the one with the lion and the lamb

"Twilight is a young-adult vampire romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer. It is the first book of the Twilight series, and introduces seventeen-year-old Isabella Swan, who moves from Phoenix to Forks and finds her life in danger when she falls in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen."

This is what Wikipedia has to say for this book.

I don't think i need to go into what millions of teenagers have to say for this book.

I was one of those girls once. I take pride in thinking that since I am past the "I love Edward <3" stage that I can be considered a normal part of the human race.

But anyone who can recall nearly every part of Twilight cannot unfortunately be considered as a part of it.

There is a spell in those pages. A spell which makes you forget everyone else around you; your life, your college life, your friends, family. Scoff all you want but everyone who reads it reads it through. And that is the greatest thing you can say for a book.

What is it about these characters that make us like them ? Maybe its the thought of the macabre- vampires and the bloodsucking that turns us on. Or the eternal dream to be swept off your feet by a charming and suave man with smoldering eyes and an old fashioned gentlemanly manner (extinct now. all those qualities). Whatever it is, it makes us look beyond Bella seeming paper thin(Bella is the weakest character in the book), the laughable notion of the good vampire who seems like every girl's dream rolled into one(he's too perfect, a friend of mine says), how very good life seems for the vampire (I mean come on, they get everything ? good looks. speed. strength. memory. intelligence. immortality. extra sensory powers also ? give me a break).

The 'Twilight phenomenon' however (the craze over the movies)has driven all my love out of me. It is now worse than a boring book. The movie versions almost got me into a coma. All my love has been spent and there is nothing left anymore.

The name Twilight brings up a sense of cold, rain, deserted days and softness. Robert Pattinson makes me cringe and Kirsten Stewart makes me wish i were blind rather than watch her butcher up one of the books I enjoyed a lot.

The name Twilight brings up disgust towards the movie franchise and a little bit of shame. I still love the book. But everytime I read it, it dredges up visuals from the movie and that is just something i cannot take anymore.