Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

7 reviews

tepidgirlsummer's review against another edition

dark sad 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? It's complicated

2.0

I forgot how much of a slog it is to get through this one.

I’m in the throes of a Twilight Saga reread. New Moon has always been my least favorite book, but I’d forgotten why. I sort of remembered it being boring, but thought maybe I hadn’t read it with the right perspective the first few times. I have a greater appreciation for emotional nuance than I did in my very early 20s, and several fellow Ratties defended this installment as important to understand the emotional bond between Bella and Jacob in the future books.

But holy moly is this book a snooze fest. It’s probably about 150-200 pages too long. And aging has only made me even more weirded out by how much Stephenie Meyer normalized these extremely codependent and manipulative relationships. Also, there is virtually no plot. I think this one is supposed to be more character-driven, but there’s hardly any character development after the first couple hundred pages.

I liked Twilight more this time around than I did previously. I remember Eclipse being my favorite, so hopefully that reread doesn’t disappoint.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Blood, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Colonisation and Classism

ecravens's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

macliffe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Minor: Gore

tiana_king'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

planetshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

riseisbookapp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

This book was fabulous. Stephanie Meyer truely has a gift to make you feel like you are actually there. I love this book. This book was even better than the first one! I cringed sometimes but that’s what makes a fabulous romance book! Stephanie Meyer is amazing at making you feel like you’re actually there!!! Bella doesn’t mind communism and I don’t mind Edward or jacob. Respectfully I think Bella needs some antidepressants and some sun. She also needs to stop being dependent on a boy. I don’t know what it’s like to be in love so I guess I can’t talk about heartbreak. Anyways so exited for eclipse !!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

linnylionheart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child death, Sexism, Torture, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

mentioned alcohol in form of detailed description of skin disinfectant (particularly the smell and color)