If it was written by anyone else. Even me. And I stink at writing full books.

I've only read the first book, but I could not continue. While Bella's original character may be as you describe, her relationship and obsession with Edward is shallow, weak and all together an example of what I would never want to see a friend fallen into. If there was ever someone who treated my friend like Edward treats Bella, I would beat him with a club. If I ever had a friend put up with what Bella puts up with, I would beat them too (but with a foam club. just got make a point). Bella's character is a shallow mockery of the potential her character and their "relationship" had.

The writing itself was horrid. The plot and characters were abandoned to the one-dimensional fawning mind of the author.

Given those same characters and plot and then put into the hands of a different author, the Twilight series could actually have been worth some hype.

Instead, it is a pale shadow, riding on the backs of the ignorance and shallow fawning of today's youth. I pray it meets the same fate of the Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys.