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Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined by Stephenie Meyer

9 reviews

c100's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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mari1532's review

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adventurous funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

I was given a copy of this book as a gift because as a tween I was very into the original...like a Team Edward poster level of embarrassingly into the original.

I'm not entirely sure if it's because I am no longer a tween or the changes to this book were just not as exciting, but I feel very ambivalent about this book. I'm not entirely sure what Meyer was hoping to accomplish by doing the gender swap. I think that I read somewhere that she wanted to prove the story worked both ways, but I don't think I buy that argument. I mean if the dynamics worked with the genders swapped why did the premise of the sequels have to change?

Also, and I say this fully willing to admit that the first Twilight book is flawed but the characters in this version felt flat. Many of the plot points were the same, but I wasn't as invested in Edythe or Beau at all. Again, I understand I aged and the characters did not, but it was just not as engaging of a story as the original. Even the side characters felt flat and rushed and the plot twist with Archie was wild and not well set up. In many ways, I felt that this version played more into established binary gender stereotypes than the first.

I gave this book a 2 because I read the whole thing. Sure it took about 10 months to complete, but I did read the whole thing. At some point, it was a bit of a sunk cost fallacy because I had read too much not to finish, but I did get there in the end.

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miacorkum's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes

3.25

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a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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pkc's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I think for the first half of the novel, I really enjoyed the swapped gender and it felt like a dynamic careful shift, but as the pace picked up, it got sort of more formulaic and unbelievable (well…more unbelievable). I thought that the end where

they let the venom run its course was a really interesting way to contain the story and rule out sequels. It did make it slightly more melancholic though in terms of the impact on Charlie and Renee. I maybe would have rather seen that play out as an alternative end to the original Twilight.

It’s still a really flawed mythology, but I really love that world and the possibilities of the characters. I seriously hope there are more novels to follow (but no more Midnight Sun, if’n ya please)

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ging090803's review

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emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I think i prefered this book over the first twilight… I really liked the characters. Edythe was similar to Edward but no quite just like Beau vs Bella
I also liked how Archie’s visions were better explained. Some things were better written.
It didn’t deserve a five star because it is still twilight so it is still cringe but oh well. Meyer did a really good job. She made her point : it a story about a human and a vampire, not a girl and a vampire.

and the end… wow. Following Beau through is transformation was really different. It was beautiful how Meyer mixed love, sadness and grief. I felt so sad for Beau during his funeral but at the same time so happy that they have found themselves for “eternity”.

I kinda wish there were more books following this storyline.

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parkyparkpark's review

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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bookrecsbyjess's review

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lighthearted tense medium-paced

3.5

Even though I loved Twilight, this book just wasn’t as good.

I didn’t care about any of the characters that much. Bella was relatable, but Beau was kind of boring. I felt that some of the characters didn’t really fit as the opposite gender.

Also, the plot changes to the end of the story made me not like it as much. I’m glad that the original story played out differently. I felt bad for Charlie and Rene for how the story ended.

Overall, it was just okay. I don’t think this story was necessary or that it added any value to the world of Twilight.

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nyappytiramisu's review

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

This was surprisingly enjoyable, I forgot how much fun Twilight is.

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