Search - Twilight (Twilight, Bk 1) (Unabridged Audio CD)

The book is read by Ilyana Kadushin, who has a very nice voice. I read the book a couple of times before I bought the audio CD and the way she read the book was entirely different from how I understood the book. There's something off about the way she reads it, like she is off on her comedic timing and hasn't quite mastered the art of sarcasm. That's the best way I can explain it.

Another thing that bothers me is the way she mispronounces "Quileute" in the first half of the book. Somewhere towards the end, she corrects it.

It is still a good story, but doesn't even begin to reach the quality I've enjoyed with Jim Dale and Harry Potter.

The first half of this audio CD is unbeatable. It's engaging, engrossing, and I didn't want to stop listening - this young lady's life was getting stranger and stranger...and speaking of stranger, this strange young man, Edward, was consuming my thoughts! Meyer revealed *just* enough information about him at just the right times to keep the story together.

The second half was terrible - the story devolved into a cheesy teen romance where every other sentence was "I love you," and "Are you okay?" Icky.

The reader was okay - her voice was believable enough as an older teen, but the way she pronounced "Bella" had to be one of the most annoying sounds I've ever heard. She basically whispered the name each time she said it, I suppose in an attempt to make it sound magical or something. It didn't; and on the whole, the story wasn't.

This was absolutely exquisite! My inner teenage girl is all gooey with pleasure!

Oh, and I think Ilyana Kadushin, the narrator of the audio version, must be Bella Swan's stage name. Her reading as Bella is perfect.

It was nice to be able to listen to it while doing other things. Can't wait to get the rest of them in audio format..

I want to start off by telling you that I have not read Twilight. I started it but was very under-impressed by Stephanie Meyer's writing and could not get over it in order to finish the book. But as my niece kept talking about the story, I wanted to be able to talk to her about it. So I thought that listening to it may allow me to get through it.

I found it much easier to focus on the story rather than the writing in the audio format. The Narrators voice was easy to listen to--but I hated the way she emphasized "Bella" every time she said it. Sometimes it was appropriate, but every single time was annoying.

But I did find the story more compelling than I expected. I am excited to get the next book as an audio CD.

This was not a bad book. It is just stereotypical young adult. That is not top stuff on my list. Yes there is young adult I adore like His Dark Materials and Got Fang?. This was just not on that same level. It was much ado about nothing with Vampires and high schoolers. It was still a fluffy but enjoyable listen. I guess to me it lacked humor that other favorites have included. I also find that Bella is not a great female role model. I am actually having a hard time in general finding good female role models in books for my niece. I do not particularly hold that against this book. Its just worth mentioning.