Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer

42 reviews

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Much more interesting than twilight. Now I wish the whole series had been in Edward’s POV.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gore, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death

shutupmaybe's review against another edition

funny sad tense

• 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

4.0

Edward Cullen I hate being in your head but I'd be a liar if I said this stupid book didn't take me on a roller coaster ride. I laughed, I screamed, I wished and prayed for your spontaneous combustion despite knowing it was a futile hope. This book is a MUST for anyone who read the original series. Sure, it might make you hate The Cullens more, or hate Edward more, or, well... hate any of the characters more (except Jacob—that's one character that was spared; so three cheers for you baby Jake fans) but you'll come out the other side a changed person. Definitely a darker read than Twilight or any of the follow-up books in the series, but trust me, you'll still laugh at the amount of lampshading and retconning Stephenie Meyer does. It's worth it alone to read

the car chase scene

so I'd say read it if just to read the chapter titled 'Race'. You can thank me later.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism and Sexual assault

maryfranvs's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Blood, and Stalking

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

ladybanecourt's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

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

3.0

 ✨3/5✨
Giving this book a three stars because honestly, at least Edward was self-aware about what he was doing. Going into this book right after going into Bella's certainly took its time, but when I finished it I was more invested in the background of the side characters than Eddie boi's "Woe is me, I'm a vampire in love with a human and I could hurt her any second of any day" attitude. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

Even though I’ve read Twilight and knew what was going to happen, this was enough of a new book that I thoroughly enjoyed all 817 pages. You do get stuck in Edward's head a lot which made me flip back to see if this was something that was actually happening or just in his thoughts or Alice’s predictions. But being able to read this story from Edward’s POV was very entertaining and I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Violence, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident, Animal death, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

lorenab's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

It's a very good book. It gives you a little more insight into Edwards thoughts and feelings toward Bella. 
The plot is (obviously) very similar to Twilight which takes away some of the suspense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Torture, and Death

Minor: Murder and Suicidal thoughts

riyahwiththefya's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

things100's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.75

Loved how this book is clearly made for Stephanie’s grown up fans and how it fills in some of the plot questions from the first movie. I loved Edwards perspective almost made me reread the entire series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking and Torture

megselyane's review against another edition

challenging tense slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexism, Stalking, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Animal death, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Cultural appropriation, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Racism, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Minor: Bullying, Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, Ableism, and Addiction

anjae's review against another edition

dark funny sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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I'm not sure how much of my pure enjoyment of the book is because of the nostalgic aspects of it, but does it matter? 

The things I liked about this book:

• Edward's inner monologue and the general tone of the book match his age. The long-winded sentences and em-dashes and the occasional use of words that have fallen out of fashion match the time period he grew up in, which was a very nice touch. 
• He's actually quite scary. Seeing Edward from inside his brain instead of from inside Bella's cotton-candy brain shows him as the monster he really is. 
• He's super stupid.
• There was a lot more added lore and background for vampires and side characters (the Cullens, and also others).
• Seeing Bella through his eyes made Bella have more of a personality than she ever did before. 

The things I didn't like about this book:

• It was a little too long. Towards the end I got a tiny bit bored.
• Rosalie was fucked over. Just come right out and say you hate feminine women, smeyer. 

Obviously, it's nowhere near a perfect book. Most of the ethical problems with the first books still apply, but to be honest I don't gaf. I didn't read this book to read high-class literature. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Rape and Forced institutionalization