The Twilight of Lake Woebegotten

By: Harrison Geillor

Narrated by: Eileen Stevens

Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's summary

A small town...a plucky heroine, a shiny vampire, and a hunky Native American rival with a secret. But all is not as it seems in Lake Woebegotten. Let Harrison Geillor reveal what lies beneath the seemingly placid surface. You'll Laugh. We promise.

When Bonnie Grayduck relocates from sunny Santa Cruz California to the small town of Lake Woebegotten, Minnesota, to live with her estranged father, chief of the local two-man police department, she thinks she's leaving her troubles behind. But she soon becomes fascinated by another student - the brooding, beautiful Edwin Scullen, whose reclusive family hides a terrible secret. (Psst: they're actually vampires. But they're the kind who don't eat people, so it's okay.) Once Bonnie realizes what her new lover really is, she isn't afraid. Instead, she sees potential. Because while Bonnie seems to her friends and family to be an ordinary, slightly clumsy, easily-distracted girl, she's really manipulative, calculating, and power hungry, and not above committing murder to get her way. Or even just to amuse herself.

This is a love story about monsters...but the vampire isn't the monster.

©2011 Harrison Geillor (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Imitation Twilight Book, Sad

I’m still trying to figure out how this book even got published, the majority if it is basically the same structure and events as the Twilight Series with the Cullens, Edward, etc.. This book even used like names..How was this author not sued by the Twilight Series License Copyright Owners..????...

Now, given this book does at a point take a meandering Left Turn into different pastures, so the story begins to follow an independent storyline, but at the start of this book, it reads more like ‘Fan Fiction’ (aka same storyline events and characters), than an independent book.

I have to say that I’m definitely disappointed in any author who feels that he has to mimic another’s author’s work in order to write their own book.

After the story began to diverge itself from the Twilight Series storyline, it of course, could stand on its own and was a pretty strong storyline in itself, which makes the start of this book all the more sad.

All said and done, it’s an interesting book if you can get passed the initial Twilight beginning (and to name the book using the Twilight name seems like a thumb its nose at copyrighting move). This is definitely my last book reading by this author, which is too bad, as he is a good writer. If only he wrote just his own material, without relying on someone else’s work. As a want to be writer/author, I just find how he started this book, as extremely offensive to the original author’s time, and efforts, and most of all to his created work.

“Imitation is the highest form of flattery.” ..I would imagine this is the case, right up to the point where some bozo decides to steal your written work, change a fee things, and then sell it as their own to make a profit off it! Right about that moment, I would presume One’s tolerance of someone else basically stealing Your story, would be a LOT LESS about being flattered and a TON MORE about being P.O’d and suing them for copyright infringement!, at least it would be in my book.

Good for Entertainment… A Little Drawn Out

I like that the story was pretty decent as twilight satire and the narrator tried to perform a Minnesota accent which wasn’t bad. I thought the main character of Bonnie was a little shallow. I didn’t believe her so much as a psychotic murder then a villain in an old comic book shouting they must have more powers to take over the world. In the vein of twilight though, it wasn’t awful.

Surfer Chick turned Goth in Minnesnowda

I’ve never read/watched Twilight, so I’m sure there were jokes I missed, but I still found this a funny listen. It offers some interesting perspectives on vampires and calls out some of the problematic parts of Twilight in a useful way.

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, it was familiar but took alternate routes that made this a new and interesting version of Twilight. Nicely done.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The Narrator, referring to the character in the story not Eileen Stevens who did fit well for this audio.

Which scene was your favorite?

Bonnie "turning" process and who caused it was fitting even if it were predictable.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The last chapter and how the "Narrator" put the possibility to a great conclusion of this book together.

Any additional comments?

I would not call this a spoof as I would interpret that to mean a comic version. I did not find this funny but an alternate version of Twilight, making this for me a different story altogether.

Shame on you Harrison Geillor! You are no author.

I can not believe that you have not been sued for copying someone else's work! People this is a book that was stolen from the Twilight series! Even most of the names are the same! Yeah it does change eventually from the Twight series but not soon enough for me! What were you thinking? You either are an author or your not and unless you can't put your own ideas on paper then dont put anything at all! I hate to be so harsh but seriously, did you think that no one would notice? I'm sorry but like another review I read and agree with, I wont be reading anymore from you.

Better Then Meyers

If you still carry a deep and abiding shame for having been a “Twi-hard” fangirl in your misspent youth, this book is for you.

I love how tongue and cheek honest this is.

Lots of twists and turns with actually character depth and development.

The humor is just spot on, and balanced perfectly with Bonnie’s macabre sociopathic viewpoint.

This novel almost make having read the source material worth it. Almost.

I will definitely be listening to this again.

Knock off story ! With a twist.

Start out good. Like how they change name. Bunny was way better then intentionally main character of the other story we all have read. Just toward the end . Just really figure out what story they trying to come up with.

i really enjoyed it surprisingly

Tbh its kinda an older book and rather odd but i really like how the narrator read the book. There are definitely times when i feel like the MC is just a bit too into the whole monster shtick but thats just what adds to her not being entirely like the supposed FMC shes based off of.

Basically if the Twilight plot holes had been addressed

I don’t know how to feel about this. It strays from the source material just enough not to be considered plagiarism but it’s not so inventive it’s its own story. I expected a silly funny story poking fun at twilight. Aside from the name changes, it’s not. It takes itself just as seriously. Even though it’s a better story, I like Bonnie even less than I do Bella. Bella was a hollow shell for readers to insert themselves into but she was also inconsiderate to everyone but Edward. Bonnie is a manipulative narcissistic predatory psychopath who doesn’t care about anyone but herself and Edwin a pushover. When I dislike the main character, it’s hard to get invested in what happens to them. I think this was free so this was overall an ok experience. The narrator did a great job making me want to keep listening.

Grew up listening to A Prairie Home Companion

This was such a treat. Started listening as a joke and got pulled into the story that should have been. Congrats on poking the Werebear.