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I like the twighlight series up to a point, but there are many more books that are a thousand times better. it all depends on your tastes. get a library card and reant it and if you love it, buy it.

Once you start reading it. You can't stop unless you find it is a complete disgrace. It is a good book and series. However, if you look at the books individually and the storyline just as it is, then it's really not that great.
It's a good read on a boring day.

To be honest, I found little similar between Twilight and Romeo and Juliet. I did notice that Meyer repeatedly compares the two works, which seemed to be-at times-shallow and mostly unnecessary.

Then again, I have not read the play in quite some time.

(I'm going to continue my ranting, out of boredom, and for the lawlz, so expect excessive bold lettering)

That's the thing...Meyer seemed to miss the point of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet were not in love, they were in lust, and the idea was to show the faults in the whole "Love conquers all, young love, soul mates" kinda deal. She says her work captures true love, and points out Romeo's faults, explaining that if Romeo left you, big whoop, but if Edward did, of course your first reaction would be suicide. He's perfect. Again, missing the point of a tragedy. And the same goes for all these other classic romances. She misses the point entirely. These angsty romances where not describing ideal love, they where saying love is a myth. On top of that, Bella and Edward's romance was never really "Forbidden" as much as "Dangerous", and it wasn't even that. In order to be a forbidden love, it would mean that if you get caught, your in trouble. Not there's a risk of him hurting you. That's just angsty or abusive love.

Twilight is just some fluffy wet dream where the guy has no intended faults, and the author tells us things about the character, but rarely shows it (Bella is supposed to be mature, smart, and clumsy, while she comes of as immature, whiny, and stupid, and her clumsiness is only referenced and is only there to make her cute, and is thus not a real flaw) Edward is, according to the author in several interviews (You know, the ones where she says she would leave her husband who she never loved for Edward, and how she knows "true love"...yeah) absolutely perfect, and how any girl would fall for him. Every girl deserves a guy as perfect as him, and a relationship like in Twilight. Problem is, Edward comes off more like a repressed, pretentious p***k, and their relationship seems more like an unhealthy and controlling one rather than twu luv.

I guess the main reason I despise the books is simply that any justification for the books many and glaring flaws (Like I used to justify Bella's constant gushing over Edward as a representation of what all girls do when their in love) is ruined by the author pretty much saying either "Nah, it's totally meant just like I wrote it" or "No, that's not a flaw. That's totally a mature and level headed thing to do". It doesn't help that she's also a complete idiot who should have never been given a podium to express her views on love when she's enamored with her own characters and only married because "She had to! She's a woman!", and Bella is just her only skinnier, younger, and almost all the guys in her school love her immediately (Though she treats them like dirt). It's so glaringly obvious that it's just her living out her fantasies, at least Host seems decent, and was written for the sake of writing a story (Though I haven't read Host just yet, so I can't judge.)

Here here, i agree, you've said it well. too bad that's only the tip of the iceberg on what's wrong with the series.

I thought it was quite an admiable saga. I loved all four of the books. The movie, however, couldhave been a tad bit bitter with the acting....Of course, it all has to do with your tastes.

I lol'd. I lol'd hard.

I know, this is one of those things where I shouldn't be metnioning it, but everyone's noticed it. Every person heavily supporting the books is rather illiterate. Just wanted to throw that out there.

But in all honesty, you may enjoy it. I loved them. However looking back I question how I did, really. You can loose yourself in the plot, but if you are one who reflects upon what you read, prepare to go "What the ********, as I said before, it's definitley worth the time it takes to read the four of them.