Midnight Sun [2008 Draft]

nyilván rengeteg szerkesztés kellett volna még neki - ezért csak három csillag -, de edward szemszöge volt a legjobb ötlet, ami kipattant meyer fejéből. mondjuk kicsit lehetett volna kevesebb nyál is, de ezt szintén a szerkesztés hiányára fogom.
bárcsak fogná az összes pénzem és befejezné végre ezt a könyvet, hogy utána megírja az összes többi részt is eduárdosra!

Update 01/07/2014

If you want to read this review on my blog The Green Bookshelf.

Before starting I will assume that every single one of you has read the Twilight series or at least the first one, because, let's admit it, we all did. Even I had my Twilight phase. So I won't explain any important plot points in the story.

And also, I need to point out that personally I do not like Twilight or the series at all. When I was younger I used to like it but I've grown and realized that Twilight isn't any good at all. But if you by any reasons like, enjoy or love this book then I have no problem with that. But I must warn you that I'm going to be tough on this and that if I insult you or harm you in any way, I'm really sorry for it, I did not mean it.

Starting off by the fact that Oh, My, God how incredibly unrealistic and wrong Twilight actually is. This are the moments where you realize how much you've grown since Twilight and oh have I grown.

But let's not talk about Twilight because that will be a review for another day. We're here for Midnight Sun.

So, what is Midnight Sun, you may ask? Midnight Sun is the unfinished work by Stephanie Meyer, retelling Edward's and Bella's love story in Twilight, from the point of view of Edward.

When I found out that Stephanie Meyer was writing Twilight from the point of view of Edward, at first I though it was a lie. There was no way she was writing all this books again by his point of view. So I paid no mind to it. Recently, I remembered about it and though, hey, was it true after all? That's when I began to search for answer and found all this drama of her draft being published without her knowing and how she then didn't want to write it anymore and for so she was leaving the draft up in the internet and WAIT WHAT! She actually let a free draft of her book online. I'm reading it, I'm all for free.

So once again I ventured myself in the world of vampires and werewolfs that I though I had left behind in my past. My expectations where, this is going to be horrible, I'm going to waste my time and really, let's admit it, it's going to ruin the story as I know it. It's already bad and it's going to make it worse. But I read it anyway. And God, what I found.

The book starts with Edward and his family in the cafeteria scene where Edward and Bella first see each other. Everything goes exactly the way the other book did. At this point I was already dreading my decision, thinking why did I do this, again? But the bright side was that it was nice to know what Edward was really thinking. Even though we already knew this because that's the only thing Twilight does, describe everything.

As I move on, I encounter myself with some particular words and scenes that just made me cringe. Let me show you and I'll explain.

I didn't listen to whatever this made her think-I was having too much fun watching the girl check her snow chains. She actually looked in some danger of falling, the way her feet were sliding around. No one else was having trouble-had she parked in the worst of the ice?

no, that doesn't happen.

I looked to see what had his interest.

Look at all the contusions! How many times did her mother drop her? Carlisle laughed to himself at his joke.

contusions, really?

doesn't happen. At all.

I was surprised, watching her stumble through the day-tripping over cracks in the sidewalk, stray books, and, most often, her own feet-that the people I eavesdropped on though of Bella as clumsy. I considered that. It was true that she often had trouble staying upright. I remembered her stumbling into the desk that first day, sliding around on the ice before the accident, falling over the low lip of the door frame yesterday...How odd, they were right. She was clumsy.

“Well,” Mr. Banner said, pursing his lips. “I guess it's good you two are lab partners.” He turned and walked away mumbling, “So the other kids can get a chance to learn something for themselves,” under his breath. I doubted the girl could hear that.

This didn't fit with the scenario I'd been constructing in my head.

“Why didn't you stay with them?” I asked, my voice a little too curious. It sounded like I was being nosy.

Which I was, admittedly.

eye cringe

The little V between her eyes, a remnant of her sorrow, bothered me. I wanted to smooth it away with my fingertip.

face palm

Really? A remnant of her sorrow? Just one in her whole face? The rest was fine?

Say what?

“What holds you here, Edward? I'm failing to see...“

“I don't know if I can explain.” Even to myself, it made no sense.

He measured my expression for a long moment.

No, I do not see. But I will respect your privacy, if you prefer.

“Thank you. It's generous of you seeing as how I give privacy to no one.”

really?

Really?

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From what I was reading it doesn't seem like draft at all, except maybe for a few mistakes that could easily be corrected. You can read it as easily as the other parts. It's interesting to read things out of Edwards perspective. I wish there were more of it to read. Especially the New Moon part would be interesting.

This is my second time reading Stephenie's unfinished manuscript and I still love it. I love seeing things from his perspective. I love how from Bella's perspective she questions what a look or a mumbled word was about and in Midnight Sun you get those answers. You get to understand Edward's side of everything, but not only that you get to see how this whole drama played out with the Cullens. We never got to see that, we just got to lowdown later on.

I wish she would finish this and I almost wish the books were all redone from his, or another Cullen perspective. Like maybe Alice could be New Moon. Jasper is Eclipse. And everyone gets a POV in Breaking Dawn. Yes, it's repetitive. I know.

I would definitely read a book about Alice's life before she got to the Cullens and even before and after Bella. Same with Rosalie. And for sure Carslie and Esme. Spin off these characters Stephenie! I can wait on The Host sequel!

This is an unpublished draft of Twilight told from Edward's perspective. I like to read (experience things) from a perspective other than the original. The draft is only partially finished equivelent of Twilight. It stops just before Edward and Bella go on their first “date” to the clearing. I would recommend the book (especially if you have an ebook reader like I do).

Stephenie Meyer is giving this book away on her website as PDF file. I emailed it to Amazon to convert for me. It wasn't great formating on the Kindle but easily readable. I read it in a day.

My thoughts on the official partial draft available for download from the website of Stephenie Meyer for Midnight Sun, Edward's version of Twilight. I absolutely love it. I would buy it easily if it were finished and published and placed for sale. I have never outside of my own imagination gone back to a story and relived it through a different character's thoughts. It was a fabulous experience, even if only in partiality. I definitely would not recommend to read it first before Twilight or the rest of the series. And I still think that it would be best read as a fifth book, but I think it could be appreciated as a second, but as a reader after reading through Breaking Dawn, I think one would appreciate Edward's point of view so much more so than immediately after Twilight when things are still new and learning.