Second, shame on you Stephenie Meyer for writing this series and promoting it as a young adult/ teen book. Are you serious? I thought the last book was on the edge, but this one was too much. My tween will certainly not be reading this book. I am throwing it away. I don't want it on my shelf or in my house. I am still trying to figure out how to explain to Summer how this LDS/BYU graduate Mormon has written a book that is inappropriate for her to read and yet how it is OK that I and every other adult woman on the planet has read it and THAT is OK.
UGH. I am done, although I have a lot more to say. I think I will go clean the bathrooms in an effort to expend all of this negative energy in a more productive way.
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I totally agree with you. We waited and waited to see what was going to happen and then in the last 1/3 it all happened. And the whole physical intimacy theme THROUGHOUT was way over the top for teens to read. Esp. from an LDS author. Yikes. Give me a break.
That's what I heard - I haven't read any of them. But, I had bought Twilight just recently, but when I heard about this one and the last one, I took it back. I don't need that and I certainly don't need my girls reading that. Thanks for your review.
NASTY! I was embarrassed to read it. I thought someone was going to tell my mom.
I didn't HATE the book, but I wish that so many teens weren't obsessed with the series too! I have been bothered with the Young Women in our ward reading them since Twilight because Edward drops Bella off at the door and then is waiting in her room to spend the night. I didn't think it was way over the top as an adult novel, but since it was meant for teens I think it was was too sexual!
I loved the book! I agree that it is not a teen book but all in all, I enjoyed it. I felt that she handled the whole intimacy thing pretty well, no details, and they were married. I am sorry that you disliked it so much!
Hope we can still be friends:)
Sorry. I've got to weigh in here. I really liked it, liked the twist that made it all work for the triangle thing. However it was a lot of detail. I thought that about the last couple of Harry ones too, but when it means I just get to spend more time with characters that are my "friends" I'm good with it. Definitely not a teen book. My mom works in a High school library and says librarians across the country are wondering what to do about it, because they know the students will want to read it and it isn't appropriate. But my married life wouldn't be good for my daughter to know about either. I think she was modest, but treating an adult subject.
I have to disagree- The book is sensual but I thought Stephenie did a great job of not giving sex details. They do get married before they ever do more than kiss. Plus she didn't market it as a young adult book, the publishers did and tweens/teens will read books that are much more graphic in school.
I have to agree with you there. Ryan was surprised that after 3 weeks of having the book I wasn't even half way done. I didn't totally hate it, but it wasn't her best work. I agree that it took so long for one thing to happen.
I never thought of it from your perspective before. But then I have all boys, all younger boys who aren't into these kind of issues...YET! (hopefully never, sigh!) Anyway, I thought it was tastefully done for adults. I wouldn't dream of letting my kids read this. I appreciated that she left out the sex details and that they were married first. Did she really write this for a teen audience or was it just advertised that way? It seems like I heard she had been criticized for leaving out the steamy details and that is the only reason her books aren't marketed for adults. I agree it seemed to take forever for anything to "happen" in the last book and I hated the ending. Seriously, where was the battle? Lame. Couldn't at least one or two of the Voltri die? But I did like the series and finally feel satisfied with the closure of the story. Ah...moving on with life again!
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