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Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 |  | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Creator: Young Kim
Publisher: Hachette
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 5208
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 0759529434
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780759529434
ASIN: 0759529434
Publication Date: March 16, 2010
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 elegance and awkwardness May 17, 2010
E. A Solinas (MD USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For the record: I don't like "Twilight." At all. But I decided to give "Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1" a fair shot at impressing me, especially since it's rendered into manhwa/manga-style artwork and a pared-down narrative. The artwork is sumptuous, elegant and all-around lovely, but the story is dragged down by the rather stuffy internal monologue.
Everybody knows the drill -- a girl from Phoenix named Bella Swan "exiles" herself to the rainy overcast town of Forks, so she can live with her dad. When she isn't moping, she attends the local school and is struck by the beautiful, aloof Cullen family (and particularly with the standoffish Edward, who seems to be bipolar). He also has superhuman speed and strength, as Bella discovers when he saves her from a runaway van.
In case anybody needs to be told, Eddiekins is a vampire, albeit one who doesn't adhere to any of the traditional vampirey rules... except sucking blood. And despite the danger to her person, Bella develops a Phoenix-sized crush on him despite him constantly insisting that he's ohsoverydangerous.
It's a given that any rabid fans of "Twilight" will gobble down the graphic novel adaptation of the first book's first half. As for everyone else? Well, there are still spurts of rather pompous, un-teen-girlish narrative ("I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him") and Bella still whines way too much about mundane stuff ("You could have saved yourself all this regret for not just letting that stupid van squish me!").
Fortunately, Young Kim did a pretty decent job translating the novel into comic book form, and I ended up enjoying her streamlined, sped-up version of the story. It's heavy on atmosphere and light on fluff (such as "Bella being randomly clumsy" or "Bella being chased by every boy in school"), with especial emphasis on the dreamlike landscapes, Indian legends and secretive conversations.
And Kim's artwork is simply gorgeous. Her style is a semi-realistic manga/manhwa style, full of delicate strokes, light shadows and smooth lines. Lots of flowing hair, vivid eyes and even some lightly colored scenes when the story demands it (such as when Bella faints at the smell of blood). Additionally, she does succeed in making the Cullens look very lovely and ethereal, yet also very sinister.
There are, however, some scenes that just don't work. The infamous "sparkling in the sun" scene ends up looking ridiculous -- Edward looks like he's covered in fish scales, not diamond sparkleskin.
"Twilight: The Graphic Novel Volume 1" is a decent graphic novel in its own right, and Young Kim's elegant artwork distracts from some of the story's flaws. Worth reading if you're enamored with the book, or really like beautifully-drawn manhwa/manga.
 A good start March 26, 2010
Melissa Kanderka (Alberta Canada)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just picked up the book today and finished it within an hour. As a huge Twilight fan I was looking forward to this book and to see the original book brought to life. It's a good adaptation to the original but a bit short, I thought it was going to be the whole book. Since it ends just after the meadow scene I'm wondering how many more volumes there are going to be for Twilight, and if they're going to turn all the Twilight Saga books into graphic novels. Hopefully it doesn't take years to finish the next novel! If you're a fan then I think you'll enjoy this book.
Great adaptation March 25, 2010
S Saunders (Edmonton, AB, Canada)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm a huge twilight fan, and have been eagerly awaiting the graphic novel, curious to see how the story would look in this new medium. This was the first graphic novel I have purchased, and I have only read a handful before. Though my experience with graphic novels is limited, I was very impressed with the artwork. Twilight (especially the segments covered in the first installment of the graphic novel) is full of feelings, internal debate, and angsty conversation- a somewhat restrained plot line. I think since there is less "action" in this part of the book, it takes particularly skilled drawings to engage the reader. The renderings do a magnificent job capturing the emotions of the story. I was impressed with the variety of elements that were drawn together to re-create the story- the arrangement of the panels themselves, the use of dark and light spaces, the contrasts in the drawings between movement and stillness, and the different visual perspectives presented. I enjoyed the sparing use of color to highlight key elements and events in the story.
This is completely nit-picky, but I will mention it anyways. I thought the key to Bella's truck looked too new. Maybe Jacob had to replace this part? I dunno. Since this was the only element I found visually jarring I think it speaks well of the book.
I'm anxious for the next installment. (Groan- it will take forever). I tell myself it will be worth the wait, if the same quality is achieved.
A little disappointing March 19, 2010
Mae (Fallbrook, ON CAN)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I preordered this graphic novel because I am a Twilight fanatic and wanted to see a new take on Stephenie Meyer's novel. I don't often read graphic novels and this is the first one I ever purchased so I was not sure what to expect. I found that all the characters pretty much look the same and there is not as many coloured sketches as I thought there would be. I do think that the artist is very talented especially when she portrays Edward's and Bella's meadow.
The graphic novel starts from the beginning of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight and ends when Edward and Bella return to the truck from the meadow. I am still on the fence on whether or not I will by the second volume.
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