‘With thrills and adrenaline, they have a sense of adventure that allows readers to immerse themselves in a new world’
The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer is, although lacking in complex scientific comments or an underlying message about the state of society, one of the best books that young adults should read. This is because it introduces real-life issues in a safe way, most of which will probably affect young readers at some point in their lives. It also has a happy ending, something that I personally love, and I feel should be promoted more as an achievable and realistic possibility. In addition, it involves drama, action and mystery, which are essential in creating an engaging and interesting read that will be picked up again and again. Finally, it promotes reading with a heroine who mentions her love of many stories such as Wuthering Heights, Romeo and Juliet and The Merchant of Venice.
Although I greatly appreciate the wonder and enjoyment of the more nitty-gritty, hard core, heavy reads, I believe that we shouldn’t knock the undeniable pleasure one can experience when reading an action-packed and exciting read (albeit of little educational or symbolic value). Twilight features tense near-death experiences for our heroine Bella who almost drowns, gets broken and killed by a blood-thirsty vampire, faces the Volturi – a coven of centuries old vampires responsible for overseeing the wellbeing of all vampires - and battles through prom with a broken leg and an immortal date. These give the saga a quality essential in a good book: they are nigh on impossible to put down. With thrills and adrenaline, they have a sense of adventure that allows readers to immerse themselves in a new world. This can help to distract from many stressful or upsetting situations, making the Twilight saga necessary to gliding gracefully through life’s ups and downs.
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