Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

52 reviews

liv_green85's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Gaslighting

Minor: Bullying

cgn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

2.0

Rereading this a decade later and in a language I’m not 100% comfortable reading has helped me focus on the plot instead of the vibes, and wow I understand why so many people were up in arms. It’s a fun, ridiculous dark romance, but it’s marketed as young adult, and it’s concerning to think about all the young girls who were exposed to such poor communication at a formative age and have it painted as a great love story. Overall, it’s not a compelling book to me now, though I still had fun at times.

I also watched the movie today, and it was fascinating to see how they moved things around to make it a more evenly paced film.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gaslighting, Medical content, Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Death and Murder

theresabee's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Gaslighting, Murder, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Violence

zoe_archambault's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

Wanted a more light-hearted quick read between more dense books and honestly liked it more than I thought I would. I only watched all the movies for the first time last month so this was a ride.
Jacob is barely in it, Edward is gross and manipulative, Bella is absolutely useless and super cringe to read through her perspective. But it was fun and fast and served it’s purpose as good junk food guilty pleasure of a book.
The last 3rd was really not great with the sudden threat, it didn’t flow with the rest, it felt rushed and unnecessary, I just wanted a shitty romance, I didn’t want half-assed drama.
Don’t regret reading it, I overall enjoyed it, but I won’t be reading it again nor will I be reading the others in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death and Emotional abuse

chloevienna's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Suicide attempt, Violence, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

elysh_kaye's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.5

If you hate "crux-phrases" watch out for "chuckled"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Gaslighting

zoeelora's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Stalking, Torture, and Addiction

midnightmae's review against another edition

funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Gaslighting

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Animal death and Death

allison_lennon's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Violence

aysha_child's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

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

0.5

I don’t understand why people continue to love this series/franchise when there is obviously so much wrong with it. Stephanie Meyer, first of all, portrays an emotionally and mentally abusive relationship as “romantic” and, second of all, appropriated the entire Quileute culture without doing her research or supporting said indigenous people so she could claim “diversity”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Physical abuse