I completely agree with EVERYTHING you said about HP!  IT IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE BOOK BEING REVIEWED (I don't say the name if I can help it)! (It was a nicely written review, though, very eloquent and polite and all.)

Honestly, Harry Potter had an underlying message throughout the whole series (the choices you make define who you are) and in the entire series (not just the first book) being mentioned above (henceforth known as "THAT series") I don't see much of any message (unless it's "Dont fall in love with an immortal being who wants to kill you" or some rubbish like that). The characters are flat and cliche and, half the time, boring (to me at least).

And for the record, THAT series doesn't have "real" werewolves or "real" vampires (as BETTER literature dictates) it has other people who change into wolves and sparkly immortal people who drink blood. (Yes, I'm one of those people who think Dracula was the real deal in establishing vampire stories. It was a real book!)

One last thing- I ship Orange Crush and Herons! :)

(Yes, I am a total Harry Potter geek. 93 more days!)

No, Stephenie Meyer. Vampires do not sparkle and they do not pity humans by drinking the blood of animals. Nice try, though.

The first book was appalling. I go to church regularly, and I'm Christian, so when you ask your friend why the cover of the 1st book had a pair of pale hands cupping a juicy, red apple and she says "It's a symbol--it's the forbidden fruit from the bible. The guy in the book is the forbidden fruit,' you're going to be one angry mudda-f&%$ah. So I read the books and got even angrier!

It's bad enough for the book to have only one moral that we've heard over and over again (true love conquers all), but Mrs. Meyer just haaaad to use the forbidden fruit. When I saw this, it was like she was saying, 'Give into temptation... it's okay to eat forbidden fruit.'

Bella's a horrible girl anyway, though--weak, clueless, ready to throw everything away so she can finangle with a 100-something year old man whom she only seems to like for his face and body and 'perfection'... unless, dominance and frigidity is her 'thing'... weird... so she can take one look at his face and body and think, 'he's perfect' and forgive him for being such a jealous d$#& and letting him take away the ONE person who actually brought life to this book (Jacob Black)? Can you say, 'superficial airhead', Bella?

Also, she is self-absorbed. Since the books are mainly in her point-of-view, it suffers from blank characters and blank dialogue--leaving only corny pick-up lines and soap opera-like staccato that doesn't work. It doesn't work in the book OR in the movies.

So if you want a REAL love story with bite and true love-- Buffy the Vampire Slayer. If you want a story full of supernatural beings AND life, The Immortal Instruments. If you want a story with morals, KEEP THIS BOOK ON THE SHELF... and if you want a believable soap opera about teens... Degrassi: The Boiling Point XD

To Slushi:

The opinions you've set yourself to make it quite clear how you feel. However, it seems you are judging the characters in the Twilight Saga as they would be judged in the real world. In reality, as if they were walking down the street. 

I think this was a beautifully and passionately written piece of work by Stephenie. The plot, however seemingly drawn-out it may seem to some, led up to a surprising end and made ever word of each book worth while to read. Sure, there were some cliche' moments, but overall, the series was uniquely fascinating!

Twilights basically only the second book EVER (correct me if I'm wrong) to be based on a dream and be successful. The only other was Jeckyll and Hyde. 

That factoid aside, I thought the review was good, although I don't agree with it. It was overall well written and polished- I couldn't find anything wrong with it! I found your take on twilight interesting, too. 

I honestly did not like Twilight.

I found it a tedious book, with a boring and predictable plot, and flat, dry and overall ridiculous characters. Bella complains all the time, she doesn't seem able to do anything for herself. Edward is creepy. Climbing through somebody's window to watch them sleep is not normal, no matter how much you love them. Sparkling, too, is way too weird. I mean, I have no problems with taking a different view on vampires, making them different to what you would think them to be ... but honestly, sparkling is just plain weird.

Another thing that drove me insane is Stephenie Meyer's style of writing. It is so tedious! I mean, it's not description. It's more ramblingly observant or something. It made me want to throw the book at the wall, but I didn't because I would never do that to a book.

"Forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest."

That is so so true.

Twilight is a phenomenon.