Are you for or against? (pro or con)

On October 5, 2005 written by Stephenie Meyer “Twilight” was published. The following 3 books were published within the next 3 years. By now 17 million copies of this book series have been sold. The movie based on the first book was shown in the theaters in 2008. It looks like the book caught a lot of attention from the audience and became very popular all over the world. But there are people who seem to constantly deny all the advantages of this infamous series.
Why are some people so aggressive when they come across the “Twilight” thing? Criticism is good, but one should know where to stop. If the book were that bad, 17 million copies would not be sold. If some critics think that the plot of the book is pointless or they just do not like the characters of the movie, or anything else: these things do not give them the reason to say that either the book or the movie is bad. When you criticize a book or a movie, you should pay attention to the target audience and give your grade based on it. People should look at a book or a movie with the eyes of the target audience and answer the following question: if a book or a movie would be of interest to the audience and why. Moreover, you should base your opinion on a lot of different characteristics, for instance, the way a book is written, what benefits it brings to the target audience and so on.
The target audience for the book “Twilight” is teenagers, especially young girls. Thus men or adults, I think, should not say that the book is bad only because they do not see the point of it. If they cannot stop from criticizing, they should put themselves in the shoes of teenagers. I am the one of those people who read all 4 books and saw the first movie. And I see the positive influence on teenagers in it. This book is unlike other contemporary teen novels: its protagonist does not have sex. Also I do not see any problems in the fact that a teenage girl falls in love with the romantic story, which this book depicts. It is not a secret that teenagers dream of something unreal, fairy, and romantic. My opinion is that the fact the main characters are vampires does not make any difference. Who said to all the critics that, if we are used to the stereotypes that vampires are something devilish, it is not right to represent them in the opposite way? Why do they think that it is not possible? Let us take the example of a Halloween party. Look at all these costumes: most of them are connected to evil, but even kids wear them. When a kid takes on the baleful costume of Monster T, the monster stops representing the evil. Here is the question: why do not we say that monsters are supposed to scare people, and therefore kids should stop wearing such costumes?
And what if people love this book due to the romantic story depicted in it, or because Robert Pattinson stars in the movie, or due to some other reasons. I believe, if so many people have found the reason to love this book, it has its moments. And people, who negatively treat the book, just have not answered the question: who is the target audience of this book and what benefits the audience gets from reading it?

Kostenkova Margarita