‘Twilight’ fans react! Er, overreact
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008So I wrote that parody of “Twilight” a couple weeks ago, and some of the comments people have posted have demonstrated something I should have thought of beforehand: If you write about a subject that interests teenage girls, a lot of teenage girls will respond, and a lot of teenage girls aren’t very smart!
In particular, there seems to be a lot of confusion over a very non-confusing sentence in the parody’s preface. I wrote:
["Twilight"] has been enjoyed by millions of readers, and hailed as the best book they’ve ever read by people who don’t read a lot of books.
Note that I didn’t say the only people who enjoy the book are those who don’t read much. I said the only people who say it’s the best book they’ve ever read don’t read much. Enjoying the book: fine. Believing it to be the best book you’ve ever read: you don’t read enough.
But apparently some of my readers don’t read enough, because their reading comprehension skills are questionable.
For example, comment #79:
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