A review by lostclaire
Why We Love (and Hate) Twilight by Sarah Elizabeth Gallagher

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5.0

A succinct and sincere take on the importance of taking the stories we love seriously by engaging with them critically. This book encourages you to laugh your head off and check your biases in the same breath. Cancel culture has driven a wedge into how we learn from the things we’ve loved, but as we begin to leave it behind for more nuanced reflection, no one is doing it quite like the Twilight fandom. 

From highlighting the abysmal treatment of the (very real) Quileute Nation to the acknowledgement that Bella seriously needs therapy, this book says, “I like Twilight, and maybe I wasn’t always proud of that, but now I want to take ownership of it in a way that heals some of the wrong it has done.” And it might just heal you a little bit, too. 
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