Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella by Stephenie Meyer

20 reviews

chapters_and_pages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

2.5

I’ve been on a big rereading kick these past few months, specifically books I loved as a teen, and this series has been an interesting one to revisit. 

I’m sure you are familiar, but just in case you aren’t, this book follows Bree, one of the newborn vampires creating by Victoria for her army. During this novella, we see how everything plays out from the enemy’s perspective. 

I have to say, Bree really didn’t stand a chance! If there was one character that could’ve fit so well as a Cullen if given the chance, it was her. Even though you know how it’s going to end, you can’t help but wish it was different. 

I wish we’d also had more of her and Diego, it all felt very rushed and you couldn’t quite gain too much of an attachment to them because it was so quickly over. 

Similarly to the rest of the series, the writing isn’t great but it sure is entertaining. 

Overall, novellas tend to be a little hit or miss with me, and while I didn’t hate rereading this one, it definitely isn’t high up on my favourites. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Child death, Gore, and Blood

rookthomas's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

See, what I like about twilight is vampire lore, and this book was mostly vampire lore. Also it retroactively made me more emotionally invested in the external conflict of Eclipse, which was cool.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Gore

phouka's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: War, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Drug use, Gaslighting, Addiction, Blood, Genocide, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

yamiam's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? No

4.0

A fun expansion upon the Twilight Saga. Fun, action packed and concise, Bree Tanner's story is a fascinating read for Twilight fans. Best of Stepahnie's writing I've read yet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Gaslighting, War, Blood, Murder, Gore, and Violence

l_e_lavalle's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Violence

macliffe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Minor: Trafficking, Toxic relationship, and Slavery

myclutteredbookshelf's review against another edition

2.0

Bree is definitely a more interesting protagonist than Bella. It's just a shame that Meyer's need to include romance in everything she writes and the fact that the story is stuck within the constraints of the Twilight universe hold her back from creating a solid narrative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Car accident

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, War, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement

kenzie_simone789's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Violence, and Torture

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Violence, Torture, and Gore

Moderate: Body horror and Confinement