If you didn't pick up on this by reading Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn from Bella's perspective, then you really, really need to read Midnight Sun. It clarifies every strange response he ever gave to Bella, and helps you to understand what was going on in the background. Though Edward Cullen isn't technically the villain of the Twilight series, he certainly sees himself as the villain, and therein lies the source of all of his anguished behavior.
The same thing happened when the backlash against Harry Potter and The Hunger Games began at the height of their popularity, and people who had loved the books began to feel ashamed for loving them. But seriously, it is so easy to take on the opinions of others when they are the loudest ones proclaimed. Thank you, Honest Trailers, and others who parodied the content to make it feel more ridiculous than it was! Of course I have my own issues with the films, mostly in how they diverge from the much better books. After I closed the book on the last page, my husband and I re-watched Twilight on Amazon Prime, and he commented that it wasn't as ridiculous as he'd remembered. However, the surprise some people have at how good she is, I believe, rather stems from the caricature of her work and the fact it has been the butt of many jokes and parodies over the years. Naturally, writers do grow and I'm sure there's truth in this. Many reviews I read prior to finishing the book stated that Stephenie Meyer has grown as a writer and that the writing is so much better in this later book.
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