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Originally Posted by bjones6416
Honestly, although I may be the only one in this thread who actually read all 4 of the Twilight books  , the bottom line is that really they ARE just fluff. Whether or not we're tired of the genre, I personally don't believe the books were particularly traumatic to young girls.  |
I read 3 and lost interest, sorry.
I suspect that girls don’t read too carefully and the whole male dominated family structure where a woman’s highest calling it is to sacrifice herself for her family while men get to make the decisions for the family didn’t penetrate at all. The chastity angle certainly missed the mark according to an interview with the actor who played Edward (this was second hand info from a friend). Yes, there are lots of pro-family and anti-girl messages in the book – at least if you are of a feminist bend but I suspect very few of them got absorbed by the average teen reader. I asked a girl why she liked the book… “Oh, Edward is so cute and he loves Bella.” I asked about anti-feminist rhetoric and she just blinked. Oh, well.