Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer

Espy

Espy

Dave said:
Literature that teaches young girls that their lives aren't complete unless they have a boyfriend to protect them.
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To be fair it teaches them that they need a boyfriend so they have VALUE. Protection is secondary. Remember girls: You aren't valuable unless a MAN loves you.


Also: As much as I loathe Dan Brown, the man knows how to write short catchy chapters that keep you moving and never give you much time to really think about how stupid his story is. That *might* sound like an insult, but it really isn't. He doesn't pretend to be a great author or a master of his craft, he just knows how to write compelling books and he uses structure to make the reader plow through them at breakneck speeds, kind of like a big action flick.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

Espy said:
To be fair it teaches them that they need a boyfriend so they have VALUE. Protection is secondary. Remember girls: You aren't valuable unless a MAN loves you.
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And when he does, you suddenly become the savior of your race, who will give birth to a miracle child.
 
Bubble181

Bubble181

Espy said:
the man knows how to write short catchy chapters that keep you moving and never give you much time to really think about how stupid his story is. That *might* sound like an insult, but it really isn't. He doesn't pretend to be a great author or a master of his craft, he just knows how to write compelling books and he uses structure to make the reader plow through them at breakneck speeds, kind of like a big action flick.
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True. While it may seem blasphemous to some, JK Rowling has the exact same thing going for her in her earlier books. The "need" to make everything work together and the whole thing be in a cohesive and self-contained universe is one of the reasons some of books 5, 6 and 7 were so slow - she knew fans were watching so closely, she couldn't afford any slip-ups, while she had plenty of leeway in the earlier books. HP are books you don't want to put down...but it's not great Literature.
 
Frank

Frank

Espy said:
Also: As much as I loathe Dan Brown, the man knows how to write short catchy chapters that keep you moving and never give you much time to really think about how stupid his story is. That *might* sound like an insult, but it really isn't. He doesn't pretend to be a great author or a master of his craft, he just knows how to write compelling books and he uses structure to make the reader plow through them at breakneck speeds, kind of like a big action flick.
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Put that way, JJ Abrams is the Dan Brown of film.
 
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