Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Biss zur Mittagsstunde by Stephenie Meyer

41 reviews

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Blood, and Grief

maisiepamela's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book! It made me feel so many deep emotions throughout the whole book and I really thought Bella’s emotions were relatable and honest. I was never bored reading this book and I always wanted to read more. The middle chunk wasn’t boring at all and I kind of kind of didn’t love bella and Jacobs friendship. The climax was amazing

and when bella and Edward got back together I was so happy and they were so adorable!

This book gave me chills at multiple points and I absolutely loved the scenery and feelings explored in this book. This story from the twilight saga is an honest , raw and eye-opening book and I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death

There is a lot of content around mental health and depression.

veskumelooni's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood and Suicide attempt

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

blues's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

I thought about giving 3 stars to this book, but I really enjoyed all the parts between Bella and Jacob, so I'm gonna give it 4 stars just because of those parts in the middle. They felt very comforting and cozy. 

Definitely liked this one better than the first one!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

Minor: Mental illness and Medical content

chloevienna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

as much as i hate stephanie meyer and certain aspects of her books, they’re always going to have a special/nostalgic place in my heart. team edward >>

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing, Death, Violence, and Car accident

froggydanny's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Forced institutionalization

my3bb8's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Grief

directorpurry's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

I actually thought I wouldn't like this one as much now that I've had some distance, but I was wrong. There's absolutely no drama like the third act of this damn book. Nothing like it. (Edit: April 3, 2021 - I FULLY stand by this statement.)

Update August 3, 2021: This book is atrocious in the best way possible and I love it.

The biggest issues I have with this book, besides the... insanity... of Edward and Bella, is the treatment of the Quileute Tribe.
They are a real group of people who live in Washington state. They have a real history and culture. They have real mythologies and religious practices. They have real governing structure.

Stephenie Meyer acknowledges none of that.
She used these people for her own silly book in deeply disrespectful and colonizing ways. She could have made up a tribe to take the role. Maybe it wouldn't have been great, but it would have been easy and simple. It wouldn't have the same flavor of absolute audacity that no one but white people can have when they grab their hands on other people's cultures.
It would have been so much less offensive if she had just made up her own tribe and culture.

As you can see by the short time it took me to read this, I genuinely, truly enjoyed my reading experience. Most of the Twilight series has this wonderful perfect storm of compelling plot, ridiculous characters, and just-bad-enough dialogue to make them obsessively readable and enjoyable, even with their avalanches of flaws. But these books have some genuine causes for concern within them that definitely gets worse as they go along.

Additionally, besides my own bias against love triangles (I pick my favorite and I STICK TO HIM, DAMMIT. That's what always happens. No author can trick me into switching different bois.) Bella is both too old for Jacob (She is 18, he is 16; while I didn't see anything wrong with that at 12, at 24 I have some legitimate concerns.) and she's clearly not interested in him romantically. She sees him as a security blanket, not a boyfriend. Her words, "a safe harbor," not a romantic interest.
Jacob might be a better person than Edward, but he's not The One. SpoilerBut NO I won't talk about demon spawn baby. Everything about Breaking Dawn is horrible and I hate it. >:[

Edit March 3, 2021 - Also forgot, Aro is so aggressively queer-coded lol. It's not the most offensive take I've seen, though. And also not the most offensive thing in this book either! So, y'know...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Suicide attempt, Cultural appropriation, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Murder

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)