[Tom4784]

The books themselves aren't that good really, they're addictive yes but badly written. Bella's one of the weakest main characters I've ever seen, you could replace her with a cardboard box and the box would be more interesting. Same goes for Edward and Jacob, no characterization outside of 'I LOVE BELLA! I'LL GO TO STALKERISH LENGTHS TO BE WITH HER12!"!'

The story is flaccid and despite the situations the characters get into there's never a sense of urgency or danger, The Volturi are the worst evil group of vampire leaders ever to grace the page and cinema their contribution to the books is basically 'HELLO WE'RE EVIL, WE TURN UP AT THE END OF MOST OF THE BOOKS TO TALK FOR 20 MINUTES AND THEN WE SOD OFF BACK HOME AFTER DOING NOTHING FOR SOME CHEESE AND WINE'.