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stindex's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
Graphic: Blood, Sexism, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Body horror, and Abandonment
cryptidofcreation's review against another edition
- 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
Like many, I have a complicated relationship with the Twilight saga. It is so bad but so good.
It is a terrible book, but it's unintentionally so unhinged and funny.
It also really puts me in the mood for fall! Especially when having the movie soundtrack play in the background while reading.
When I read it for the first time when the books first came out I read Twilight in Dutch.
This was my first read through in English and I have to say I was surprised to find out that Stephenie Meyer isn't a bad writer! The writing style is easy and enjoyable to read in my opinion. However, I will forever be convinced Stephanie was meant to be a thriller/horror author who for some reason stumbled into the romance genre.
All and all, I had fun rereading Twilight and will be rereading the rest of the series.
When the book first came out I read a bit of midnight sun. I was told it justifies a lot of Edwards actions when you read the story from his perspective. It did not. It made it worse. I love this dumpster fire of a book series.
Read at your own risk. You will never be the same.
Ps: Alice is and always will be the BEST character
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Torture, and Physical abuse
Minor: Death, Car accident, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexism, Suicide attempt, and Grief
gildedspines's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Violence and Blood
Moderate: Gaslighting and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, and Stalking
beccalove's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
0.25
Graphic: Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Cultural appropriation, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Stalking
I read this to do an annotated hate-read of the book as a gift for one of my sisters because she finds my disdain for the series hilarious. It took me like two years to get through this 500 page shitshow.rtthalia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Gaslighting, Stalking, Body horror, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship
snwalsh's review against another edition
1.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Sexism
warlockdorian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Medical content, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Stalking, and Gaslighting
lisa_m's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
I was so ready to be done with it I listened to the last half of the audiobook at 2,55x speed.
Giving Twilight a 1star rating somehow feels so incredibly misogynistic..? I promise I'm not just shitting on something teenage girls love. It is not a good book and I won't fully get into why exactly here, because I just can't be bothered. I already wasted too much time reading this book...
If you like Twilight, maybe do not read this review. I don't want to make you mad, but I really did not have a good time reading it.
It's quite similar to the movie but so much less entertaining. It's just really irritating.
I know I'm not the target audience but I honestly do not think I would have liked it if I read it when I was younger.
I still hate Edward and Bella is boring. We got some more backstory for Alice which was interesting. Besides that though nothing much is new.
The kind of obsession portrayed in this book is ridiculous and honestly not warranted. I don't understand WHY Edward and Bella like each other, except for the fact that they are both 💫different💫...? Bella is so obsessed with Edward pretty much from the first time she sees him and I do not understand it!
I was quite surprised that reading this book actually felt like reading any other mediocre fantasy book. It is truly nothing special. I thought it would at least make me angry, if not make me laugh. It did neither. I got annoyed and bored and sometimes disgusted. That's it.
If you haven't read this book yet, don't. The movie shows you everything you need to know. I promise you're not missing out on anything.
I honestly feel like this was a waste of my time, but at least now I can brag (?) about having read Twilight?
Definitely won't be continuing the series though or reading anything else by Stephenie Meyer. I assume it's only going to get worse.
I feel like Twilight deserves 1.5 stars simply for being such a cult classic that I felt like I missed out on a great experience by not having read it. I thought I could hate-love this like I do the Twilight movies,... but I don't.
Moderate: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Addiction, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Violence
spicypb's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Moderate: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, and Misogyny
Minor: Stalking and Vomit
merah's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Stalking
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Violence
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racism, Self harm, Suicide attempt, War, Violence, and Torture