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A review by spiderelsa
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
5.0
This is still a 5 even though I am so much farther into recognizing it for the gaslighting, controlling, paternalistic, colonizing nonsense it is. It's one of my first loves.
(One of) The problem(s) with this book is:
-- if you believe Edward, Bella is delusional and self-harming, and he is noble for trying to save her from herself, while also being deplorable (before that became a political buzzword) for continuing to bait her.
-- if you believe Bella, she has only now found something worth living and dying for, even though it's borderline toxic and abusive.
(One of) The problem(s) with this book is:
-- if you believe Edward, Bella is delusional and self-harming, and he is noble for trying to save her from herself, while also being deplorable (before that became a political buzzword) for continuing to bait her.
-- if you believe Bella, she has only now found something worth living and dying for, even though it's borderline toxic and abusive.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail