Well. I'm late to join this thread. I finished Twilight yesterday. I don't see what all the hype is about. I'm also in the target age range and I found it to be repetitive and predictable. A good chunk of the book was "Oh Edward I love you!" "Oh Bella. I know I love you too but it's hard for me because I long for your blood. Are you scared of me?" "Oh Edward. I'm not scared even though I should be." "Oh Bella I'm dangerous but I think I'm stong enough to resist having you for lunch."
The only reason why Edward was ever even attracted to Bella in the first place was because he liked the way she smelled and he couldn't read her mind. Not very romantic in my opinion.
I did enjoy the ending very much though. This book is just teenage fluff. Something that would be more of a guilty pleasure than a great piece of literature.
ETA: I also had a problem with the fact that on the back of the book it says Edward is a vampire, and yet the first 150 pages of the book was trying to figure out just what Edward was. Assuming people read the synopsis on the back cover those first 150 pages are utterly suspenseless.
Updated On: 7/30/08 at 10:59 PM