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The Twilight Of Lake Woebegotten (2011)

by Harrison Geillor(Favorite Author)

3.66 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1597802840 (ISBN13: 9781597802840)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Night Shade Books

series

Lake Woebegotten

review 1: Is it a horror novel or comedy? Readers will be the final judge in the end. I do not like horror novels. There are a few slight exceptions now and then that I've discovered by accident. But. For the most part, I don't seek out horror novels. So, if I don't seek out horror novels, why would I read The Twilight of Lake Woebegotten? For one reason, primarily. The book pokes fun at Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series. It asks a big 'what if?' What if the heroine is not good, clumsy, and naive? What if the heroine is evil and manipulative? What if she wears a mask in every relationship? Being who she needs to be--in that moment--to get what she ultimately wants? Bonnie Grayduck is the heroine who appears to fall madly and deeply in love with Edwin Scullen, a vampire. And she is o... morene of the monsters in this horror novel. The events loosely fit into the Twilight books, so, one could definitely see the book as being a parody. But this parody isn't a ha-ha parody. Bonnie is a dark person. She doesn't think nice, happy thoughts. She wants what she wants when she wants it. It is all about power and control and desire. And she has adult desires. Don't expect the "innocent" tension or chemistry from Twilight. This book is for more mature readers, I'd say. Quotes:So Edwin had taken a sudden trip to Canada. Interesting. It was insane to think he'd left town because of me...but in my experience, most things in the world do seem to resolve around me. And if they don't start out that way, they get there eventually. (50, ARC)"Ike's great," I said, because if I told her I thought he was podgy and dull she'd get offended, "but I like Edwin."She looked at me, now. "Really? Scullen? You don't like Ike?""I like him, what's not to like, but, not that way.""I don't understand you," J said, voice heavy with mistrust. "Ike is so sweet and good and kind, and Edwin...he's so cold and condescending and superior."I gave a great sigh. "I know. I've always been attracted to boys like that." (80, ARC)I'm not much of a reader, but if I was, apparently I'd have a hard time reading any novel written in the last fifty years that didn't have a brooding sexy conflicted vampire in it--the shelves were just full of the stuff. (91, ARC)"You are a brave, wonderful, suicidally stupid, diplomatic-incident-causing, amazing woman," Edwin said, kissing my face all over. We were in my bed, two nights after Gretchen's very timely demise. He'd only been back for about ten minutes, and he'd already called me names, clutched me to his bosom, sobbed a bit, brooded a fair amount, and proclaimed his love in a fairly operatic fashion. He'd finally settled down to snuggling me in bed which was rather less exhausting. (196, ARC)
review 2: Disclaimer #1.) I hate Stephanie Meyers' work, let me be clear about that. I was forced to read the first Twilight "book" by some friends who were swept up in the craze at the very beginning and then forced to watch the first movie. These things are total garbage. Disclaimer #2.) I'm from Minnesota. I feel I should state these 2 things, because they inform most of my feelings toward this book. I found this send-up to be fairly funny, very twisted and much better written than it's source material. Bonnie Greyduck, even though she's a sociopath, is still infinitely more likable and capable than Bella Swan and Edwyn is the naive, gullible dupe we all know Edward Cullen to be. But, I didn't like this book anywhere near as much as 'Zombies of Lake Woebegotten.' It wasn't as funny or sharp and even though it makes fun of 'Twilight,' it's still derivative of an epic pile of horseshit. Still, the MN references were hilarious, from the condolence hotdishes to the fantastic joke that is Bonnie Greyduck's name. (and only people who grew up in MN know why that's funny) I don't know who this Harrison Geillor guy really is, but he's one funny, smart dude. less

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