Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Biss zum Morgengrauen by Stephenie Meyer

43 reviews

pertinent_sonder's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

I didn't like many things in this book, so let's start with what I did like. Meyer's writing itself is very good. She has this pleasantly descriptive writing style, suitable for a romance book. 
The plot, however, I didn't like. It felt like I was chasing a climax throughout the entire book. I'd always expect something plot-twist-like happening, only to be let down. I even made up a term for it, climax-baiting. 
The romance... where was it? It seemed to me that Bella and Edward were only physically attracted to each other (inspite of their "sexual and romantic attraction go hand-in-hand for me" discussion). 
Don't even let me get started on why the entire premise of a 100-something y/o vampire lusting for a 17 y/o's blood and falling in love with her is wrong. And that's BESIDES his stalking and possessiveness.
I finished the book, but didn't feel like it. Not in a good way. More like a "there was nothing to miss" kind of way.
The last 100 or so pages were intriguing. The first 300-odd were plain boring and at points frustrating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, and Stalking

Minor: Murder, Blood, and Miscarriage

grboph's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

This is maybe one of the worst books I've ever read. I am legitimately unsure why my eleven-year-old self enjoyed them as much as she did. Probably for the reasons I gave it two and a half stars, which is pure entertainment value and being unintentionally hilarious at times. But seriously, I'm not sure how this book was even published. The writing is terrible, the characters are all incredibly annoying (all for completely different reasons), and Edward and Bella's relationship, which is held up as being romantic and perfect and star-crossed, is actually very toxic and abusive (one of their first ever conversations is just Edward gaslighting the hell out of Bella and it made me quite uncomfortable). This book (and the series) makes an excellent hate-read, and I'm definitely going to be finishing out the series at some point soon. The only people I think I'd seriously recommend this book to are eleven-year-old girls or someone who I really want to confuse. However, I'd recommend it to anybody else looking for something comically bad and cringey to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Car accident, Confinement, Violence, Medical content, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Death, and Abandonment

jackieyvette's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.5

Reread 

What can I say Twilight will always be iconic. I read it for the first time 14 years ago and nothings changed, it’s still one of my favorites. 

Crying Score: I used to, but not anymore. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Car accident, Death, and Blood

lnielsen's review against another edition

dark medium-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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Adult/minor relationship

gurnoor's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Medical content, Death, and Violence

peso'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

It was ok. I don’t know why, but I found Edward annoying.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Medical content, Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

nevadagrrl's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

It validates dating and partner violence. 

Beyond that, your immortal, what do you do? Keep going to high school for eternity. Mkay. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Stalking, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

navayiota's review against another edition

dark 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

3.25

Very nostalgic. Really not nearly as bad as people claim. The writing was perfect when describing the atmosphere, not as great during conversation but it wasn't too distracting. There is some abuse disguised as love which isn't great but not as bad as I remembered.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Kidnapping, and Medical content

libraryfairy's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed finally being able to finish this book all the way through for the first time !!! I loved the movies, and, of course, movie adaptions will be somewhat different from the books they're adapted from, but the book gave so much more depth and character to the characters. I think it also gives more insight into how even though the book is great and it's loved by many, overall, it's about a very unhealthy romantic relationship (which is the reasoning behind why I rate this 4 stars). I caught myself going "wow, they've only known each other for a short matter of time. No normal person would say or feel this fiercely about someone they just met," but perhaps that's what's so interesting about the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Death

Minor: Stalking, Cursing, and Child death

mary_juleyre's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Adult/minor relationship