Observation about Twilight (and sequels)

[merriehaskell]

Your first thick book is your first book in almost every way. It's the one that makes you feel like a grown-up. Not only are its flaws meaningless, but since it's your first, you don't even know about the flaws.

My first thick book is Clan of the Cave Bear. My second was Mists of Avalon. I was 11 with Clan and 12 with Mists, and I felt like

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[sartorias]

Oh, such a wise post.

My first thick book happened to be a classic, but like I said somewhere in the thread when I discussed this the other day, I would have loved this book as a kid.

[apis_mellifera]

Mine was Gone with the Wind. And yeah, it was the best book I'd ever read.

[stephanieburgis]

Really good post. I hadn't thought about it quite this way, but you're absolutely right about the analogue with Clan and Mist for our age group...and I think that's part of why when I read Twilight, even though I didn't happen to click with it at that point, I did think OMG I would have LOVED this when I was a teen...

[pnkrokhockeymom]

Yep. Mine was Gone With the Wind. Can't even begin the first paragraph now, but between the ages of eleven and fourteen I read it like 12 times.

[leahbobet]

...I can't even say what my first thick book was.

I want to say The Riddle-Master of Hed, because if you stick all three together maybe you get a thick book, just because it changed my brain so hard.

[rj_anderson]

It did that to mine, too, but my first thick book was The Lord of the Rings (though admittedly I skimmed a lot of it), and I have no idea what that says about me, except that I have no regrets about it whatsoever. :)