While it was nice to revisit this book after rewatching all of the films, my general feeling throughout was one of disappointment over what feels like constant missed opportunities. I haven't read the books since I was nine or ten, so I remembered virtually nothing except that the first half of the book focuses a lot on school and her truck. Some of the things Meyer has created have promise—there's a reason people return again and again to the Twilight universe, and that is the characters. It's easy to see why Twilight set in motion such a surging renaissance of vampire media and fanatacism, because the Cullen's do have something interesting to each of them, though they all have deep untapped potential. There's something there, if only it was expanded upon. But it's enough to motivate me to continue to come back to the Twilight universe, desperately hoping for a little more depth of character and lore.