Anya Lotz answers “Why do people hate this book so much? They...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1):

Why do people hate this book so much? They should't even be allowed to

Anya Lotz See here’s the issue, we always talk about how people should think outside the box but when she portrayed Vampires in a way other than being terrifyin…moreSee here’s the issue, we always talk about how people should think outside the box but when she portrayed Vampires in a way other than being terrifying monsters, she gets ridiculed. It’s creativity and shouldn’t be judged upon it. Also haters see Bella as being a helpless victim that can’t do anything because of the her depression stage. Tell me, if you were brought into a supernatural world and also dated someone in that world and then suddenly both of those are gone, are you not going to be upset? Are you not gunna be depressed about the fact that you got a taste of a world you probably felt you could fit better into and then had that ripped away.
And then people see her as a flat character, some people don’t voice and express themselves loudly. Some don’t express emotions easily. Which in my opinion is Bella. As expressed in the books, she isn’t exactly the best at expressing herself.
There’s a lot of criticism and that’s to be expected but not because of the fact that she did a 180 on typical stories. (less)

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