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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
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
No guilt, I straight up loved it. I want more Edward perspective. I also want an Alice and Jasper spin off. I’ll stay in the twilight universe and my youth forever I don’t mind.
This book was so cringy I had to stop reading for weeks at a time but twilight has a special place in my heart so I stuck it out
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
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
i can’t recall the exact amount of times i thought to myself, shut UP, edward. don’t get me wrong, im team edward all the way, and most of the time i cant expect him to shut up bc it’s just his inner monologues, but gee. this book was so repetitive. i had to reference the original twilight so i could track the story and not his circular thoughts. yes, im aware he’s a vampire and these things probably do get redundant to them, but honestly, edward’s understanding of things was shadowed once we got to the game and really got to understand how alice and jaspers gifts functioned.
emotional
funny
reflective
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
This book has everything:
- Edward complaining like an old man
- Complete lack of communication that could solve a lot of issues
- A glimpse of much more interesting things such as Alice's and Jasper's respective backstories
- Edward almost murdering Bella multiple times because he is so tsundere
The audiobook narrated by Jake Abel was superb!! His voice is exactly as I would imagine Edward’s to be and the other characters were voiced respectably. I actually found myself reluctant to read the book without the audiobook playing, which is not normal for me. I will usually easily switch from one to the other if the library has both available. But his narration was really wonderful and I didn’t want to miss a sentence!
Now for the book. It was good. Satisfying as a retelling can be I think. But. Edward’s head is a tense and over-thought place to be. It could get a little too tense to keep reading and at times, I just needed a break from the intensity. I found myself missing Jacob’s light hearted relief often. It was very interesting to read about events and thoughts that weren’t included in the first Twilight book. I especially like the descriptions about Alice’s cover-up of Bella’s accident and her covering all their tracks. Also, the car chase scenes were pretty amazing.
It was a little mundane to read through the scenes I was already very familiar with from the original book, but there were always slight tweaks due to the p.o.v. change. So it was never boring for long.
Overall, enjoyable and satisfying that I didn’t have to end this series with Breaking Dawn. Always nice to drag out your favorite world and characters a little longer.
Now for the book. It was good. Satisfying as a retelling can be I think. But. Edward’s head is a tense and over-thought place to be. It could get a little too tense to keep reading and at times, I just needed a break from the intensity. I found myself missing Jacob’s light hearted relief often. It was very interesting to read about events and thoughts that weren’t included in the first Twilight book. I especially like the descriptions about Alice’s cover-up of Bella’s accident and her covering all their tracks. Also, the car chase scenes were pretty amazing.
It was a little mundane to read through the scenes I was already very familiar with from the original book, but there were always slight tweaks due to the p.o.v. change. So it was never boring for long.
Overall, enjoyable and satisfying that I didn’t have to end this series with Breaking Dawn. Always nice to drag out your favorite world and characters a little longer.
ok so at first this was kinda boring and i didn’t like having my perception of mystery guy edward shifted so much BUT then it started getting a lot better (meadow, bella’s house and cullen house chapters are the BEST + when they sit down at school to talk).
sooo, about mr edward. i feel like so much of this book was stephenie trying to justify the fact that sometimes he comes across as an asshole, by letting us see his thought behind the things he says. and like, all right. i’m weak! i’ll bite. HOWEVER that’s still BAD because all bella gets is mood swings and angry voices, and intentions in this case don’t come into play to how she felt (or should’ve felt) about it. granted, i haven’t read eclipse nor breaking dawn yet so idk if they miraculously have some conversations about the way he acts but um i doubt it.
(also it’s clear he’s still too protective and obsessed but we’re not going to get into that)
in the end, i’m quite glad i read this. for some reason i completely started dreading the stuff that happens after baseball (i even closed out the movie after it) but GOD those scenes were GOOD. grand theft auto, anyone? cool girl psychic doing her thing? chef’s kiss, baby.
sooo, about mr edward. i feel like so much of this book was stephenie trying to justify the fact that sometimes he comes across as an asshole, by letting us see his thought behind the things he says. and like, all right. i’m weak! i’ll bite. HOWEVER that’s still BAD because all bella gets is mood swings and angry voices, and intentions in this case don’t come into play to how she felt (or should’ve felt) about it. granted, i haven’t read eclipse nor breaking dawn yet so idk if they miraculously have some conversations about the way he acts but um i doubt it.
(also it’s clear he’s still too protective and obsessed but we’re not going to get into that)
in the end, i’m quite glad i read this. for some reason i completely started dreading the stuff that happens after baseball (i even closed out the movie after it) but GOD those scenes were GOOD. grand theft auto, anyone? cool girl psychic doing her thing? chef’s kiss, baby.
