Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

This is one book that I'm doubly ashamed of-I'm ashamed that I own it and ashamed that I read it! Why Ms. Meyer wasted so much of paper on writing four parts of this disastrous story, beats me! Had she been in India, someone like Menka Gandhi perhaps, would have definitely sued her for so much of wastage! But then again, in a land where Chetan Bhagat thrives...(sigh!)
Regarding the content of the story, I'm sure she read 'Tuck Everlasting' as a kid and hated it so much that she decided to give it her 'touch'. Then she consulted 'Harry Potter' to copy the style to some extent and probably read some pathetic books like '100 Tips on How to Write Effectively' or something and decided to trouble the celebrated Brontë sisters in their graves by saying that her worse than Dracula-ish character is a tribute to Rochester and Heathcliff.
This dedication not only stirred the remains of Charlotte and Emily but also made Bram Stoker turn in his grave.
Exactly why Meyer decided to antagonise so many dead and alive people is not clear! In fact,this reader hasn't the foggiest why she chose to pick up a pen at all! But what's more disturbing than the book itself is the million dollar question why so many seemingly rational people, especially females are mad about Edward Cullen?

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