Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer

28 reviews

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

Even though I’ve read Twilight and knew what was going to happen, this was enough of a new book that I thoroughly enjoyed all 817 pages. You do get stuck in Edward's head a lot which made me flip back to see if this was something that was actually happening or just in his thoughts or Alice’s predictions. But being able to read this story from Edward’s POV was very entertaining and I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Violence, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident, Animal death, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

things100's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Loved how this book is clearly made for Stephanie’s grown up fans and how it fills in some of the plot questions from the first movie. I loved Edwards perspective almost made me reread the entire series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking and Torture

wallflovver's review

reflective tense

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

3.0

i really enjoyed getting the extra lore, history and scenes missed out in bella's account.

edward's relationship with the olympic coven is by far the biggest seller on this book for me

the biggest drawback is the insanely slow pace, i don't see myself reading this a second time and im a big rereader! this book took so long to get through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Death, and Gore

Minor: Gaslighting and Medical content

unloveliest's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Car accident

Moderate: Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Animal death, Cultural appropriation, Child abuse, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Grief, Cursing, and Confinement

cdt96's review

challenging dark funny slow-paced

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

3.5

Though a great addition to the saga, Edwards constant self loathing becomes tedious. Overall though a good read, took some time to gain progress as it's slow to start. Having not read the books since 2010, the return to the twilight universe was nostalgic and warm. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Stalking, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Forced institutionalization

determinationss's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

devastatingly heartbreaking, this retells the beloved twilight from bella’s morbid lovers pov.

despite my distaste for the author, and the lack of diversity throughout the entire series, i would love more books from edwards pov.

however, i did not enjoy attempting to figure out what was new and what was originally in twilight. in addition, i find edward unbearably irritating. i found myself attempting not to bang my head against the wall every time he mentioned how bella’s soul was condemned to hell. and let’s not gloss over the pomegranate metaphor. i enjoyed the first few times it was brought up but someone teach miss steph that she doesn’t have to mention it 1,000 times for me to understand it.

overall a 3.5, parts were confusing, it took me forever to finish and in the end i still would love to punch edward in the face.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

h_cornwell's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Really well written, so cleverly done. She adds so much to the original story without it feeling repetitive at all. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Gore

mariamorrone's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

er1nmoore's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Murder, Mental illness, Grief, Gore, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, and Rape

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Toxic friendship, and Genocide

Minor: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Ableism

rcj0sta's review

mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

2.5

Edward is so annoyingly verbose 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Kidnapping, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts