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parkyparkpark's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Emotional abuse
Minor: Sexual content
nick13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
I don't think I've been so frustrated and I bored at the same time while reading a book as I was while reading Midnight Sun. There is just list upon list of pointless descriptions and the there are parts where it brushes past things I'd actually like to know, every thought Edward (and everyone else for that matter) is written which I wouldn't mind except for the fact that it is all the same damn thing over and over again, the dialogue is clumsy at best, Edward is still a terrible boyfriend who never gets better, and so much more i can't even begin to describe.
This book was an absolute chore, so much so that it made me stop reading for several days at times because it just made me sad. It is so slow at times I literally began to fall asleep and it is so bloated full of needless description that it feels like a textbook. Jesus christ, this is the textbook of Twilight.
With this final review of the Twilight series, I can now tell you to never read any of these books. Watch the movies if you was to watch some funnily bad movies but other than that, avoid this series like the plague, especially this book.
I'm serious, don't read this book no matter what, it will ruin you.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting
Minor: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
er1nmoore's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Ableism, Confinement, Pedophilia, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury
nxclx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder
caitlinsbooks'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? It's complicated
3.5
Positives: some of the quotes were funny, the romance was still cute in its own weird way, and it was a throwback and a half to be in this story.
Negatives: Edward goes on a bit, doesn’t he? What’s all this crap about pomegranates? Also just get over it Edward, this girl loves you and would like to be a vampire, please. You could stop this from being a 4 book saga (still salty about the travesty that is New Moon...) if you just did what she wanted. Thanks.
Read the rest of my review here. I’m gonna go full Edward and say way too much! Spoilers ahead...
Anyway, yes this book was fun at times, and full of the classic Twilight angst, but WOW IT WAS REALLY LONG AND BORING MOST OF THE TIME.
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Car accident
thespacejamber's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
edward, like all men, doesn't know how to shut the fuck up in any given situation. this goes on for far too long.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Kidnapping
elenamarmiroli's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Per prima cosa bisogna ammettere fin da subito che Edward è un personaggio molto melodrammatico, nell'accezione più negativa del termine, al punto in cui gli avvenimenti di questo libro, occupano meno pagine di quelle usate per parlare di tutte le paranoie che passano per il suo cervello, le sue mille lamentele e anche i suoi numerosi giudizi negativi riguardo i pensieri degli altri. Persino la sua storia d'amore con Bella, passa in secondo piano rispetto ai suoi problemi con l'accettare il suo essere un vampiro e quanto tale un mostro indegno di essere amato da lei.
Ciò potrebbe essere stato una maniera interessante per trattare del tema dell'accettazione di sé stessi in un contesto differente, ma no. Le sue pare non servano a nulla, in quanto nel corso dell'intero romanzo non è in grado di maturare, e nulla di quello che lui potrebbe fare sarebbe mai abbastanza per convincersi del contrario. Per assecondare la sua visione del mondo finisce per impedire a Bella di compiere le sue sceglie, trattandola quindi come un oggetto, più che come una persona con una propria volontà, tant'è che
Inoltre, leggere questo libro, rende ancora più difficile giustificare il comportamento da stalker intrapreso da Edward nei confronti di Bella, in quanto non è solo dovuto a delle paranoie assurde di lui, ma anche perché lui ammette che questo atteggiamento sia sbagliato, ma al contempo non fa nulla per cambiarlo.
I suoi pensieri, mentre prova l'emozione della gelosia, sono esageratissimi, soprattutto all'inizio, visto che non aveva neanche quasi interagito con Bella in quel momento.
Dopo aver illustrato bene la pesantezza del personaggio di Edward e la monotonia dei sui pensieri, con conseguente tedio del lettore, è necessario chiarire che gli eventi di questo libro e anche spesso interi dialoghi, come già ci si poteva aspettare, sono praticamente identici a quelli di [book:Twilight|41865].
Ciò diventa un problema però, quando il personaggio che racconta la storia ha un punto di vista altamente ripetitivo, e quel poco che viene aggiunto alla storia grazie a quest'opera può risultare interessante solo perché aggiunge qualcosa ai personaggi secondari. Ciò è reso possibile grazie all'abilità del protagonista che permette a noi lettori di scoprire i pensieri di tutti gli altri personaggi, dandocene una visione inedita. Ma riguardo alla storia principale, questo libro è inutile, se non addirittura di troppo, in quanto Edward è più interessante quando non ne conosci i pensieri.
L'unica parte "interessante" è quella finale, in cui
Tutto sommato, consiglierei questa lettura solo ai fan sfegatati della saga di Twilight, per cui questo libro porterebbe con sé anche un valore nostalgico, e a nessun altro.
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Emotional abuse
thepudding's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse