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London : Constable, 2009.
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About three things I was absolutely certain. First, Edwart was most likely my soul mate, maybe. Second, there was a vampire part of him–which I assumed was wildly out of his control–that wanted me dead. And third, I unconditionally, irrevocably, impenetrably, heterogeneously, gynecologically, and disreputably wished he had kissed me. And thus Belle Goose falls in love with the mysterious and sparkly Edwart Mullen in the Harvard Lampoon’s hilarious send-up of Twilight. Pale and klutzy, Belle arrives in Switchblade, Oregon looking for adventure, or at least an undead classmate. She soon discovers Edwart, a super-hot computer nerd with zero interest in girls. After witnessing a number of strange events–Edwart leaves his tater tots untouched at lunch! Edwart saves her from a flying snowball!–Belle has a dramatic revelation: Edwart is a vampire. But how can she convince Edwart to bite her and transform her into his eternal bride, especially when he seems to find girls so repulsive? Complete with romance, danger, insufficient parental guardianship, creepy stalker-like behavior, and a vampire prom, Nightlight is the uproarious tale of a vampire-obsessed girl, looking for love in all the wrong places.… (more)
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LibraryThing member tammydotts
It seems everyone on the planet has some level of familiarity with Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight. Devoted fans eagerly awaited the next installment of the lengthy books. When the last book in Meyer’s series appeared in August 2008, the books’ fans switched their anticipation to movies based on
Thanks to a parody from The Harvard Lampoon, Twilight devotees now have something new to read, although Nightlight’s humor may be better appreciated by Twilight’s detractors.
Nightlight pulls no punches in its entertaining vivisection of Meyer’s mythos. Situations and characters from the source material are stretched, inflated and mutated to comic proportions. Twilight’s Bella Swan becomes Nightlight’s Bella Goose; the original’s quirky lack of coordination becomes the parody’s death-defying clumsiness. Edward Cullen, the vampire heartthrob, becomes Edwart Mullen, a “venture meteorologist with a bent for slowly accumulating money from .0001-cent web ads.”
Edwart is not a vampire. A fact Bella Swan doesn’t let stop her in her obsessive pursuit to date a vampire and have him turn into one of the undead. After all, Edwart doesn’t eat his baked potatoes, snowflakes magically melt when they touch his skin, and he is able to resist the charms Bella is sure she possesses. All well-known signs of the undead to Bella, who manages to twist every coincidence to fit her world view.
The Harvard Lampoon takes every possible shot it can at Meyer’s often clichéd writing and bizarre plot twists. Nightlight mimics Twilight’s style perfectly, down to its mockery of New Moon’s — the second in Meyer’s series — depiction of Bella’s months of depression.
True Twilight fans may bristle at Nightlight, but they’re also the ones who can appreciate it the most. Without a basic understanding of Meyer’s characters and plots, a Nightlight reader will most likely be lost. Those intimately familiar with Twilight will find much they recognize in Nightlight.
Hard-core parodies can be tough to get into, and the beginning of Nightlight tests its readers’ determination. Absurdities pile up quickly to the point of, well, absurdity. The writing style seems juvenile, but mirrors Meyer’s style perfectly. After the first few chapters, however, it becomes easier to settle in to Nightlight’s rhythms and appreciate the fun it pokes at Twilight and its legions of devoted fans.
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the books.Thanks to a parody from The Harvard Lampoon, Twilight devotees now have something new to read, although Nightlight’s humor may be better appreciated by Twilight’s detractors.
Nightlight pulls no punches in its entertaining vivisection of Meyer’s mythos. Situations and characters from the source material are stretched, inflated and mutated to comic proportions. Twilight’s Bella Swan becomes Nightlight’s Bella Goose; the original’s quirky lack of coordination becomes the parody’s death-defying clumsiness. Edward Cullen, the vampire heartthrob, becomes Edwart Mullen, a “venture meteorologist with a bent for slowly accumulating money from .0001-cent web ads.”
Edwart is not a vampire. A fact Bella Swan doesn’t let stop her in her obsessive pursuit to date a vampire and have him turn into one of the undead. After all, Edwart doesn’t eat his baked potatoes, snowflakes magically melt when they touch his skin, and he is able to resist the charms Bella is sure she possesses. All well-known signs of the undead to Bella, who manages to twist every coincidence to fit her world view.
The Harvard Lampoon takes every possible shot it can at Meyer’s often clichéd writing and bizarre plot twists. Nightlight mimics Twilight’s style perfectly, down to its mockery of New Moon’s — the second in Meyer’s series — depiction of Bella’s months of depression.
True Twilight fans may bristle at Nightlight, but they’re also the ones who can appreciate it the most. Without a basic understanding of Meyer’s characters and plots, a Nightlight reader will most likely be lost. Those intimately familiar with Twilight will find much they recognize in Nightlight.
Hard-core parodies can be tough to get into, and the beginning of Nightlight tests its readers’ determination. Absurdities pile up quickly to the point of, well, absurdity. The writing style seems juvenile, but mirrors Meyer’s style perfectly. After the first few chapters, however, it becomes easier to settle in to Nightlight’s rhythms and appreciate the fun it pokes at Twilight and its legions of devoted fans.
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LibraryThing member hannajohn
An actually fun and funny parody of both the Twilight series and the genre. A quick read since the parody is so much briefer than its source material. But that's to its advantage as the parody does not drag on too long. All-in-all a surprisingly enjoyable book.
LibraryThing member BooGirl
Going into this knowing that they were picking fun at not only the story as a whole but even Meyer's writing style, it was quite amusing. The dialog tags became a recurring disaster, on purpose. Some parts left me laughing out loud.
I had to force myself through the last few chapters but otherwise
I had to force myself through the last few chapters but otherwise
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LibraryThing member krau0098
I liked "Twilight", really I did, but you have to admit there is a lot to make fun of in that book. So when I saw that National Lampoon had released a "Twilight" parody book called "Nightlight" I was eager to read it. Although, I have to admit I got this from the library...I knew that it had
This book is about Belle Goose and her relentless pursuit of computer geek Edwart Mullen. Belle has decided Edwart is a vampire, but he really isn't. Edwart doesn't even really like girls but Bella has decided she is in love with him.
Okay first I will go through the good points of this book. It picks the right things to make fun of and occasionally there are references to the book itself that make you chuckle. Also another good point is that the book is short; it took me maybe an hour and a half to read.
Unfortunately these chuckles are few and far between. I expected this book to be a clever and witty spoof highlighting all the shortcomings of the original. It was not this at all, it was more of a dumbed-down slapstick routine put on paper. If you like slapstick and find immature, stupid characters to be hilarious than you will laugh your butt off. Otherwise you will just be happy this book is short.
Then about two-thirds of the way through the book things get strange and not at all funny. As Belle suddenly goes to a vampire prom and the story totally deviates from anything we have ever read before. Suddenly what was a slightly amusing slapstick parody turns into just a plain old bad story.
I was really disappointed in this book; especially since I was excited to read it and was looking forward to a night of humor and good laughs. Add to the above the fact that I noticed a number of plain old typos in this book and I began to wonder if it had ever even been proofread.
In summary, look elsewhere for a funny parody of "Twilight"...given all the things you could make fun of "Twilight" for, there has got to be a better parody out there than this one.
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potential to be horrible as well as awesome. Well, unfortunately, this book fell into the horrible category.This book is about Belle Goose and her relentless pursuit of computer geek Edwart Mullen. Belle has decided Edwart is a vampire, but he really isn't. Edwart doesn't even really like girls but Bella has decided she is in love with him.
Okay first I will go through the good points of this book. It picks the right things to make fun of and occasionally there are references to the book itself that make you chuckle. Also another good point is that the book is short; it took me maybe an hour and a half to read.
Unfortunately these chuckles are few and far between. I expected this book to be a clever and witty spoof highlighting all the shortcomings of the original. It was not this at all, it was more of a dumbed-down slapstick routine put on paper. If you like slapstick and find immature, stupid characters to be hilarious than you will laugh your butt off. Otherwise you will just be happy this book is short.
Then about two-thirds of the way through the book things get strange and not at all funny. As Belle suddenly goes to a vampire prom and the story totally deviates from anything we have ever read before. Suddenly what was a slightly amusing slapstick parody turns into just a plain old bad story.
I was really disappointed in this book; especially since I was excited to read it and was looking forward to a night of humor and good laughs. Add to the above the fact that I noticed a number of plain old typos in this book and I began to wonder if it had ever even been proofread.
In summary, look elsewhere for a funny parody of "Twilight"...given all the things you could make fun of "Twilight" for, there has got to be a better parody out there than this one.
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LibraryThing member jillstone
If you're horrified by the popularity of the poorly written Twilight series, this book is for you! It's written in the "style" if you can call it that, of Twilight's author. Edwart and the self-absorbed Belle will make you laugh out loud. The over the top "charmingly clumsy" Belle is outright
Skip the Twilight series and read this entertaining parody -- you won't have to bother with Team Jacob or Team "Edwart" and you'll be better off!
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dangerous.Skip the Twilight series and read this entertaining parody -- you won't have to bother with Team Jacob or Team "Edwart" and you'll be better off!
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LibraryThing member carlienichole
This was a pretty good and funny make fun of Twilight. I love Twilight but this was pretty funny. I like how they did it. Some parts were hilarious while some parts coul have been a little better than they were. But overall it was a good way to have a laugh over Twilight and this parody.
LibraryThing member alyson
This got old pretty fast for me, but the early chapters view's of Belle Goose are hysterical.
LibraryThing member KaityDid33087
I LOATH "Twilight", but I LOVE this book. Makes fun of it in every way possible, and in all the right ways! I HIGHLY recommend it!
LibraryThing member ashooles
When I started to read this book, I thought, yes it is going to be stupid. I was expecting stupid...and humour. But not THAT stupid. There were parts that made me laugh, but all in all, I did not like this at all.
LibraryThing member _Zoe_
As the title suggests, this is a parody of Twilight. I read the first chapter in the store and was amused enough to buy the book, but the same level of humour unfortunately wasn't maintained throughout.
I thought this book was best when it stuck closest to Twilight, mocking or exaggerating specific
Soon, though, the story deviates pretty sharply from Twilight. Edward is a scrawny computer nerd who builds a bad robot and runs a Price Elasticity Club, and I just didn't get it. When there were too many changes, I felt like the book lost the amusement value of mocking Twilight, and instead was just a weird story that didn't always make much sense.
Still, it was very short, so I can't really complain. I finished it quickly, and laughed a fair bit at the beginning. I don't think I'll read the sequel, though.
I thought this book was best when it stuck closest to Twilight, mocking or exaggerating specific
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things like Bella's clumsiness ("I walked towards him shyly, tripping over a toddler and soaring into a keychain display. Embarrassed, I straightened up and fell down the escalator, somersaulting over the roller luggage inconsiderately placed on the left side") or her truck ("{The house} was almost completely blocked from view by my truck, which had a large graphic on the side of a lumberjack sawing a tree, with 'U-HAUL' written above. 'The truck is beautiful.' I breathed. I exhaled. Then I breathed again. 'Beautiful.' ").Soon, though, the story deviates pretty sharply from Twilight. Edward is a scrawny computer nerd who builds a bad robot and runs a Price Elasticity Club, and I just didn't get it. When there were too many changes, I felt like the book lost the amusement value of mocking Twilight, and instead was just a weird story that didn't always make much sense.
Still, it was very short, so I can't really complain. I finished it quickly, and laughed a fair bit at the beginning. I don't think I'll read the sequel, though.
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LibraryThing member hahnasay
Wonderful. Hilarious. I laughed for hours. If you are not too hard core of a Twilight fan and can take a joke, its worth readying. You'll be laughing from start to finish. So random and funny.
LibraryThing member lifeafterjane
As a recovering Twilighter- wait, scratch that- as someone who can now see the Twilight series for what it really is- A very badly written hodge-podge of everything an untalented "writer" ever read about vampires in OTHER AUTHORS' books, coupled with any Poor-Me-Teenage-Girl question and answer
I cried, I screamed, I beat my fists against my pillow- and it was all because I was laughing so freaking hard I worried someone was going to commit me.
It's absolutely ridiculous, stupid, disgusting and genius. I love how the description of Edwart's hair changed every time he was around. In this book we have Belle, a most loathsome character, just like Bella in Twilight. In Twilight Bella is pretty much unlovable and you really want to smack her but you can't quite put your finger on why- in Nightlight the reasons are painfully obvious.
154 pages, you can read it in a minute, just don't read it in public- you might get locked up.
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column out of Seventeen magazine, that took 4 books and half a million pages for something to happen and then it SUCKED- I needed to read this book.I cried, I screamed, I beat my fists against my pillow- and it was all because I was laughing so freaking hard I worried someone was going to commit me.
It's absolutely ridiculous, stupid, disgusting and genius. I love how the description of Edwart's hair changed every time he was around. In this book we have Belle, a most loathsome character, just like Bella in Twilight. In Twilight Bella is pretty much unlovable and you really want to smack her but you can't quite put your finger on why- in Nightlight the reasons are painfully obvious.
154 pages, you can read it in a minute, just don't read it in public- you might get locked up.
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LibraryThing member les121
It’s great for what it is - a short, funny, ridiculous Twilight parody. Those who have either read the book or seen the movie, or both, will definitely get a kick out of it. Mostly stupid but sometimes clever, the story has plenty of laugh out loud moments. If you’re in the mood for something
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light, hilarious, and weird, you’ll enjoy this book. Show Less
LibraryThing member bamalibrarylady
Nightlight was a quick read I enjoyed this Twilight parody. Belle Goose is and Edwart is a computer nerd who wants nothing to do with Belle but eventually warms up to her. I think this is a great book for readers of the Twilight series who like parodies.
LibraryThing member BrynDahlquis
Absoutely hilarious. Loved it.Second time reading it:Still hilarious. Still love it.
LibraryThing member Renny31
I understand this book is a paradoy and I was very excited to read it but I was very disapointed. The characters were annoying and instead of a story that was just the opposite of its counterpart, it became a story of girl who wished her life into something it was not. None of the other characters
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were really developed, which would of enhanced the comedy of the story. This story seemed like it was thrown together in an extrememly short amount of time and not well thought out. It doesn't really evem warrant this much of a review. Show Less
LibraryThing member avhacker
ANYONE WHO HATES TWILIGHT WILL LOVE THIS> PLEASE READ! ITS SO FUNNY I LAUGHED EVERY PAGE!!!!
LibraryThing member Aula
I found this parody disjointed and superficially written; I would recommend 'New Moan' for anyone interested in a good parody of 'Twilight'.
LibraryThing member BookAddictDiary
I first heard of Nightlight when I was checking the New York Times Bestseller list of trade paperbacks one week. What first caught my eye was the cover art, an obvious jab at the cover of the original Twilight novel. I decided to check out the book and found myself rolling from the summary. I'm not
Keep in mind, however, that it is meant to be an absurd (and completely out of proportion) parody of Twilight to poke fun at the characters and plot. While I admit that Nightlight didn't leave me rolling after every sentence, there were so many passages that left me with tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. The voice is ridiculous and the parody of Bella (Belle) as a ditsy and seemingly bi-polar nutcase and Edward (Edwart) as a nerd felt fresh and entertaining. Some of Belle's first-person comments were particular gems and made the book worthwhile.
Fans of the Twilight series may have trouble accepting the absurd, parody nature of Nightlight, but those who can just enjoy the absurd and comical style of Nightlight will find it entertaining (both fans and non-fans alike). I laughed nearly every other page and wished that the book didn't end. That's the biggest I issue I had with this book -it was only 150 pages while the original Twilight novel was longer. Heck, they could have even done the other Twilight books here and it would have been even better. Maybe there will be a sequel? I can only hope...
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a fan of Twilight, so I welcomed the parody's absurd humor. At the time I decided not to purchase the novel since the price was so high for something that's only 150 pages long. A few weeks later I discovered the book at Barnes & Noble with some friends. We picked it up and started reading various passages aloud just to see what it was about. We ended up rolling in laughter so much that a friend purchased the book and gave it to me as a birthday present (provided, of course, that I circulate it among everyone). I took the book home and started it the same day. Even with work, I finished Nightlight in just two days...and I thought it was hilarious.Keep in mind, however, that it is meant to be an absurd (and completely out of proportion) parody of Twilight to poke fun at the characters and plot. While I admit that Nightlight didn't leave me rolling after every sentence, there were so many passages that left me with tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. The voice is ridiculous and the parody of Bella (Belle) as a ditsy and seemingly bi-polar nutcase and Edward (Edwart) as a nerd felt fresh and entertaining. Some of Belle's first-person comments were particular gems and made the book worthwhile.
Fans of the Twilight series may have trouble accepting the absurd, parody nature of Nightlight, but those who can just enjoy the absurd and comical style of Nightlight will find it entertaining (both fans and non-fans alike). I laughed nearly every other page and wished that the book didn't end. That's the biggest I issue I had with this book -it was only 150 pages while the original Twilight novel was longer. Heck, they could have even done the other Twilight books here and it would have been even better. Maybe there will be a sequel? I can only hope...
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LibraryThing member tatasmagik
Some of it was REALLY funny, but mostly I found it to be way over-the-top.
LibraryThing member crazy4reading
I love the Twilight books and figured this would be a nice humorous read. I was a little surprised that I wasn't laughing constantly. Nightlight is a spoof on Twilight and just over exaggerates Bella and her feelings for Edward. There is a play on the names which were just a little annoying.
I found
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myself chuckling every so often but nothing overly funny. I was rolling my eyes because this Belle was more annoying then the one in the original book. I know they were trying to show you how annoying she was in Twilight. This Belle is obsessed with non vampire Edwart. Show Less
LibraryThing member monica.mott2191
Nightlight is basically a parody variant of Stephanie Meyer’s first of many saga long novels Twilight. The story itself makes Bella Swan under the name Belle Goose, in which she moves to Switchblade, Oregon to find adventure... or maybe a love interest perhaps? She then discovers Edwart Mullen a
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“super-hot” computer nerd with zero interest in the female species (maybe he's gay?). Belle soon realizes that Edwart is a vampire after seeing that he left his Tater Tots untouched during lunch, and saving her from a flying snowball. She tells everyone about this, and then lies by saying that he saved her from a snowball with a rock in it and then an avalanche. Belle, who is basically Bella, known for being totally STUPID, wants Edwart to turn her into a vampire and make her his eternal bride. Show Less
LibraryThing member msjessicamae
Nightlight…oh Nightlight. How you ruined me. In case you don’t know, Nightlight is a parody of Twilight and this book was absolute random hilarity. The beautiful thing is that since everyone knows at least something about Twilight, I don’t think you have to have even read the books to enjoy
Here are some of my favorite quotes in all their dumb gloriousness:
Lucy was standing beneath a ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer Fans’ poster.
‘Join my club!’
‘No, thank you,’ I said icily. But I was not thankful and I think I conveyed that in my tone. I had no intention of supporting a show that encouraged the genocide of an already endangered species of immortals.
-pg 50
We walked together, our pointer fingers romantically linked. The cemetery loomed ahead of us covered in a dark haze of night, lit only by the silver moon of Twilight! I mean, Nightlight!
-pg 101
We settled down and began to enjoy the romance of each other, almost like a warm glow inside of us. This is the way married grownups feel all the time.
-pg 105
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it. Although the entertainment was very up and down, sometimes I would go pages without caring much about what I was reading and then I was suddenly cracking up, reading excerpts to anyone who was around me. The real problem was that I became so used to reading for a quick laugh and knowing that everything written was a joke, I had a hard time picking up any other book and taking it seriously. A word of caution: don’t read part of Nightlight and then try to read something else between sittings. I decided to list a few of my favorite quotes. If they make you laugh, this book will be right up your alley.Here are some of my favorite quotes in all their dumb gloriousness:
Lucy was standing beneath a ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer Fans’ poster.
‘Join my club!’
‘No, thank you,’ I said icily. But I was not thankful and I think I conveyed that in my tone. I had no intention of supporting a show that encouraged the genocide of an already endangered species of immortals.
-pg 50
We walked together, our pointer fingers romantically linked. The cemetery loomed ahead of us covered in a dark haze of night, lit only by the silver moon of Twilight! I mean, Nightlight!
-pg 101
We settled down and began to enjoy the romance of each other, almost like a warm glow inside of us. This is the way married grownups feel all the time.
-pg 105
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LibraryThing member VeritysVeranda
Not as funny as I thought it was going to be and the typos - I figured Harvard knew how to use spell-check! Makes me glad I went to a smaller university.
LibraryThing member matthewbloome
Brilliant! Truly brilliant! The only way they could have improved on this would have been getting it into my hands before I bothered to read the real series. Sure, a lot of the better jokes would have been lost on me, but it would have at least helped me to avoid the greatest publishing tragedy of
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the last decade. That's right, Stephanie Meyer, you could have done better. Thank goodness the Harvard Lampoon was around to put you in your place. Show Less
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Original publication date
2009
Physical description
126 p.; 20 inches
ISBN
1849013330 / 9781849013338