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Révélation by Stephenie Meyer

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zoe_m's review against another edition

2.0

This is by far my least favorite of all the books she's written. However, I once again feel that I can't write a completely uninfluenced review. So many of my friends so vehemently hate it that I know it is rubbing off on my impression of the book.

I really enjoyed meeting more vampires and further getting to know Rosalie, Jasper, Leah, and the packs in general.

I agree with Ms. Ice that her portrayal of parenthood is much too easy.

In fact, I thought the whole pregnancy thing was wierd. Well, not the pregnancy but the birthing process. What's wrong with the good ole' fashioned way, huh? No need to make it melodramatic, now.

And then there was Jacob's imprinting on Renesme (which is a horrible name, by the way. Carlie is acceptable, but Renesme is not good; and Nessie is worse; why not Ren or Wren for a nickname? Much more cute)which totally was a cop-out to me. Mom's theory is that the egg was in Bella this whole time drawing Jacob towards her. The makes sense in a creepy way, but is unnecessary in my opinion. It would only have been half of Renesme, anyway, which doesn't seem like a complete enough person to have the dedication he had towards Bella...

But it's for fake.

kaylashutup's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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

4.0

The whole book was made by one quote
“Alpha blood ran undiluted in my veins. “ thank you.

yeagerfaust's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

cafedenuit's review against another edition

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3.0

should be read if you loved the rest of the series, merely for the closure it brings. some parts of this story are quite grotesque, however, and i feel the ending is far too neatly done.

madiebobaddy's review against another edition

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coming back to it later!!! but for now… soft dnf

jessickcuhhh's review against another edition

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1.0

I'm really not fond of this book. Not at all. There were a few moments where I just wanted to close the book, set it aside and never pick it up again. It's not that it's horribly written but that it's so clichéd

This book is such an example of knowing everything before you actually read it and what is the point of reading it then? To be honest, who didn't know that Jacob would end up imprinting on Bella's daughter?

It also felt that Meyer was pushing her personal beliefs in the book. The whole waiting until marriage, keeping the baby, no cursing what-so-ever. She built up this perfect world that's based on shallowness. I guess it's good to pretend that things just fall into place and can be perfect every once in a while, but everything in this book just fell into place. Everything went Bella's and Edward's way. Especially the ending. Who didn't see that coming either, seriously?