Reviews with content warning for Toxic relationship - Twilight

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Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

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lisas_novel_idea's review against another edition

medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

I kept reading waiting for the actual plot… could have been written in half the page count if eliminated all the extra attraction details, we get it, he’s good looking. Love story part was flat for me, see other notes. Can see why it’s banned. Will not bother with sequels or movie. Highly disappointed. I’m usually a big fan of vampire / human love stories.

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madelinekramer2021's review

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adventurous emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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micahslibrary's review against another edition

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lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.0

pretty much all that can be said about twilight has been said already, but ill say that it was better than the movie by far, bella had 2 whole traits (she’s clumsy and she reads) instead of none in the movie, and her conversations with edward are actually a little cute and flirty. i think a lot of this book is a “what not to do” guide for parents whose kids are in an abusive relationship though… also there is some textbook gaslighting from edward in the beginning which isn’t cute :/ also the writing is not strong

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grboph's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

This is maybe one of the worst books I've ever read. I am legitimately unsure why my eleven-year-old self enjoyed them as much as she did. Probably for the reasons I gave it two and a half stars, which is pure entertainment value and being unintentionally hilarious at times. But seriously, I'm not sure how this book was even published. The writing is terrible, the characters are all incredibly annoying (all for completely different reasons), and Edward and Bella's relationship, which is held up as being romantic and perfect and star-crossed, is actually very toxic and abusive (one of their first ever conversations is just Edward gaslighting the hell out of Bella and it made me quite uncomfortable). This book (and the series) makes an excellent hate-read, and I'm definitely going to be finishing out the series at some point soon. The only people I think I'd seriously recommend this book to are eleven-year-old girls or someone who I really want to confuse. However, I'd recommend it to anybody else looking for something comically bad and cringey to read.

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