Hot topic today on Alice Pope's CWIM blog by a guest blogger: Is Edward an abusive boyfriend?
http://cwim.blogspot.com/2009/04/edward-bella-abusive-relationship.html
The Twilight books are still on my "To Read Sometime Later" list, so I cannot personally weigh in on whether Edward is abusive, nor whether Bella is a bad role model for teenage girls (which issue was raised in the comments to the post). But isn't it great that readers are so up-in-arms about it? I enjoy hearing lively discussions like this, even when I haven't read the book in question. I don't fear having details "spoiled" in advance. I like having advance context in which to ground my own reading experience. By now I have plenty of fuel for my fire, so I really must get around to reading Twilight. And after that, on to watching the movie, which just yesterday I overheard a teen at the library circulation desk say is "stupid". I predict that I won't agree with her on that.
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Will you write a blog on it once you've read it? I wait eagerly to read your thoughts on it.
ReplyDeleteOf course I will, but I can't say how soon...
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