TwilightersAnonymous: Chapter 13 and 14

Friday, June 6, 2008

Chapter 13 and 14

Chapter 13: Nothing like this has ever been written before.

How did it strike you? Were you scared?

Was it the most intense moment of their relationship?

Chapter 14: Are there words?

(I have been saving this picture for this chapter and I almost forgot it)

7 comments:

lioness said...: This is AWB comment on another post but I wan't chapter 13 (and maybe 14) to have its own special place:
alicewannabe said...
I didn't even think about Alice picking out his clothes. Of course, she would know what Bella was wearing. How funny would that be.

I just finished the meadow, and there is so much in there that I feel like we could quote the entire chapter. There is so much depth, and I keep thinking, when Edward talks about how he can be the stronger one and leave Bella because he would sacrifice his own happiness for her better good, did SM know that she was going to have Edward leave and put us through all that terrible time of utter despair. I can't remember, did Alice see Edward leaving her? I have to think that she didn't because I have to believe that she would have done something to prevent Edward causing Bella so much pain, or even him so much pain.

And I am interested in how the movie is going to make his skin sparkle. What kind of special effects are going to go into that! Again, I hope that they stick with the details of the book because SM did such a great job detailing every little move Bella and Edward made, from the way she held his had at first, to the way she traces his face with her finger tips.........someone start my heart! That has to be one of my favorite moments. Definetely. I think it is my #4. I really need to write my list on here. I actually need to just put it on paper. I have my favorite moments on paper, but as I am re-reading I am finding things I forgot about.; June 6, 2008 at 10:30 PM
alicewannabe said...: I was finishing ch. 14 today, and I found one of my all time, make my heart stop, butterflies in my stomach, just fall in love all over again with Edward comments. Here goes: "For almost ninety years I've walked amoung my kind, and yours...all the time thinking I was complete in myself, not realizing what I was seeking. And not finding anything, because you weren't alive yet"!!!!!!
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Okay, restart your hearts! That is the moment I TRUELY fell in love with Edward (in a strictly fictional way of course). What would it feel like to have someone say that to you...? First, they would have had to live over 90 years, and still be good looking enough to stop traffic and make everyone unable to speak. So that is why it is in the land of fiction. But how much of a compliment is that to Bella!! I remember understanding, but being baffled that even after that comment, she was still comparing herself to Rosalie. He pretty much just came out and said she was the most perfect thing in the world to him! How much more could you want? What more reassurance would I need? I'd like to say none, but like Bella, you are always your harshest critic. Okay, any thoughts on the two posts I have left so far? I know someone else has to be this far, like me. Please, let me know what you think.; June 8, 2008 at 7:13 PM
Ruth said...: Has no one else reached this point in the book????

Yes! I loved these chapters! I also loved how detailed SM was in describing each point of physical contact. It made it so much more real to me. I was able to put myself in Bella's place which caused me to have physical reactions while reading.; June 18, 2008 at 1:42 PM
lioness said...: I have been stuck not able to read past chapter 14 until today. But I can't go further until I post. Let me just say, there really are no words.
I have never read a more intensely emotional scene that I can remember.; June 18, 2008 at 1:45 PM
lioness said...: Oh and some have continued without bothering to so much as say hello, others are slowly catching up, realizing we have to kick it into gear now to finish all 3 before Aug.1.; June 18, 2008 at 1:45 PM
lioness said...: AWB all profound. Literally heart stopping, all of it.

I have said this before but the meadow encompasses every emotion possible I think. And detail by detail you live it with them on the edge of your seat, with your nerves barely intact at the end and your heart and stomach ragged from overuse.
There isn't anything I can say. So I will just quote my absolute favorite line from chapter 13 (AWB I think you quoted my absolute favorite line from chapter 14). Oh and when she traces his face... you are absolutely right, atomic force feelings. Every moment of physical contact is petrifying. One of the ultimate as you pointed out AWB is:
" I traced the shape of his perfect nose, and then, so carefully his flawless lips. His lifps parted under my hand, and I could feel his cool breath on my fingertips."

Or what about when his hands "slid down the sides of my neck. I shivered and I heard him catch his breath".

(konk! Ouch, yes, I think the readers pass out here as well. Really you'd think you were reading the most passionate love scene ever in book form and all he does is touch her neck! WHOA!)

Okay back to my truley fav. quote:
"I wish," he whispered, "I wish you could feel the . . . complexity . . the confusion . . . I feel. That you could understand."
"Tell me," I breathed.
"I don't think I can." . . . . .

Breathe MA, breathe yourself.; June 19, 2008 at 11:42 PM
lioness said...: Chapter 14 - perfection as well.

I have absolutely no problem with Edward stalking Bella and spending the night in her room. Only Edward. Only Edward.

More amazing emotional tension. I love their teasing, their candidness, but still discomfort at the newness of things, but the relationship just unfolds so easily because it was so meant to be. I love his description of jealousy and his feelings for Bella as a man.

"He laughed, and then something touched my hair -- his lips?"

Breathe, breathe.

So Bella always gives words to how we are all feeling.
"exhausted from the long day of mental and emotional stress like I'd never felt before, I drited to sleep in his cold arms."
So true Bella. Like I've never felt from reading before either.
So I wont attempt to elaborate any further on this chapter.; June 19, 2008 at 11:48 PM