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Aug. 29th, 2010 11:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
all_strange_wondersI just finished reading a chapter-by-chapter review of Eclipse that basically came to this conclusion:
"This is the worst thing I have ever put in my brain."
And I kind of agree, but I also think a lot of other works of fiction for young adults wouldn't stand up to the kind of scrutiny the Twilight "Saga" gets. There's so much fluff out there that's really only different because it didn't get as immensely popular. I, personally, have read and enjoyed books at least as fluffy and uneven and downright bad as Twilight, and just as full of heteronormative codependence and emotional abuse.
Of course, I didn't model my own ideal relationships on th--
Well, shit. We really are all screwed.
"This is the worst thing I have ever put in my brain."
And I kind of agree, but I also think a lot of other works of fiction for young adults wouldn't stand up to the kind of scrutiny the Twilight "Saga" gets. There's so much fluff out there that's really only different because it didn't get as immensely popular. I, personally, have read and enjoyed books at least as fluffy and uneven and downright bad as Twilight, and just as full of heteronormative codependence and emotional abuse.
Of course, I didn't model my own ideal relationships on th--
Well, shit. We really are all screwed.
