Talk:Imprinting/@comment-4199083-20110930094541/@comment-68.34.99.181-20111207062255

I agree with OwnerMan. These books do influence the way young people think and talk about relationships, I think that would be hard to argue against. While I'm perfectly capable of suspending belief and enjoying a good "book story", Bloemskie, this is a. a pretty terrible story and b. for whatever reason the author made a conscious decision to introduce the disturbing concept of "involuntary" love (but is really obsession). These books relate relationships that are much closer to real-world abusive relationships than healthy ones, and that is what many readers are taking away from this: that an abusive relationship is a romantic one. And that is just unacceptable.