| This is my own personal review of the Twilight audio | | | | speaks in a clear voice and every word is easily |
| book. My daughter, who is twelve years old, is a big | | | | understood, I thought her voice was devoid of any |
| Twilight fan and desperately wanted me to read the | | | | real passion or emotion. |
| Twilight books. | | | | It took me a few days to listen to the book in its |
| Normally this is not the type of book I would | | | | entirety, and I must admit I was surprised at just |
| personally read, but I wanted to share this | | | | how good the story actually was. I can see why my |
| experience with my daughter, and was secretly quite | | | | daughter likes this book. |
| curious to find out just what was so engaging about | | | | I would not say that Stephenie Meyer, the author, |
| the book. | | | | was a particularly good writer, but the story itself |
| The solution, I came up with, was to buy the audio | | | | was quite entertaining and I found myself eager to |
| version of the book. This enabled me to find out just | | | | find out just what would happen in the next chapter. |
| what the book was all about, without having to sit | | | | So, my verdict: well, I think that I got the best of |
| down and find the time to actually read the book | | | | both worlds with this audio book. I was able to listen |
| itself. Prior to this, I have never actually listened to an | | | | to the story in my own time, sometimes driving to |
| audio book, so I did not know what to expect. | | | | work and some times in the kitchen whilst making |
| The narrated version of Twilight comes on eleven | | | | the dinner, without having to actually make time to |
| CDs and is nearly thirteen hours in length. It is totally | | | | sit down and read the book. Most importantly, to me, |
| unabridged: this means that every word that is | | | | I can now share the experience of the book with my |
| printed in the book is actually spoken by the narrator | | | | daughter. |
| and no words are left out. | | | | If you would like to read Twilight, or any other book, |
| The story is narrated by Ilyana Kadushin. Ilyana is a | | | | but for whatever reason just do not have the time |
| professional narrator who has done various | | | | or the inclination, then I would recommend seeking |
| voice-overs for both TV and radio. Although she | | | | out the audio version if available. |