Reviews with content warning for Misogyny - Twilight

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canadiannooby's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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I wanted to watch the movie so obviously I “had to” read the books first. It was a complete waste of time and I missed the wave/hype 20 years ago and I just could put my adult mind into a preteen/teen perspective needed to enjoy this.

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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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betonylark's review

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dark 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? No

0.25

The Twilight series...

Is full of Mormon ideology and theology if you know what to look for (I'm exmo, left as a teenager, so I spotted a lot of Mormon influence) - just FYI.
Glorifies and romanticizes controlling behavior, toxic relationships, stalking, domestic abuse, physical abuse, and SA.
Depicts women as deprived of full personhood, intelligence, independence, and agency
Presents various pedophilia-esque relationships in a positive light
Diminishes the severe problems absent/wishy washy/not properly supportive parents (particularly fathers) cause in their children
Diminishes the impact of power imbalances on consent in relationships
Fully inappropriately and very inaccurately appropriates the culture, history, and beliefs of real people who are part of the Native American Quileute Tribe, which is a real tribe (something no white person, and especially a mormon white person, has any right to ever do; if you don't know anything about the history, look up the Mountain Meadows Massacre and Brigham Young's treatment of the Native Americans)

I rated this book 0.25 stars for these reasons, as well as the multitude of writing, character, and plot issues present. There are far better books out there with far better messaging and far better writing too. I would definitely pass up all of Meyer's writing, including "the Host," which is better overall in terms of the above issues but still has a lot of problems with it, particularly when it comes to consent.

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lightningmc_logyn's review

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dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

0.5

I read this out of curiosity, knowing I would not like it. I was correct. It’s cheesey, poorly written, and quite toxic and ill-informed. Myers’s depiction of mental illness and

suicidal ideation

is quite insensitive, but makes sense as it was written in early 2000’s. The book was quite trope filled.

There were parts of the book I enjoyed. Some well written scenes, some compelling ideas. In general, I think Meyer had a creative idea; a modern day vampire in love with the person he wants to kill most; unfortunately it was horribly, horribly executed.

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