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Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

24 reviews

chapters_and_pages's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.0

Honestly, what can I say? They’re really not good, but it’s so entertaining… 😅

With the return of the Cullens, it brings about a lot of unacceptable behaviour that we honestly didn’t notice back in the day… Edward’s controlling, Jacob’s manipulative, Bella’s a fucking idiot. Honestly, these characters are so toxic, and their relationships are honestly as unhealthy as it gets, yet somehow, not many of us noticed this at the height of Twilight’s popularity. I mean, I was about 12, so I’m going to blame it on that… 😅

This is definitely not a great book. It’s also not the sort of relationships and people so many teenagers (myself included) should have been idolising, but I digress. 

Overall, it’s not good, but it’s so damn entertaining and the nostalgia is hitting me hard, not gonna lie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Gore, and Toxic relationship

kit_kat006's review against another edition

slow-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

What did I just read? As a teen, I was a fan of all the twilight books... As a adult, this was a torture to re read... Frist there is nothing going on in this book except the Bella monologue of toxic relationships. Why did we fantasize Jacob as teen who is legit sexually assaulting Bella and forcing himself of her? And... Charlie approved is daughter to be assaulted?!? What is this book? Seriously... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Emotional abuse

stindex's review against another edition

• 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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Confinement, Stalking, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Violence, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pedophilia, Murder, Abandonment, Body horror, and Medical content

hermione_gilmore's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved Eclipse, it’s honestly such a good book and no one can change my mind. I do think it’s well-written, I love the characters (apart from Jacob in this book, he made me go nuts haha) and it had a lot of plot twists. Watching the movie right after finishing the book, is honestly the best thing in the world and the casting is sooo good please. Also, still don’t understand this whole hate thing from the past against Kristen Stewart. Obviously this isn’t regular acting but she represents Bella perfectly in the way she choose to act.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Blood

ashleyelizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

4.5 for nostalgia, 0/5 for the extreme mental and emotional abuse Jacob inflicts on Bella. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

dragonsreadtoo's review against another edition

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? No

2.75

..... The Romance is problematic.
<Spoiler>Edward has a unexplained chance of heart all the sudden and then boom Jacob is problematic
But i got to say that is written pretty okay

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

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

cyanr's review against another edition

lighthearted 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? N/A

4.5

This is my favorite of the Twilight saga books. It's the most plot-driven book in the entire series. Because of the events of the first book, Bella is in danger again from Victoria while a murderous rampage is happening just a few cities away in Seattle. The deaths of all these innocents has put the Cullens--and the pack--on edge.

Eventually, the werewolves and Cullen Coven are able to form a shaky alliance to bring down their common enemy. Vampires.

Of course, Victoria is playing with Edward and Alice's abilities and is able to remain undetected while she creates a newborn army to kill Bella. Edward eventually kills her in the end and Bella realizes she loves Jacob Black and Edward at the same time. Of course, she is never going to act on her desires for Jacob....except for this one time to save his life. It doesn't work out for the two of them.

I love this book. There's so much going on and so many connecting plot elements. This was originally meant to be the end of the saga, but Stephenie pushed for her original ending. Eclipse ties up all the loose ends, is plot heavy, and manages to get lots of romance in there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, War, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Death

Bella cuts herself to distract the vampires. She also imagines herself as a heroine who sacrifices herself via suicide (ie stabbing herself with a knife).

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