As I found the first in this series strangely compelling (Twilight), I thought I would try the second. I have to say if I wasn’t on a plane with nothing else to read and no movie to watch I wouldn’t have finished it. It was badly written (or perhaps edited) and Bella was simply annoying. I can see why teenage girls love this stuff – it’s like the soapiest soap. However, just because they like it doesn’t mean it’s good for them. Is anyone else disturbed by that fact that Edward is 100 and something and Bella only 18?

The first half is painfully slow and what is it teaching girls about relationship break downs? Just fall in a hole and stop living?