Romance is a form of character development; a delinquent might find himself trying to ditch some of his bad habits in order to persuade the girl he likes that he isn't such a bad guy at all or an ice queen may find herself slowly thawing her heart when someone shows her genuine kindness, helping her to open her heart to the world again. I don't get that with Edward and Bella; the two of them pretty much stay the same throughout the entire series. Bella continues to be an asshole towards her family and human associates while Edward continues to be a mopey manipulative asshole who can never seem to make up his mind on whether he is dangerous or not to Bella.
The romance is a badly-written piece of crap; are we really supposed to believe that these two are one of the most romantic couples of all time when the basis of their romance was "she smells good, he looks hot"? This is one of the main problems I have with Meyer; she tells too much but doesn't show. We are constantly having the idea that these two are the ideal couple shoved in our face but we do not see any real evidence how they are so. If Meyer took the time to develop their romance instead of rushing through it so she can spend several chapters of verbal masturbation over how handsome Edward supposedly is, this book would be much better.
The main characters are badly written as well. We are supposed to believe Bella is the perfect girl, what with all the guys pining after her despite her 'ordinary' appearance, yet she comes across as a sociopath who is worthless without Edward at her side and does stupid things just to hallucinate about him without regards to the large amount of worry she would cause her father or her human 'friends.' We are supposed to believe that Edward is the perfect boyfriend, yet he comes across as controlling such as when he has Alice kidnap her or when he takes out her car engine to stop her from using it. Claiming he's doing it for her own good is no excuse; that's the sort of excuse a domestic abuser uses.
Twilight is a terrible book, but to be fair, it's a guilty pleasure. It's the sort of book that one reads just for the fantasy of imagining oneself being handed a happy ending without having to work for it. It is not a masterpiece and it will never be one, but it gets it's job done as an escapist piece.
Terrible, just terrible
Romance is a form of character development; a delinquent might find himself trying to ditch some of his bad habits in order to persuade the girl he likes that he isn't such a bad guy at all or an ice queen may find herself slowly thawing her heart when someone shows her genuine kindness, helping her to open her heart to the world again. I don't get that with Edward and Bella; the two of them pretty much stay the same throughout the entire series. Bella continues to be an asshole towards her family and human associates while Edward continues to be a mopey manipulative asshole who can never seem to make up his mind on whether he is dangerous or not to Bella.
The romance is a badly-written piece of crap; are we really supposed to believe that these two are one of the most romantic couples of all time when the basis of their romance was "she smells good, he looks hot"? This is one of the main problems I have with Meyer; she tells too much but doesn't show. We are constantly having the idea that these two are the ideal couple shoved in our face but we do not see any real evidence how they are so. If Meyer took the time to develop their romance instead of rushing through it so she can spend several chapters of verbal masturbation over how handsome Edward supposedly is, this book would be much better.
The main characters are badly written as well. We are supposed to believe Bella is the perfect girl, what with all the guys pining after her despite her 'ordinary' appearance, yet she comes across as a sociopath who is worthless without Edward at her side and does stupid things just to hallucinate about him without regards to the large amount of worry she would cause her father or her human 'friends.' We are supposed to believe that Edward is the perfect boyfriend, yet he comes across as controlling such as when he has Alice kidnap her or when he takes out her car engine to stop her from using it. Claiming he's doing it for her own good is no excuse; that's the sort of excuse a domestic abuser uses.
Twilight is a terrible book, but to be fair, it's a guilty pleasure. It's the sort of book that one reads just for the fantasy of imagining oneself being handed a happy ending without having to work for it. It is not a masterpiece and it will never be one, but it gets it's job done as an escapist piece.