Given the Twilight series rage I purchased the books for my preteen daughter. I mean, everyone was reading them. Everyone was raving. But…
My daughter doesn’t like Twilight. She likes the Vampire Diaries and the Vampire Academy, so it isn’t the genre… It’s Twilight specifically. Which I found perplexing, since the back covers all read pretty much the same to me. So, what was it about Twilight?
“Bella never drives her own car. Whatever guy she’s with sits behind the steering wheel of her car.”
That was my daughter’s first point.
“Bella is always being rescued. She never saves anyone.”
Second point.
The third point is a doozy.
Edward is drawn to Bella because of her blood (which he describes as his own personal heroin), not her personality or her brain.
And her fourth point makes me proud.
“Edward is a stalker. Bella is always waking up and finding him in her bedroom watching her. It’s creepy.”
It is creepy. And it seems my daughter is not alone in her thoughts. The video below is priceless.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZwM3GvaTRM[/youtube]