A review by ayedrianreads
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

dark emotional funny 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

3.0

I give this book a solid 3. Middle of the road. I think it was a little cheesy at some (most) parts, especially with the romantic dialogue, but it’s an iconic book with iconic scenes so that increases the rating for me. It read very YA, which I honestly was not expecting. As like probably most people, I watched the movie before reading the book. I liked the extra scenes that we got in the book, and some of the secondary characters’ backstories. As for the characters, I understand when people characterize Bella as simple. I guess she technically is not a very interesting character lol. She (Bella, maybe Steph Meyer is to blame too idk) made being clumsy her whole personality, which wasn’t annoying to me personally but I could see how it’s kind of cringe. And I know Edward cares for Bella, which explains his choice of words and reactions to what Bella does, but it was kind of confusing sometimes. It felt like his mood would just change very suddenly out of the blue then go back to how it was. I guess that’s to indicate how much he actually cares about Bella, but it kind of came across as being super reactionary too. But going back to the cheesiness, I think that’s the biggest thing that took points away from the rating for me. (Why did Edward have to smile after literally everything Bella said?) This book is definitely not short of cringy lines.  In terms of plot though, it did not disappoint. I actually rather liked the plot. There was a part in the middle though, around page 300, that I kind of lost interest just because nothing was really happening and the cheesiness was too much. The buildup in the beginning was the best part for me imo.