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Midnight Sun
by Stephenie Meyer
Did I read this book in a free pdf version so that everyone’s favourite Mormon SMeyer doesn’t profit off of my surreptitious Twilight renaissance? Oh yes.
Is this book any good? Not really. I really get why I loved the original version at age 11, but I’ve also come to understand everyone’s genuine criticisms on the slight racist, sexist and pedophilic undertones.
Did I enjoy it nonetheless? Absolutely.
Now that that’s out of the way, let’s go over some positive and negative points.
+ Cullen family interactions!!!! Family dynamics!!!
+ Emmett and Edward’s bond is everything I wished for and more.
+ Some unanswered questions finally answered.
+ More appreciation for Jasper. In the original books and movies, he was sort of a colourless character, but Midnight Sun finally showed us how indispensable he actually is in some key scenes.
+ Edward’s thoughts are unintentionally funny. Please SMeyer, let the man be horny. Let the man say fuck. Anyway, I’m glad she portrayed him as the overthinking emo virgin we’ve always known him to be.
+ Good excuse to revisit the Twilight soundtrack. Not as if I’d need one. Still slaps.
+ The detail of Charlie’s thoughts being slightly cloudy was a nice touch.
+ The release date couldn’t have been more perfect. A new Twilight book in this shitshow of a year that is 2020? Hell yeah.
- The mistreatment of Rosalie and Jessica. They’re not as shallow and mean as they’re portrayed in the books and I will die on this hill. Smeyer just hates women.
- Yes, Edward overthinks everything but god that gets boring really fast. It slows down the story tremendously and produced some of the worst lines of this whole book. (eg. “Like a stalker. An obsessed stalker. An obsessed vampire stalker.”)
- The pacing. Fewer thoughts and more actual interactions. The story only really takes off as soon as they meet James, Laurent and Victoria.
- The actual love story was pretty boring and sort of ridiculous. They’ve known each other for a few weeks and after a few intense chats Edward suddenly can’t live in a world without Bella? .... sure.
- Dear SMeyer, by now we’ve pretty much established that Bella is gay. Act like it.
To summarize, it’s an absolute must-read for (ex-)Twilight fans and other people, like me, who used to pretend that that was their only personality trait back in 2010.
Is this book any good? Not really. I really get why I loved the original version at age 11, but I’ve also come to understand everyone’s genuine criticisms on the slight racist, sexist and pedophilic undertones.
Did I enjoy it nonetheless? Absolutely.
Now that that’s out of the way, let’s go over some positive and negative points.
+ Cullen family interactions!!!! Family dynamics!!!
+ Emmett and Edward’s bond is everything I wished for and more.
+ Some unanswered questions finally answered.
+ More appreciation for Jasper. In the original books and movies, he was sort of a colourless character, but Midnight Sun finally showed us how indispensable he actually is in some key scenes.
+ Edward’s thoughts are unintentionally funny. Please SMeyer, let the man be horny. Let the man say fuck. Anyway, I’m glad she portrayed him as the overthinking emo virgin we’ve always known him to be.
+ Good excuse to revisit the Twilight soundtrack. Not as if I’d need one. Still slaps.
+ The detail of Charlie’s thoughts being slightly cloudy was a nice touch.
+ The release date couldn’t have been more perfect. A new Twilight book in this shitshow of a year that is 2020? Hell yeah.
- The mistreatment of Rosalie and Jessica. They’re not as shallow and mean as they’re portrayed in the books and I will die on this hill. Smeyer just hates women.
- Yes, Edward overthinks everything but god that gets boring really fast. It slows down the story tremendously and produced some of the worst lines of this whole book. (eg. “Like a stalker. An obsessed stalker. An obsessed vampire stalker.”)
- The pacing. Fewer thoughts and more actual interactions. The story only really takes off as soon as they meet James, Laurent and Victoria.
- The actual love story was pretty boring and sort of ridiculous. They’ve known each other for a few weeks and after a few intense chats Edward suddenly can’t live in a world without Bella? .... sure.
- Dear SMeyer, by now we’ve pretty much established that Bella is gay. Act like it.
To summarize, it’s an absolute must-read for (ex-)Twilight fans and other people, like me, who used to pretend that that was their only personality trait back in 2010.