I have tried very hard to get into the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. It is very difficult, however, because I detest Meyer’s writing style and the general plot of the books. And after reading the second one, I have grown to hate the main character (and her name), Bella, more than any other character in the literary world. At first I thought she was an independent, responsible young-adult who had everything under control. And then I read the second book.

As you have probably heard, Edward leaves Bella unexpectedly (pshh…) at the beginning of New Moon. I expected, from what I had heard from my friends, that she was a strong person, able to recover quickly from something so devastating. But, of course, I was wrong. As soon as Edward leaves, Bella is rocketed into a 5 month depression.  She only begins to come out of it after spending a thousand boring days with her old friend Jacob Black and using him to take part in a few minorly rebelious activities, which she only does so that she can hear the voice of Edward warning her NOT to take part in these activities.

It takes the author FOREVER to get to the point of the story. I am frequently frustrated when I figure some key point out 5 chapters before Bella even begins to connect the information. She is so unbelievably slow! I swear, she is mentally deficient. That’s probably the only reason Edward can’t hear her thoughts.

Also, she is a heartless, soul-sucking bitch when it comes to poor Jacob. The sexual tension between the two of them is undeniable and she does nothing to turn down the heat. Many times throughout the book, and not  just when they are alone, he takes her hand or wraps his arms around her and she does nothing to define the boundaries in their relationship. She complains over and over again that he puts more weight on these actions than she, but still she lets them go on without saying anything. And the numerous occasions when she couldn’t decide whether or not to take him more seriously made my heart ache for that poor, sweet boy. Once, they were enbracing in the car (just makeout already!) and she was debating whether or not to kiss him. But, of course, she waited too long. Another time, in the heat of the moment, he had her head in his hands, about to kiss her, and she panicked! I hate Bella Swan…

I also hate how the author adds all this extra crap that doesn’t need to be there and then leaves out some of the most important things. For instance, Meyer is overly descriptive about eyebrow possitioning, smile types, and face touching, but when it comes to kissing scenes and romance she couldn’t describe to save her life!

The end result and main points of the story thoroughly depressed me and made me sick to my stomach. The fact that Bella was too big of an idiot to accept Jacob’s unconditional love and affection made me want to cry! And when she decided to push aside all of the horrible things that happen to her when Edward is around and take him back I felt the sudden urge to punch Stephenie Meyer in the forehead. I am definately on Team Jacob and my mind will not be changed by a strikingly beautiful, marble-hearted god. In fact, I kind of wanted Edward to die at the hands of the Volturi because I want Bella to end up with Jacob, the good guy. But, of course, that will never happen.

Song of the day: Electric Feel by MGMT. I heard this song while shopping at American Eagle yesterday and wrote it down, it was so good. It is now my MySpace song and my new favorite song.