from the Atlantic re:
vampires...
And yet they are such kindred spirits! They are both crackerjack biology students (Bella because she took an AP course back in Phoenix, and Edward because he has taken the class God knows how many times, given that he is actually 104 years old); they both love the arts; they share a dim view of the many young men who would be Bella’s suitors if only she would take an interest in them. All of these facts, combined with Edward’s languid, androgynous beauty -- slim and feline, possessed of tousled hair and golden eyes -- predictably anger and confuse Bella, although they do nothing to cool her awakening physical passion for her smoldering, obdurate antagonist.
(the rest is here)of course, I gave my sister a copy of the bell jar for her 16th birthday and my favorite book in high school was probably Eminent Victorians... just kidding it was crash or maybe last exit to brooklyn... so maybe my view of adolescent literature is outside the normal...
