Ok, after having read through all the posts, now I want to say something. Maybe I'm not the one best qualified to talk about Twilight; after all, I've only read the first book. I wasn't all that interested in it, but I saw the first movie, which looked like it had been mangled. I don't like to form my opinions of a book based on the movie (look what they did to Ella Enchanted) so I read the book, and found out that the movie actually hadn't mangled it all that much. I haven't read the rest because I didn't really think I'd enjoy them enough to make it worth it. 

Opinions about the book itself:

I think that Stephanie Meyer is an excellent author. Her prose is very smooth, polished, and poetic, which makes the books fun to read. However, the subject matter gets old quickly. The entire first book is about Bella's fascination with Edward and how it got her into trouble. There is just enough action and plot to keep you reading. Bella is a pretty bland character, with no real personality traits other than her clumsiness. Edward annoys me. I don't know enough about Jacob yet to have an opinion on him; he would have to be a pretty awesome character to make up for the series's other flaws. Some of the other Cullens may be cool characters, but again, I don't know enough about them to say.

If you really like romance, I guess Twilight would be okay. But I'm not crazy about it. 

Oh my gosh. I love the Twilight sereis. Its amazing and Stephie Meyer is a genius. You have to read Breaking Dawn if you haven't read it. There are so many surprises and so suspens that you won't put it down till your done reading and then you'll want to read it again. So if you haven't read it. Read it now and I mean right now.