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55 percent was all I could do. Oh. My. God. At first the book was actually fine, it was nice reading events from Edwards POV....at least at the beginning. After 55 percent I started feeling tired. Edward was constantly repeating himself and ALL THE TIME pining for Bella, even though she was soooo clearly in love with him the WHOLE time as we all know from Twilight. This is even more than blindness - clear stupidity he could not and would not see with his own eyes/mind reading/overall vampirism super-powers. Also, when I was reading Twilight when I was maybe 15 I could see how romantic it could be when Edward was watching Bella sleep from time to time. In this book? So incredibly creepy. He was in her room every night from the beginning - even when Bella got up in the night to use bathroom or when Charlie looked inside if Bella was asleep and he was literally hiding in the corner "in da shadows". Jesus, creepy much, Ed?
His feelings got pretty boring after some reading, apart from his very, very unhealthy obsession he was so contradictory without having reasons for it. When he believed Bella does not like him the way he desires her, he was depressed from it. When he realized she is in fact in love with him, he was one moment over the moon by it and the next super angry and depressed again because how can she love a MoNstER such as himself. Ugh, give me a break.
Also Bella was so different from Edwards POV! She was basically a different person, she never got across as interesting in Twilight, I always thought of her as awkward and eh. In Midnight Sun she was suddenly this super selfless person, smart and funny and overall more interesting person with better character.
The things that I enjoyed the most were probably Edwards memories of how Carlisle was teaching him to walk outside without him murdering the whole city in a few seconds. That was really nice and history about Carlisle and/or early Edward I would enjoy much more than this story.
Done now.

tacobuls's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

defiantmoon's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

wow eddie is such a sadb0i

natasha666's review against another edition

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slow-paced

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

5.0

hannahawhiteley's review against another edition

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2.0

One of these stars is purely from the nostalgia I have for this series

avkeenan's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was UNHINGED. For a book that I knew the plot to, this was wayyy wilder than I expected. This gave me all of the nostalgia of re-reading Twilight while also feeling like a different story. Edward planning murders and reading everyone’s thoughts was hysterical. Don’t even get me started on the police chase when he is racing to save Bella. And the audiobook narrator!!!! That man was acting for his life!

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