The Awakening

Authors: L.J. Smith

Series: The Vampire Diaries (#1)

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I am currently watching the TV show, about halfway through.....so I decided to start reading the books. It is way different so far, which is fine with me but I wish book Elena was more like Nina Dobrev's Elena and I hate that the brothers are Italian, which is more annoying if you are listening to the book, I'm sure. I will keep reading the series ( or listening) for now.

Side note, if you are listening to the audiobook, it cracks me up how her Italian accent sounds more Russian than anything......
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I started this book knowing that it was written many years before Twilight and I wanted to see what all the talk was about. After reading the Sookie Stackhouse series (Dead After Dark also written before Twilight), I was painfully aware of the similarities to Twilight and once again there are many; however, in this case, I wasn't impressed like I was with the other vampire books. Bella, although annoying at times, isn't as annoying as Elena, the main character in VD. L.J. Smith's

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writing was derivative and seemed to be geared to really young tweens. The main character, Elena, is manipulative, obsessive, egocentric and self-righteous. I couldn't stand her. She calls herself the queen of the school...it's like a bad episode of Gossip Girl. I found myself liking how she is portrayed on the TV much more than the novel. Smart move, CW. The vampire, Stefan, is definitely no Edward. I found myself cheering on the "evil" vampire Damon! So, ultimately I must admit that Meyer does it better.... a lot better.

On the bright side, towards the end of book two, I was intrigued and am curious as to how the author is going to spin the situation. Smith left it as a major cliffhanger and I'll probably read the next book in the series only because I have no idea where she is going to take the plot. I also wonder how the CW will depict this situation in the TV show? I definitely wasn't expecting that ending for book two.

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Guest 5 years ago

this book is beautiful and you guys should watch the netflix series:)
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Guest 5 years ago

Listen I like this book it is weird kind of you guys are smart for reading

Guest 5 years ago

This book is nice and I like it a lot.it can get boring at times but has a sparkling twist that makes up for it

Guest 6 years ago

wow this book is totally different! some scenes arent included in the movie..maybe because the autor thinks it wouldnt be fun to read ( which i cant understand..)