I never run out of bad books. This is a fact. If a book doesn't captivate me by the fifth page, I'm the kind of person who puts it on a shelf and forgets about it. So-called great books like “The Hunger Games” and “Divergent” both failed my test of patience and mercilessly ended up gathering dust on one of my many shelves. This is a very common procedure in my house. But every now and then books like 'Twilight' come along. Books that are so bad I just can't put them down for the life of me. Indeed; I have to read the entire series, just to prove to myself that: yes, it's that bad! The Twilight saga was written in 2005 by Stephanie Meyer. The series consists of four books: "Twilight", "New Moon", "Eclipse" and "Breaking Dawn". The main plot is about a 17-year-old girl, Bella Swan, who decides to go to live with her father in Forks, Washington. While there she meets the vampire Edward Cullen, 109 years old. The two soon begin dating, which is the cause of most of the conflicts throughout the series. The character of Bella Swan is described by herself as a normal, boring and awkward plain-looking girl with brown hair and hazel eyes. All of this is later disproved when she, during her first week at a new school, is hit on by three different, popular boys, and when she trips and falls perhaps once or twice in the entire series. The way she is portrayed as a female protagonist is shameful. She's a fairytale damsel in distress who constantly puts herself in silly situations only so she can be saved by her true love. There is one scene in particular that stands out in this respect. It takes place in the first book of the series and is set maybe a couple of months after meeting Edward. One day, while she was out... halfway... a result broke up with their partner. I'll be the first to admit that this terrifies me, the last thing this world needs is more people suffering because of a book. There are girls who defend it with the excuse: it's just a book. Every time I hear this excuse I can't help but think sarcastically: Yes... because no one is stupid enough to fight over a book. I'm not trying to say that everyone who likes "The Twilight Saga" is stupid or incapable of doing so. making right from wrong. There's nothing wrong with enjoying a book and at the same time realizing that it has downsides. It's the ones who have trouble seeing it, the ones who can't separate fact from fiction that worry me. Both the books and the movies, thankfully, are finished by now and much of the hype has already died down, so now I'm just hoping the whole thing becomes history before too long..