Of course I read it. And saw the movie at home. I was over a nieces house one evening with nothing to do, and read it. My son rented the movie and I watched it.
Just read over a page, and look at Edward’s emotions. The list of 20 things I posted, and the paragraph above, was from another source, as I stated. But I am not the only one who feels this way. Just do a search with Twilight and Edward and abuse. You will get alot of results.
I assume you find “evil” in the Chronicles of Narnia, harry potter, and the bourne conspiracies also.
Tell me the truth. Did Jimmy Carter ever actually curdle your blood?
Probably not, since fighting against fictional evil is so much more rewarding to the weak and ineffectual, and so comfortably effortless, than fighting against the actual real and present evil the rest of us deal with.....