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danileah07's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Minor: Violence
luciaartworld's review against another edition
mysterious
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? It's complicated
2.0
“Twilight, again. Another ending. No matter how perfect the day is, it always has to end.”
I don’t know what prompted my decision to reread this book after twelve years, but I can safely say that my twenty-four years old self has a completely different opinion to my twelve years old self.
I used to love this book, I mean I used to be a fan of it, but re-reading it now made me realized how problematic it truly is.
Let’s start with our main character, Bella. I despise her. She is really boring, unhealthily dependent on Edward, shallow and incredibly insufferable. I feel like she only thinks about two things throughout the book: how beautiful Edward is and how rainy and green Forks is. We get Edward is hot; don’t think about it so often. Her thoughts are just obsessive. The way she just accepts Edward being a vampire is not believable. I would have expected her to be scared and slowly start falling in love with him as she realizes that he is not going to hurt her, but no, she simply doesn't care. On that note, it takes Bella a week to fall in love with this guy she just met and all I can think about is this:
Now let’s talk about Edward. I used to think he was the perfect boyfriend but in this read I realized that what I thought was romantic is actually manipulative and controlling behaviour. I truly believe he has a multiple personality disorder. One minute he is smiling and laughing and the next he is angry and growling, and that happens on the same page only two lines apart. Let’s not even get started on watching Bella sleep at night, that’s just creepy. He is also a stalker. Following Bella around to “make sure she is safe” is not normal, and Bella’s behaviour of just accepting this and feeling flattered because he is following her is even less normal. The good thing about him is that he actually admits to being a monster, even if he says it because he is a vampire and not because of his repulsive behaviour.
The Cullens, Edward’s family, were just decor. Whenever you felt you were finally going to get to know them something happened, and they left, or Bella left, the scene. I know we get their backstories in future books, but I wish we could have seen more of them in this one. I never thought I would say this but, forget Team Jacob and Team Edward, I’m team Jasper and Alice. They were the only characters that truly interested me.
The book itself is an easy read and quite predictable. The first half is just Bella complaining and going through her everyday life, the second half, could have been better. It’s underdeveloped. I had to take a break from it more than once since all I wanted to do was slap Bella to see if she could use her brain a bit more. The word building has potential, it really does, but you never really get to explore it, and the few bits you see are clouded by Bella’s complaints. I really like Forks and I wish Bella had taken some time to explore it more.
I can appreciate Twilight for the good it did during my teenage years, it got me friends that I still have, and it got me into reading, but it is a forgettable book.
I don’t know what prompted my decision to reread this book after twelve years, but I can safely say that my twenty-four years old self has a completely different opinion to my twelve years old self.
I used to love this book, I mean I used to be a fan of it, but re-reading it now made me realized how problematic it truly is.
Let’s start with our main character, Bella. I despise her. She is really boring, unhealthily dependent on Edward, shallow and incredibly insufferable. I feel like she only thinks about two things throughout the book: how beautiful Edward is and how rainy and green Forks is. We get Edward is hot; don’t think about it so often. Her thoughts are just obsessive. The way she just accepts Edward being a vampire is not believable. I would have expected her to be scared and slowly start falling in love with him as she realizes that he is not going to hurt her, but no, she simply doesn't care. On that note, it takes Bella a week to fall in love with this guy she just met and all I can think about is this:
Now let’s talk about Edward. I used to think he was the perfect boyfriend but in this read I realized that what I thought was romantic is actually manipulative and controlling behaviour. I truly believe he has a multiple personality disorder. One minute he is smiling and laughing and the next he is angry and growling, and that happens on the same page only two lines apart. Let’s not even get started on watching Bella sleep at night, that’s just creepy. He is also a stalker. Following Bella around to “make sure she is safe” is not normal, and Bella’s behaviour of just accepting this and feeling flattered because he is following her is even less normal. The good thing about him is that he actually admits to being a monster, even if he says it because he is a vampire and not because of his repulsive behaviour.
The Cullens, Edward’s family, were just decor. Whenever you felt you were finally going to get to know them something happened, and they left, or Bella left, the scene. I know we get their backstories in future books, but I wish we could have seen more of them in this one. I never thought I would say this but, forget Team Jacob and Team Edward, I’m team Jasper and Alice. They were the only characters that truly interested me.
The book itself is an easy read and quite predictable. The first half is just Bella complaining and going through her everyday life, the second half, could have been better. It’s underdeveloped. I had to take a break from it more than once since all I wanted to do was slap Bella to see if she could use her brain a bit more. The word building has potential, it really does, but you never really get to explore it, and the few bits you see are clouded by Bella’s complaints. I really like Forks and I wish Bella had taken some time to explore it more.
I can appreciate Twilight for the good it did during my teenage years, it got me friends that I still have, and it got me into reading, but it is a forgettable book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship and Stalking
Moderate: Death and Blood
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Adult/minor relationship
merah's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-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
Content Warnings
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
kate_1910's review against another edition
relaxing
slow-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? No
3.0
❓❓❓❓❓❓
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Minor: War
cgn's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
2.0
Rereading this a decade later and in a language I’m not 100% comfortable reading has helped me focus on the plot instead of the vibes, and wow I understand why so many people were up in arms. It’s a fun, ridiculous dark romance, but it’s marketed as young adult, and it’s concerning to think about all the young girls who were exposed to such poor communication at a formative age and have it painted as a great love story. Overall, it’s not a compelling book to me now, though I still had fun at times.
I also watched the movie today, and it was fascinating to see how they moved things around to make it a more evenly paced film.
I also watched the movie today, and it was fascinating to see how they moved things around to make it a more evenly paced film.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Gaslighting, Medical content, Stalking, and Violence
Minor: Death and Murder
toasterposter15's review against another edition
funny
relaxing
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
3.0
I mean a 3 is pretty generous but I enjoyed the book because of how poorly constructed it was. It reminds me a lot of wattpad fics I read when I was in middle school. It isn’t a good book but it is fun to read. There was a lot of moments though where the book just dragged on and it took me so long to finish it because of that. Anyway I really committed to the joke so now I have to read the entire series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Cultural appropriation
Moderate: Blood and Toxic relationship
theresabee's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Gaslighting, Murder, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Violence
zoe_archambault's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
3.0
Wanted a more light-hearted quick read between more dense books and honestly liked it more than I thought I would. I only watched all the movies for the first time last month so this was a ride.
Jacob is barely in it, Edward is gross and manipulative, Bella is absolutely useless and super cringe to read through her perspective. But it was fun and fast and served it’s purpose as good junk food guilty pleasure of a book.
The last 3rd was really not great with the sudden threat, it didn’t flow with the rest, it felt rushed and unnecessary, I just wanted a shitty romance, I didn’t want half-assed drama.
Don’t regret reading it, I overall enjoyed it, but I won’t be reading it again nor will I be reading the others in the series.
Jacob is barely in it, Edward is gross and manipulative, Bella is absolutely useless and super cringe to read through her perspective. But it was fun and fast and served it’s purpose as good junk food guilty pleasure of a book.
The last 3rd was really not great with the sudden threat, it didn’t flow with the rest, it felt rushed and unnecessary, I just wanted a shitty romance, I didn’t want half-assed drama.
Don’t regret reading it, I overall enjoyed it, but I won’t be reading it again nor will I be reading the others in the series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Death and Emotional abuse
ashleyvharris's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Torture, and Toxic relationship