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Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

43 reviews

leecymeow's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death, Suicide, Car accident, Murder, and Sexual harassment

rosflames's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-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? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Car accident

bmscott622's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Car accident

singalana's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

Joskus törmää kirjoihin, joissa kaikista vioistaan huolimatta on sitä jotain. Silti minun kirjallisuusanalyysitaitoni eivät riitä selittämään Houkutuksen suosiota. 

Houkutus on YA-fantasiaromanssi. Päähenkilömme Bella muuttaa synkkään Forksin kaupunkiin asumaan isänsä luona. Lukiossa Bellan törmää salaperäiseen Edwardiin. Pian Bella huomaa, että Edwardissa on jotain kummallista. 

Bellan koko persoonallisuus on että hän on kömpelö. Bellaa hajuttomampaa, mauttomampaa ja värittömämpää päähenkilöä saa hakea. Edwardilla on sentään on kaksi moodia: vihainen luimistelu ja hilpeä naureskelu (mutta ei juuri mitään tältä väliltä). Muut henkilöhahmot jäävät melko etäisiksi, vaikka heissä olisi ollut paljon potentiaali kehittää heitä mielenkiintoisemmaksi. Esimerkiksi Bellan Charlie-isä on alihyödynnetty hahmo. 

Hahmojen käytöksessä olisi paljonkin ruodittavaa, mutta Edward käyttäytyy omistavasti ja stalkkerimaisesti. Bella taas taantuu vielä enemmän ruikuttavan lapsen tasolle loppua kohden. Asiaa ei auta se, että vampyyrit mm. kanniskelevat häntä ympäriinsä. 

Kirjoitustyyli on melko kliseistä. Kuluneita ilmauksia ja kömpelöitä lauserakenteita löytyy tämän tästä. Teksti olisi hyvää ruodittavaa kirjoituskurssin oppimateriaaliksi. Myöskään dialogi ei ole kirjan parasta antia. Valitettavasti sitä löytyy kirjasta paljon. 

Houkutuksen alkupuoli on melko kiinnostava. Kun Bella ja Edward lähentyvät, pari alkaa pelata miljoonaa kysymystä ja kirjan keskiosa laahaa. Loppupuolella tapahtuu enemmän, ja mielenkiinto herää hetkellisesti. 

Kaiken kaikkiaan Houkutus on melko tasapaksua YA-romanssia. Ehkä mielenkiintoisinta kirjassa on Meyerin luoma maailman potentiaali. Taitavamman, hahmovetoisemman kirjailijan käsissä kirja olisi voinut olla enemmän omaan makuuni. 

Niille jotka etsivät kirjoistaan "tulisuutta" tiedoksi, että tässä kirjassa sitä ei ole. Hahmot juuri ja juuri edes suutelevat. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

snowiceblackfruit77's review

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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Content Warnings

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

lightningmc_logyn's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Animal death and Blood

jodean's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Car accident

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement and Medical trauma

paigeinabook's review

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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Content Warnings

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

dark funny slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

agw622's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoy revisiting this series. While it will probably never be my favorite, it is still a solid read if you like a little overdramatic in your romance. It holds up well to a reread, and once again the book is better than the movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail