My wife thinks this Twilight stuff is the authors Mormon Propaganda. She is shocked at the reaction of women in the United States. She calls it the end of Feminism.
The stories are all about a girl doing everything her obsessive boyfriend says. He even locks her up at his sisters house when he goes out of town. He even destroys her car so she cant go see another boy.
Women and girls love this stuff. She thinks it shows a deep truth about what women really want. They want to be dominated. She is horrified.
I am more amused.
Feminism was a marxist utopian wet dream. It had no real basis in reality.
Your sister is mistaken, that it not a remotely accurate depiction of the series at all.
My 17 y.o. loves the books. I read the first one and like your wife was appalled. What girl needs a boyfriend who has an instinct and driving desire to kill her and is holding back only because he is so noble and virtuous?
And what is so chaste about a boy and girl lying down in bed together, not having sex? That is what is called a “near occasion of sin” and I know where it goes from there.
It’s true that women are attracted to danger, hoping it turns to power and protection in their service, with the danger always there as a background thrill. But the Twilight series is so adolescent in its sensibility that I am surprised any women over thirty can find it exciting.
This review from Amazon is really long, but sums it up well:
The book was literally overflowing with descriptions of Edward's beauty, which, with the exception of something quickly tossed in near the end, stood in for the majority of the plot. It was constant; there was either something about his flawless face or model-like beauty every time Bella was in his presence. I was disturbed by her obsession with him, and this obsession only made her seem mentally unstable (cough separation anxiety). If the explanation that this is one badly written and characterized book were taken away, I would call her a psycho. Well, he's a stalker and she's crazy...And here I will add direct quotes from the story that really take the cake...
Edward grins at her and she goes, "I looked away before I could start hyperventilating"(219). No girl hyperventilates if a dude looks at her. That is just stupid...and kind of hilarious. After being around him she was "Afraid I might stumble in my woozy state"(225). I laugh at the utter ridiculousness. She sees Edward and the result, "I couldn't imagine how an angel could be any more glorious"(241). I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit... "He was too perfect, I realized with a piercing stab of despair"(256). She then proceeds to mope. "I tried to keep my eyes from his perfection as much as possible, but I slipped often. Each time, his beauty pierced through me with sadness"(257). Look, this one is almost identical to the previous pages' moping. My response: I try to keep myself from hurling as much as possible. Also, I find this wildly hysterical. How can I possibly take such things seriously?