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[meganbmoore]

Via calixa , 28 Reasons That Twilight The Movie Is Better Than Twilight The Book.

The excerpt used for #21?  A piece of my self-respect shriveled up and died just reading that.

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[escalove.livejournal.com]

There is no accounting to taste, I think sometimes it is a matter of timing and not so much the quality. Twilight hit at the right time and place and it was easily marketable. In publishing, it was is easily accessible that tends to sell. And the populace doesn't tend to know or want to look into things further.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Twilight hit at the right time and place and it was easily marketable.

Yeah. And while Meyer could certainly do with improving her writing, it's not like she's going to bother while people eat those things up. I sure wouldn't.

I find the books dreadful but it is remarkable how many women and girls of all ages and education find them irresistible. And I suspect with the economic climate the way it is, the market for this type of escapist fantasy will just grow and grow.