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dudagomes's review against another edition
Muita gente odiou esse livro e ate entendo por que pois no inicio meio que fiquei comparando e tentando entender quem era quem nessa enorme mudança de género e nomes, mas depois respirei fundo e dei uma chance pra ele e mergulhei fundo imaginando me obrigando a ler como se fosse um livro novo.
Achei que a historia apesar de ser praticamente a mesma ate quase no fim ficou mais engraçada, Edyth = Edward tem mais senso de humor e sinceramente não é tao sofredora e martir como edward ela tem mais senso de humor rsrs, Beau = Bella apesar da paixonite não é tão sofrido como Bella e menos burro rsrs, ele dá mais sua opinião, da mais ideias, ainda é meio Bella no quesito meu mundo é ela, só vejo ela e tal, mas ele é engraçado, desgovernado e me fez dar muitas risadas com ele kkkk.
O bom desse livro é que sempre fiquei curiosa em como seria crepúsculo se tivessem deixado Bella virar vampira desde o primeiro livro e neste livro podemos ver isso, podia ate ter sido um pouco explorado mais esse lado e tal, mas creio que o objetivo não era prolongar muito.
Por fim o livro não é ruim como todos julgam mas também não é um livro maravilhoso e tal, mas é um livro agradável de ler, divertido, garante umas boas risadas, achei gostosinho de ler ainda mais que não tem continuação nem nada. Claro que ele tem seus defeitos mas eu gostei de ler.
Achei que a historia apesar de ser praticamente a mesma ate quase no fim ficou mais engraçada, Edyth = Edward tem mais senso de humor e sinceramente não é tao sofredora e martir como edward ela tem mais senso de humor rsrs, Beau = Bella apesar da paixonite não é tão sofrido como Bella e menos burro rsrs, ele dá mais sua opinião, da mais ideias, ainda é meio Bella no quesito meu mundo é ela, só vejo ela e tal, mas ele é engraçado, desgovernado e me fez dar muitas risadas com ele kkkk.
O bom desse livro é que sempre fiquei curiosa em como seria crepúsculo se tivessem deixado Bella virar vampira desde o primeiro livro e neste livro podemos ver isso, podia ate ter sido um pouco explorado mais esse lado e tal, mas creio que o objetivo não era prolongar muito.
Por fim o livro não é ruim como todos julgam mas também não é um livro maravilhoso e tal, mas é um livro agradável de ler, divertido, garante umas boas risadas, achei gostosinho de ler ainda mais que não tem continuação nem nada. Claro que ele tem seus defeitos mas eu gostei de ler.
lugualdieri's review against another edition
4.0
Le doy crédito a Stephenie, me hizo volver a la adolescencia, me rei mucho y hasta lloré. No deja de ser bizarro, pero me gustó bastante.
clairbear1989's review against another edition
3.0
So this book wasn't awful - it made me feel nostalgic for my Twilight obsessed days. Luckily, I have moved on from Twilight but I will always love Vampire fantasy. Blame the fact seven year old me fell head over heels for Angel. So, I laughed, cringed and smiled a lot at the memory of 17 year old me obsessing over different scenes in the bool (and yes, some of the laughing was at how ridiculous some scenes are with the genders reversed, which in turn made me laugh at the original scene). However, there was a lot not good about this book. I respect Stephenie Meyer for her attempt to prove Twilight isn't too influenced by gender stereotypes, but she actually ended up re-enforcing her own obvious stereotypes. Attempt to prove equality seemed clunky and awkward, and she didn't really seem to get the male teen crushing on a immortal, gorgeous girl right. At least, she didn't get it right considering 95% of the readers of this book are going to be female. For example, Beau's opinion of a 'perfect girl' is not often mentioned, but the emphasis on her 'thinness' and 'visible ribs' (THROUGH CLOTHES?!) making her perfect is not ideal. Add to the fact that the language Beau uses (in his head) to describe what he thinks and how he talks, is so overwhelmingly stereotypically male, and it makes for awkward reading.
That being said, I enjoyed the novelty of it, and the rush of nostalgia. I wouldn't read it again, but I don't want to set fire to my eyes.
That being said, I enjoyed the novelty of it, and the rush of nostalgia. I wouldn't read it again, but I don't want to set fire to my eyes.
jemappelleliz's review against another edition
2.0
I had HUGE expectations of how awesome this book was gonna be. I will say that the beginning of this book was AMAZING. I understood Beau's thoughts a little better than Bella's and even enjoyed him more than her. I loved to read about the twists Stephenie used to remind me of the good days. This is the only reason why this book has two stars instead of one.
THE ENDING
This was the most controversial thing for me that made me hate the book. At the end Stephenie lets readers know that she was "experimenting" with what would happen if Bella/Beau turned into a vampire. I was expecting a gender-bent twilight. That's all I wanted. I didn't care about other options Bella would have had because I loved the ending of twilight.
I also didn't enjoy how every book in the series (EXCEPT MY FAVORITE ECLIPSE) was squished into a couple paragraphs--the volturi, the Denali coven-- and there was NO WEDDING!! But we did get a very depressing FUNERAL AND WOLF MEETING.
If anyone was team Jacob (if you're even still doing that) your dreams would be crushed. He (she?) was barely in the book.
I was really disappointed with this book. I did appreciate the feelings that were reignited but it's gonna be a while before I pick up anything else stephenie Meyer for a while...
THE ENDING
This was the most controversial thing for me that made me hate the book. At the end Stephenie lets readers know that she was "experimenting" with what would happen if Bella/Beau turned into a vampire. I was expecting a gender-bent twilight. That's all I wanted. I didn't care about other options Bella would have had because I loved the ending of twilight.
I also didn't enjoy how every book in the series (EXCEPT MY FAVORITE ECLIPSE) was squished into a couple paragraphs--the volturi, the Denali coven-- and there was NO WEDDING!! But we did get a very depressing FUNERAL AND WOLF MEETING.
If anyone was team Jacob (if you're even still doing that) your dreams would be crushed. He (she?) was barely in the book.
I was really disappointed with this book. I did appreciate the feelings that were reignited but it's gonna be a while before I pick up anything else stephenie Meyer for a while...
christina_likes_to_read's review against another edition
3.0
"Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined" tells the story of "Twilight" except Meyer switched everyone's gender. So now Bella is Beau, Edward is Edythe, etc. Meyer said that she wanted to write the story this way to debunk all of the sexism accusations that her story received. Unfortunately, for me at least, I felt like it highlighted the differences more than removed them.
I found this book very hard to get into in the beginning. Meyer used almost all of the same dialogue in the beginning and it did not play out well from a boy's perspective. I kept thinking, "Beau sounds like a girl." Which didn't dispel any of the gender stereotypes Meyer was trying to overcome. I finally started to see Beau as a real character but it took well over halfway through the book to get to that point. I really didn't think that they story worked well. The one thing that saved the book for me and the only part that I really loved was That is what raised my rating from a 2 to a 3. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this book to most people. Even if you loved Twilight, you might hate this book--as many other reviewers appear to. However, if you loved Twilight and are just curious and up for a weird/unique book you *might* want to give this a try.
I found this book very hard to get into in the beginning. Meyer used almost all of the same dialogue in the beginning and it did not play out well from a boy's perspective. I kept thinking, "Beau sounds like a girl." Which didn't dispel any of the gender stereotypes Meyer was trying to overcome. I finally started to see Beau as a real character but it took well over halfway through the book to get to that point. I really didn't think that they story worked well. The one thing that saved the book for me and the only part that I really loved was
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the ending. I loved that Meyer changed the ending and let us see what things might have been like had Edward not been able suck the venom out of Bella.sandeeisreading's review against another edition
DEAR STEPHENIE MEYER,
First off all, I would like to say...
THIS IS BULLSHIT. Why did you have to do this?
I loved Twilight. Despite of how badly it was written. Despite of how many issues I had with the book. I loved fucking Twilight as it is. I was satisfied with the ending. I was satisfied with those books. I DO NOT NEED A GENDER SWAP TWILIGHT BOOK! No. I do not need this. Nobody needs this! I don't get what the purpose is. What are you trying to prove? I know you already said why you wrote it on the interviews, but it still doesn't make sense to me. It doesn't.
I am happy that this is Twilight's 10th year, but this... is not the right way of celebrating its 10th year. I am so sorry, but I don't feel this was necessary. I really do not.
If you finished Midnight Sun and published it, I would have immediately went to the bookstore to buy it when it comes out. But this... I really don't get it at all.
If you finished the Host series, I would have been very happy. Very very happy. So why? Why do this? :(
Gaaaaahhh!!!
Knowing me and my curiosity, no matter how much I hate that you did this, I probably would still read this. Yes. I would.
But please... Stephenie. Stop doing more Twilight stuff.
Love,
Aria
First off all, I would like to say...
THIS IS BULLSHIT. Why did you have to do this?
I loved Twilight. Despite of how badly it was written. Despite of how many issues I had with the book. I loved fucking Twilight as it is. I was satisfied with the ending. I was satisfied with those books. I DO NOT NEED A GENDER SWAP TWILIGHT BOOK! No. I do not need this. Nobody needs this! I don't get what the purpose is. What are you trying to prove? I know you already said why you wrote it on the interviews, but it still doesn't make sense to me. It doesn't.
I am happy that this is Twilight's 10th year, but this... is not the right way of celebrating its 10th year. I am so sorry, but I don't feel this was necessary. I really do not.
If you finished Midnight Sun and published it, I would have immediately went to the bookstore to buy it when it comes out. But this... I really don't get it at all.
If you finished the Host series, I would have been very happy. Very very happy. So why? Why do this? :(
Gaaaaahhh!!!
Knowing me and my curiosity, no matter how much I hate that you did this, I probably would still read this. Yes. I would.
But please... Stephenie. Stop doing more Twilight stuff.
Love,
Aria
meesespieces's review against another edition
3.0
I loved all the Twilight books! However this one with the guy being human and the girl being a vampire was kind of weird. Everyone was different and it was hard to remember who was who. The ending was the only thing that changed and it was mediocre. I still loved the story.
jhovland's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
sabrinadonfort's review against another edition
1.0
Gli avrei dato mezza stella o meno se fosse stato possibile... non merita neanche l'angolino della stella. Alla fine non è niente di innovativo, il personaggio di Bella al maschile risulta anche peggiore e il fatto che sia in prima persona rende la lettura ancora più simile ad una forma di tortura auto inflitta. Decisamente non l'ho apprezzato affatto, non che mi aspettassi qualcosa di nuovo, sapevo a cosa andavo incontro quando ho iniziato a leggerlo ma è riuscito ad annoiare ugualmente. Anche se non ho apprezzato neppure la serie originale, c'erano ben poche possibilità che mi piacesse questo ""nuovo"" libro.
Lo sconsiglio decisamente se non si ci vuole far del male con una storia d'amore surreale e vampiri assurdi - ho quasi riso quando parlavano della natura di lei e lui faceva domande random come un quiz, e lei faceva allusioni alla luce del sole - non ha cambiato le caratteristiche che ha "rivisto" troppo male da altri vampiri, almeno su questo è rimasta coerente.
Lo sconsiglio decisamente se non si ci vuole far del male con una storia d'amore surreale e vampiri assurdi - ho quasi riso quando parlavano della natura di lei e lui faceva domande random come un quiz, e lei faceva allusioni alla luce del sole - non ha cambiato le caratteristiche che ha "rivisto" troppo male da altri vampiri, almeno su questo è rimasta coerente.