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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
redundant as hell but it's still twilight
I should start this off by saying, I have read the original Twilight books and college-aged Rachel loved them. I also re-watch the Twilight movies every couple of years. So I’m a fan of the Twilight world.
HOWEVER, I just don’t see the point of this book. It’s much longer than the original Twilight book, so much longer in fact that I originally thought it covered the whole series from Edward’s perspective. Nope! It’s just Twilight.
Things I enjoyed:
Reading people’s minds through Edward
Steamy make out scenes (or almost make out in some cases
HOWEVER, I just don’t see the point of this book. It’s much longer than the original Twilight book, so much longer in fact that I originally thought it covered the whole series from Edward’s perspective. Nope! It’s just Twilight.
Things I enjoyed:
Reading people’s minds through Edward
Steamy make out scenes (or almost make out in some cases
Not going to lie, this book almost ruined Twilight for me. I bought it the day it was released as I was so excited to read it. But it turned a romance that my teenage self loved so much, and turned it into 600 pages of realising Edward is a creepy stalker.
Overall, wish I never read it.
Loved the Emmett content tho, definitely made me fall in love with his character more.
Overall, wish I never read it.
Loved the Emmett content tho, definitely made me fall in love with his character more.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Unexpectedly, I found myself enraptured by this book in the beginning. Meyer's writing has improved tremendously in some ways when compared with the first Twilight novel, and I particularly enjoyed that there was more introspection and world building in this version to balance out the dialogue-heavy original. Unfortunately, I realized about half way through that Edward's head is a monotonous, irritating place to be. He really does come across as insufferable. In contrast, Bella's character has a little more depth seen through Edward's eyes.
A major complaint I have is that it feels that Meyer very poorly connected Edward's internal thoughts and feelings to the existing dialogue. There was quite a bit of pointless, bloated filler.
A major complaint I have is that it feels that Meyer very poorly connected Edward's internal thoughts and feelings to the existing dialogue. There was quite a bit of pointless, bloated filler.
I like this book sooo much until Edward couldn’t stop talking about leaving. It made my opinion of him change. I know he contemplates it, but in his mind, he is straight lying to Bella and fully intends on leaving. He stays for a bit, makes her fall more and more for him, then just oops on out of there. I’m just a little disappointed of the writing on him. It seems like it just wasn’t him.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Edward has way too much to say
Used to love the Twilight series when I was younger (still kind of a sucker for the books). Always used to wish for a book in Edward’s perspective, especially after rumours and the short draft that was released and after years of waiting it happened.
Team Edward!
Team Edward!
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Edward is insufferable, but that’s what makes the book good
DNF’d 14 hours into this audiobook… and there were still 12 left to go. This book was capital B Boring and capital R Repetitive.
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