This book isn't actually that bad (or bad as people make it out to be.) I know it's "cool" to be on the twilight-bashing bandwagon, and I think that's why people gun for it even more. There were girls in my school (when I first read this 6 years ago), who've never so much picked up a book in a MONTH, bashing this thing, like they were next big literary critic. It just bemused me. It was just...okay. It came along at the right time and filled a gap in the market. The biggest thing I hate about Twilight is that it inspired EL James to write fanfiction about it. Now, THAT'S something worth bashing!