My daughter recommended this book and I did read it. It seems ridiculous to me that this book is so popular. I ended up skipping all the staring, glaring, growling and generally unimaginative text, as it became repetitive and dull. I found neither character to be likeable or sympathetic and kept hoping Bella would get eaten. There might have been some interesting moments, for instance when Edward told how he became a vampire. I wished there was more about that part, but vampires seem to conveniently forget their human past. Also, I couldn't figure out how Bella could love a cold dead "thing" and why Edward loved Bella, a selfish, vapid, dull teenager 90 years or so younger than himself except that to him she smelled like a pork chop.