Reviews tagging 'Cultural appropriation'

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

4 reviews

embargo's review against another edition

1.75

Reread the whole series in 2024 for a podcast. This is definitely the most enjoyable one, but only because it is so buckwild. You all know the drill- writing is bad, messaging is bad, romance is upsetting, and yes, the treatment of the Quilluete tribe is racist. 

For any adults who read the series as a teen and are considering a reread: fun for the nostalgia and deconstructing (if you're into that), but you'll probably have more fun getting somebody whose never watched the movies to watch them with you.

For teens who are thinking about reading the series: there's better stuff out there that doesn't have the issues this series has.

For adults who read the series as an adult and are still into it.... You do you I guess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Racism, and Kidnapping

Hard to say how to classify the whole "imprinting" issues that spring up in this book. Not teeeechnically pedophilia, but it's the textbook definition of grooming, so, we're doing the best we can with the tags we've got.

breadbees's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

ashleyvharris's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

2.75

This is by far the worst book of the saga. It’s the

surprise pregnancy

trope for me. I hate that this was a plot point at all, much less

Jacob’s imprinting on Renesmee

. The book always feels disjointed and jarring as it pulled from conflict to conflict. I’d love to pretend that the saga ends with the Honeymoon, but Stephenie Meyer wants me stressed every time I reread this series. Edward has a soul, but Stephenie Meyer absolutely does not. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Violence and Cultural appropriation

elderflower's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Vomit and Abortion