9. and you say like that's a bad thing: it's descriptive. you can't blame them, edward's eyes is topaz. the author rights something, it is up to the reader to interpret the author's perspective, maybe you just didn't read through the lines.
Harry Potter is the product of JK Rowling's depression while Twilight is a pigment of S Meyer's Dream, that explains why everytime I read HP, i get sad of the death theme it always suggests while everytime i read Twilight seems a fantasy turned into reality.
To oppose, Bella is an image of almost every girl (just being realistic), a girl misunderstood by reality. Because of Edward, Bella became part of her peers. When Edward left Bella, Bella was said to be nothing, that’s what love does to a person, particularly their love for each other is eternal ...
if it is not good, why did it become famous and salable? [answer: because it is] ps: don't answer me with all that "self-insert character" stuff