Northanger Abbey Let Down

So i was under the impression that in our Twilight Comp 2 class that all the reading material would pertain to vampires but i was mistaken. I had the unfortunate opportunity to read Northanger Abbey which I feel was a waste of my life. The book just dragged along the entire time and i felt like i was waiting for some thing big and exciting to happen that never came. It was a real pain to read at first and continued but the mystery of why we had to read this book kept my hopes high for a good climax. The characters were not exciting at all, they just seemed very plain. The only character with any interesting qualities was Mr.Tinley. He was the villain of the book and at best was just a bad person who had not done anything really that bad out of the norm. I think maybe during the time this book was released it was exciting and interesting but living in 2012 it does nothing for me. From the love story to the lame problems it has no significant value and will soon be forgotten. There was no vampire but our teacher described General Tinley as having some of the same characteristics as our commonly found vampires. He sucked the life out of his wife with out a drop of blood but by not being a good husband. I would not recommend this become to any one under the age of 75.