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I didn't know before reading in her bio at the back of the book that the writer is a mormon, which really comes through in the book. all of the abstinence undertones in the movie are more like overt overtones in the book. and the relationship between bella and edward is downright frightening in the book. her infatuation of him as the god-like adonis character is totally freaky. and that's most of the book... the vampire stuff is like a backdrop, like it's not even really a part of the story as much as the over the top gross out romance novel aspect of it.

skip the book. see the movie. which i still think is awesome. ]]>