Reviews with content warning for Suicidal thoughts - 破晓

This is fine. Sure, there are a lot of corny moments at the point of cringe, but still okay. I don't like the super long chapters; not a fan.

Bella has a funny mind. She's opinionated, clumsy, and awkward and I love that. I also like that she reads books for fun. Oh, I also love the part where she prepares and cooks in the kitchen a lot of times.

Edward on the other hand is toxic basically. The horrors of the vampire life aren't mentioned that much, it might have been interesting.

Jacob was chill and funny.✨

By the way, didn't Bella even realize that she might have liked or loved Edward because it's part of the vampire stuff? I mean, teenage hormones, I guess? But yeah, I sensed that she had a death wish.

Poor Charlie, he had no idea.

Oh well, thanks, Stephenie❤️

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idaho98's review against another edition

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mysterious 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

3.5

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lonely_tardigrade's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious fast-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

1.0

I only reread this to go through and highlight all the signs of abuse. Almost every page had a highlight on it. No idea why this is still considered a romance novel.

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warlockdorian's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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ladybanecourt's review against another edition

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adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.25

✨3.25/5✨
Quite honestly, this was a good book. It was written very well and the plot was indeed very interesting. However, although the characters do pique the readers' interest, there was just wayyyy too many problematic scenarios that were posited by the author. I couldn't simply dismiss them off with a wave of a hand.

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2357aya's review against another edition

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emotional slow-paced

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

1.0

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directorpurry's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious fast-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

3.0

CW: Suicide jokes, stalking, descriptions of injuries

March 2021:
I read this book once again for my March 2021 challenge of only reading books by women writers for Women's History month! You can read more about my experience here!
I was also just having a Time™ IRL and I needed to wallow in some garbage for a minute.

Update to my previous statement: I also hate this book. I have been personally victimized by this book. I'm pretty sure I have Stockholm Syndrome from this book and Edward with his "long" Yaoi hands.
Someone help me, I shall never be free of Twilight but I keep coming back for more anyway.

August 2020:
I love Twilight. If I had said that in, like, 2014, I would have beat myself up for saying it.
I used to be majorly obsessed with this series, constantly reading and rereading them all through middle school, but I'm pretty sure the last time I read this was about 2012.

Now that I've grown, and I don't treat it as the pinnacle of art and romance, I can truly enjoy it for what it is. Most issues with the actual story I have enough distance on, I can brush them off, but the treatment of the Quileute Native American tribe is truly upsetting. I really think it would have been better, and much less malignant, if Meyer had invented a tribal group to give these fake characteristics to.

And let's not talk about the, um, let's say generously loose plot...

But really, a good time all around. I reread this in order to prep for Midnight Sun - now that I have some FEELINGS about.

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toadsandtales's review against another edition

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dark funny medium-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

2.0

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