A review by clairebau
Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined by Stephenie Meyer

2.0

This book exists because Stephanie wanted to prove that Bella wasn't simply a damsel in distress, and that the original saga didn't rely on antiquated gender roles as much as was critiqued. This is a futile task, because both of those things are true. Beau comes off as awkward and, at times, feminine (which is fine! Just not what Stephanie was going for!) 99% of this book is find-and-replaced with names and bodily descriptions. Almost no thought was given to changes in social gender norms across characters, so this was weird and unnecessary. Ending was fun, I guess, but not worth reading to the end for.