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I want to read it! But this edition is printed ridiculously small and I have the hardest time reading a book that's already not easy in the first place!
Too much painful content. It’s a painful read that I didn’t find gratifying at all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Rape
Moderate: Cancer
Trouble dans le genre - Le féminisme et la subversion de l'identité
Éric Fassin, Judith Butler, Cynthia Kraus
DID NOT FINISH: 44%
I can deal with books that are hard to read, if they bring something to the table. Part 1 was hard to read, but interesting. The rest was just a mess.
Lost the app. Chapter 68 i think?
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The yay:
- The writing style is nice to read
- Jasper! Alice! Emmett! Reading the thoughts and learning to understand all the cool secondary characters! Their backstory!
- Learning a bit more about Edward makes him slightly less annoying overall
- That one paragraph about how vampires don’t pee
The bleh:
- Edward keeps whining about how he’d like to eat his girlfriend but can’t but would like to but won’t
- Edward treats Bella like a 5 year old and that was problematic enough when seen through her eyes
- Bella went from "clumsy" to "can’t walk in a straight line without falling down" and it fully crosses the line of plausibility. I mean at this point just explain that she's disabled and make it a part of the story because I don't find it endearing, I'm just worried for her.
- Obviously, we know the story already, so there's a lot that feels repetitive (but interestingly, not that much considering that, well, we know the story already).
I want to insist on the fact that it’s really, REALLY LONG and incredibly slow-paced. That's not a bad thing in itself, but y'all need to be aware before reading the book, I think.
Overall I do not regret buying & reading it and I’m having a good time, but I probably wouldn’t re-read it just for fun, unlike the original series.
J’ai beaucoup aimé le monde dans lequel se déroule l’histoire. Malheureusement, ça s’est arrêté là : le monde est intéressant, les personnages sont confus. C’est une excellente imitation de l’écriture des années 1860, mais sans le charme familier des grands classiques. Résultat : l’impression de suivre un cours magistral plutôt qu’une histoire. Ce sera pour une autre fois.