Books That Suck--LOLOMGWTFWWJD

[epchick]

Originally Posted by AGDee

They didn't, and it isn't. They barely kiss ever.

They most definitely do have sex in the book (and they kiss.... A LOT). It doesn't go as graphic as "and he stuck ___ into ___" but they do speak a lot about Bella/Edward sex and Rosalie/Emmett sex.

I wouldn't call it "sexually explicit" but for a book geared towards tweens, it is a little much.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by epchick

They most definitely do have sex in the book (and they kiss.... A LOT). It doesn't go as graphic as "and he stuck ___ into ___" but they do speak a lot about Bella/Edward sex and Rosalie/Emmett sex.

I wouldn't call it "sexually explicit" but for a book geared towards tweens, it is a little much.

Not until after they are married though. The kissing in Twilight is very tentative because Edward isn't sure he can kiss Bella and maintain control. If anything, the book is quite violent!

[VandalSquirrel]

If To Kill A Mockingbird was banned we'd have a lot less people in law school claiming that is what inspired them to be lawyers...

I'd like anything by Nicholas Sparks to disappear, and the movies. I'm biased like that and admit it.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Not until after they are married though. The kissing in Twilight is very tentative because Edward isn't sure he can kiss Bella and maintain control. If anything, the book is quite violent!

I wonder if they're just after Twilight because it's so popular? I wonder if House of Night/Vampire Academy/Dark Visions are still on the shelf, because those were MUCH worse in terms of language (f-bombs like crazy), violence, and explicity. They are still, by no means, the same as an adult romance novel, but I don't think I would let a highschooler read them (maybe a senior).

The music director at my church, who is about as uber-religious as they come for Lutherans, LOVES Twilight. AGDee is right - the kissing isn't usually anything more than kissing until after they're married. And the first time they have sex, it takes you two paragraphs to determine whether it really happened or not, because there's no ACTUAL mention of it.