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"Book are having a comeback". How nice does that sound? Apparently yound people are once again opting for the illustrious world of books. When did that happen? Well, if you ask me, it all started with Twilight. The first book of the series came out and it was the sort of thing that anyone could read without really putting much (any) thought into it. It was relatively easy to submerge yourself it the writing as it was written for young adults- the ones that are used to movies. It's the kind of book that if you read every 3rd line, you'll still be able to get the just of...the kind of thing you read on the beach. And those books became a mania for many, but also a joke for even more. The Twilight books, 50 Shades of grey and all similar series have been deemed unsuitable for anyone with a good level of appreciation for literature. But if you think about it, these books were the tip of the arrow. They introduces more young people to the beauty of reading. Even if your prefrences exclude sparkling vampires, that does not mean that someone's piece of work should become a synonym for "unsuitable for smart people". That is a little too much, don't you think?
Just like any other successful first try, more tend to follow (just look at all the Marvel movies). Are they as successful? Probably not. Are they successful enough? Well, if they keep emerging, then they must be. Does that mean that the bookmarket is flooded with pretty much the same tired vampire, teen, love story? Yes, it is, but at least people pick up books again. Even if they are the ones that are easy to skim through. My logic is that every single book enriches us in some way, regardless of its' literature value. It might be a classic or maybe the worst book ever, but you always take something out of it (even if it's "How not to write a book"). "Anna Karenina" and "Twilight" will never be considered to hold the same value, but which one would be described as a phenomenon?
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