Reviews tagging 'Grief'

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

48 reviews

tepidgirlsummer's review against another edition

dark sad slow-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? It's complicated

2.0

I forgot how much of a slog it is to get through this one.

I’m in the throes of a Twilight Saga reread. New Moon has always been my least favorite book, but I’d forgotten why. I sort of remembered it being boring, but thought maybe I hadn’t read it with the right perspective the first few times. I have a greater appreciation for emotional nuance than I did in my very early 20s, and several fellow Ratties defended this installment as important to understand the emotional bond between Bella and Jacob in the future books.

But holy moly is this book a snooze fest. It’s probably about 150-200 pages too long. And aging has only made me even more weirded out by how much Stephenie Meyer normalized these extremely codependent and manipulative relationships. Also, there is virtually no plot. I think this one is supposed to be more character-driven, but there’s hardly any character development after the first couple hundred pages.

I liked Twilight more this time around than I did previously. I remember Eclipse being my favorite, so hopefully that reread doesn’t disappoint.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Blood

Minor: Classism and Colonisation

ceceliareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

this book made me violently sob when

jacob turned into a werewolf and bella didn’t know what was going on and jacob was trying to make her understand, i was just a hot mess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abandonment, Blood, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

book_soulsbee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Violence

stindex's review against another edition

adventurous

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Grief

camiclarkbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I read the Twilight Saga during its peak in the late-2000s and early-2010s. With the Twilight renaissance that’s been happening, I thought it would be fun to go back and revisit the series. 

“New Moon” used to be my favorite book in the series—I have been a Team Jacob girlie since the start. This time around, I was so incredibly sad when

Edward came back and ruined everything. Bella was starting to work through her depression and had finally decided to give Jake a chance, because she thought she could grow to love him, and what happens? That pervert’s sister bulldozes back  into her life. Charlie was right to be wary about letting Bella hang with the Cullens again and frankly I wish he’d pushed back harder. They should have let the Volturi execute Edward in Italy and continued having a grand time in Forks.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Suicide attempt

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Grief

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ehamlett's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Grief, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

ecravens's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Animal death, Vomit, Blood, Death, Abandonment, Car accident, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

kit_kat006's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I'm reading the twilight series again but as a adult. I use to hate book 2 as a teen. I appreciate book 2 as an adult. 
However, I now see how Edward is so toxic to Bella, how he change her for the worst, the immense pain that is simply forgotten by everyone except Jacob and Charlie. 

This being said, absolutely could not drop the book and love all the Jacob part! The ending made me mad with Edward toxic influence and how all the pain is erase in a blink of an eye. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, and Grief

magdi_thealien37's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Death, and Suicidal thoughts