Wow. I've written FOUR essays slamming Twilight, and this smokes every one of them. I tip my hate to you, sir.

Thank god someone spoke about this!

I have to say, I think you're absolutely right. Thanks to these books, teenage girls who don't have as much common sense as myself and my friends will spend the rest of their lives looking for a real-life Edward Cullen, which is completely disgraceful. There's also the matter of Jacob the werewolf - because OF COURSE he can't be a normal human being. That makes NO SENSE whatsoever.
Oh, and guess what, Meyers? Blood red is not one word. Bloodred is a gramatical error, **.

I agree with most of what you're saying. I just wanted to let you know you made a mistake in which "sister" hates Bella. It was Rosalie, not the psychic Alice. You know, the stereotypically blonde, pretty, bitchy one. Because when you read teen girl stories it's so OBVIOUS that only "preps" and mean-spirited, shallow pretty girls ever hate the main character, are ALWAYS evil and, of course, blonde. Don't they know vampires only want the angsty little emo girl with no life or personality?

nice. I really agree w/ everthin u said. I don't understand how Twilight could have become so popular. Its in every book store but critics don't always have great stuff to say about it. I ve read reviews that say Bella is childish and greedy. SO TRUE! Yet thses are never mentioned and twilight makes millions. This just shows people's stupidity. Good fic. I this twi die-hard should really read and wake up from thier 'Edward's hot' fanties. Ugh!

Great review, very mature and well handled. Informative and factual at the same time.

Will you marry me?

Just kidding.

Very mature, very insightful; maybe a bit over-anylzed, but to hell with it. At least you're not one of those people who say, 'tWiLiGhT sUcKs BaWlZ'. I totally agreed with every single point in this story.

I loved this.

~Vivi

Bravo I say. This has to be the more mature and insightful analysis I've come across. It makes perfect sense and doesn't bash either side for liking or disliking; Iit merely poses the questions and the doubts. Kudos

If you wrote twilight...I wouldn't read it. Your language is immature, you tend to get side tracked easily, you points are repetitive and your making this out to be more than it is. Twilight is, albeit, a romantisized look at vampires, yes but it's meant for the demographic that enjoy it, 14 to 17 years old girls.

I agree that the books themselves were unrealistic in the extreme and severly deluded in certain scenes but you have to remember it was written for TEENAGE GIRLS. It isn't that the idea of loving something that is unattainable is so hard to grasp, its just easier for girls to relate to. The notion that a boy as perfect as Edward could fall so deeply in love with a girl like Bella is what makes this story so appealing.

Was I disappointed in certain places of each book, of course but that's because I've read better. So my level of comprehension and my expectations are higher. The main reason why so many girls empathize with this book is because it's 1.) different and 2.) because exactly that they haven't read anything better.

I think you spent a little too much thought on this book, lol. It really isn't that serious.

But to be perfectly honest, I don't think that your way of writing is any better than hers. It's too crude and your examples made me cringe. I agree they should have added depth to the story but in a way that didn't take away the integrity of it. I just don't think you get that. Whatever, to each his own, I suppose. You don't have to like Twilight but I think your opinions and your reasoning is a bit far-fetched.

Those are my thoughts, you might not agree with them but that's what I think.
-Christina

I LOVE YOU (as a friend)
Thank God there are still Twi-haters on this site.

Why do I agree with you so much on this? I read the whole series, giving her the benefit of the doubt, and I have to say, it gets worse. It's hard to imagine that I wasted a whole Saturday reading all four of them but I have an addictive personality and once I start something I have to finish. Everything you said is so true, it's scary. From the beginning Edward seemed so much like a bipolar, pedophile, stalker. At first when he hated her I was seriously saying, "Thank God. Hopefully she'll give up on him and it's another vampire she's interested in." Then he went all 180 on me and started talking and asking random questions and he was not being romantic. He screamed, "I'm a stalker with super powers and I'm going to raid your pantie-drawer!" No man is seriously interested in everything about a woman, beautiful or not. It's a proven fact; I can't even remember my mother's birthday and it's the day after mine. Or before. Something like that.

Bella was very flat. "Everyone in Forks can suck it, even though I chose to live here instead of with my great mother, who has a loving and supportive husband," is not what typical teenagers think. The fact that she only made friends so she wouldn't be alone is also mean, and she drops them the moment Edward showed an interest. I agree that the sparkling is also very non-vampire. He explained to her that everything about him was supposed to draw in prey. A gay man sparkling is one thing; a vampire, no. Edward is over a hundred years old, pining after a 17-year-old. That always disgusts me. Can't a newborn be drawn to a pretty girl shortly after and not a man that's old enough to be her great-grandfather?

That's not exactly a review so much as a rant but I have to say, that your review was very nice. The girl your referring to, the one that hates Bella, is Rosalie, as Alice loved her and can see in the future. Edward was more creepy stalker, and I have to say that Alice and Jacob, the little Native-American boy she used to keep from dealing with Forks' townspeople after Edward left and shortly returned in New Moon, did seem to have a more than platonic relationship. I think that they cared more than Edward as everyone else was just like, "Finally Edward isn't alone anymore."

I'm a fan of Twilight, but some parts of the book really do suck... I am a tomboy and I found Twilight a little bit boring. I read the whole series, but it was obvious what was going to happen. It didn't really explain properly, if you know what I mean.

that was absolutly amazing
i love you!
(i hate twilight)
i read all of them though, cause i wanted to read the part where she becomes a vampire because i knew it was gonna happen sometime.
i the second one edward leaves her and she becomes a black hole, and then he comes back and she's like, "oh its ok edward, i forgive you"
WHAT THE HECK?!?!?!?
another good "twilight sucks" fanfic is /s/5064363/1/The_List
its funny

Your point of veiw is completley correct. When I read the book I thought "Why is Edward stealing Bella from Mike? Mike is nice, but I'm getting a weird vibe from Edward." Seriously.

There are 6 things people need to admit about Twilight:

#1- Edward was a stalker who really only wanted to drink Bella, but didn't because it was "evil"
#2- Jacob Black WAS IN LOVE WITH Bella
#3- Bella only had an infatuation with Edward
#4- Bella's charecter was flat and unrealistic
#5- Allice Cullen WAS IN LOVE WITH Bella
#6- The story was strained and run-on.

When I read a book that lacks a plot and I'm saying "GET TO THE POINT!" at the book, I flip past pages that are useless. I've only read the first book, and even though it's 400 pages, I read about 150 of those pages.

OVER HALF THE BOOK IS USELESS!

I would much rather read your version (it sounded intresting) or ANY ONE ELSE ON FANFICTION'S version than Stephanie Meyer's unrealistic, asexual, stalker-ish, utter trash that has been unfortunatley published and branded "Twilight."

I'M 13 AND EVEN I UNDERSTAND THIS! ! !

I totally agree 100%.