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Twilight (Sorry for cursing)
David_Dovey:
--- Quote from: Jeans on 02 Dec 2009, 13:45 ---Of course it does, but the article linked says that the book "teaches young girls a lesson", which is different from the subtle influence a single movie or book is likely to have on your views - the word "teaching" makes it sound a) as if Meyer has gone out of her way to labor the point, that this is something she actually wants to get across, rather than simply being the result of her being a terrible writer,
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Meyer does very little but labor her points. One of the main stylistic gripes with the book is just how much space she devotes to describing just how amazingly beautiful Edward is, or how wonderful and romantic his and Bella's relationship is, or the whole clunky vampire bite=premarital sex metaphor.
Liz:
--- Quote from: Yunior on 02 Dec 2009, 15:47 ---This is going to make such a great plot twist for my fanfic, thanks Liz.
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I didn't mean to.
I swear.
scarred:
She's placed in the "Young Adult" section of the bookstore and I don't know about you but the last time I was back in those hallowed halls was when I was 12.
If that's not tween than you're a fucking idiot.
Ikrik:
Oh Jeans, I see the point you're trying to make but you're making it miserably. Showing us Disney products aimed at young tweens and then saying that Twilight isn't that great.The target audience for Twilight IS tweens. 10-15 year old girls. Just because a large number of people read Twilight and are older doesn't mean that the book isn't marketed at them. God, now I just read some interviews from the makers of the Twilight movie about how they have a huge fanbase of women in their 30's and fourties. My rage for Twilight grows ever stronger.
scarred:
Jeans: Young Adult Fiction is generally defined as suitable for ages 9 and above. Twilight is Young Adult Fiction.
I'm not saying that loads of 9-year-olds read Twilight but unless I'm mistaken, the average Twilight reader (who is 10 to 15) is a "young adult." And you keep dodging the fact that most Twilight readers are 10 to 15 year old girls. So I don't know what to tell you, because you live in your own little world full of denial unicorns.
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