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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
I remember reading the first chapter of Midnight Sun online with my parents' computer in high school, and now we've made it to the end of entire book 🥹 I read this while also re-reading Twilight, and it was an amazing experience that I wish to everyone who enjoyed Twilight.
Edward was unsurprisingly emo and masochistic and all up in his head - all the reasons I loved and hated him in middle school, plus some! 🥹💜 It was such a fun time reading his perspective, and I must now re-read the rest of the series so I can use all my new information in my imagination.
Thanks, Ms. Meyer! đź’ś
Edward was unsurprisingly emo and masochistic and all up in his head - all the reasons I loved and hated him in middle school, plus some! 🥹💜 It was such a fun time reading his perspective, and I must now re-read the rest of the series so I can use all my new information in my imagination.
Thanks, Ms. Meyer! đź’ś
4.5. I'm a sucker for Twilight, so naturally I loved this book. ​It gave me so much more insight into the Cullens and their relationships. I enjoyed seeing alice’s visions in more detail.
Through Edward's POV we really see Bella's personality and so many extra details left out of Twilight because Bella wasn't there to narrarate them.
I love the way Edward thinks and consequently the way Meyer writes.
This book is EVERYTHING!
Through Edward's POV we really see Bella's personality and so many extra details left out of Twilight because Bella wasn't there to narrarate them.
I love the way Edward thinks and consequently the way Meyer writes.
This book is EVERYTHING!
Original post here: https://reesesreviews.blogspot.com/2020/08/midnight-sun-by-stephanie-meyer-was.html
I have not been one to talk about Twilight a lot or at all since I started this blog eight years ago. Seriously, I don't think it's ever come up. I haven't written reviews for the books or the movies. So, this may come as a bit of a shock, but I did in fact read these books. My mom saw Twilight on Oprah and went and got me the book. I was passing this book around to my friends (which I am never doing again because hello book damage) and was buying the paraphernalia, and having my mom buy the tickets when they came out.
I think the movies are where some of my love for this book died. Sad but true. I wasn't even willing to admit I liked the books for some time. And then book four came out and that pretty much killed the rest of my connection to this series. No, I am not kidding. I was pretty darn ticked off about Breaking Dawn. Want my review of that book? I think it was a huge disappointment wrapped in a beautiful cover.
It's been quite some time since the last movie came out and I've had time to reflect and even re-read and re-watch. I have to say I found that feeling again. That connection I had that first time I read the book. I won't go into a full review of the books, as I'm hoping to do a full review of the books here at some point, but I still like them. They still hold a special place in my very jaded and bruised heart.
Now before I go and get long-winded, let me finally get to the reason you're actually reading this post. Midnight Sun. I didn't hate it. I couldn't put the book down. Like for real. I was on a Zoom call at work and seriously took myself off-screen and started reading when it finally became available to me from the library. I was loving it. Being in Edward's head was so different than I thought it would be. But, in case you want to stop reading here, I'll tell you I liked the book.
Edward's mind was seriously so different than I thought it would be. Even from watching the movies, I didn't grasp the full scope of who Edward was and I definitely did here. My thoughts? Well, it kind of feels like he stopped mentally maturing after seventeen. Like he felt like a mature seventeen-year-old. Not a 109+-year-old man. I really wasn't expecting that. I didn't hate that. Honestly, it seemed like the better alternative, since again I have a jaded mind and heart now, than having some 100+-year-old dude flirting hard on a seventeen-year-old. His existence as an immortal has been very much reliant on his mind-reading gift and I think that's why he connected so much with Bella. Not saying Bella sucks or anything, but I think due to her Shield abilities, it was easier for her to keep him on his toes because he can't rely so much on his gift.
Then there's Bella. Edward's view on her was sooooo freaking different than what I was getting while reading her perspective. I think it really went into how people perceive themselves versus how others perceive themselves. Bella comes across as very mature and in thinking about her line in Breaking Dawn "I was born to be a vampire," I think that is 100% true based off of what we got from her in this book.
Now let's talk about this Dickens comment at the header of this post. If you've read any of the reviews on this book you will know what I'm about to get at, but let me give a mini-history lesson here. Charles Dickens was paid by the word when he would write and so he would add as much detail as he could. Yeah, can you see where I'm going with this? This book was freaking wordy like no one's business. Midnight Sun is almost 200 pages over Twilight and it feels like it. There were parts where it draaaaagged for me. I would sometimes skip some of the endless inner-dialogue and description to get to the dialogue. If I was going to have a complaint about this story, that would be it.
Now, I feel like overtime sometimes writers writing styles grow, change, or evolve? Yeah no, that is not really what happened in this story. Stephanie's writing is almost identical to her writing in the original Twilight books. When I first read the books it didn't bother me and it certainly didn't bother me in this story. I don't feel like it took away from the story or characters so that's really all I cared about. So, if it bothered you before it will 100% bother you now. If you're like me who didn't notice at all then you'll be fine.
I liked Midnight Sun. I could see myself adding the book permanently to my collection and re-reading it several times over. After finishing this story all I could think was, yeah I NEED the rest of these books done in Edward's perspective. Stephanie has said she plans on two more books in the Twilight world, so I'm hoping they'll be those. If you liked Twilight before, you'll like Midnight Sun I think.
I have not been one to talk about Twilight a lot or at all since I started this blog eight years ago. Seriously, I don't think it's ever come up. I haven't written reviews for the books or the movies. So, this may come as a bit of a shock, but I did in fact read these books. My mom saw Twilight on Oprah and went and got me the book. I was passing this book around to my friends (which I am never doing again because hello book damage) and was buying the paraphernalia, and having my mom buy the tickets when they came out.
I think the movies are where some of my love for this book died. Sad but true. I wasn't even willing to admit I liked the books for some time. And then book four came out and that pretty much killed the rest of my connection to this series. No, I am not kidding. I was pretty darn ticked off about Breaking Dawn. Want my review of that book? I think it was a huge disappointment wrapped in a beautiful cover.
It's been quite some time since the last movie came out and I've had time to reflect and even re-read and re-watch. I have to say I found that feeling again. That connection I had that first time I read the book. I won't go into a full review of the books, as I'm hoping to do a full review of the books here at some point, but I still like them. They still hold a special place in my very jaded and bruised heart.
Now before I go and get long-winded, let me finally get to the reason you're actually reading this post. Midnight Sun. I didn't hate it. I couldn't put the book down. Like for real. I was on a Zoom call at work and seriously took myself off-screen and started reading when it finally became available to me from the library. I was loving it. Being in Edward's head was so different than I thought it would be. But, in case you want to stop reading here, I'll tell you I liked the book.
Edward's mind was seriously so different than I thought it would be. Even from watching the movies, I didn't grasp the full scope of who Edward was and I definitely did here. My thoughts? Well, it kind of feels like he stopped mentally maturing after seventeen. Like he felt like a mature seventeen-year-old. Not a 109+-year-old man. I really wasn't expecting that. I didn't hate that. Honestly, it seemed like the better alternative, since again I have a jaded mind and heart now, than having some 100+-year-old dude flirting hard on a seventeen-year-old. His existence as an immortal has been very much reliant on his mind-reading gift and I think that's why he connected so much with Bella. Not saying Bella sucks or anything, but I think due to her Shield abilities, it was easier for her to keep him on his toes because he can't rely so much on his gift.
Then there's Bella. Edward's view on her was sooooo freaking different than what I was getting while reading her perspective. I think it really went into how people perceive themselves versus how others perceive themselves. Bella comes across as very mature and in thinking about her line in Breaking Dawn "I was born to be a vampire," I think that is 100% true based off of what we got from her in this book.
Now let's talk about this Dickens comment at the header of this post. If you've read any of the reviews on this book you will know what I'm about to get at, but let me give a mini-history lesson here. Charles Dickens was paid by the word when he would write and so he would add as much detail as he could. Yeah, can you see where I'm going with this? This book was freaking wordy like no one's business. Midnight Sun is almost 200 pages over Twilight and it feels like it. There were parts where it draaaaagged for me. I would sometimes skip some of the endless inner-dialogue and description to get to the dialogue. If I was going to have a complaint about this story, that would be it.
Now, I feel like overtime sometimes writers writing styles grow, change, or evolve? Yeah no, that is not really what happened in this story. Stephanie's writing is almost identical to her writing in the original Twilight books. When I first read the books it didn't bother me and it certainly didn't bother me in this story. I don't feel like it took away from the story or characters so that's really all I cared about. So, if it bothered you before it will 100% bother you now. If you're like me who didn't notice at all then you'll be fine.
I liked Midnight Sun. I could see myself adding the book permanently to my collection and re-reading it several times over. After finishing this story all I could think was, yeah I NEED the rest of these books done in Edward's perspective. Stephanie has said she plans on two more books in the Twilight world, so I'm hoping they'll be those. If you liked Twilight before, you'll like Midnight Sun I think.
It’s honestly hard for me to rate this book. If you are or ever were a true Twilight fan, you’ll enjoy this book (as long as you know what to expect). If you’re on the fence about reading it, I’d probably stay clear.
This book was full of Preteen/Teen nostalgia that I never knew I needed. It brought me back to when I truly enjoyed the first Twilight book, and I appreciated that glimpse of youth fandom. Twilight meant a lot to me, and this book reminded me of that.
However, this book is not without flaws. It is far too long and repetitive. It is exactly what you would expect - Twilight but in Edward’s perspective. There were many times when I didn’t blame Stephanie, but the editor for keeping too much of the repetitive phrasing and thoughts. It could have been 400 pages, and just fine. That being the case, the book really was unnecessary as a “new novel”. There’s not much new that you gain from it, other than that nostalgia (which is a very powerful thing) that I was talking about before. Edward is a brooding, sorrow-filled 100 some year old vampire, so if you read it, prepare for some long soliloquies of just depressive thoughts and emotions. I do wish that the original series would have switch perspectives every chapter though. I think that would have added a lot more to it.
I’m not disappointed that it was written and finally published. Of course, it’s not without it’s caveats. But this fandom is so strong and it really brought some unity back which I’m grateful for.
So 3 stars for quality but 4 for the memories.
This book was full of Preteen/Teen nostalgia that I never knew I needed. It brought me back to when I truly enjoyed the first Twilight book, and I appreciated that glimpse of youth fandom. Twilight meant a lot to me, and this book reminded me of that.
However, this book is not without flaws. It is far too long and repetitive. It is exactly what you would expect - Twilight but in Edward’s perspective. There were many times when I didn’t blame Stephanie, but the editor for keeping too much of the repetitive phrasing and thoughts. It could have been 400 pages, and just fine. That being the case, the book really was unnecessary as a “new novel”. There’s not much new that you gain from it, other than that nostalgia (which is a very powerful thing) that I was talking about before. Edward is a brooding, sorrow-filled 100 some year old vampire, so if you read it, prepare for some long soliloquies of just depressive thoughts and emotions. I do wish that the original series would have switch perspectives every chapter though. I think that would have added a lot more to it.
I’m not disappointed that it was written and finally published. Of course, it’s not without it’s caveats. But this fandom is so strong and it really brought some unity back which I’m grateful for.
So 3 stars for quality but 4 for the memories.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Love twilight and therefore love this book but you can really see Edwards red flags soooo clearly in this one like stop being so possessive hun
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Who would have thought, that Edward's thoughts could be as mundane as the thoughts of the humans around him?
Well I was hoping they would be a little more exciting, but turns out my imagination is more wild than this book. Pretty dull read with only about 200 odd pages being actually engaging and of interest to me, mostly the parts about memories from the past and the hunt situation.
It is pretty frustrating that this book still makes me feel angsty as fuck about the whole situation with him and Bella, but it also annoys the hell out of me that everything would be simplified if they just spoke openly about matters, so they could understand where the other stands. Look, really what I'm saying is it would have been better if Edward could read Bella's mind it would have made for a lot less "does she? does she not?" type angst.
This sits at a solid 3 stars, it's not the best thing I have read, but also not the worst. Just pretty "meh" and unfortunate that vampires were so dull in this fictional world.
Well I was hoping they would be a little more exciting, but turns out my imagination is more wild than this book. Pretty dull read with only about 200 odd pages being actually engaging and of interest to me, mostly the parts about memories from the past and the hunt situation.
It is pretty frustrating that this book still makes me feel angsty as fuck about the whole situation with him and Bella, but it also annoys the hell out of me that everything would be simplified if they just spoke openly about matters, so they could understand where the other stands. Look, really what I'm saying is it would have been better if Edward could read Bella's mind it would have made for a lot less "does she? does she not?" type angst.
This sits at a solid 3 stars, it's not the best thing I have read, but also not the worst. Just pretty "meh" and unfortunate that vampires were so dull in this fictional world.