Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

54 reviews

blues's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Nonostante sia un finale decisamente particolare, mi è piaciuta l'idea finale di mostrare che Bella sia in realtà innamorata di entrambi perché penso che molto spesso nei libri sia presente l'idea di un singolo unico amore, quando in realtà posso esistere diversi tipi di amore che convivono tra loro.

Ho trovato alcune parti del libro un po' ripetitive, sia nella trama sia nel modo stesso in cui erano scritte. Nel complesso però il libro mi è piaciuto e l'ho trovato piuttosto scorrevole. In generale mi è piaciuto il modo dell'autrice di descrivere i sentimenti e i dubbi di Bella, anche se alcune volte erano probabilmente troppo drammaticità (anche se la drammaticità di bella è sempre stata presente anche nei libri precedenti quindi non è esattamente una sorpresa). Continuerò sicuramente la serie leggendo anche il prossimo libro. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Murder, and Sexual content

Minor: Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Vomit

moonylovesstars's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Okay, so far Im gonna have to say this is my favorite of the book series so far. But oh my god, it made me hate Jacob so much. So I'm going to rant about it.

The fact that Jacob kissed Bella even though she was in a relationship and continued to kiss her even though she was activly trying to get him to stop disgusts me. And the fact he blamed her for her breaking her hand when she hit him. I get she should of known not to hit him but it was obvious she didn't like the kiss and I would of hit him too. Then to the fact he threatened to kill himself if she didn't kiss him made me so mad that I had to sleep on it. I never knew a fictional character could make me so mad. I get there are likely worse characters than Jacob that I've read about and they haven't pissed me off as much, but maybe it's because I have been threatened like that before so it hits a nerve for me even more than a character murdering someone or something like that. It just made me so mad, I ended up ranting to my friend and I still feel very angry even now. I'll likely be thinking about it for days. And don't get me wrong, Edward has is bad moments but I don't think he could top this for me. But I can't wait to see how much more Jacob can piss me off in this next book. I do still enjoy this book though, the emotions it gave me was nice even though it was quite a bit of anger and not as much of anything else. It just made me surprised that I could feel so angry towards a character but it was a overall enjoyable book. Definitely my favorite book in the series so far but I'll have to see where the last one goes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Violence, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

Even when I was reading these books obsessively when I was younger, I disliked Edward’s controlling nature. Now that I’m older, I’m very concerned that this book in particular helped reinforce the normalcy of that manipulative and borderline abusive behavior. Although Jacob isn’t let off the hook either. The treatment of his assault of Bella (and the implication that she secretly wanted it) was handled incredibly poorly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Racism, Self harm, Death, and War

Minor: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Infertility, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

macliffe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Child death, Blood, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Pedophilia, Stalking, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

Minor: War, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

dramagirl2003's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

I was disappointed by this book. I really liked Twilight, and New Moon was great too. This one doesn't quite measure up the same for me. 

Edward: Not a fan of the control he's trying to enforce on Bella. Like, I appreciate that he most likely, genuinely believes that the wolves are dangerous, but they are her friends too

Jacob: I was beginning to edge towards #teamjacob until the sexual assault. Seriously dude. Just no. Enough said. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

rebekken's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

main character gets sexually assaulted and her father applauds the one who assaulted her, and laugh at her and tell her to not be so dramatic when she says it wasn't okay and she didn't want it

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body horror, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Cultural appropriation, Medical trauma, War, Gaslighting, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Abandonment and Adult/minor relationship

brynn_books's review against another edition

2.0

I absolutely hate the love triangle in this book. Bella and Edward have such a toxic relationship. Unfortunately, I don’t think I saw the signs when I first read it. But now that I’ve grown more mature I find their relationship toxic and kind of unbearable to read. I don’t know. Like I said in my review of the first book I think i enjoy the aesthetic of the book more than the actual plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Toxic relationship

ladybanecourt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

✨3.5/5✨
I'm not going to lie, this book would have been a four-star for me if it hadn't been for

Jacob's assaults on Bella and the manipulation he did to her.

The book was action packed and got me hooked, but unfortunately yeah those happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

maisiepamela's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book was 200 pages too long. The middle was so boring. Nothing was happening and Jacob was getting ON MY LAST NERVE. As usual bella and Edward were so cute and I’m glad they ended up together. This book was unnecessary long and I could not even tell you what happened for a good 350 pages in the middle. I liked seeing Rosalie and Jaspers stories as I think they showed us a different side to them. Now, for Jacob. He infuriated me the whole time as he was being such a pick me boy, not needed. He literally manipulated bella into kissing him by saying he would kill himself if she didn’t! What a jerk. The ending was mid and I found it super confusing. I got into a reading slump reading this book too, and never felt any motivation to pick it up. The climax happened really quickly but I liked it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Death