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The continued saga of attempting to bring up sensible daughters.
Miss M (12 in November), is currently reading two books: Jane Eyre and... Twilight. She found the former in her school library (SO MANY BOOKS! \o/) and - even though we of course have a copy - decided to borrow it. (The school one is, naturally, better.) She likes it very much and was telling me how exciting it was, since Jane liked Mr Rochester and Mr Rochester liked Jane, but neither of them was telling the other - and I realised that she's never really come across this trope before, and to have her first experience be Jane Eyre is pretty fabulous. :)
She also (since ALL her friends are into the series) decided to borrow Twilight off one of her friends, and I figured that if she read it alongside classical, romantic literature it might show itself up for what it is. And this has indeed been the case. Verdict so far? Terrible book, but she can't stop reading. Plus Bella focusses only on Edward and that got old pretty quickly. Also, of course, she's noticed how clumsy Bella is (which she finds pretty hilarious) and how she has all the other boys running after her (I explained how this was probably a reflection on SMeyer's desire to rewrite her own High School years...).
My girl has a well developed sense of snark, and I have a feeling it'll come out in force before long. Plus we can have lots of talks about what constitutes acceptable behaviour when it comes to relationships. (Not that she's there yet - boys are annoying and stupid and loud, mostly.)
Anyway, she's giving Jane Eyre a rest, since it's just become VERY SAD because Jane's left him, and Miss M is rather worried. ♥
She also (since ALL her friends are into the series) decided to borrow Twilight off one of her friends, and I figured that if she read it alongside classical, romantic literature it might show itself up for what it is. And this has indeed been the case. Verdict so far? Terrible book, but she can't stop reading. Plus Bella focusses only on Edward and that got old pretty quickly. Also, of course, she's noticed how clumsy Bella is (which she finds pretty hilarious) and how she has all the other boys running after her (I explained how this was probably a reflection on SMeyer's desire to rewrite her own High School years...).
My girl has a well developed sense of snark, and I have a feeling it'll come out in force before long. Plus we can have lots of talks about what constitutes acceptable behaviour when it comes to relationships. (Not that she's there yet - boys are annoying and stupid and loud, mostly.)
Anyway, she's giving Jane Eyre a rest, since it's just become VERY SAD because Jane's left him, and Miss M is rather worried. ♥
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Especially because, yes, 12 years old is around that age when girls start reading that series. Considering she's able to laugh at it I 'd say she's more perceptive than I was when I read it. I actually couldn't get myself to finish it, stopping at about chapter 13, and I could never figure out why.
Then again, I read it around when it just was beginning to be all the rage. When people stared analyzing it that was when it hit me why I didn't like it XD
Good for your daughter being well read. I don't read books nearly as much as I should because neither of my parents are fond of reading much (mom has no time, and dad said the only books he could ever get through reading were Jurassic Park and the Godfather) so I have to rely on other people to tell me good books.
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Aw.
Especially because, yes, 12 years old is around that age when girls start reading that series.
I think she's rather puzzled as to why people love it so much. She's on page 100-and-something at the moment, and has declared it 'repetitive'.
Considering she's able to laugh at it I 'd say she's more perceptive than I was when I read it. I actually couldn't get myself to finish it, stopping at about chapter 13, and I could never figure out why.
...because it's crap? (You should TOTALLY read
Good for your daughter being well read. I don't read books nearly as much as I should because neither of my parents are fond of reading much
Whereas I grew up in a house FULL of bookcases. Plus my mother goes to the library every week! I almost couldn't help becoming a bookworm, and now I'm passing it on. (The girls have A MILLION BOOKS! We don't know where to put them all...)