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Originally Posted by whitearrow
When I read the first post, I thought it would be at least 10 replies before someone mentioned Twilight 
IMO, these aren't even close to the biggest problems with this book. Vampires in high school can be just fine, or even great, if the story has interesting characters and a strong point of view.
For me, the biggest problem in Twilight is a lead female character who seems to have absolutely no agency and gets dragged from plot point to plot point by the men in her life. Writing a character like this in a 17th century setting may be okay (if boring) but in a contemporary novel it's awful and a terrible message to be sending to young women.
But yes, I agree -- books can be both popular and bad. |
It doesn't help that Edward hits every one of the signs for a stalker boyfriend to be avoided.
Every single one.