RATE:★★
Pages:253
Author:L.J Smith
Published: April 1991
I am a
huge fan of the vampire diaries the show....I would say right now it is one of
the best shows on TV, for me anyways. So with season ending and being impatient
to wait until the next season begins I thought I might as well read the books.
So I went out and bought the awakening.
Pro's - I
will give the author props for the ideas of the story and I thought when the
author went back in time with Damon, Stephan and Katharina...I quite liked
that. The book was easy to read.
Con's- I
originally watched the show before reading the book and in most cases the book
is ten times better than the TV show or film but unfortunately in this case the
TV show is miles better.
Let's
start with the characters....Firstly, I hate Elena in the book....She's the
girl you hate....She's this popular, snobby, full of herself girl who wants and
gets everything....I remember when I first started reading the book and I
thought back to the Elena in the show....that I could relate to and to this one
that had me rolling my eyes.....Stepan was annoying, I don't know why but he
just seemed all over the place....I just didn't like him. I probably liked Katharina
the most, because she was what Elena should have been.....I felt sorry for
Matt.
Then
there was the romance between Elena and Stephan.....that was sooo rushed and
forced....Elena only likes him because his the new hot thing....then Stepan
trys to avoid her and then they kiss and suddenly there in love and can't live
without each other....It was so quick and there was no suspense and
anything....Even when she found out about him being a vampire....it was like
meh.....Rushed again. I think the author focused more on things that didn't
matter than the romance...
The book
was slow paced, it dragged on with things that didn't really matter.....The
author had good idea's but I don't think she knew how to put it on
paper....There was no emotional connection with the characters, even Damon lost
his spark in the book. The wording is written for children hence it's easy to
read but there is no interest or yearning to carry on. Maybe that's why the TV
producers changed so much.
Would I
recommend this? No, I wish I had listened to the reviews that said it wasn't as
good as the show...But I didn't think it would be this bad....It's shocking how
bad it is....However, I think young children or teenagers would enjoy this
book...Save your money is what I would say.
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