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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
I had read the leaked version years ago, and found it intriguing. I finished this book in two days - well, it's less than 700 pages - and found myself enjoying it greatly. It's not War and Peace, okay, but it has characters and world-building that I enjoyed the first time around. Edward's POV is much deeper and richer. You get huge amounts of back-story, because he can read minds and his adopted sister can see futures, and that alone adds untold depth to the original story.
Plus, you can see how Edward's "old-fashioned" values collide with the values of today. He is aware that the world has changed around him, and that conflict makes for a good story too.
I had a good time - I didn't want to surface back into the real world. Highborw literature? maybe not, but I had fun, and the story made me happy in the time of COVID. And that's what I ask for.
Plus, you can see how Edward's "old-fashioned" values collide with the values of today. He is aware that the world has changed around him, and that conflict makes for a good story too.
I had a good time - I didn't want to surface back into the real world. Highborw literature? maybe not, but I had fun, and the story made me happy in the time of COVID. And that's what I ask for.
Está interesante, realmente, pero insufriblemente largo... yisuscraist con 500 pág menos todo habría estado mejor.
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Edward is a sad little emo boy. And he’s obsessed, and I love it.
This book confirmed to me just how unhinged Edward is.
This book was about 300 pages too long. We don’t need to be reminded how good Bella smells, how conflicted Edward is with his demons, and how clumsy Bella is every bleeping paragraph.
It was still fun to escape into a story I loved back in my high school days though. I had forgotten so many aspects of the book it was entertaining being reminded.
It was still fun to escape into a story I loved back in my high school days though. I had forgotten so many aspects of the book it was entertaining being reminded.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“For this to be the twilight of your life, though your life has barely started.”
So here’s the thing, it’s just too long. Genuinely it is insanely long and unnecessarily so! I enjoyed the parts of the original story where we figure out where Edward goes when he’s not with Bella but the novel was largely a retelling with everyones thoughts, which could honestly be equated to just an annotated version of the original book. All that to say though, I would have been significantly less irritated by Bella in the first book had I known that the pining was so mutual. I knew Edward was into her but I did not feel the YEARN thats described in midnight sun. I don’t know how to feel about this and I don’t know if I recommend this but alas here is my review.
So here’s the thing, it’s just too long. Genuinely it is insanely long and unnecessarily so! I enjoyed the parts of the original story where we figure out where Edward goes when he’s not with Bella but the novel was largely a retelling with everyones thoughts, which could honestly be equated to just an annotated version of the original book. All that to say though, I would have been significantly less irritated by Bella in the first book had I known that the pining was so mutual. I knew Edward was into her but I did not feel the YEARN thats described in midnight sun. I don’t know how to feel about this and I don’t know if I recommend this but alas here is my review.
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
12 year old Elena and 26 year old Elena are two very different Elena's but both versions would have felt ick from this book. I first read this series when I was 12 and didn't pick them all up again until this year and I was intrigued to be able to read this one since it was new and I hadn't read it before so I would be entering the universe again in a brand new way. This book took me entirely too long to read, it was so annoyingly long for zero reason. It went on and on for no reason. I get she though oh he doesn't sleep so his day won't end but at some point she needs to realize that Edward breaking and entering to watch Bella sleep is gross and over the top. He basically stops living at home and follows her around like a stalker. He thinks he is justified because he is making sure she is safe. But watches her read and fall asleep outside, why????
I was interested in seeing his side on certain things, and crazy to be able to see what Alice sees. Like him being in love with Bella before he even decided to no longer want to kill her all the time and commit a full massacre to the whole class so no witnesses but what would the outcome have been if he was the only one unscathed and his family left town asap. GUILTYYYYYY. All I wanted at that point was the book to end but I had another 400 pages to freaking go in this book. I almost thought about not finishing it but 12 year old Elena who had a hair cut like Alice and thought she was Alice would have been mad at 26 year old Elena for not finishing this book so I forced myself through it.
I give it a three because while I won't ever read this thing again, I did enjoy entering the Twilight universe again and seeing certain Edward thoughts. Blag
I was interested in seeing his side on certain things, and crazy to be able to see what Alice sees. Like him being in love with Bella before he even decided to no longer want to kill her all the time and commit a full massacre to the whole class so no witnesses but what would the outcome have been if he was the only one unscathed and his family left town asap. GUILTYYYYYY. All I wanted at that point was the book to end but I had another 400 pages to freaking go in this book. I almost thought about not finishing it but 12 year old Elena who had a hair cut like Alice and thought she was Alice would have been mad at 26 year old Elena for not finishing this book so I forced myself through it.
I give it a three because while I won't ever read this thing again, I did enjoy entering the Twilight universe again and seeing certain Edward thoughts. Blag
creo que cuando leí crepúsculo por primera vez entendía completamente a bella y sabia el porqué ella sentía que amaba a edward más de lo que él podría amarla a ella ya que ella tan solo era una simple humana y ese pensamiento lo sientes tanto cuando lees ese libro que se te queda grabado en la cabeza, pero con sol de medianoche y poder ver al fin la perspectiva de edward cada cosa adquiere un nuevo significado, y si soy sincera la manera que edward describe a bella es tan dulce que me dan una ganas increíbles de ser amiga de bella porque es una chica sumamente interesante y divertida; se siente extraño conocer que para bella, edward es la perfección pura y lo ama de manera irrevocable pero sentir la inseguridad de edward sobre esos sentimientos se siente tan extraño y a la vez entiendes que le provoca pensar que bella es demasiado buena para él, de igual forma gracias a este libro te das cuenta de que edward siente todo con muchísima intensidad (tal vez más que bella jeje) ya que este libro aunque cuenta una misma historia pero con otra perspectiva es el doble de páginas, aún que igual no sentí que fuera muy largo aunque son 800 jeje, pero obviamente en esta historia se relatan algunas cosas que no vimos en el anterior libro ya que se nos cuenta más acerca de la familia de edward y eso te hace encariñarte mucho más con ellos, en especial con carlise y alice, son un amor los adoro, igual una parte que me encantó fue cuando se empezaron a robar carros para encontrar a bella, es sumamente interesante y si no fuera por el grado de tensión que se siente, era hasta divertido, de igual forma estar en la mente de él y poder ser capaz de conocer detalles de los pensamientos de otros personajes es genial y también entender cómo funcionan de mejor manera las visiones de alice, cada parte de este libro es especial y por supuesto tiene un lugar especial en mi corazón, me sentí muy feliz de poder leer esta historia de amor otra vez ♡
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated