the saddest thing about twilight is that in the hands of a competent author, some aspects of the plot (not the whole thing, or even most of it, mind you, but some) could have been put together to make a decent book. for example, if the writing had been better, and the author had focussed on the volturi, and brought in historical aspects, it might have made a halfway decent novel. instead it is just horribly creepy and juvenile at the same time. I didn't even know it was possible for it to be both at the same time, but apparently it is.