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I saw numerous plot holes in this book, even though the premise is interesting and maybe even had some potential. For the most part, I didn’t find the characters all that believable which made me not care too much about what happened to them. Bella is negative, mopey and weak. For some inexplicable reason, everybody seems to like her and wants to be her friend but she has zero personality. In real life, people would probably just ignore her and/or dislike her. Nobody would ask her to social functions and certainly wouldn’t be begging to take her to the prom. She pathetic because she continuously pines for Edward and doesn’t seem to have much of a life without him. I honestly think she’s taken feminism back 50 years.
I would expect Edward, being a 100 year old vampire, to be much more worldly and mature. Certainly, somebody with that much living would not be attracted to someone as vacant as Bella. I honestly don’t see the attraction here. Edward is also controlling and moody, not the most attractive traits you’d find in a man. Plus I find it creepy and stalker-like that he sits in her room while she sleeps, without her even knowing!! I also don’t understand that if you’re a vampire who can do whatever you want, why would you keep on going to high school? Wouldn’t you…oh, I don’t know…do ANYTHING else?
This story could have been told in a hundred pages rather than over 400. Too wordy, too many inane details that didn’t really add to the story…overused adjectives, etc. Character development was minimal, and I didn’t much identify with the characters.
The reason I give this a 2 star rating is because it did draw me in enough to keep reading. I liked it for the sole reason that I could shut my brain off before going to bed and it was nice to not have to read too carefully for fear of missing anything. I could scan 2 or 3 pages without missing any important information in the plot. If you want a simple read with some suspense, this is good for th
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