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Twilight saga

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Heathercob · 02/11/2019 00:19

Is there anything wrong with me reading the Twilight books as an adult (35)? Have never read them before, and saw the first three books on a charity stand in Sainsbury's, so thought that I would read them given how it's been Halloween. Yesterday a woman told me off for reading them as apparently only teenagers should read them. She has told me off about my choice of books in the past too (reading chic lit in the summer, rather than literary fiction).

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tiredgirl123 · 02/11/2019 01:36

Ah enjoy them terribly written but the story is good, I read them when I was in my 30s.. escapist guilty pleasure!

GrimDamnFanjo · 02/11/2019 01:37

Read what you like, personally I don't like the overall message of the books, but your life, your choice!

chellochello · 02/11/2019 01:41

They are awful but in a good way! Shockingly badly written but still quite addictive - enjoy - no one has the right to tell you what you should or shouldn't read

satanstoenailsandwich · 02/11/2019 01:41

Well they're shite but so is 'The Little Christmas Cottage by the Sea' or whatever the name of the book I'm reading at the minute is. There's nothing wrong with a bit of mindless escapism.

sunshineandshowers21 · 02/11/2019 01:44

terribly written with a horrible message, but i love them! me and my sister went through a twilight stage where we read the books and watched the films repeatedly 🙈 i might have to dig mine out again now actually...

heartsonacake · 02/11/2019 01:46

There’s nothing wrong with reading YA fiction.

There is something wrong with reading an awfully written caricature of a book.

AwkwardFucker · 02/11/2019 01:56

Who the fuck told you what you can and can’t read?! Why does she give a shit?!

historysock · 02/11/2019 02:09

Nothing wrong with reading them at any age.yes they are trashy. Yeas they are badly written. But also yes they are addictive and yes amazing in their own way.
Who cares what anyone else thinks? If you like them, you like them!
(I've got a degree in English lit and I love them!!)

historysock · 02/11/2019 02:11

Also when Eclipse came out at the cinema, my best friend and I may have gone to see it and then gone straight back in again for the next showing. We were 36. #teamedward

Josephinebettany · 02/11/2019 02:18

I read them and loved them in my early 30s! I found them addictive. I actually haven't found anything I loved as much since. Somebody suggested the hunger games as an alternative but they were so badly written in comparison I couldn't get through one.

Dueinnov19 · 02/11/2019 02:24

To be fair I think they are better written than 50 shades which I couldn't even get past the first couple of chapters!

I am 34 and love the twilight series. Easy read/watch.

Same goes for Harry Potter could read those books over and over too.

Read what you want.. and when you finish twilight read The Host which is stephanie Myers other book turned film. Again terribly written and acted but a easy ready with a semi interesting plot

heartsonacake · 02/11/2019 02:30

To be fair I think they are better written than 50 shades which I couldn't even get past the first couple of chapters!

Dueinnov19 That’s because 50 Shades of Grey was Twilight fanfiction. Names and places were changed when it was published.

Herland · 02/11/2019 02:42

I need to know more about the cf who is telling you what you should and shouldn't read. I have a major problem with folk who are literary or musical snobs.

Soubriquet · 02/11/2019 03:26

I always read young adult stories.

Adult stories are too wordy and complicated to enjoy.

Go ahead OP

I read them myself again a few months ago

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