Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

29 reviews

dragonsreadtoo's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.75

..... The Romance is problematic.
<Spoiler>Edward has a unexplained chance of heart all the sudden and then boom Jacob is problematic
But i got to say that is written pretty okay

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

macliffe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Torture, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Minor: Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and War

cyanr's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

This is my favorite of the Twilight saga books. It's the most plot-driven book in the entire series. Because of the events of the first book, Bella is in danger again from Victoria while a murderous rampage is happening just a few cities away in Seattle. The deaths of all these innocents has put the Cullens--and the pack--on edge.

Eventually, the werewolves and Cullen Coven are able to form a shaky alliance to bring down their common enemy. Vampires.

Of course, Victoria is playing with Edward and Alice's abilities and is able to remain undetected while she creates a newborn army to kill Bella. Edward eventually kills her in the end and Bella realizes she loves Jacob Black and Edward at the same time. Of course, she is never going to act on her desires for Jacob....except for this one time to save his life. It doesn't work out for the two of them.

I love this book. There's so much going on and so many connecting plot elements. This was originally meant to be the end of the saga, but Stephenie pushed for her original ending. Eclipse ties up all the loose ends, is plot heavy, and manages to get lots of romance in there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and War

Bella cuts herself to distract the vampires. She also imagines herself as a heroine who sacrifices herself via suicide (ie stabbing herself with a knife).

rebekken's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

main character gets sexually assaulted and her father applauds the one who assaulted her, and laugh at her and tell her to not be so dramatic when she says it wasn't okay and she didn't want it

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and War

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Abandonment

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Torture, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ladybanecourt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

✨3.5/5✨
I'm not going to lie, this book would have been a four-star for me if it hadn't been for

Jacob's assaults on Bella and the manipulation he did to her.

The book was action packed and got me hooked, but unfortunately yeah those happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

dontwritedown's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

1.75

.....honestly it's books like the Twilight series that normalized gaslighting in relationships and abusive relationships and I blame that for the widespread bad relationship decisions this generation has.

Especially when it comes to Jacob. I kinda touched on this with my review of New Moon, but Meyer really just hammers in a lot of toxic Native traits that just make me go ick. And the fact that she makes Leah the most annoying charcter when Leah should be one of the most sympathetic characters in this universe.

And I don't why it wasn't super obvious before BookTok that Meyer was a Mormon but omg, listening to this on audiobook and having an hour of purity culture drivel is mindnumbing. 

Sidenote: if you want to feel pure anger, listen to like the last fourth of the book stuck in Bay Area rush hour traffic while hangry. It just makes you want to crash your car.

Why am I continuing this series? Are the nostalgia points worth just absolutely shredding the logistics of the Lochness Monster in the next book?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

gurnoor's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment