredible feat of speed and strength, Bella’s suspicions are confirmed. Edward and his family are vampires. Despite this obvious handicap, Bella falls in love with Edward. In the vol...more

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Mar 04, 2012 Maria Nesmith rated it 4 of 5 stars

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The book Twilight the graphic novel part one is about a teenager named Isabella Swan. She moves to Forks, Washington where she meets Edward who is very mysterious. Bella is curious about Edward and the events that happen to them. Edward has a huge secret and Bella falls in love with him and discovers what the secret is.

Even though the book was a graphic novel it still had all the literary standards. I had round and flat characters that made the book exciting. The plot was easy to follow and the...more

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Mar 01, 2012 Ryder K rated it 5 of 5 stars

The book I read was Twilight: Graphic Novel Volume 1 When I read this book it was different then the other books I’ve read in previous years, because it was graphic novel every page had small different pictures with writing through the pages. My book is about a girl named Bella who lives with her mom in Phoenix and moves to Forks, Washington with her dad. Bella meets many different characters at her knew school Forks High School. When she first sees the Cullen family she knows that there is some...more

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Dec 11, 2011 Dena rated it 2 of 5 stars

Summary: These volumes represent a portion of the Twilight series where Bella, a teenage girl, meets Edward, a vampire, when she moves to Washington. While these two illustrated volumes do not cover the entirety of the series, they do provide enough text and dialogue to provide the reader with the basic plot and main characters.
Personal Reaction: I have to begin by saying I’m not a fan of the Twilight series, but I did find these works easier to swallow than the novels. I was a little hesitant t...more

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Dec 08, 2011 Sarah Brutsch rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: engl-420

This graphic novel reminded me of why I first loved Twilight when I read it back in high school. Over the years, negative criticism had gradually worn down my opinion of the novel. It is popular to hate Twilight. Yet in discussing the book with friends, I had mixed feelings, because I never saw the book as bad or the plot as sappy, yet people around me tore it down at every turn. And so I was hesitant, yet hopeful, when I finally chose to read the graphic novel.

It's Twilight condensed and visual...more

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Nov 25, 2011 Lena Tumasyan rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Twilight fans, of course!

This book was recommended to me by my friend, a huge Twilight fan. She knows my love of comics and my like of the Twilight series so she let me borrow her books.

Twilight the Graphic Novel Vol 1 is an Anime style graphic novel. I've never read Anime before so seeing characters with such big eyes, strange arms, and crazy hair was a little unusual. But it was also fun. The emotions weren't expressed thru the face as much as through little lines or big lines on the sides, and big or small word bubb...more

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Nov 11, 2011 Ruby rated it 4 of 5 stars

I was not a big fan of Twilight and only recently have have become a fan of graphic novels, but the combination of the two in Twilight The Graphic Novel really worked well. The drawings in this book are of high quality and the composition is beautiful and detailed. The drawings gave me plenty of information to help develop the setting and the characters throughout the story, with help from the dialogue bubbles of course. I think one of the reasons I liked the graphic novel is because the drawing...more

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Nov 11, 2011 Najentel rated it 3 of 5 stars

Summary:
Bella is a teenager who decides to move to Forks, WA to live with her dad after her mom remarries. She expects to be miserable in the gloomy small town and at first that is exactly how she feels. The weather is horrible most of the time, there isn’t much to do, and there is a gorgeous and very mysterious guy who seems to dislike her for no apparent reason. Things do begin to brighten as she makes some new friends, but her world really begins to change when she realizes that she and the m...more

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Nov 07, 2011 Narmitha rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: november-reads, review-for-english

This book was amazing and was a pleasure to read. Basically it's what happened in the Twilight saga book but in the form of graphic.

A girl named Isabella (Bella) Marie Swan decieded that she wanted to live with her dad. So she leaves her mom and sunny (75 degress) Phoenix for her dad in for the town of Forks. Things go well for Bella. She meets new friends at ehr new school and ftis in to her school. She then meets a wonderful, astonishing man who is her age (or she thinks). After that, things...more

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Nov 05, 2011 Lori Holbein-Gutierrez rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, graphic-novel

Summary:

Bella Swan leaves Arizona with her mother to the dreary town of Forks, WA with her father Charlie. When she goes to her new school she seems to catch the eye a mysterious boy by the name of Edward Cullens. Their first encounter does not go the way Bella had expected with Edward storming out of the classroom. Later as time goes by she comes to find out that Edward has feelings for her, but he seems to be fighting them for some reason. However, they seem to have a connection to one another...more

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Oct 23, 2011 Kelly Herta rated it 4 of 5 stars

It is really hard to get into the characters and their motivations and such in a graphic novel, but I think students will love this version of Twilight as much as the original version. The artist's idea of how the main characters look is pretty good, as they are all handsome and beautiful in the book (and in the movie) and now, in the graphic novel. I thought Jacob was handsomer in the graphic novel, though. The graphics in Volume one were most in black white and gray shades. It gave a very dark...more It is really hard to get into the characters and their motivations and such in a graphic novel, but I think students will love this version of Twilight as much as the original version. The artist's idea of how the main characters look is pretty good, as they are all handsome and beautiful in the book (and in the movie) and now, in the graphic novel. I thought Jacob was handsomer in the graphic novel, though. The graphics in Volume one were most in black white and gray shades. It gave a very dark feeling to the book. Volume two had the same shades but occasionally there was a red or an orange in that brighten it up. I think the graphics were well done. The book moves at a fast pace and it is an easy read. The adapter of this book, Young Tan, successfully touches on all the highlights of the original book.

This is the story of Bella, a teenager who moves to Forks, WA to live with her father. It is a town that is usually dark and gloomy weather-wise and the sun doesn't shine very often. Bella enrolls in school and meets Edward Cullen. He seems nice and handsome but Bella thinks he doesn't like her. He is attracted to her and that is the problem, for he has a secret. He is a vampire.. He finally talks to her and they grow close. Bella suspects things are not normal with him, like he is always cold to the touch and his eyes change color. A friend, Jacob, tells her that the Cullen's are vampires. Bella looks up information on the internet and questions Edward. He tells her the truth but she isn't afraid of him. They fall in love. She meets the other people in his family; they are all vampires. Most of them accept her presence with Edward. Alice Cullen can see things and she see that others like them are in the area. They meet and one of the the other male Vampires likes Bell's scent. The Cullen's realize this and try to hide Bella from him but he tricks them all and gets Bella to come to Phoenix under the guise that he has kidnapped her mom. Just as he is ready to attack her, Edward and Jasper Cullen come to the rescue. Bella ended up in the hospital but lives. She tells Edward that she wants to be like him. He tries to talk her out of it, for the time being.
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Sep 18, 2011 Bookworm Amir rated it 3 of 5 stars

Despite being one of those people, (guys) who hate Twilight because of its associated feminism (and ugliness of that white vampire dude Edward), the graphic novel was WAYYY better than the film or the book for that matter.

Yes, the graphic novel was better.

I didn't really, wasn't really INTO the film when I watched it. It was watchable. I did it for my girlfriend too, haha. No harm there.

But this graphic novel, art-wise, which was 'arted' by Young Kim, was great, although a bit white washed somet...more

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Aug 11, 2011 Andrea rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: EVERYONE

Shelves: owned

OH. MY. GOD. When I first read the Twilight series, I adored it. I was blinded by the intense love and devotion that are what teenage fantasies are made of. So blinded that I didn't even notice the sub-par writing, lack of plot and, and the Mary Sue protagonist with absolutely no redeeming qualities. Bella is referred to as a heroine, but what type of heroine is she? WHO did she save? Herself. She didn't save the general public from anything (that she didn't bring on herself).

These are the reaso...more

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Aug 07, 2011 Marina rated it 5 of 5 stars

I am actually very impressed by this book. I was a little heisitant about picking up this book, because I usually find that if a movie becomes a comic book it doesn't do the story justice. I thought that the first half of Twilight really came out in this book. The story was very simply written and even though it didn't have every single detail in it, it did a pretty good job following the story line.

I was extremly impressed by the art in this book. Young Kim, did just an amazing job, even to th...more

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Jul 26, 2011 Justin rated it 1 of 5 stars

No... he didn't?

Oh, yes he did!

That's right, I fucking read Twilight or, at least, the graphic novel adaptation. You may be asking yourself, “Why? Why would you do this?” Even if you're not, I'm going to answer that question, so you might as well take a moment and ask. Go ahead, I'll wait.

Elementary, whatever your name is! I write a blog criticizing abuses of the comic book medium and the Twilight: the Graphic Novel easily falls within that category.

I sincerely doubt Stephanie Meyer was aiming f...more

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Jul 24, 2011 Ta§chima Cullen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-own, 4-star-shelf

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I don't think this book needs a full on review, but I'll give you my two cents. As far as adaptations go this one nailed it. It shows you the scenes and dialogue that really matters while cutting most of the prolonged boring crap. Success!

I loved the art. It's basically the sole reason I bought this book. I mean I already read the entire Twilight series so the main draw of this book is to see it in a new platform. All I got to say is that it looks bette...more

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I was born in Connecticut in 1973, during a brief blip in my family's otherwise western U.S. existence. We were settled in Phoenix by the time I was four, and I think of myself as a native. The unusual spelling of my name was a gift from my father, Stephen (+ ie = me). Though I have had my name spelled wrong on pretty much everything my entire life long, I must admit that it makes it easier to goo...more I was born in Connecticut in 1973, during a brief blip in my family's otherwise western U.S. existence. We were settled in Phoenix by the time I was four, and I think of myself as a native. The unusual spelling of my name was a gift from my father, Stephen (+ ie = me). Though I have had my name spelled wrong on pretty much everything my entire life long, I must admit that it makes it easier to google myself now.
I filled the "Jan Brady" spot in my family-the second of three girls. Unlike the Brady's, none of my three brothers are steps, and all of them are younger than all the girls. I went to high school in Scottsdale, Arizona, the kind of place where every fall a few girls would come back to school with new noses and there were Porsches in the student lot (for the record, I have my original nose, and never had a car until after I was in my twenties). I was awarded a National Merit Scholarship, and I used it to pay my way to Brigham Young University, in Provo, Utah. I majored in English, but concentrated on literature rather than creative writing, mostly because I didn't consider reading books "work" (as long as I was going to be doing something anyway, I might as well get course credit for it, right?).
I met my husband, Pancho (his real name is Christiaan), when I was four, but we were never anywhere close to being childhood sweethearts. In fact, though we saw each other at least weekly through church activities, I can't recall a single instance when we so much as greeted each other with a friendly wave, let alone exchanged actual words. This may have been for the best, because when we did eventually get around to exchanging words, sixteen years after our first meeting, it only took nine months from the first "hello" to the wedding. Of course, we were able to skip over a lot of the getting to know you parts (many of our conversations would go something like this: "This one time, when I was ten, I broke my hand at a party when-" "Yeah, I know what happened. I was there, remember?") We've been married for ten and a half years now, and have three beautiful, brilliant, wonderful boys who often remind me chimpanzees on crack. I can't write without music, and my biggest muse is, ironically enough, the band Muse. My other favorite sources of inspiration are Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Coldplay, The All American Rejects, Travis, The Strokes, Brand New, U2, Kasabian, Jimmy Eat World, and Weezer, to mention a few.(less)

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