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I talked to my daughters about Bella being kinda winmpy and pathetic.
And about the fact that her true love is perfect in a way no real man could ever be. Think about it: He has no BO or bad breath, is richer than Bill Gates, smart, romantic, never gets sick or injured (in the books). He's an unrealistic ideal.
That said, I still want to see the movie. I like the story.
wll of course he is unrealisic! let me explain. he is a vampire. he is technically dead. he does not need to breathe the only sustanance he needs to survive is blood human or animal.his skin is basicaly diamonds(the hardest natural substance kown to man) and he cant get sick cause he is already dead! finally and least is hes a vampire so of course he does not real!
Even though I like the series for the most part, I had some problems with it, for some of the reasons mentioned above. Bella comes off as what they call a Mary Sue in fan fiction. Especially in book four where she's the best ever at what she does. She's clingy and needy and can't function without Edward in a pretty pathetic and non 'strong female role model' kind of way. Edward often comes off as controlling, arrogant and even crosses the line to emotionally abusive at times, imo. Stephenie Meyers made some changes to the vampire mythology, which is fine, but at the same time she's also played up an awful lot of teen cliches, just kind of thrown them together in a big stew. Her actual writing has some mechanical problems, but it did grow throughout the series, much like Jo Rowling's writing in Harry Potter.
On the other hand, I did appreciate the fact that the Twilight series made so much of the 'soul having' argument, that she showed her good guys tormented by the thought that they might not have one and may never enter heaven. I think for a teen series Twilight sends a rare message about consequences of actions that may come an 'eternity' away, something teens don't generally think about.
Sarah
Now I'm going to read the rest of them.
