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Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

43 reviews

chelseazhao's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? No

3.0

Personally, I think this is the most problematic book so far (of my reread). 

It is so interesting to see what I think about a series that I loved as a teen and have reread a couple of times... even though that was years ago.

I remember really enjoying the action bits and how the vampires and werewolves finally meet up to solve the book's problem. However, that is such a small part of this book.

Instead, it tries to focus on the romance. Edward is very controlling and made me super uncomfortable, especially in the beginning when he's trying to keep Bella from even stepping foot in La Push. And Jacob can't take no for an answer where he literally forces himself (a kiss, but still) on Bella. This is the worst example of a love triangle, and probably why so many of us grew to hate even the idea of them in books.
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melissageritas's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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hermione_gilmore's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I loved Eclipse, it’s honestly such a good book and no one can change my mind. I do think it’s well-written, I love the characters (apart from Jacob in this book, he made me go nuts haha) and it had a lot of plot twists. Watching the movie right after finishing the book, is honestly the best thing in the world and the casting is sooo good please. Also, still don’t understand this whole hate thing from the past against Kristen Stewart. Obviously this isn’t regular acting but she represents Bella perfectly in the way she choose to act.
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ehamlett's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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ecravens's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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thatchickengirl23's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

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blues's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

Nonostante sia un finale decisamente particolare, mi è piaciuta l'idea finale di mostrare che Bella sia in realtà innamorata di entrambi perché penso che molto spesso nei libri sia presente l'idea di un singolo unico amore, quando in realtà posso esistere diversi tipi di amore che convivono tra loro.

Ho trovato alcune parti del libro un po' ripetitive, sia nella trama sia nel modo stesso in cui erano scritte. Nel complesso però il libro mi è piaciuto e l'ho trovato piuttosto scorrevole. In generale mi è piaciuto il modo dell'autrice di descrivere i sentimenti e i dubbi di Bella, anche se alcune volte erano probabilmente troppo drammaticità (anche se la drammaticità di bella è sempre stata presente anche nei libri precedenti quindi non è esattamente una sorpresa). Continuerò sicuramente la serie leggendo anche il prossimo libro. 
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moonylovesstars's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Okay, so far Im gonna have to say this is my favorite of the book series so far. But oh my god, it made me hate Jacob so much. So I'm going to rant about it.

The fact that Jacob kissed Bella even though she was in a relationship and continued to kiss her even though she was activly trying to get him to stop disgusts me. And the fact he blamed her for her breaking her hand when she hit him. I get she should of known not to hit him but it was obvious she didn't like the kiss and I would of hit him too. Then to the fact he threatened to kill himself if she didn't kiss him made me so mad that I had to sleep on it. I never knew a fictional character could make me so mad. I get there are likely worse characters than Jacob that I've read about and they haven't pissed me off as much, but maybe it's because I have been threatened like that before so it hits a nerve for me even more than a character murdering someone or something like that. It just made me so mad, I ended up ranting to my friend and I still feel very angry even now. I'll likely be thinking about it for days. And don't get me wrong, Edward has is bad moments but I don't think he could top this for me. But I can't wait to see how much more Jacob can piss me off in this next book. I do still enjoy this book though, the emotions it gave me was nice even though it was quite a bit of anger and not as much of anything else. It just made me surprised that I could feel so angry towards a character but it was a overall enjoyable book. Definitely my favorite book in the series so far but I'll have to see where the last one goes.
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lizziaha's review against another edition

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  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

Even when I was reading these books obsessively when I was younger, I disliked Edward’s controlling nature. Now that I’m older, I’m very concerned that this book in particular helped reinforce the normalcy of that manipulative and borderline abusive behavior. Although Jacob isn’t let off the hook either. The treatment of his assault of Bella (and the implication that she secretly wanted it) was handled incredibly poorly. 
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__romancereader__'s review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I did like this book i really did it was a 5 stars for me up until Bella admitted she loved Jacob and Edward thats sort of where my 5 stars went to a 4 stars i have a strong dislike to multiple love interests/love triangles whatever you want to call it as soon as that happened i immediately stopped enjoying the book and my anxiety went nuts i wished it was only Edward and Bella I'm so relieved i finished the book but now I'm nervous to read the next one long story short this book is gonna be a four stars from me⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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