Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined Audio CD – Audiobook, Unabridged
Author: Visit ‘s Stephenie Meyer Page ID: 0451483898
About the Author
Stephenie Meyer is the author of the #1 bestselling Twilight Saga and The Host. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in English literature, and she lives with her husband and three sons in Arizona.
Audio CDPublisher: Listening Library (Audio); Una Anv edition (October 6, 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0451483898ISBN-13: 978-0451483898 Product Dimensions: 5 x 1.6 x 6.4 inches Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #239,588 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #84 in Books > Books on CD > Children’s Fiction > Fantasy #875 in Books > Teens > Romance > Paranormal #1098 in Books > Teens > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Paranormal & Urban
Meyers chose to do more than just switch the genders of Edward and Bella, she opted to make every male into a female and vice versa. It confuses the story and she didn’t attempt to have the characters relate in New ways.
Take Billy, now Bonnie, Black, for example: By changing this character, Meyer has altered the lineage of the entire Quiluette tribe. The elders are all women and the wolves are too. However, to explain away the physical differences, these women look and act like men but are now stuck in typical gender roles. Bonnie doesn’t fish like Billy did but the love of tv sports was retained.
Bella interacted with her peers from a desire not to be lonely but remain aloof whenever she chose. She was baffled, not manipulative, by the boys interested in her.
Beau is supposed to be Bella but all of the traits that make her so relatable are gone. Meyer rushed through the character conversions and development. The consequence of her cutting corners is readers aren’t emotionally invested.
Another point of contention is the wholesale surrender to any measure of a smooth transition between the names, so not one nickname could be left intact either- Rosalie became Royal, not Ross. Alice became Archie, not Allen. Emmet became Eleanor, not Emily. Jasper became Jessamine, not Jasmine. Even the minor characters conversions were not logical or natural progressions from one gender to another. Mike became McKayla, not Michelle. Angela became Alan, not Andrew. A few did survive in a way that makes sense as Eric is now Erica and Tyler is Taylor. The cringing is minimum for Carlisle now being Carine. However turning Esme into Earnest is unforgivable, when Ezra was an option.
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