Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer

28 reviews

chloevienna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

i know this is a star above average but i am an absolute whore for twilight and always have been 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

tagged warning stuff that was even barely mentioned in passing - everyone has dark backstories so i wanted to be thorough!!

cdt96's review against another edition

challenging dark funny slow-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? Yes

3.5

Though a great addition to the saga, Edwards constant self loathing becomes tedious. Overall though a good read, took some time to gain progress as it's slow to start. Having not read the books since 2010, the return to the twilight universe was nostalgic and warm. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Stalking, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Forced institutionalization

mariamorrone's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

er1nmoore's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Murder, Mental illness, Grief, Gore, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, and Rape

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Toxic friendship, and Genocide

Minor: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Ableism

luluslittlelibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This is one of the worst books I have ever read... I cannot express how much I love it. It is like 99% of Edward's inner monologue, it goes on so long, none of it makes any sense, and it just adds to how awful Edwards and Bellas relationship was. Here are a few of my favorite parts I would like to mention:

Maybe I was wrong. But if I was right... how exasperating! How endearing! Her life had never been in deeeper peril, but she still cared that I, the very menace threatening her life, liked her appearance.

Can we just look at that writing? Was it written by a twelve-year-old with a thesaurus? Additionally, it must be noted that the thing that triggered Edward to think this was Bella blow-drying her hair the night before the meadow.

I watched her as she lifted her face to the light rain, with her eyes closed, a slight smile on her lips, what was she thinking? Something about this action seemed off. And I quickly realized why this posture seemed unfamilar to me - normal human girls wouldn't raise their faces to the drizzle that way, normal human girls usually use makup, even here in this wet place. Bella never wore makeup, nor should she. The cosmetics indestry made billions of dollars a year from women tring to attain skin like hers.

I'll just let you sit with that. (also I know the punctuation is a mess, I didn't copy it directly from the book)

Also, Edward justifies stalking Bella and watching her sleep by bringing up all of the other crimes his family has committed.

Lastly, the car scene when they are driving to save Bella in Arizona:
When they get to phoenix, the Cullens steal cars to get to Bella. The first car is a Subaru WRX STI (it's like a really fast race car). And despite Edward being able to see in his mind that Bella is about to die, he is still freaking out about this car, he's going 195 mph and is totally geeking out over it. But then the police set up a roadblock on the highway because of Edward's speeding, so they half to steal another car. So they steal this Porsche, by making this woman get out of her car, have Carlisle sedate her with a needle he just happened to have on hand and lay her on the side of the highway. Then they have Emmett pick up the Subaru and throw it across the highway to cause a huge pileup so that they can get to bella....... like what?!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Death, Gore, Medical content, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

sj_54's review against another edition

emotional tense 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? Yes

3.5

I felt I owed it to my younger self to read this.

It was even angstier than I remembered the books being, and as a distraction it definitely did the trick.

No regrets, wouldn't read again but worth the trip down memory lane, and a few laughs at how ridiculously over the top, stalkery, and dramatic Edward is. 

How did we ever believe this couple was the paragon of relationships? Seriously, what were we thinking (oh wait we were teenagers). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Murder, Stalking, and Torture

Minor: Animal death

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.0

This book was alternately really interesting and completely insufferable. On the one hand, Edward absolutely hates himself, so reading from a first-person perspective made me kind of hate him as well. Plus, I first read the Twilight saga in middle school and didn't see how creepy and toxic the relationship between Bella and Edward is. As a 24-year-old, my taste in both books and romantic relationships has changed (thank God), so all the boundary crossing Edward does was just one red flag after another. On the other hand, Edward's ability to read minds means that we get glimpses of other points of view, plus a lot more detail that wasn't included in the original book. I particularly loved the extra details about the other vampires, because I hold the firm belief that every single character in Twilight is more interesting than Edward or Bella. The new information about Alice's and Jasper's abilities and the baseball and climax scenes were my favorites. Overall, this book made me super nostalgic for my middle school years of Twilight obsession but also very grateful for how much I've grown since then. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Animal death

writewithapendragon's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

5.0

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS BOOK SINCE IT WAS TEASED IN 2008 I'm so glad Meyer finally decided to publish it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Blood, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal death

Obviously this book is a fantasy and not meant to represent realistic relationships or actual couple goals. If your partner is acting like a vampire, that's not super healthy.