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A review by directorpurry
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-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? It's complicated
3.0
CW: Suicide jokes, stalking, descriptions of injuries
March 2021:
I read this book once again for my March 2021 challenge of only reading books by women writers for Women's History month! You can read more about my experience here!
I was also just having a Time™ IRL and I needed to wallow in some garbage for a minute.
Update to my previous statement: I also hate this book. I have been personally victimized by this book. I'm pretty sure I have Stockholm Syndrome from this book and Edward with his "long" Yaoi hands.
Someone help me, I shall never be free of Twilight but I keep coming back for more anyway.
August 2020:
I love Twilight. If I had said that in, like, 2014, I would have beat myself up for saying it.
I used to be majorly obsessed with this series, constantly reading and rereading them all through middle school, but I'm pretty sure the last time I read this was about 2012.
Now that I've grown, and I don't treat it as the pinnacle of art and romance, I can truly enjoy it for what it is. Most issues with the actual story I have enough distance on, I can brush them off, but the treatment of the Quileute Native American tribe is truly upsetting. I really think it would have been better, and much less malignant, if Meyer had invented a tribal group to give these fake characteristics to.
And let's not talk about the, um, let's say generously loose plot...
But really, a good time all around. I reread this in order to prep for Midnight Sun - now that I have some FEELINGS about.
March 2021:
I read this book once again for my March 2021 challenge of only reading books by women writers for Women's History month! You can read more about my experience here!
I was also just having a Time™ IRL and I needed to wallow in some garbage for a minute.
Update to my previous statement: I also hate this book. I have been personally victimized by this book. I'm pretty sure I have Stockholm Syndrome from this book and Edward with his "long" Yaoi hands.
Someone help me, I shall never be free of Twilight but I keep coming back for more anyway.
August 2020:
I love Twilight. If I had said that in, like, 2014, I would have beat myself up for saying it.
I used to be majorly obsessed with this series, constantly reading and rereading them all through middle school, but I'm pretty sure the last time I read this was about 2012.
Now that I've grown, and I don't treat it as the pinnacle of art and romance, I can truly enjoy it for what it is. Most issues with the actual story I have enough distance on, I can brush them off, but the treatment of the Quileute Native American tribe is truly upsetting. I really think it would have been better, and much less malignant, if Meyer had invented a tribal group to give these fake characteristics to.
And let's not talk about the, um, let's say generously loose plot...
But really, a good time all around. I reread this in order to prep for Midnight Sun - now that I have some FEELINGS about.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Sexual harassment
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault