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The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer

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chapters_and_pages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I’ve been on a big rereading kick these past few months, specifically books I loved as a teen, and this series has been an interesting one to revisit.

I’m sure you are familiar, but just in case you aren’t, this book follows Bree, one of the newborn vampires creating by Victoria for her army. During this novella, we see how everything plays out from the enemy’s perspective.

I have to say, Bree really didn’t stand a chance! If there was one character that could’ve fit so well as a Cullen if given the chance, it was her. Even though you know how it’s going to end, you can’t help but wish it was different.

I wish we’d also had more of her and Diego, it all felt very rushed and you couldn’t quite gain too much of an attachment to them because it was so quickly over.

Similarly to the rest of the series, the writing isn’t great but it sure is entertaining.

Overall, novellas tend to be a little hit or miss with me, and while I didn’t hate rereading this one, it definitely isn’t high up on my favourites.

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rookthomas's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

See, what I like about twilight is vampire lore, and this book was mostly vampire lore. Also it retroactively made me more emotionally invested in the external conflict of Eclipse, which was cool.

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yamiam's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

A fun expansion upon the Twilight Saga. Fun, action packed and concise, Bree Tanner's story is a fascinating read for Twilight fans. Best of Stepahnie's writing I've read yet.

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jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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a_wren_that_reads's review

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dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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counciloffrogs's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Another book from Meyer that’s so irresistibly awful. Every line of dialogue regardless of character saying it sounds the same and if you’d notice, she only seems to write books whose main characters are white girls with long dark hair. I hate it. Can’t stop reading it.

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remib's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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lizziaha's review against another edition

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3.25

It’s well written, but it was hard to get attached to any of the characters. Also somewhat disconcerting to read about Diego, clearly intended to be Hispanic, knowing that Meyer insists that vampires have to be white, and fought against the casting of POC for the movies.

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