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Twilight: The Graphic Novel #1
Twilight: La graphic novel, Vol. 1
Non avevo mai pensato seriamente alla mia morte - nonostante nei mesi precedenti ne avessi avuta più di un'occasione, ma di sicuro non l'avrei immaginata così.Forks, stato di Washington. Isabella Swan si è appena trasferita in una delle città più piovose d'America, ma quando vi incontra il misterioso Edward Cullen, la sua vita prende una piega inaspettata e pericolosa.
Era senz'altro una bella maniera di morire, sacrificarmi per un'altra persona, qualcuno che amavo.
La pelle diafana, i capelli color bronzo, la voce avvolgente, il ragazzo è algido e impenetrabile, talmente bello da sembrare irreale e finora è riuscito a mantenere nascosto il suo segreto, ma Bella ha tutte le intenzione di svelarlo. Quello che ancora non sa è che più gli si avvicinerà, più metterà a repentaglio la proprio a vita e quella di chi le sta accanto...
Maginificamente adattato, questo primo volume sarà un must per tutti i collezionisti e i fan della saga di Twilight.
224 pages, Paperback
First published March 16, 2010
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February 14, 2018
Hahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa… I’ve always wondered what getting dosed with Joker Toxin was like - and now I know!
Oooooooooooooooh kay. So: a disclaimer to start with for those wunnering what the hey am I doing reading Twilight The Graphic Novel in the first place. Your instincts are right: it wasn’t my idea! It’s my totally disproportionate punishment for making Anne read Vader, as suggested by
Artemy (yeah, don’t think I forgot it was your idea in the first place, you wily Russian!), and it’s totally unfair. Vader is a solid three star read – Twilight – FUCKING TWILIGHT!!! - was only ever going to be a solid dogshit read!
But you humour the elderly, don’t you? Especially the batty ones, bless. Plus it’s Valentine’s Day which means… something to someone, somewhere. And for those involved in insisting this happen – you know who you are – as well as the aforementioned, consider this my anti-valentine’s to all youse slobs!
(And a special tip of the hat to Ran for making the awesome banner above - I highly recommend reading her reviews; she’s one of the good ones.)
So, here it is. Take it away, Heath!
Once upon a time… a vampire, a werewolf and an idiot formed a love triangle and made a Mormon housewife a multi-millionaire.
It sounds like the setup to a joke – except there’s no punchline (unless you count getting rope-a-doped into reading it)! I don’t think I need to summarise the plot any further as bloody everyone knows the stupid story of Twilight even though if you’ve got a penus chances are you haven’t read it. Team Edward, Team Jacob – I was always (and staunchly remain) Team Who Gives A Flying Fuck?!
And right away the whole mess falls apart because at no point is it convincing that Bella the idiot is going to go for anyone but Dead Ed – Jacob Abs is always the useless third wheel.
I just caught myself there for a moment: I’m actually bothering to critique Twilight in detail. It’s like having to explain why painting your junk red and jiggling them in front of a bull is a bad idea. Everyone already knows this crap is, well, crap! Alright, let’s just white knuckle this sucker and get the hell out of dodge!
So let’s talk about Edward Cullen, aka Shovel Face (gawd bless those Honest Trailers), the sole reason why this drek got so unfathomably popular in the first place.
Edward’s not a vampire. He can walk about in the daytime and all that shizness about garlic, crosses and coffins is out the window. He likes blood (but he’s “vegetarian” as he only drinks animal blood, not human, ohohoho, my fucking sides are a-splitting), is immortally young and he can move fast. That’s not a vampire. Oh and he SPARKLES during the twilight hour of the day! Wh… WHY?! Is that what women want: their blokes to literally light up like a fucking Christmas tree when the sun sets?! If he’s a vampire I’m Martha Stewart.
Really: what’s so appealing about this personality vacuum?? He’s generically good-looking – is that all? Is it because he’s over a hundred years old but he looks perpetually 15, a mixture of (supposed) wisdom and beauty? I guess the forbidden fruit angle or something lame like that. God, some people are so easy to please!
Maybe it’s explained in the novel proper but I have no idea why Edward goes to high school in the first place. The last thing I’d do as a vampire is waste my time attending some shitty Midwest high school! No clue either what he sees in Bella, the blankest of blank slates. Or what Bella sees in Edward for that matter. Sigh… contrived romance, thy name is Twilight.
Buhh… almost there…
Nothing happens in this book. Bella goes dress shopping, goes to dinner, faints during biology class, goes on a camping trip where she meets Personality Vacuum #2 aka Jacob, wonders moronically whether Edward’s really a vampire or a superhero, there’s the hint of a mugging – that scene was so poorly written/drawn and rushed that it wasn’t clear what was going on or why. This book is over 200 pages long!
The dialogue in general is too dull to bear repeating but this clunky line in particular really spoke to me. Ed’s just saved Bella from a mugging(?), then suddenly starts flapping and says: "Before I turn around and hunt down those.. just prattle about something unimportant until I calm down!" I felt like saying “Oh! Hey, Edward, here’s an entire book full of garbage that fulfils exactly that purpose!!”
Artist Young Kim draws the book manga-style because women comics readers predominantly tend to read manga and the publisher knows that this comic’s audience is gonna be mostly women. I guess it’s skilful – I can’t talk, I can just about manage stickmen! – though all the characters look like mindless kawaii dolls.
Alright, let’s wrap a bow on this turd!
I’ll be honest. I could pretend and say this was the worst comic I’ve ever read but I’ve been reading Marvel and DC comics for years and as a result have built up quite a high threshold for painfully bad books. But Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 is still down there. It’s an unoriginal waste of time - a plotless, inane, and unconvincing pseudo-romance full of bland non-characters vapidly and meaninglessly in love. Like most pop culture at this level (think the Transformers movies and Fidget Spinners), I was bored and annoyed the entire time and found the whole thing drearily pathetic. The book would’ve been vastly improved with a character there purely to slap the others for being twats. Know what else sparkles? A brass knuckle sammich!
HAPPY VALENTINE’S MUTHAFUCKAS!!!!1
Oooooooooooooooh kay. So: a disclaimer to start with for those wunnering what the hey am I doing reading Twilight The Graphic Novel in the first place. Your instincts are right: it wasn’t my idea! It’s my totally disproportionate punishment for making Anne read Vader, as suggested by
Artemy (yeah, don’t think I forgot it was your idea in the first place, you wily Russian!), and it’s totally unfair. Vader is a solid three star read – Twilight – FUCKING TWILIGHT!!! - was only ever going to be a solid dogshit read!
But you humour the elderly, don’t you? Especially the batty ones, bless. Plus it’s Valentine’s Day which means… something to someone, somewhere. And for those involved in insisting this happen – you know who you are – as well as the aforementioned, consider this my anti-valentine’s to all youse slobs!
(And a special tip of the hat to Ran for making the awesome banner above - I highly recommend reading her reviews; she’s one of the good ones.)
So, here it is. Take it away, Heath!
Once upon a time… a vampire, a werewolf and an idiot formed a love triangle and made a Mormon housewife a multi-millionaire.
It sounds like the setup to a joke – except there’s no punchline (unless you count getting rope-a-doped into reading it)! I don’t think I need to summarise the plot any further as bloody everyone knows the stupid story of Twilight even though if you’ve got a penus chances are you haven’t read it. Team Edward, Team Jacob – I was always (and staunchly remain) Team Who Gives A Flying Fuck?!
And right away the whole mess falls apart because at no point is it convincing that Bella the idiot is going to go for anyone but Dead Ed – Jacob Abs is always the useless third wheel.
I just caught myself there for a moment: I’m actually bothering to critique Twilight in detail. It’s like having to explain why painting your junk red and jiggling them in front of a bull is a bad idea. Everyone already knows this crap is, well, crap! Alright, let’s just white knuckle this sucker and get the hell out of dodge!
So let’s talk about Edward Cullen, aka Shovel Face (gawd bless those Honest Trailers), the sole reason why this drek got so unfathomably popular in the first place.
Edward’s not a vampire. He can walk about in the daytime and all that shizness about garlic, crosses and coffins is out the window. He likes blood (but he’s “vegetarian” as he only drinks animal blood, not human, ohohoho, my fucking sides are a-splitting), is immortally young and he can move fast. That’s not a vampire. Oh and he SPARKLES during the twilight hour of the day! Wh… WHY?! Is that what women want: their blokes to literally light up like a fucking Christmas tree when the sun sets?! If he’s a vampire I’m Martha Stewart.
Really: what’s so appealing about this personality vacuum?? He’s generically good-looking – is that all? Is it because he’s over a hundred years old but he looks perpetually 15, a mixture of (supposed) wisdom and beauty? I guess the forbidden fruit angle or something lame like that. God, some people are so easy to please!
Maybe it’s explained in the novel proper but I have no idea why Edward goes to high school in the first place. The last thing I’d do as a vampire is waste my time attending some shitty Midwest high school! No clue either what he sees in Bella, the blankest of blank slates. Or what Bella sees in Edward for that matter. Sigh… contrived romance, thy name is Twilight.
Buhh… almost there…
Nothing happens in this book. Bella goes dress shopping, goes to dinner, faints during biology class, goes on a camping trip where she meets Personality Vacuum #2 aka Jacob, wonders moronically whether Edward’s really a vampire or a superhero, there’s the hint of a mugging – that scene was so poorly written/drawn and rushed that it wasn’t clear what was going on or why. This book is over 200 pages long!
The dialogue in general is too dull to bear repeating but this clunky line in particular really spoke to me. Ed’s just saved Bella from a mugging(?), then suddenly starts flapping and says: "Before I turn around and hunt down those.. just prattle about something unimportant until I calm down!" I felt like saying “Oh! Hey, Edward, here’s an entire book full of garbage that fulfils exactly that purpose!!”
Artist Young Kim draws the book manga-style because women comics readers predominantly tend to read manga and the publisher knows that this comic’s audience is gonna be mostly women. I guess it’s skilful – I can’t talk, I can just about manage stickmen! – though all the characters look like mindless kawaii dolls.
Alright, let’s wrap a bow on this turd!
I’ll be honest. I could pretend and say this was the worst comic I’ve ever read but I’ve been reading Marvel and DC comics for years and as a result have built up quite a high threshold for painfully bad books. But Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 is still down there. It’s an unoriginal waste of time - a plotless, inane, and unconvincing pseudo-romance full of bland non-characters vapidly and meaninglessly in love. Like most pop culture at this level (think the Transformers movies and Fidget Spinners), I was bored and annoyed the entire time and found the whole thing drearily pathetic. The book would’ve been vastly improved with a character there purely to slap the others for being twats. Know what else sparkles? A brass knuckle sammich!
HAPPY VALENTINE’S MUTHAFUCKAS!!!!1
December 9, 2014
This book was a little sporadic but I enjoyed it! Obviously it's not the full novel so a lot of lines were cut but I liked getting to see a lot of parts that weren't in the movie! I did find it strange that some scenes looked like stills from the movie, but whatever I guess! I want to get volume 2!
May 7, 2017
You should know that I was a fangirl at the time Twilight hit cinemas. I read all the books, saw all the movies and was very much in love with the series in the beginning. I hadn't read much YA up until that point, so I wasn't really aware of all the tropes. Also, I didn't care about the 100+ years old stalker/pedophile. It was all very romantic to me. I wanted a love all consuming, like Bella and Edward had. New Moon was torture for me because it kept them apart. It's my least favorite book in the series.
So reading this graphic novel is all about nostalgia for me. It's me trying to recapture that feeling I had for the franchise in the beginning. You know, I actually get butterflies in my stomach from great book romances. The graphic novel didn't necessarily give me that feeling, but it helped me remember how I first fell in love with the Twilight phenomenon.
So reading this graphic novel is all about nostalgia for me. It's me trying to recapture that feeling I had for the franchise in the beginning. You know, I actually get butterflies in my stomach from great book romances. The graphic novel didn't necessarily give me that feeling, but it helped me remember how I first fell in love with the Twilight phenomenon.
August 29, 2017
Yup, I read this. Don't you dare judge me. *narrows eyes*
My most nostalgic Twilight memories as a teen:
Alright, let's get down to the nitty-gritty of things.
Is this a literary masterpiece? Of course not. But it's definitely a guilty pleasure of mine! It's replete with insta-love, cringe-worthy scenes, and sparkly vampires.
I do, however, prefer the graphic novel adaptation over the movies and original books. Why? Most of the awkward scenes are omitted and hold your panties, Bella is LESS annoying too. OHMYGAH.
I immensely enjoyed the art work as well. A good portion of the novel is black and white, but I loved how the reader was given a burst of colour every now and then. The illustrations of Edward were so swoon-worthy that I felt myself starting to fall for him all over again.
Attention: Please skip over below image if you are allergic to cheese.
My most nostalgic Twilight memories as a teen:
1. My grandmother walking into my room and telling me that reading for four hours straight is not good for my eyes and that sooner or later my body will require food;
2. I was so obsessed with Kristin Stewart that I dyed my hair auburn, purchased the same gray dress she wore for a Much Music interview--all for my grad photos!;
3. In grade 12, I snuck into a movie theatre with the help of some badass friends because tickets to the last movie were sold out. Obvs I wasn't about to let that stop me or the law for that matter; and (finally)
4. The beautiful New Moon poster on my bedroom wall. (#RIP, it didn't survive the move to my new home)
Alright, let's get down to the nitty-gritty of things.
Is this a literary masterpiece? Of course not. But it's definitely a guilty pleasure of mine! It's replete with insta-love, cringe-worthy scenes, and sparkly vampires.
I do, however, prefer the graphic novel adaptation over the movies and original books. Why? Most of the awkward scenes are omitted and hold your panties, Bella is LESS annoying too. OHMYGAH.
I immensely enjoyed the art work as well. A good portion of the novel is black and white, but I loved how the reader was given a burst of colour every now and then. The illustrations of Edward were so swoon-worthy that I felt myself starting to fall for him all over again.
Attention: Please skip over below image if you are allergic to cheese.
Twihards: Do I even need to convince you to read this?
Potential Twihards: If you're too scared to touch the original series, even with a 10-foot pole, then I suggest you give this graphic novel series a try!
Twihaters: I apologize if my review has triggered any horrible memories of the crazed 'Twilight' era.
Over and out.
May 16, 2016
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 abbreviated, not giving as much of Bella's thoughts, but enough to communicate her personality. Edward is also well communicated, in the drawings, the written physical actions, and of course in his words, which I'll reiterate is faithful to the novel.
I highly recommend it to any fan. I'm curious if it brings in new readers.
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 abbreviated, not giving as much of Bella's thoughts, but enough to communicate her personality. Edward is also well communicated, in the drawings, the written physical actions, and of course in his words, which I'll reiterate is faithful to the novel.
I highly recommend it to any fan. I'm curious if it brings in new readers.
December 19, 2021
Why did no one told me this existed ?? i had absolutely no clue omg
i'm gonna be honest, the only thing that i liked about this was the way the illustrator drew Bella, that's it. These characters are unhinged, Bella gets on my nerves and i'm not gonna talk about Edward ...
i'm gonna be honest, the only thing that i liked about this was the way the illustrator drew Bella, that's it. These characters are unhinged, Bella gets on my nerves and i'm not gonna talk about Edward ...
March 7, 2018
Illustrations are done very beautifully. I liked it better than the movie. I enjoyed it very much.
Want to read
February 25, 2018Picked this up at a library sale for like 30 cents. AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I don't even care if the story sucks. The art is gorgeous and all the pages are glossed. Whoa.
May 17, 2020
Bella'yı her okuduğumda sinir oluyorum. Mal karı.
January 5, 2024
Unfortunately for you all, I am in fact a Twilight girlie so out of insanity and curiosity, I had to buy this when I found it in a charity shop. Now, I was not expecting a masterpiece. I wasn’t, however, expecting it to be as awful as it was.
Starting with the positives of this one, I do think the art was really good. So no disrespect to the artist who this is in collaboration with, I think their art was super cute and definitely the only good thing about it. Alongside that there is the fact that it took me less than an hour to read, which means the suffering wasn’t too prolonged.
The actual graphic design of the story and the placement and aesthetic of the font and text boxes were awful. I know this was published a decade ago but I reckon I still could’ve made it look a million times better in 2010 myself as a child. It was visually horrifying to look at and try and read through. The actual speech and text itself too didn’t read very fluidly, it felt very off rhythm and odd.
The order of events in comparison to the book is slightly different, which was driving me crazy. The story doesn’t unfold in the same chronological order at all, and the tiny details were different. I know in the grand scheme of things it’s not a big deal because they’re separate pieces of art they probably weren’t intended to be exactly the same, but I feel like it just doesn't do the original story justice. It almost changes things completely so if someone were to read this first and then go on to read the book, they’d be confused. It wasn’t just once or twice either, it happened repeatedly.
Alongside this, if you actually don’t know the original Twilight story or have any previous background context for the events that take place, reading this actually won’t make sense to you. I find it skips a lot of scenes that would give the bigger picture and a better understanding of the entire story. The scene skips are very sporadic and jumpy, which leaves you going from one scene to something completely different on the next page. It was just very odd, and made for a very unstructured and jolting reading experience. It was just all over the place, and I had to fill in the gaps myself.
Even if you have extreme Twilight brainrot like myself, would not recommend. It is so bad it will make you laugh.
Starting with the positives of this one, I do think the art was really good. So no disrespect to the artist who this is in collaboration with, I think their art was super cute and definitely the only good thing about it. Alongside that there is the fact that it took me less than an hour to read, which means the suffering wasn’t too prolonged.
The actual graphic design of the story and the placement and aesthetic of the font and text boxes were awful. I know this was published a decade ago but I reckon I still could’ve made it look a million times better in 2010 myself as a child. It was visually horrifying to look at and try and read through. The actual speech and text itself too didn’t read very fluidly, it felt very off rhythm and odd.
The order of events in comparison to the book is slightly different, which was driving me crazy. The story doesn’t unfold in the same chronological order at all, and the tiny details were different. I know in the grand scheme of things it’s not a big deal because they’re separate pieces of art they probably weren’t intended to be exactly the same, but I feel like it just doesn't do the original story justice. It almost changes things completely so if someone were to read this first and then go on to read the book, they’d be confused. It wasn’t just once or twice either, it happened repeatedly.
Alongside this, if you actually don’t know the original Twilight story or have any previous background context for the events that take place, reading this actually won’t make sense to you. I find it skips a lot of scenes that would give the bigger picture and a better understanding of the entire story. The scene skips are very sporadic and jumpy, which leaves you going from one scene to something completely different on the next page. It was just very odd, and made for a very unstructured and jolting reading experience. It was just all over the place, and I had to fill in the gaps myself.
Even if you have extreme Twilight brainrot like myself, would not recommend. It is so bad it will make you laugh.
June 1, 2020
Love it. So happy the characters look like they should be and not like the movie. I've always thought the movies were terrible miscast.
April 11, 2025
Drogaaaaa puraaaaaa
Tienen que leerlo YA
WELCOME BACK OLD LITERATURA JUVENIL
Nunca leí TWILIGHT.
Tuve mi etapa fangirl desde pequeña, pero por las películas y sinceramente, verlas ya es casi tradición cada que puedo.
Recuerdo que me regalaron el segundo libro hace años, pero simplemente no fue para mí.
No obstante, le tengo mucho cariño a la historia y siempre ando viendo datos sobre los libros + los personajes + la historia.
ES UN MUNDO DEL QUE NO ME CANSOOOOO.
Ahora si, decidí leer la novela gráfica, porque ya había leído otras adaptaciones de mis libros juveniles protegidos como Legend, Fangirl y Cazadores de sombras, me habían gustado mucho y pensé que sería épico leer Crepúsculo por lo menos de esta manera.
FUE TODA UNA PASADAAAAAA Y AHORA HASTA ME DIERON GANAS DE LEER LOS LIBROS.
Todas las ilustraciones son muy bonitas y toda la información presentada es interesante de leer, NO PODÍA PARAR de leer y eso es algo que apludo muchísimo.
Edward siempre será mi crush de juventud y la verdad, lo recordaré siempre.
Es un personaje épico y creo que todos sabemos quién es.
Esto funciona si leíste los libros y si no, también, porque todos nos enamoramos del Vampiro que se enamoró de la humana, en algún punto.
+ Hay detalles muy bonitos de ambos aquí.
Tienen que leerlo YA
WELCOME BACK OLD LITERATURA JUVENIL
Nunca leí TWILIGHT.
Tuve mi etapa fangirl desde pequeña, pero por las películas y sinceramente, verlas ya es casi tradición cada que puedo.
Recuerdo que me regalaron el segundo libro hace años, pero simplemente no fue para mí.
No obstante, le tengo mucho cariño a la historia y siempre ando viendo datos sobre los libros + los personajes + la historia.
ES UN MUNDO DEL QUE NO ME CANSOOOOO.
Ahora si, decidí leer la novela gráfica, porque ya había leído otras adaptaciones de mis libros juveniles protegidos como Legend, Fangirl y Cazadores de sombras, me habían gustado mucho y pensé que sería épico leer Crepúsculo por lo menos de esta manera.
FUE TODA UNA PASADAAAAAA Y AHORA HASTA ME DIERON GANAS DE LEER LOS LIBROS.
Todas las ilustraciones son muy bonitas y toda la información presentada es interesante de leer, NO PODÍA PARAR de leer y eso es algo que apludo muchísimo.
Edward siempre será mi crush de juventud y la verdad, lo recordaré siempre.
Es un personaje épico y creo que todos sabemos quién es.
Esto funciona si leíste los libros y si no, también, porque todos nos enamoramos del Vampiro que se enamoró de la humana, en algún punto.
+ Hay detalles muy bonitos de ambos aquí.
May 21, 2023
3 🍎
okay so ive read about 80% of twilight before and then i found this and decided to try! btw this is only the first 1/2 of the first twilight book, so i didn’t get any spoilers, but twilight, in the novel format, is in my tbr and its super fast according to my memory of it!
🍎
okay so ive read about 80% of twilight before and then i found this and decided to try! btw this is only the first 1/2 of the first twilight book, so i didn’t get any spoilers, but twilight, in the novel format, is in my tbr and its super fast according to my memory of it!
🍎
March 17, 2010
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!
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!
January 13, 2018
Bellissimi i disegni della Graphic Novel! Mi mancava questa storia, quindi ho deciso finalmente di leggere la versione Graphic Novel e l'ho amata :D
October 18, 2024
3,5⭐️
Fun fun fun~~~~
Fun fun fun~~~~
March 16, 2010
It took one hour to read this magnificent graphic novel, but oh, what a fantastic 60 minutes it was!
SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!
Let me just say that the artist, Young Kim, is one talented lady, and she has breathed new life into a classic vampire series. She captures the quiet beauty of Bella Swan, making her look lovely, but in an unadorned way that we have always pictured, but have never seen. She combines her own artistry with live shots, and the results are stunning. You feel as if you are truly stepping into the wet and slippery world of Forks, Washington, immersing yourself in a world where humans, werewolves and vampires co-exist unwittingly. What made this graphic novel such a easy page-turner is not just the knock-out drawings, but the layout as well, which is key to the enjoyment of any graphic novel. Kim has been able to give a face to all our favorite characters, and where she resoundingly succeeds is in her depiction of Edward. No slight to the handsome Robert Pattinson, but this is the way I had imagined Edward Cullen to look like - gorgeous and other-worldly in his male beauty.
For those of us who know the story like the back of our hand, this first volume concludes with Bella and Edward leaving the forest, with the initial secrets of vampires revealed in their pretty swath of forest. We all know how it starts, where it's going, and how it ends, but my goodness, I cannot wait for the next installment. Let's hope Stephenie Meyer will give her blessing for the three other books, because as of right now, only Twilight is getting the graphic novel treatment. I highly recommend this book to all fans of Twilight, vampire lovers, and reluctant readers who need a more aesthetically pleasing introduction to the world of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen. For grades 5th and up. Enjoy!
SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!
Let me just say that the artist, Young Kim, is one talented lady, and she has breathed new life into a classic vampire series. She captures the quiet beauty of Bella Swan, making her look lovely, but in an unadorned way that we have always pictured, but have never seen. She combines her own artistry with live shots, and the results are stunning. You feel as if you are truly stepping into the wet and slippery world of Forks, Washington, immersing yourself in a world where humans, werewolves and vampires co-exist unwittingly. What made this graphic novel such a easy page-turner is not just the knock-out drawings, but the layout as well, which is key to the enjoyment of any graphic novel. Kim has been able to give a face to all our favorite characters, and where she resoundingly succeeds is in her depiction of Edward. No slight to the handsome Robert Pattinson, but this is the way I had imagined Edward Cullen to look like - gorgeous and other-worldly in his male beauty.
For those of us who know the story like the back of our hand, this first volume concludes with Bella and Edward leaving the forest, with the initial secrets of vampires revealed in their pretty swath of forest. We all know how it starts, where it's going, and how it ends, but my goodness, I cannot wait for the next installment. Let's hope Stephenie Meyer will give her blessing for the three other books, because as of right now, only Twilight is getting the graphic novel treatment. I highly recommend this book to all fans of Twilight, vampire lovers, and reluctant readers who need a more aesthetically pleasing introduction to the world of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen. For grades 5th and up. Enjoy!
May 21, 2020
I had all hardcopies back in India. Delighted to find #1 in KU. After all the hype of Midnight Sun, probably my mind was craving some Twilight action 🤓
August 7, 2020
3,5
Het is wel leuk om het eens in dit format te lezen. De tekeningen zijn ook echt mooi, maar ik had het liever in kleur gehad.
Het is wel leuk om het eens in dit format te lezen. De tekeningen zijn ook echt mooi, maar ik had het liever in kleur gehad.
May 15, 2010
Warning: DO NOT READ THIS BOOK!!!!
God, did you ever make a total shame of manga....Stephenie Meyer, you just have no shame whatsoever. The manga art is ugly, non-proffesional, and just bad to look at. It has no real talent like traditional, NON-WANNABE artist. After reading this book I can now see that Stephenie Meyer is just greedy for money. I'm sorry, but I no longer have any respect to this series. It's not even worth to be serialized in a 'manga' because it will just show how positively stupid it is and that it is not worth reading any farther than the first or maybe even the second book.
Worst book I have ever seen/read/heard of in my LIFE. Definate waste of paper, time of the artist (who like I had said isn't even that great of an artist) and even bothering to rewrite the story into a manga format.
Only recomend it to brainwashed fans of Twilight who still fail to see that this is nothing but a making of big money or to people who just want to kill some time and end up completely disappointed.
Also want to note that if any of you are wondering why I read this book if I hated the series so much: I positively love manga. It's what I live for, almost. So even though I had a deep hatrid for Twilight I had really nothing to do and I saw this on the shelves of my public library thinking 'Oh wll, it's free and it's manga, so why not atleats bother reading', right? Haha, WRONG This was not even worth taking out from the library it was so horrible. I can now see why someone had even decided to donate this to the library, either because they hated the book just as much (or more) than me, or that, for a better reason, they wanted for other people to ee the stupidity and spread the word that Twilight has just found a new form of rock bottom, and just gave shame a new image.
Definate waste of time. I wanted to write this review simply to vent out my feelings. This joins Twilight on my Bookshelf of Shame, or maybe I should create a Bookshelf of Idiocy and Stupidity Not Even Worth Your Money? Hum?
If I could give this less than one star, I so wish I would, cause it doesn't even deserve one star.
God, did you ever make a total shame of manga....Stephenie Meyer, you just have no shame whatsoever. The manga art is ugly, non-proffesional, and just bad to look at. It has no real talent like traditional, NON-WANNABE artist. After reading this book I can now see that Stephenie Meyer is just greedy for money. I'm sorry, but I no longer have any respect to this series. It's not even worth to be serialized in a 'manga' because it will just show how positively stupid it is and that it is not worth reading any farther than the first or maybe even the second book.
Worst book I have ever seen/read/heard of in my LIFE. Definate waste of paper, time of the artist (who like I had said isn't even that great of an artist) and even bothering to rewrite the story into a manga format.
Only recomend it to brainwashed fans of Twilight who still fail to see that this is nothing but a making of big money or to people who just want to kill some time and end up completely disappointed.
Also want to note that if any of you are wondering why I read this book if I hated the series so much: I positively love manga. It's what I live for, almost. So even though I had a deep hatrid for Twilight I had really nothing to do and I saw this on the shelves of my public library thinking 'Oh wll, it's free and it's manga, so why not atleats bother reading', right? Haha, WRONG This was not even worth taking out from the library it was so horrible. I can now see why someone had even decided to donate this to the library, either because they hated the book just as much (or more) than me, or that, for a better reason, they wanted for other people to ee the stupidity and spread the word that Twilight has just found a new form of rock bottom, and just gave shame a new image.
Definate waste of time. I wanted to write this review simply to vent out my feelings. This joins Twilight on my Bookshelf of Shame, or maybe I should create a Bookshelf of Idiocy and Stupidity Not Even Worth Your Money? Hum?
If I could give this less than one star, I so wish I would, cause it doesn't even deserve one star.
May 20, 2012
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 haters and some lovers-- that the audience of readers is very split on whether this is a good or bad book. So I tried this book, with very unbiased opinion, from the library.
Let me just say that I threw it across the room after the first 30 pages.
Yes, it was that bad. I mean, the plotline was just plain badly imagined, poorly written, and some of the illustrations were quite obviously printed right on the page. Meaning, the backgrounds were not envisioned by the illustrator, but REAL PHOTOGRAPHS. Who DOES that???? Isn't that taking credit for someone else's work, just like using your name for something someone else did? Am I WRONG in thinking this?!?
So, yeah. I would not, repeat WOULD NOT recommend this to anyone besides those too blinded by the love of a crappy, sodden-with-pointless-love-triangles plot to part with such a TERRIBLE book. Please, do spare me. I did myself when I returned this book, pronto.
I was also aware that this, like so many popular books, has had some haters and some lovers-- that the audience of readers is very split on whether this is a good or bad book. So I tried this book, with very unbiased opinion, from the library.
Let me just say that I threw it across the room after the first 30 pages.
Yes, it was that bad. I mean, the plotline was just plain badly imagined, poorly written, and some of the illustrations were quite obviously printed right on the page. Meaning, the backgrounds were not envisioned by the illustrator, but REAL PHOTOGRAPHS. Who DOES that???? Isn't that taking credit for someone else's work, just like using your name for something someone else did? Am I WRONG in thinking this?!?
So, yeah. I would not, repeat WOULD NOT recommend this to anyone besides those too blinded by the love of a crappy, sodden-with-pointless-love-triangles plot to part with such a TERRIBLE book. Please, do spare me. I did myself when I returned this book, pronto.
March 20, 2017
3.5 stars.
Brilliant art work - that's what really won me over with this!
Brilliant art work - that's what really won me over with this!
October 18, 2023
Festiwal cringu XDDDD LASKA WIE ŻE ON JEST WAMPIREM I JEDNA Z PIERWSZYCH SIE DOMYŚLIŁA MIMO ZE CALENOWIE SA POPULARNI❗ gdzie tu logika? To nawet na dwie nie zasługuje XDDDD co to wgl jest? Naprawdę nmg XDDDD pierw początek jest jak w filmie ale maskra jest dla mnie dalej, nie dziwię się że nigdy nie przeczytałam zwykłej książki bo to aż mnie boli w serce i poprsotu f u j. Lubię wampiry więc ta jedna gwiazdka na plus ale reszta? Koszmar
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October 25, 2018
DNF at 40 pages
I-I just, no? Okay?
Maybe in high school? But probably then, probably even not.
This takes everything that was halfway decent in the books, shits on it, and continues with the crappiest of poopooness.
Right from the beginning, Bella is self-sacrificing to the max. She's selflessly giving her life up for someone else in the prologue, she's exiling herself to rainy and poopy Forks, Washington, so that her mother and step-father can have a new life together, and she is...well, she's just a wet dishrag of a human being.
It's a little much, particularly when the self-exile isn't explained and has Bella coming off as more whiny, angsty, spoiled teenager than anything. Her constant bitching about the weather, the rain, the tininess of the town and the school, her bedroom, her truck, her father, her friends-that-can't-be-friends-because-they're-not-the-mysterious-and-gorgeous-Cullens, the Cullens' ancient names (okay, Isabella), it's just...I just want to shake her and shout, "Bloom where you're planted!" Or...at least keep the griping to yourself?
Talk about a buzzkill.
Then there's the Gary Stu in vampire form: Edward Cullens.
His anger practically oozes off the page. His fists are always clenched, he's always staring at her. Even when he's "nice" he's still a colossal dickhead.
And of course Bella is absolutely intrigued by this man that she's angered with her mere existence.
Okay, some things that I've apparently overlooked in the book because it's been so long since I've read the first one (or the rest) and I've purged the story from my mind:
1. How long has Charlie been the sheriff of Forks?
2. If all of the things in Bella's room are hers, how come she's not familiar with the town? Did her Dad move there after the divorce? When was the divorce anyway?
3. Why the hell did Bella move away from Phoenix?
4. How come she doesn't know any of the kids in Forks since she's apparently spent some time up there beforehand?
5. How come none of the Cullens "children" have been reported to a substance abuse program?
6. And the enduring question that has haunted me ever since the release of the first book so many, many years ago:
WHY THE FUCK WOULD 100 YEAR OLD VAMPIRES VOLUNTARILY CHOOSE TO GO BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL OF ALL THE DAMN PLACES?!?!?!!?!
Hi, I'm Edward, your local cannibalistic pedophile :)
GO TO COLLEGE AND USE YOUR MONEY TO GET ALL THE DEGREES!
*sigh* why did I do this to myself?
I-I just, no? Okay?
Maybe in high school? But probably then, probably even not.
This takes everything that was halfway decent in the books, shits on it, and continues with the crappiest of poopooness.
Right from the beginning, Bella is self-sacrificing to the max. She's selflessly giving her life up for someone else in the prologue, she's exiling herself to rainy and poopy Forks, Washington, so that her mother and step-father can have a new life together, and she is...well, she's just a wet dishrag of a human being.
It's a little much, particularly when the self-exile isn't explained and has Bella coming off as more whiny, angsty, spoiled teenager than anything. Her constant bitching about the weather, the rain, the tininess of the town and the school, her bedroom, her truck, her father, her friends-that-can't-be-friends-because-they're-not-the-mysterious-and-gorgeous-Cullens, the Cullens' ancient names (okay, Isabella), it's just...I just want to shake her and shout, "Bloom where you're planted!" Or...at least keep the griping to yourself?
Talk about a buzzkill.
Then there's the Gary Stu in vampire form: Edward Cullens.
His anger practically oozes off the page. His fists are always clenched, he's always staring at her. Even when he's "nice" he's still a colossal dickhead.
And of course Bella is absolutely intrigued by this man that she's angered with her mere existence.
Okay, some things that I've apparently overlooked in the book because it's been so long since I've read the first one (or the rest) and I've purged the story from my mind:
1. How long has Charlie been the sheriff of Forks?
2. If all of the things in Bella's room are hers, how come she's not familiar with the town? Did her Dad move there after the divorce? When was the divorce anyway?
3. Why the hell did Bella move away from Phoenix?
4. How come she doesn't know any of the kids in Forks since she's apparently spent some time up there beforehand?
5. How come none of the Cullens "children" have been reported to a substance abuse program?
6. And the enduring question that has haunted me ever since the release of the first book so many, many years ago:
WHY THE FUCK WOULD 100 YEAR OLD VAMPIRES VOLUNTARILY CHOOSE TO GO BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL OF ALL THE DAMN PLACES?!?!?!!?!
Hi, I'm Edward, your local cannibalistic pedophile :)
GO TO COLLEGE AND USE YOUR MONEY TO GET ALL THE DEGREES!
*sigh* why did I do this to myself?
July 3, 2010
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 something, and Bella is too pretty. She looks like some glamour queen, when if her looks had been toned down a little she still would have been very attractive but in a more normal way.
The fact that the book was in sepia tones except for a few pages when the author added well-placed splashes of color made it very unique and delightful to read and look at. I highly enjoyed it, and it was also nice to get the story in its actual sequence of events; I find myself getting fuzzy on that since I have seen the movie so much now.
The fact that the book was in sepia tones except for a few pages when the author added well-placed splashes of color made it very unique and delightful to read and look at. I highly enjoyed it, and it was also nice to get the story in its actual sequence of events; I find myself getting fuzzy on that since I have seen the movie so much now.
June 26, 2020
Twilight graphic novels are ideal for those who are waiting for 'Midnight Sun' to come out and want to refresh their knowledge on the Twilight saga without having to reread 500-700 page books.
Also, can we take a moment to appreciate how stunning Young Kim's art is? (Not to mention that the main characters' (Bella's, Jacob's and Edward's) appearance actually matches how they were described in the book).
Also, can we take a moment to appreciate how stunning Young Kim's art is? (Not to mention that the main characters' (Bella's, Jacob's and Edward's) appearance actually matches how they were described in the book).
July 13, 2016
Gorgeous art... but it's still Twilight.
November 28, 2018
Plot - 3/5
Characters - 4/5
World Building - 3/5
Writing Style - 3/5
Cover - 5/5
Art - 5/5
Overall Rating - 4.6 / 5
The art was way to damn beautiful compared to the movie.
Characters - 4/5
World Building - 3/5
Writing Style - 3/5
Cover - 5/5
Art - 5/5
Overall Rating - 4.6 / 5
The art was way to damn beautiful compared to the movie.
May 19, 2020
The illustrations are stunning. Even though I didn't like the original story much I really enjoyed the graphic novel.
June 2, 2010
You know what, if I'm allowed to be completely and utterly honest - I probably would have liked Twilight a lot more if it were a graphic novel in the style of Japanese manga or Korean manhwa, at least that's what I told myself when I thought about it after reading the whole series of books (despite having issues with the plot and pacing). It seemed like the kind of story that would be best suited for the drama. I've read many series over the years in those formats because I have a genuine love for some of the stories (Monster, NANA, etc.).
Having said that, the announcement of Twilight's graphic novel adaptation came as a surprise - because I honestly didn't think it would come to fruition. When it did, I decided to let curiosity (as I'm prone to fall to) out of the bag and read the first volume. I'm really not a huge fan of Twilight, but I do give it credit where credit is due.
I have mixed feelings about the GN overall, because on one hand - I think Young Kim's illustrations are very well done, brilliant even. I have no issues with the artwork at all, and surprisingly, the adaptation does match some of the impressions I had of the characters, Bella and Edward included. (Aside note - I wouldn't take Bella's beauty with too much critique - there are a lot of ordinary female protagonists in Asian graphic novels that actually look very beautiful in their artistic interpretations. It's a common trend.)
The problems I had lie more in the technical execution of the graphic novel - the lettering was off, speaking bubbles shadowing over key characters, etc. It really could have been much better in presentation than what it was, and that did distract me. Considering this is an adaptation and not a direct serialization WRT the story - this was actually an interesting GN. I can't take away from it on that, and I'm usually very critical of such things like adaptations. It's at the very least consistent and gives a decent summarization of events for a good part of the GN (plot issues and characterization cliches aside).
So in the end, I'm just giving it 3 stars. I spent about little more than an hour reading it and found it worth the time. But if I'm being honest - it's not worth the high price tag. If it were priced like most translated manga volumes, it would be worth it. If you're really concerned about the quality, I'd recommend checking it out if your local library has it, and then decide if its something you want to keep before you buy, because this might not be a book for everyone, even for those who are extremely dedicated to Twilight.
Having said that, the announcement of Twilight's graphic novel adaptation came as a surprise - because I honestly didn't think it would come to fruition. When it did, I decided to let curiosity (as I'm prone to fall to) out of the bag and read the first volume. I'm really not a huge fan of Twilight, but I do give it credit where credit is due.
I have mixed feelings about the GN overall, because on one hand - I think Young Kim's illustrations are very well done, brilliant even. I have no issues with the artwork at all, and surprisingly, the adaptation does match some of the impressions I had of the characters, Bella and Edward included. (Aside note - I wouldn't take Bella's beauty with too much critique - there are a lot of ordinary female protagonists in Asian graphic novels that actually look very beautiful in their artistic interpretations. It's a common trend.)
The problems I had lie more in the technical execution of the graphic novel - the lettering was off, speaking bubbles shadowing over key characters, etc. It really could have been much better in presentation than what it was, and that did distract me. Considering this is an adaptation and not a direct serialization WRT the story - this was actually an interesting GN. I can't take away from it on that, and I'm usually very critical of such things like adaptations. It's at the very least consistent and gives a decent summarization of events for a good part of the GN (plot issues and characterization cliches aside).
So in the end, I'm just giving it 3 stars. I spent about little more than an hour reading it and found it worth the time. But if I'm being honest - it's not worth the high price tag. If it were priced like most translated manga volumes, it would be worth it. If you're really concerned about the quality, I'd recommend checking it out if your local library has it, and then decide if its something you want to keep before you buy, because this might not be a book for everyone, even for those who are extremely dedicated to Twilight.
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