Friends of the Forks Library Book Reviews
Courtesy of the Forks Forum
Twilight
(reserve this book)
By Stephanie Meyers
Review written by Deborah Dillon
I’m sitting in the gorgeous sunshine of a warm summer day in Forks. If this kind of weather is a secret we want to keep from the rest of the world, then Stephanie Meyers’ book, “Twilight,” is just what we want to promote. This Jane-Austin-meets-Bram-Stoker-at Forks-High-School does actually include a sunny picnic scene at First Beach in La Push, but the rest of the novel is filled with adjectives designed to make tourists shy away from Forks: dismal, dreary, dank, dark, drippy, being just a few.
Aside from that, “Twilight” is a fun read, taking the classic boy-meets-girl and falls ‘hopelessly in love’ that can be found in so many novels, from the Harlequin young adult romance to the classic Wuthering Heights, and adding teenage angst and the twist of boy being vampire, albeit a very restrained one. Jane Eyre never knew she had it so easy.
When Bella Swan leaves her beloved sunny and warm Phoenix to live with her police chief father in overcast and gray Forks, she looks forward to the usual new girl in high school strangeness. This quickly passes as she shares lab tables with Edward, adopted son of the town’s doctor, cold, austere, and…god-like in his beauty…okay, this is high school, remember?
The story quickly moves on from there as the tale depicts the author’s portrayal of modern vampires fitting into small town life. She breaks many of the stereotypes of vampires, and also casts the vampire family as the good guys, providing food for thought, along with the page-turning action.
Meyers obviously visited Forks, as she describes First Beach, the surrounding countryside, and our little town with minor changes, though she certainly didn’t spend any time in the library. Her one quote: “I did drive to the library Saturday, but it was so poorly stocked that I didn’t bother to get a card; I would have to make a date to visit Olympia or Seattle soon and find a good bookstore.” I am sure Ms. Meyers will see the egregious error she has made about our library when she comes for a book signing on July 20. But should we pray for rain so her fans aren’t disappointed, or should we let out the secret that our weather can definitely be vampire banishing?
North Olympic
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