Author: The Harvard Lampoon
Genre: Parody
Pages: 154
Rating: 7.5
This Parody of the Popular Book “Twilight” tells the story of Belle Goose and her new life after moving to Switchblade, Oregon. Loaded with many scenes reminiscent of Twilight but far too odd to be taken seriously and social standards far different from any I’ve ever known in any other story, the plot goes like this: The delusional, clumsy, arrogant girl moves to a new town, and finds herself attracted to the odd boy whom nobody knows. After much soul searching she concludes he is a vampire, and the fun begins. As they begin to build a relationship she doesn’t waste a second before telling him she knows he is a vampire, he himself not having known this is a little confused as any level headed person would be. “Hey you you’re a vampire!” yeah, ok crazy. Her expectations for him far exceed his capabilities, or lack thereof rather and the plot, or lack thereof, thickens. As a fan of the Twilight books (BOOKS, not movies, BOOKS) I found this parody quite refreshing and well written. It was humorous with just enough emotion to give the reader some empathy for the characters, mostly just funny though. I enjoyed this book and I would recommend it to anyone who read the original Twilight and enjoyed it for its content. Not so much someone who saw the movie and went “OMG OMG ROB PATTINSON SO HAWT OMG LOLZ LOLZ”. No offense to those people… but pick up the book and learn what the stories about, ok maybe a little offense. But in conclusion, Nightlight was an excellent parody, Twilight was a good book, both are indeed books, ones a movie, and yeah… have a good day!
Haha, sounds like a very good book! Being a twilight fan myself, i do find it interesting to see the 'other side'. It seems like it may still be poking fun at Twilight, but not so much to offend people. Just wondering, what didnt you like about the book to give it a 7.5?
ReplyDeleteLiam! I am really excited that you read this book. First off, I am proud that you, being male, are able to confidently admit to your liking of Twilight. It separates the men from the boys. Anyway, I think your post was above average. You explained the book while throwing your opinion into the mix and keeping all the hardcore Twilight fans from getting the wrong impression. Impressive. Oh by the way is that book in the library or did you buy it separately?
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