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melindabruce's review against another edition
5.0
It's not perfect and it's overly long, but I really liked getting not only Edward's perspective, but also a deeper understanding of most of the characters via Edward's mind-reading ability. Example: in the first book, Jasper seems like an unnecessary side character -- Alice's arm candy. However, in the baseball scene and later the fight against James, his abilities prove incredibly formidable. This book fills in all of the gaps of things that were going on outside of Bella's knowledge and gives the overall story much more depth.
stephhs592's review against another edition
4.0
This book kick started my 2020 Twilight Renaissance. I totally forgot so many plot points of the book, so I felt like I was reading it for the first time. The book made me appreciate Rob Pattinson’s portrayal of Edward bc it’s so spot on to his emo inner thoughts. I am a fan of twilight so I loved it
tbellesmom's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book, it was definitely fun to see Edward's perspective on meeting Bella and on several of the key moments from Twilight. It makes me want to watch all of the movies again!
larilaris's review against another edition
2.0
2,9
The book is soooo descriptive at times that I got bored, hence the amount of time it took for me to read it! I really liked the draft tho, which is why I’m puzzled as to why it was such a pain to read this. Edward tires me more times I can count... somethings were nice, like learning more about the character of bella, sewing how alices visions work and knowing a bit more about the cullens.
At the end of the day I think my timing was wrong. Don’t read twilight and then right after this one. It gets too repetitive...
Also, Edward should find a vampire therapist... the dude needs it. The self deprecation was real. So yeah maybe I’ll reread in a far away future. Who knows
The book is soooo descriptive at times that I got bored, hence the amount of time it took for me to read it! I really liked the draft tho, which is why I’m puzzled as to why it was such a pain to read this. Edward tires me more times I can count... somethings were nice, like learning more about the character of bella, sewing how alices visions work and knowing a bit more about the cullens.
At the end of the day I think my timing was wrong. Don’t read twilight and then right after this one. It gets too repetitive...
Also, Edward should find a vampire therapist... the dude needs it. The self deprecation was real. So yeah maybe I’ll reread in a far away future. Who knows
aayu_3's review against another edition
funny
medium-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
0.25
emmaburr05's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
adriannagraz's review against another edition
1.0
Look - I had to read it for 11 year old me. It was everything she wanted after being on the library’s wait list for months. For adult me, it was very painfully repetitive!
itsalbaby's review against another edition
1.0
man oh man. this was bad LMAO. i had fun but i will be honest and say i skimmed a LOT of it. i don’t understand what the point was of going out of the way to include all of the exposition from the first book. no one is reading this as a replacement to twilight. and even aside from the repetitive exposition it was needlessly long. like so long. i don’t know why on EARTH she needed to make this so much longer than the original story. to tell… the same story. so much unnecessary dialogue and pages upon pages of yearning. and like. edward’s drive from the airport to the dance studio took TEN PAGES. ten pages that i honestly did not read. i never thought twilight was boring even if it was silly so i don’t know why this felt so dry???