Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined
Life and Death is a "classic" story of Twilight but instead of Edward and Bella, we have Beau and Edythe. It is a reimagine where the characters' genders are reverse. The story will be told through the eyes of a human teenage boy (Beau) who fell in love with a female vampire (Edythe).
When I first head about the news, I was excited. I LOVE Twilight, I finish the book in a day and Edward Cullen is my perfect dream boyfriend! But as the idea sink in, I'm starting to have a doubt about the concept of this book. If Bella turned into a boy, I wouldn't really like him. And if there is no one to drool on, what is the point of Twilight? Let us all be serious for a split second and go back to the basic plot of Twilight. Twilight is practically a book about a girl who moved to a new town and fell in love with a vampire. The only thing special about Twilight is Edward Cullen. So if we change Edward to a girl and Bella to a boy then there is no one to fantasize about.
Starting the book, I thought it wasn't so bad. But as half a chapter gone by I'm starting to feel that doubt about the concept again. For some reason, I just don't buy it. To me it just felt like re-reading Twilight in a weird perspective. Maybe, its the fact that I'm so used to the Twilight plot and gender twisting is just not enough of a twist for me to hold my interest. I start comparing this book to the original Twilight and I just felt like it does not hold the same magic as before.
With just a few sentences above, I know I don't sound like I like the book. But really its not terrible but as the same time its not amazing either. But will I continue and finish the book? YES! Will it be within a day or two? No. But then again, I'm only about 25% in the book. Maybe it will get better.
Does the idea of gender-swap sounds interesting to you? Or do you think Stephanie Meyer need to get over the Twilight idea and just move on? Leave me a comment below and tell me what you think of the Twilight reimagined.
PS: If the book gets exciting after this, I will come back and change my verdict. If not, we'll leave it as that.
Until next time,
