Reviews with content warning for Adult/minor relationship - Twilight

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skyeshark1's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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bmscott622's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

The Twilight Series is a comfort read and everytime I come back to it, my mind is shoved back to the middle school version of me that dreamed of having multiple boys entirely obsessed with me while I was entirely oblivious. A cold-blooded, bloodthirsty male lead doesn't detract from the utter fantasy of every boy in a small town high school fawning after the first-person female narrator.

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wise_old_fishie's review

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

this was a reread for me and gotta say that it's overrated... Bella is nearly intolerable and her relationship with Edward gets super dramatic and cheesy about halfway though the book.
Meyer has a beautiful writing still, it just didn't really fit for me with the whole 'teen-angst' theme

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snowiceblackfruit77's review

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dark funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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paigeinabook's review

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

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amelody's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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arbitrary_convenience's review

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lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

2.5

I’m surprised it was sooo much better than the movie. I think the main reason is that the characters are t as flat—at least not the Cullens. It’s nice to have some more focus and backstory on them and their motivations. Can’t say Bella is any better than the movie. If anything Jacob is worse, but I’ll have to see if he gets better in the coming books.

The writing was pretty bad. It was hard to follow the development at times, but the worst part was how repetitive it was. How many times can you reiterate on how beautiful or awkward someone is without adding any additional information? I got irritated. Side note, I think it’s fair to say the author has a thing for blondes.

That said, it was a fun, brainless book and that’s what I wanted out of it. I’m trying to put myself in the shoes of my 14-year-old self to see if it would be better then, but I think she was even more of a snob than I am now.

Obligatory note on Edward being a controlling creep. For anyone considering whether or not this is okay behavior or “hot”, nope it’s not. Run. His casual age difference mentions are classic groomer stuff. And his disregard for her autonomy is a major red flag. I don’t care if it’s fantasy, it’s not okay and it shouldn’t be normalized.

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tiaroseshang's review

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funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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cody_crumley's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

“Twilight, again. Another ending. No matter how perfect the day is, it always has to end”

I have struggled with what to write about this book, my first foray into the writing of Stephanie Meyer. What I know about the Twilight Saga is from what I remembered watching from the movies and how my feelings as a male tween/teen were with anything that I deemed to girly or not manly enough to actually like. Since I am now almost 30, with a group of friends at work I have decided to visit the town of Forks and become immersed in the romance between Bella and Edward.

I am kinda torn with how this book made me feel. Do I think this is good writing or a good book? No, I think most of the writing is heavy handed and has a large dose of teenage cringe to it. Did I still find Twilight to be an easy, extremely entertaining, and enjoyable? Yes! Very much so!

I look at this book in the same way that a bad or cheesy show is. I can separate in my brain and acknowledge that there are better books with better writing that tell wonderful stories and have deep, meaningful characters with interesting plot ideas. I can also still say that I was caught up in the romance and the chemistry of Edward/Bella. This book is the definition of “turn your brain off and just enjoy”.

I think this works for the first book in this series, but if every book in the Twilight Saga is like this, where all the characters are paper thin (Ex: All we know about Charlie is he can’t take care of himself, he is a sheriff, and he likes to fish) then we could have a problem, but for the first book that is geared toward tween/teen girls, this is entertaining enough to have me interested in what happens, with “Supermassive Black Hole” on repeat.

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