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New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
2.0

Read the Twilight Saga in HS and when the movies came out on Netflix, I decided to re-read these.

New Moon made me angry for several reasons, but the main issue I had was the depiction of Bella's depression and how her entire focal point of life was Edward, even when he wasn't present for months. It felt like Stephenie hasn't experienced depression or been around people who show signs of depression, so her depiction was uneducated. While I get the teenagers really focus on their partners (if that's what she was going for), it wasn't for me. 

I re-read this as a guilty pleasure, and I won't be doing it again any time soon - maybe in another 10 years.