Well after 5 months, I've read Twilight....

I just finished reading Twilight. and for me it is a paradox. It is not what I expected yet exactly how I thought it would be. I now know one thing. I can not align nor call myself a fan. For me, the books which I love and cannot put down are multi-layered-plural storylines all intertwined for some greater purpose. My mind going crazy over the possibilities for each character. I like it when love grows from the story and not the story from the love. I like it when the main protagonists have purposes in the greater scheme of life-not wholely absorbed in their own little worlds. I could happily go about having only read one Twilight book, as I simply cannot see how Stephanie Meyer can continue the story-but that is also the reason why I want to read the next 3 books. I want to see what she can do with the minimal threads and characters crafted and set in place in book one. I like books which change my way of thinking/outlook on the world-making me a better more three dimensional person. I was not surprised by the story, somehow already knowing how it would turn out. I was disappointed that James' character was not developed and ended very quickly-for I found him the most interesting of all the characters. I do not think Twilight is a bad book, merely 2D and not the cliff-hanger I longed for after all these months of waiting. I enjoyed resisting the temptation to read it during the HSC more than the book itself. I feel apathetic-unchanged. I also like books where female protagonists are empowered and get to wear the pants at least for a little while. But saying all this I am about the read the second book and cannot wait to see the movie. As I said...it is a paradox in which I am swimming.