Twilight (SPOILERS) v Harry Potter WAS: Re: Torrents

[kempermentor]

> SSSusan:
> FWIW, I do think the movie did a decent job of showing Edward 
> struggling against his blood lust when Bella was attacked by James.

Kemper now:
I have not read the books, but the wife is hoping I start so we can
talk about it.  Gotta love a fangirl!
She told me of a scene where Bella gets a paper cut at the vampire
house and everybody goes ape dooky.  I asked why the vampires didn't
lose it at a high school where there would be more than a few girls
menstruating in every class.  She said "yeah... it's not well thought
out, but it's fun!"   Vampires are my first love in unreal fiction,
and I fear to read a watered down version.  The wife said I should
start with the first 200+ pages of Midnight Sun which is from Edward's
perspective.  (It was the book that was leaked online, but you can
find a pdf at SM's website; she took back the night.)  I liked what
she's told me about that which is very little, just Edward's first
response to her walking into class.  Has anyone read this?  I would
like other opinions.  She tried to get me to read that Diary book
awhile back (not Anne Frank, the not quite funnier one).  I couldn't
get past the first couple of chapters.

My wife likes the Twilight series because she liked the horrible
girl-books growing up.  An example of one is twin girls in high
school.  One good, one bad.  The bad one sneaks out in the middle of
the night to meet and make out with the bad guy.  And the guy tries to
go for a little under the shirt action, and the
bad-but-apparently-not-naughty twin runs back home crying that he
would do such a thing.
wtf.  What kind of message that send?!?  The wife knows they sucked
now, but she liked them growing up.  

I wonder if my wife's reaction is similar to others who've read and
liked the books.  And if so, perhaps it is cultural (America
born/reared)... or did these types of series/stories pop up in other
English speaking cultures?  Did/do they exist in non-English speaking
cultures? 

Kemper