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"This conflation allows him to sidestep a hard truth: rape exists as a risk for women because there are men who are rapists. That is the cause of rape—it has absolutely nothing to do with a woman's actions in any case whatsoever. A woman cannot ask to be raped, cannot invite it, cannot, in fact, do anything whatsoever to effect a risk of being raped." - well not really. I mean you could stay inside for ever and ever and never go out, or let anyone in, and have an electro-force-field type thing around you. Seriously though, you can lessen your risk factors, just as you can reduce the risk of you being murdered, but you aren't ever responsible for it happening. Even if you walk down the dodgiest of dodgy lanes nakid, still aint your fault, although by being in that dodgy area you have increased your risk. So are you responsibly for that?
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Dec 15 2006
Twilight
Author: Stephenie Meyer
ISBN: 1904233805
DDC: 813.6
See also: LibraryThing ; Official Site
My mother drove me to the airport with the windows rolled down. It was seventy-five degrees in Phoenix, the sky a perfect, cloudless blue. I was wearing my favorite shirt -sleeveless, white eyelet lace; I was wearing it as a farewell gesture. My carry-on item was a Parka.
I picked this up in Chapters because the title and author sounded vaguely familiar, I wasn’t sure from where, and I don’t like that cover, but it was only €4, so I figured what the hell. Turned out I’d seen it mentioned over at Heather’s and I think that Andi enjoyed it too.
The American cover is a lot nicer, but the novel itself is the thing that is important, right?
At first I was a bit meh, the opening preface and the blurb at the back had me thinking this was your predictable teen vampire book. But once I got reading it I just couldn’t stop. Sure, it is a little predictable, and if you are a plot fan then you may not get a lot out of this book. Me, I like characters, and this has an excellent first person narrator in Isabella Swan, or Bella as she prefers to be called.
It isn’t a deep and serious literary work, but it is exactly what it sets out to be, a highly enjoyable and readable vampire romance. It is a real page turner, and I know I’ll want to read the sequel.
The basic plot revolves around Bella. She has left her home in Phoenix to live with the father in the sleepy, cloudy town of Forks, Washington State. Her mother has a new love interest and Bella wants her to have the space to be happy, so she has sacrificed her love of the sun for the rain of her father’s place. Once in Forks she finds herself the centre of attention, not always wanted, mainly for being the new girl. But she also begins to notice the Cullens, a family of outsiders that no one seems to talk to. And one of them in particular gets her attention.
Go on and read it if you have the chance, it is a lovely read.
Tags: 813.6, 9 Stars, character driven, first person narrator, great characters, horror, romance, series, sff, Stephanie Meyer, teen love, Twilight, vampires
