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The plot is okay. Not as compelling as the other books I read from her. But there are just too many comma splices to ignore! My copy editor eyes are burning.

Okay, this should have come with a trigger warning. And I mean HEAVY trigger warning.

Rape. Sexual violence. Suicide.

The first chapter traumatized but hooked me. So far, a good read. But DAMN.

I read this book a few years ago, and it really changed the way I approached life. Recently, the pandemic has put a toll on my mental health, and I found myself giving a lot of f*cks to things that are not f*ck-worthy. This book definitely needs a yearly re-read <3

I already read this years ago, but I'm re-reading it because I finally have the physical book. Platinum edition and crazily good as new despite being second-hand 😍

This is so hard to read. It's like Meyer's attempt to rationalize Edward's creepy/abusive actions in the first movie. But it's interesting how his mind works. His thoughts are so excruciating to read, like, duuuude, stop overthinking everything! What I find entertaining, though, are the parts where Edward "eavesdrops" other people's thoughts. So that's that. I really slow reading progress for me.

I read this 5 years ago during a very dark time in my life. I loved the book so much that it prompted me to use one of its quotes as my recovery tattoo. For years, I put off reading the book again because I was honestly afraid I wouldn't like it as much as when I first read it. Now I challenged myself to read the book again, finally. And I'm not surprised that I love it all the more now that I'm in a better place.

This book is excruciatingly boring. But not as bad as to lead me to abandon this book cold-turkey.

I can't believe I'm bringing myself to read this.

“Exactly. How can you know it makes you happy if you’ve never experienced it?”
“There are different kinds of happy,” she said. “Some kinds don’t need any proof.”

I hate to say this, but the movie was better.

Can't believe Kristal reads these sort of books. But so far, so good. :-p