![]() ![]() Although it was Bella’s story that launched more than a decade’s worth of young adult sci-fi and dystopian heroines, it turns out the narrative power-and compelling internal drama-was on Edward’s side all along. But it is more complex, more sophisticated and less innocent than Twilight. I can’t say that Midnight Sun is a good book. And the major flaws of the Twilight series-its depiction of a problematic romance, its turgid prose and its careless treatment of Indigenous characters-remain. The dialogue and plot twists will feel familiar to anyone who has read the original book or seen the movie. ![]() And though it’s always dangerous to return to past guilty pleasures, I was not (totally) disappointed.įirst, it should go without saying that 658 pages of excruciatingly detailed vampire thirst makes for a dull and likely unsettling read if you’re not already a Twi-hard, or at least a casual fan. The teen fan inside me was eager to revisit Meyer’s brooding vampire world to see how it all turned out. This month, over a decade later, Meyer published Midnight Sun in full-and set off a debate about how it stacks up against the original. Where Twilight, like Bella, was straightforward and rather naive, Midnight Sun was dynamic and messy. And soon I discovered the early draft of Midnight Sun, the novel told from Edward’s perspective, which leaked online in 2008. ![]()
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