Talk:Stephenie Meyer/@comment-184.41.122.208-20100825222946/@comment-71.204.44.4-20110506060239

I'm married and have a career and there is so much wrong with this series that I don't know where to start. She doesn't put much effort into making strong female characters. Leah is broken because she can't conceive(so is Rosalie). Bella is at the mercy of her "loving" boyfriend and friend who actually have the guts to suggest that she can be traded off between them when the concerns of her pregnancy arise. I don't see how it's possible to relate to Bella at all. From the fact she seems to never be happy regardless of how great her life is going at the moment, she never stands up for herself when it comes to Edward. She doesn't love him, she just can't "live her life without him". I'm all for an escape from reality but it has to be a place I actually want to escape to. As a career women there is no room in the patriarchal society these books have created nor do I find myself being a misanthropic "heroine" who can't live without a man I've known for two weeks.