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paigeinabook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
pbraue13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting
stindex's review
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
sav_22's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
cryptidofcreation's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Like many, I have a complicated relationship with the Twilight saga. It is so bad but so good.
It is a terrible book, but it's unintentionally so unhinged and funny.
It also really puts me in the mood for fall! Especially when having the movie soundtrack play in the background while reading.
When I read it for the first time when the books first came out I read Twilight in Dutch.
This was my first read through in English and I have to say I was surprised to find out that Stephenie Meyer isn't a bad writer! The writing style is easy and enjoyable to read in my opinion. However, I will forever be convinced Stephanie was meant to be a thriller/horror author who for some reason stumbled into the romance genre.
All and all, I had fun rereading Twilight and will be rereading the rest of the series.
When the book first came out I read a bit of midnight sun. I was told it justifies a lot of Edwards actions when you read the story from his perspective. It did not. It made it worse. I love this dumpster fire of a book series.
Read at your own risk. You will never be the same.
Ps: Alice is and always will be the BEST character
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Death, Gore, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury
lonely_tardigrade's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Death, Rape, Sexual content, Cannibalism, and Death of parent
doriandelioncourt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
macliffe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship and Stalking
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, and Gaslighting
Minor: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Torture, Medical content, and Kidnapping
xaidar_05's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
This was the first series I ever read in the beginning of my reading journey. I first picked it up in the 6th grade because the movies had such a place in my heart, and I started to enjoy reading, so why not pick up the series, right?
Anyway, I’m about to start my first semester of college so I picked up this book again because I wanted to see if it was as weird as I remembered. Let’s just say past me was right. The characters are bland no depth at all. There is really no motivation in these characters, they’re so flat and the plot is none existent, except at the VERY end.
Bella, our main character, is a carbon copy of all main protagonist of the time. Brown hair, brown eyes, and paper white skin. She has no back story at all. All you get is that her mom left her sweet dad and moved across the country with no thought with Bella, who was a newborn baby. That’s it and that she hates Forks, the place her dad lives.
Then you find out Bella has no respect to her father at all. Even though he’s a sweet awkward man who is taking her into his home, exited to finally see and live with Bella again. She is the most ungrateful person too. She monologues how she calls him “Charlie” regularly and only in front of him calls him “dad” which is the most wtf moment in the beginning for me. Through some back story you learn that Charlie loves and tries to connect to Bella and make an effort while this fool, Bella, disrespects and alienates him to her. Charlie did try.
Anyway, something that really worries me is Bella and Edwards “relationship”.
Now, Edward, it turns out is a creepy, stalker, pervert, gaslighter. We learn through a conversation that he watches her sleep and follows her around like a STALKER. Bella sees no issue she just thinks it’s qUiRkY and so cUtE.
Girl, no it is not. It is some predatory abusive behavior, you are 17 you should know some of this by now. </Spoiler>
So to conclude this rant of a review, I feel this is a weird book, to put it lightly. In my opinion young impressionable girls or boys should take in mind when reading this that relationships are not supposed to look like this. A man who wants you because of one thing, like Edweird with Bella’s blood, is not healthy. And if they try to control you or your actions and try to make you sound insane, like Edweird with gaslighting Bella in the hospital, that it’s not normal or a healthy standard to have. I hope young kids don’t think that it’s right.
However, if you enjoy these books that okay. I’m not bashing your opinion in anyway. This is just mine and what I see when reading this book. I won’t lie this series is a guilty pleasure to me. However I can still see and understand the flaws in this series.
I can’t with the books but the movies will always be my preference, I just enjoy them more and get nostalgia when watching. If you enjoy these books keep enjoying them, don’t mind my opinion, just do you.
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
lisa_m's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
I was so ready to be done with it I listened to the last half of the audiobook at 2,55x speed.
Giving Twilight a 1star rating somehow feels so incredibly misogynistic..? I promise I'm not just shitting on something teenage girls love. It is not a good book and I won't fully get into why exactly here, because I just can't be bothered. I already wasted too much time reading this book...
If you like Twilight, maybe do not read this review. I don't want to make you mad, but I really did not have a good time reading it.
It's quite similar to the movie but so much less entertaining. It's just really irritating.
I know I'm not the target audience but I honestly do not think I would have liked it if I read it when I was younger.
I still hate Edward and Bella is boring. We got some more backstory for Alice which was interesting. Besides that though nothing much is new.
The kind of obsession portrayed in this book is ridiculous and honestly not warranted. I don't understand WHY Edward and Bella like each other, except for the fact that they are both 💫different💫...? Bella is so obsessed with Edward pretty much from the first time she sees him and I do not understand it!
I was quite surprised that reading this book actually felt like reading any other mediocre fantasy book. It is truly nothing special. I thought it would at least make me angry, if not make me laugh. It did neither. I got annoyed and bored and sometimes disgusted. That's it.
If you haven't read this book yet, don't. The movie shows you everything you need to know. I promise you're not missing out on anything.
I honestly feel like this was a waste of my time, but at least now I can brag (?) about having read Twilight?
Definitely won't be continuing the series though or reading anything else by Stephenie Meyer. I assume it's only going to get worse.
I feel like Twilight deserves 1.5 stars simply for being such a cult classic that I felt like I missed out on a great experience by not having read it. I thought I could hate-love this like I do the Twilight movies,... but I don't.
Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, and Gaslighting