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Midnight Sun
by Stephenie Meyer
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.