Wow, this represents how I feel about Meyer's writing exactly, thank you for putting it into such precise words. It's an enjoyable way to spend a weekend (note the singular), but her writing is abject crap. The way she writes women is degrading, and the way she writes men is chauvinistic, abusive, disrespectful, and NOT what we should be putting out there for young ladies to grow up wanting. L. J. Smith is much better, even if she's older (most of her writing was in the 90s), so is Holly Black--when their characters are acting f-ed up, they get called on it and it actually has consequences. As opposed to "I love you. Stay." "No, I'm bad for you, I'm leaving." "I am sad, delusional and not healthy." "I can't live in a world without you." "No, live." "There is no lasting impact on our relationship, it's as if I never disrespected you." "Let's be together forever." Grrr.
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Date: 2010-07-17 08:10 pm (UTC)