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[–]Finnegan7921 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

"They were worried that girls who read the book would grow up to think the way Edward acted was normal and that these girls would end up in abusive relationships."

I guess they also thought that the girls reading the book were too stupid to realize that a)it was fiction, and b)they'd never grow up to date a vampire.

[–]spinningIntelligence 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Fiction impacts the way we see the world; that is the point of it. Yes, it's nowhere near the nightmarescape of porn, but it should still be evaluated critically.

[–]Thatstealthygal 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Tbh I would have adored the first book as a teen, I know it. The sequels probably not so much. It has the same mopey gothic vibe of a lot of romantic fiction that was around in the 70s.