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l_e_lavalle's review against another edition
- 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
2.25
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship
christinewonder's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, and Murder
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail
sweetchocolatez's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Death, Blood, and Grief
planetshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Grief, Abandonment, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria
Minor: Death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Vomit
froggydanny's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood
Moderate: Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Forced institutionalization
directorpurry's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I actually thought I wouldn't like this one as much now that I've had some distance, but I was wrong. There's absolutely no drama like the third act of this damn book. Nothing like it. (Edit: April 3, 2021 - I FULLY stand by this statement.)
Update August 3, 2021: This book is atrocious in the best way possible and I love it.
The biggest issues I have with this book, besides the... insanity... of Edward and Bella, is the treatment of the Quileute Tribe.
They are a real group of people who live in Washington state. They have a real history and culture. They have real mythologies and religious practices. They have real governing structure.
Stephenie Meyer acknowledges none of that.
She used these people for her own silly book in deeply disrespectful and colonizing ways. She could have made up a tribe to take the role. Maybe it wouldn't have been great, but it would have been easy and simple. It wouldn't have the same flavor of absolute audacity that no one but white people can have when they grab their hands on other people's cultures.
It would have been so much less offensive if she had just made up her own tribe and culture.
As you can see by the short time it took me to read this, I genuinely, truly enjoyed my reading experience. Most of the Twilight series has this wonderful perfect storm of compelling plot, ridiculous characters, and just-bad-enough dialogue to make them obsessively readable and enjoyable, even with their avalanches of flaws. But these books have some genuine causes for concern within them that definitely gets worse as they go along.
Additionally, besides my own bias against love triangles (I pick my favorite and I STICK TO HIM, DAMMIT. That's what always happens. No author can trick me into switching different bois.) Bella is both too old for Jacob (She is 18, he is 16; while I didn't see anything wrong with that at 12, at 24 I have some legitimate concerns.) and she's clearly not interested in him romantically. She sees him as a security blanket, not a boyfriend. Her words, "a safe harbor," not a romantic interest.
Jacob might be a better person than Edward, but he's not The One. SpoilerBut NO I won't talk about demon spawn baby. Everything about Breaking Dawn is horrible and I hate it. >:[
Edit March 3, 2021 - Also forgot, Aro is so aggressively queer-coded lol. It's not the most offensive take I've seen, though. And also not the most offensive thing in this book either! So, y'know...
Graphic: Abandonment, Cultural appropriation, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Racism
Moderate: Violence, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Death
Minor: Murder
haterhall's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Minor: Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence
mackennary1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Grief and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide attempt
ashleyvharris's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Grief
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Toxic relationship
Minor: Violence, Death, and Confinement