Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined

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As we reach the climax, we’re almost bombarded with exposition and an ungodly amount of info dumping. I get it – Stephenie Meyer had the seemingly impossible task of summing up an entire saga’s worth of world building. But not only did she succeed in dragging out the plot, she also dramatically slowed down the action. Unfortunately, the info dumping begins to make sense as you creep closer to the ending. Let’s just say that I had a hunch and I wasn’t wrong… That being said, there were parts of Life and Death that felt a little… on the nose. I mean, it’s blatantly obvious that Stephenie Meyer worked really hard to sell Beau’s story as pro-feminist. Twilight had always been subtle in the way it examined feminism and gender roles. Twilight showed us that Bella was this intelligent and mature young woman who refused to confirm to society’s expectations. Life and Death, on the other hand, was constantly trying to tell me. Overall, I liked it! It was fun and simple. If you're already a fan of Twilight, I'd say try it out! If you're not, maybe try it out too? 🤷‍♀️ Who knows, maybe you'll like it? This special tenth anniversary dual edition includes a foreword by the author as well as a complete reimagining of the original novel. Turn this book over to read Life and Death.

What's a colorblind teenage dirtbag to do when his vampire girlfriend dumps him in a forest? Abandoned in Forks, human disaster Beau Swan must cope with depression, supernatural murder attempts, heaps of Girl werewolves, and a dad who simply can not cook his own dinner. A NEW SPINOFF OF THE TVDU:The Salem Coven takes in a young but exceptional witch that would unearth many long hidden mythical secrets as he grows in power?⛥ It would have worked far better if the dog kept some core traits and adopted a few of his new species. Instead, because the dog acts so catlike that wherever he is in the scene, all I can think of is how the dog is a cat.

Alrighty, I said all that to say this: I'm not a hater. I do realize that these books aren't exactly perfect, but they certainly aren't the worst things ever written. If you think that, then you obviously haven't read some of the true garbage that's out there. There are so many romances out there that are actively terrible that there's no way I can lump this book in with them. And there are so many bloated, boring, unedited crap novels floating around, that I honestly can't understand all the hate this book gets. Is it simply because a lot of people liked it, and it pisses off those who didn't? Now that is not to say I wanted to see men get rape in Life and Death. It's just a glaring problem where I now see those scenes as "Literary Rape," used as plot devices to add depth and sympathy to Rosalie's character, and to give Edward a reason to look super heroic in the face of rapists. Maggie Stiefvater said it best in This is a Post About Literary Rape:

Edythe and Beau's relationship grows over time and they fall in love. Their foremost problem is that to Edythe, Beau's scent is a hundred times more potent than any other human's, making Edythe struggle to resist her desire to kill him. However, despite this, they manage to stay together safely for a while.DEEPLY SEDUCTIVE AND EXTRAORDINARILY suspenseful, Twilight has enraptured millions and become a modern classic, redefining genres within young adult literature and inspiring a phenomenon that has had readers yearning for more.

The there's Beau's obsession with Edythe's unhealthy* body. Oh, god, I'm so disgusted with this part, and I don't really understand why it was included. I will give Meyer this, she is right that Bella is not simply a damsel in distress because my goodness, the awkwardness/klutziness of Beau (Bella's male counterpart in Life and Death) is every bit as clumsy as Bella...if perhaps more so. Granted, I admit, it's been ten years since I read Twilight, however I can't help but feel that Meyer really went out of her way to "prove" her point about Bella/Beau being identical in terms of their "fragility" when next to Edward/Edythe. In other words, I found the emphasis on Beau's human frailness to be more pronounced, with Meyer hitting us over the head every other paragraph by reminding us how "awkwardly human" Beau is, compared to the "perfection" of Edythe. And speaking of that "perfection", the detail Meyer would go into to describing the "beauty" of the Edythe and the rest of the Cullens, in particular the female versions of Edward, Jasper, and Emmett, was a bit...over zealous. What was a few simple sentences in describing their inhuman beauty in Twilight becomes several paragraphs.So let's talk about the ending. This part will have spoilers beyond this point. This is your one and only warning. TheDarkSorceress666 Fandoms: Millennium Of Hellfire-Original Series, American Horror Story, American Horror Story: Coven, The Vampire Diaries (TV), The Originals (TV), Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer, Life and Death - Stephenie Meyer, Vampire Chronicles Series - Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022), The Lives of the Mayfair Witches - Anne Rice, Mayfair Witches (TV 2023), Teen Wolf (TV), The Witch (2016), The Ritual (2017), Suspiria (2019), The Conjuring (Movies), Multi-Fandom So when I heard of Life and Death, literally the day it released, I knew I'd buy it. No questions asked. I was hoping many of the issues I had with Twilight would be corrected with this version. It had so much potential to be great! I never expected there to be huge drastic changes to the story -- I did expect it to be pretty much the same as Twilight, so believe me when I say that was the least of its problems. It's here! #1 bestselling author Stephenie Meyer makes a triumphant return to the world of Twilight with the highly anticipated companion, Midnight Sun: the iconic love story of Bella and Edward told from the vampire's point of view. O'Brien, Liffey (October 16, 2015). "Review: Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined". The Yorker. University of York . Retrieved March 27, 2019.

Even Rosalie/Royal still had that whole jealous petty cat fight relationship going on with Bella/Beau... complete with Beau constantly noticing Royal's hotness (and then getting all down because he'll never be so hot.) Now, this was Twilight, Stephenie just changed the pronouns and that was it. I don’t care if some lines aren’t the same, the whole thing reminded that way. I had a really hard time liking Beau (in the end I didn’t) and that never was a problem with Bella. Stephenie said Beau wasn’t flowery as Bella was but that’s not an excuse for a poor plain writing just to make it all mainly. It is her job as a writer to make the world appealing and the MC stand out. That was not the case and because of the dialogues were the same, I couldn’t stop rolling my eyes at my brain throwing the original paragraphs while reading this. It was not fun.

The werewolves do eventually agree to keep the treaty, but Beau hadn't had a chance to get to know Julie (female version of Jacob) very well, so there was no love triangle that developed. radiantbeauty97 Fandoms: Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer, Life and Death - Stephenie Meyer, Twilight Series - All Media Types