Best. Post. Ever.

I can't stand the word repetition.

Jacob is russet. Not brown, not tan, russet. His arms are russet. His face is russet. His hands are russet. His fur is russet. So are the rest of the Indians. They all look alike. They're all russet too. By the way, did we mention they're russet? Just wanted to remind the reader what color they are in case we've forgotten over the past 20 pages. Russet russet russet. When Jacob isn't being russet, his face is turning yellow/green under his russet skin. Or he's smiling with his bright white teeth which contrasts against his russet skin. Sometimes entire sentences repeat themselves in the same book, and it gets annoying.

His eyes bulged, and his face turned a strange, sallow color under the russet surface. New Moon
His face turned sallow green under the russet skin. New Moon
His teeth gleamed bright against his russet skin. Eclipse
His face turned green under the russet skin. Eclipse
He grinned widely, his teeth bright against his russet skin. Eclipse

Edward chuckles too much. Nearly 40 times in the first book alone. It's really odd because Meyer manages to find lots of synonyms for other words, but Edward just chuck-chuck-chuckles away. He doesn't laugh, he chuckles. He chuckles here, he chuckles there. He chuckles everywhere. It's like a Dr Seuss book. He chuckles in the dark, he chuckles in the day, he chuckles behind your back, he chuckles in your face. He chuckles at Bella, at everyone. He's incapable of expressing his humor in any other way. Chuckle chuckle chuckle chuckle chuckle chuckle chuckle chuckle has the word become meaningless in your eyes yet chuckle chuckle chuckle chuckle chuckle chuckle chuckle chuckle.

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