I tire of Jacob.

Our author has gone to great lengths, both from Bella's and from Jacob's positions to explain and justify these two characters' foolish behavior in regard to one another. Those great lengths tell me something. That their behavior is, in fact, foolish, but necessary to maintain the overall plot plan. So, she feels the need to explain them, repeatedly.

In fact, there is more time devoted to that than to many other, shall I say, logistical complications that arise in Books 3 and 4.

Jacob says, so many times, that he knows that he is only hurting himself more by being around Bella, but he can't say no to her, can't walk away from her. He gets mad sometimes that she is nice to him. She gets mad at herself for being nice to him. Edward, though, doesn't get mad at either of them. Because he understands, of course, Jacob's love for Bella, and he is jealous but not afraid to lose her.

Then why does she do it? Why does do things she knows are painful to everyone she loves, only to feel bad for them, only to have both Jacob and Edward comfort her in order to keep her from feeling bad. She has this huge tearful goodbye with Jacob and cries to Edward about it.

She really, seriously, cries to Edward about it. And we are supposed to forget this because she says she felt bad Edward had to see it?

Maybe I don't tire of Jacob who, eventually, has stopped being so hard on Bella and stopped trying to pull her in two, stopped bringing attention to all the self-ascribed noble deeds. He has started merely protecting her. I certainly tire of Bella's behavior and their reasoning.

She has Edward, why does he keep up this half relationship with Jacob? This relationship that cannot be, that will never be?

I'm not even talking about the weirdness this all begets in Book 4. We'll get there.