Comments on: A Guilty Pleasure: Twilight and Its Sequels Ten Years On https://www.silverpetticoatreview.com/twilight-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=twilight-review Romance That Entertains And Inspires Tue, 02 Apr 2024 22:15:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Amber Topping https://www.silverpetticoatreview.com/twilight-review/#comment-133797 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 14:53:07 +0000 https://www.silverpetticoatreview.com/?p=97593#comment-133797 In reply to Jacqueline Arnold.

Great points!

]]> By: Jacqueline Arnold https://www.silverpetticoatreview.com/twilight-review/#comment-133789 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 23:41:31 +0000 https://www.silverpetticoatreview.com/?p=97593#comment-133789 As a retired librarian and long-time reviewer of young adult and adult fiction books, I would like to comment on the readers and viewers of both the books and the films who complain about Edward Cullen’s misogynistic and possessive traits. According to author Stephenie Meyer, Edward was born in 1901, and was dying from the Spanish influenza pandemic in 1918, when he was “changed” into an immortal by Dr. Carlisle Cullen. If we carefully observe young, urban American males in 1918, we would discover quickly that Edward was living his life in the 21st century when he met Bella Swan. His cultural and familial conditioning, however was that of WWI early 20th century. He had no human or vampire therapist to help him adjust – – only by “Breaking Dawn” did he realize that females could be equals and even more! He tells Bella that he deeply underestimated her, and we all know without her gifts as a shield, and more, she was the true heroine of the Twilight Saga. Edward made a cultural and personal shift by the end of the saga, which was redemptive and satisfying to readers and viewers.

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