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rchatterjee188's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
strangelove_mp3's review
- 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? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Incest
skyeshark1's review
- 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
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, and Medical content
Minor: Animal death, Pedophilia, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
picking_back_up's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Blood and Medical content
Minor: Death
achristiannerd's review
- 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? Yes
5.0
This is my Mom's all-time favorite series. I grew up on the movies before I could read the books for myself. Side note: we used to listen to the soundtrack to clean on Saturdays, repeated for hours. She is obsessed. (I love her for it)
20 years later and here I am giving her favorite book 5 stars. I loved every second of this book.
As a Christian, I don't read smut. *spoiler sentence* I really appreciate this series commitment to clean romance until the last book (I will be skipping wierd parts).
That said, one of my favorite all time tropes is vampires (Admittedly, I think its because of growing up on the Twilight movies).
Clean romance, Fluff, found family, vampires, superpowers
Yes, the book was better❤️
Ps. The audiobook narrator for Twilight is amazing! She put her all into it, especially all the sweet and action-packed parts~
Yes, I am immediately starting Midnight Sun! (Ik its the retelling not the sequel ssh😉🎉)
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Medical content and Murder
Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Self harm, and Suicide attempt
snowiceblackfruit77's review
- 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
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
paigeinabook's review
- 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
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
laceylove's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment
wanderstheuniverse's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Stalking
jessicabearbooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
"When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it’s not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end.”
Firstly, I just want to start by saying, if you want to read twilight...read it. Don't go scrolling through the negative reviews because you'll end up going into the series with an expectation and most likely will have that expectation fulfilled, because it's what you've been told you'll find. I've found that for me, the biggest issue around twilight is a lot of the people who 'hate it with a passion' and think the series is 'silly' and 'badly written', are people who have either: never read the series before, or went into it already hating twilight because that's what we've been taught to think. I don't have a problem with people not liking a book, I just don't understand why society has to embarrass girls and women for liking something? Especially something as simple and innocent as twilight.
Ok. Now into the actual review: I loved this book. I've fallen in love with this story and these characters. After watching the films years ago, I've always wanted to read the books and thought this October/November was finally the perfect time! I was a little worried that I would find the story a little 'childish', but at age 20, I still found I could relate heavily to Bella, and actually enjoyed the romance between Bella and Edward. However that being said, there were plenty of cringy moments, and chapters where I felt perhaps 16 year old Jess would've eaten this up a little more than third year uni student Jess.
I've never read a book that has so many details! At times it was odd to be reading about what Bella ate for breakfast, but I actually really enjoy Stephenie's writing style here. Knowing exactly how Bella opened her car door and drove to school actually made me feel more immersed in the story, as though I was actually stood beside Bella through each scene, feeling her every emotion. There's also so much beautiful imagery that really made me want to go to Forks and stand in the middle of the forest too.
Don't get me wrong, there were moments in this book that I wasn't really a fan of - Edward's annoying lack of communication when he's frustrated, Bella is lowkey boring, The story didn't really get going until the last sixty pages, the whole 'this is the skin of a killer Bella' when dude literally sparkles , the anti-feminism (Bella having to cook and clean for Charlie, Bella wanting to end her future for a boy she just met)...
But I enjoyed it. There's a real sense of nostalgia from this series despite the fact I'm reading them for the first time. I don't want to leave these characters (especially Alice). I don't want this story to end.
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, and Stalking
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Medical content and Murder