It's not that great.

I read a lot of books and Twilight saga is one that I really liked of course with the exception of New Moon which I absolutely loathed. I have seen True Blood and Queen of the damned but these are all told from the perspective of a vampire and although they use words that we are familiar with they still can't create the bridge of indulgent. A vampire is something that humans can't get a concept of, at least I didn't initially.

Twilight however is a vampire novel told from a human's perspective. These vampires are almost human, built more like a superhero than a dark and dreary tale of death and killings. We get more human emotions with just enough supernatural to keep us hooked, this is one reason I couldn't stop myself from going further with the saga. Edward Cullen is a major attraction because we all have the perfect guy in mind and Edward really is ideal for many girls. He's smart, sexy, understanding, and mysterious, since it's Bella who falls in love with him, we get the feeling he's falling in love with us, now wouldn't that be nice? lol. To be honest I love the saga not only because of Edward but because the book describes how overpoweringly and crazy in love two people are with each other and not just anybody gets to feel that kind of love. Like Kristen said " It's like a physiological bond or magnet..." once in a while, some people actually experience the kind of "crazy, passionate, almost impossible" kind of love that is described in "Twilight". Being able to actually read the exact same feelings on paper are electric, not to mention indescribable, so for that alone, it is not impossible for one to be hooked...

The truth is, twilight is no extraordinary book, even though a lot of people would like to argue it. I read lot of better books, but it has the kind of writing that you will either love it or hate it, and it has nothing more to do than the person's preference.

i agree, i think, the only reason i read the buk is for edward and the way their relationship has been described. but u do kinda get annoyed afterwards, wen u really use ur brain. all my friends who had read the buks before me told me to quit after just the first one, but ur addicted to it. and new moon was not the buk i liked, i skipped most of the buk. lol

but yea, sometimes u do find it a little absurd.

Long story cut short - Everyone has their preferences.

i will loveTwilight till i die

There are a lot of books that were best-sellers but I absolutely dislikes them. Disliked them to the point where I read the first chapter and never touched again.

i enjoyed reading it and that matters to me and i dont wanna compare it with others.
yes you can love it or dislike it or hate it but certainly you can not ignore it. i'd never seen anyone (ofcourse i m talking abt girl and not boy) skipped the books just after reading one or two chapters. it happened many times that i skipped some bestseller after few pages.
for me edward cullen is the major reason. i saw boys(or twihaters) mking fun of how he is 109 yrs virgin or whatever but basically this lovestory suits very much with indian culture (and for that reason also suits me lol) you know all that first love and true and eternal love in literal sense.
anyways, i liked it and enjoyed reading it second / third time also (except Eclips)

i read it after the film....cox i really liked the concept.....and i loved how the series went...

Ofcourse its the 12 year olds that think the books are out of this world, but the older audience would ofcourse beg to differ, we've definitely read better. I think what mostly draws the readers is the unique characterization, the story and also the fact that its in Bella's POV, which according to Rob makes it a "very personal story". Also, I think its the love story more than the supernatural aspect of the series that draws the readers. Though to a certain point there are grammatical errors here and there, but that could also be faulted to the american grammar, which is quite different.