Victor sent me a link to this review, saying that even though he hadn't read the book in question, the review itself was an amazing read:
Posted by Nicholas at December 9, 2008 10:30 AMBad Book Month
In Which I Read Bad Books on PurposeTwilight by Stephanie Meyer
Oh, my. This book justifies Bad Book Month all by itself. It's appalling. The redeeming factors are few and far between (mostly Charlie, because he's sweet; and maybe Jasper), but they're helpless against the overwhelming gag factor.
The most appalling element, however, is how popular this novel is. How many teenage girls are drinking this up and screaming for more. I fear for my gender's future, for what they're learning about love and relationships through this series.
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Because of the amount of anti-Twilight stuff out there — though, granted, it only equals the smallest fraction of the pro-Twilight fangirl mania — I'm not going to write a review. I'm not going to go into the disturbing way Bella and Edward's obsessive relationship is portrayed as true love, or how borderline abusive it is, with Bella's complete lack of self outside Edward and Edward's controlling, emotionally unstable behavior. I don't have anything new to say on the topic.
I am, instead, going to provide you with a catalog. A count of various elements in the book, which should give you a feel for exactly how numerous its flaws are.
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