I admit it; wholeheartedly in fact. I was completely avoiding the whole thing. The excitement and the frenzy around it was baffling. I didn’t get why people were so excited about it. So I purposely didn’t read it.
I’m talking about Twilight. When I first heard the buzz about it, I picked up the book in a store and checked it out for a minute. But it was about vampires. Um, not so much my thing. So I put it back. I’ve watched all the books come out and, of course, the hype about the movie and I’ve shook my head and gone on. I almost went out of my way to avoid it all.
Why? Because it was vampires. Like I said, it’s not my thing. Coffins, stakes through the heart, garlic (and this statement incidentally mirrors a scene in the book) are not something that I’m particularly interested in. I’ve never seen Interview with a Vampire, never read books on the subject and I decided wasn’t about to start. It’s ironic that I read all seven Harry Potter books in a month but refused to read Twilight, but that’s another story.
But then I was at my brother and sister-in-law’s house and she started talking about how much she liked it. I highly respect my sister-in-law’s opinions on books. We’re frequently recommending things to each other, loaning each other books and then comparing notes. So when she said she liked it, I was stunned.
“It’s about vampires, right?” I asked
“Yeah, but it’s not what you think.”
“It’s not?”
“No. All the stuff about coffins, silver bullets and all that…”
“Yeah?”
“It’s not in there.”
Ok. I decided to try it. She leant me the book and it took me nearly a month to finally decide to actually read it. So I started it this past Wednesday night. I finished it Friday night. I couldn’t put it down. It is wonderfully written. You have a clear sense of everything happening in each of the character’s minds and their internal struggles as the story progresses. And, in an odd sense, it’s one of the most romantic books I have ever read. Seriously.
I’ve joined in the fervor over other books before. Some lived up to the hype, some did not. This one, for me at least, surpassed it.
So what am I going to do now? Probably head over to my sister-in-law’s house to borrow the other books at some point today. Oh, and maybe get my mom to read it.
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I was the same way. My sister in law was going on and on about the book, telling me I had to read it and I avoided it at all costs. I finally broke down and read it though, and was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I quickly read the other books in the series after that.