Mini-Review: Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer

A rewriting of Twilight, this time from the point of view of Bella’s romantic interest, vampire Edward Cullen.

Rating:  ★☆☆☆☆ – did not like it
Genre:  young adult fiction, young adult fantasy, paranormal fantasy, romance
Pros:  it was only a partial novel
Cons:  Edward

*** Note:  This is only a partial novel, as Meyer decided to shelve the project for various reasons. ***

While rereading Twilight I became fascinated by trying to figure out what Edward was thinking as he struggled to figure out what Bella was thinking. It was an excellent way to escape thinking about how bad that book was. Unfortunately that led to me reading this partial book and learning that actually what Edward was thinking in any given situation was how he was better than every single other person, but also damned for eternity, and also humans are stupid.

I hate to sound harsh, but I am so very glad this novel will never be completed and published, because Edward is a fucking douche. I mean I shouldn’t have been shocked, I knew he was a controlling dick in Bella’s POV (not that she noticed), but I didn’t realise the full extent of his garbaggio until now.

Completed: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

My rating: 1 of 5 stars

My mom used to counsel women who had just gotten out of long-term bad relationships (usually this was a divorce counselling, but not always) and her main piece of advice was this: Do not jump straight into another relationship. Choose an amount of time, preferably a year, and do not date at all. Because right now you are missing all the good parts of what you lost and you aren’t remembering the bad parts at all, and you will wind up in a relationship that is just as damaging as the one you just left if you don’t give yourself some time to be on your own and become self-sufficient.

I wish my mom had been able to talk to Bella because then I wouldn’t have had to read the majority of this novel.

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