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mobkima's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
3.0 STARS
This isn't my usual, "This is three stars which means it's middle ground but good!", this is a, "three stars that kind of sucks but is suckily charming!"
A somewhat dated vampire book that has lines aging like milk. However nothing a teenager says ages any better. Really quick read that both made me somewhat happy and also full of rage. My mom has also owned these books since she was young, so they get extra brownie points for potentially becoming family heirlooms.
I think this may be a guilty pleasure series despite the HEAPING amount of flaws
This isn't my usual, "This is three stars which means it's middle ground but good!", this is a, "three stars that kind of sucks but is suckily charming!"
A somewhat dated vampire book that has lines aging like milk. However nothing a teenager says ages any better. Really quick read that both made me somewhat happy and also full of rage. My mom has also owned these books since she was young, so they get extra brownie points for potentially becoming family heirlooms.
I think this may be a guilty pleasure series despite the HEAPING amount of flaws
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Infidelity, and Gaslighting
Minor: Homophobia and Sexual content
hayli's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
bookwormforlifeandmore's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content and Violence
There's blood drinking involved and there are addiction themes when it comes to that because vampires.anilein's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Death of parent
reading_warren's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
3.5
The only reason this book is rated so highly for me is because of the nostalgia factor. I loved vampire YA as a kid, and I love it now, even when the plot is a little meh, the characters are a little bit one-note and/or stereotypical, and it's (somewhat) diverse at the cost of being pretty racially insensitive (at least from what I can tell as a white person). The one gay character is also not what I would consider exemplary representation. But, it's fun, it's got a little mystery, and it's got vampire school.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Violence
Minor: Sexual violence
Child death:msradiosilence's review against another edition
I’m 95 pages in, and the last book I DNF’d was Allegiant 9 years ago, but I fucking CANNOT with this book.
First of all, way to whitewash your main “native” character. Very SMeyer of you. How is it that the other POC character (Shaunee, a black woman) is allowed to have ‘mocha’/‘chocolate’ skin but Zoey goes from ‘tanned’ to ‘pale white’ hm? Sounds very…cultural appropriative, no?
For a book that has a gay character and a black character in the main cast, this book was *checks notes* fatphobic, transphobic, racist, and slut shame-y all in the first 8 pages! And it only gets worse!! This is why I fucking DNFed, because there is much better shit out there.
The writing was annoying as fuck, Zoey was super judgmental and annoying as fuck, all the other characters were shallow and annoying as fuck…did I mention how annoyed I was with this book?
I read it back in middle school (and bc of the blow job scene in the beginning was subsequently banned from reading it) but as an adult I’ve been going through a nostalgia period and this was one of the books I wanted to revisit. Honestly, thanks Mom and Dad for sparing me from the rest of this series.
First of all, way to whitewash your main “native” character. Very SMeyer of you. How is it that the other POC character (Shaunee, a black woman) is allowed to have ‘mocha’/‘chocolate’ skin but Zoey goes from ‘tanned’ to ‘pale white’ hm? Sounds very…cultural appropriative, no?
For a book that has a gay character and a black character in the main cast, this book was *checks notes* fatphobic, transphobic, racist, and slut shame-y all in the first 8 pages! And it only gets worse!! This is why I fucking DNFed, because there is much better shit out there.
The writing was annoying as fuck, Zoey was super judgmental and annoying as fuck, all the other characters were shallow and annoying as fuck…did I mention how annoyed I was with this book?
I read it back in middle school (and bc of the blow job scene in the beginning was subsequently banned from reading it) but as an adult I’ve been going through a nostalgia period and this was one of the books I wanted to revisit. Honestly, thanks Mom and Dad for sparing me from the rest of this series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism