“Her existence alone was excuse enough to justify the creation of the entire world.” 2020 may be hell of year but some good things are happening too. It seems as if 2020 is the year of comebacks because both new Twilight and The Hunger Games books have been published. Fans across the globe were overjoyed with the news of a new Twilight book and the wait is finally over. It is here! Stephenie Meyer writes this time from Edward's perspective. We get insight into his thoughts, emotions and past. Finally we will know what he thought when he saw Bella for the first time because I believe we all remember which face he made when Bella sat next to him in biology class! Also, we will finally get know why he did not want Bella to change, what made him think that he was a monster and which dark secrets he is hiding. I believe we will be more open-minded and compassionate with him because most of us judged him because of his choices or behaviour towards Bella. Maybe we will finally understand what made him feel and act that way and we will see their characters and story with new eyes. Reading everyone's thoughts is not easy while you are the only who can hear yourself. This may be nothing new or exciting for many die-heart Twilight fans but at least we get to relive the thrill we had when we first got the book into our hands. Personally, I was disappointed when I saw what the book was about. I wish it continued from where Breaking Dawn had ended. I would have liked much more to know how things turned out for Jacob and Renesmee. Did they have children, where they lived, which threats they are now facing? I think it would have been much more interesting but maybe such book is being written currently! Here are few sections from Stephenie's interview with The New York Times. What do readers have to look forward to in this new installment? The things that I enjoy most about it are — I liked not being the human being. I like that experience, stripping away your humanity and getting to be something other. I think the part that people won’t expect is: Edward is a very anxious character. Writing him made me more anxious, and that’s one of the reasons it was hard to be in that story. His anxiety combined with mine was potent. He starts off fairly confident, but boy does he get broken down by the end. Bella really breaks him into pieces. I think he comes across in “Twilight” being very strong and so super sure of himself, when that never was really actually the case. Without giving away any spoilers, is there anything you can say about what readers will learn about Edward or what new perspectives they’ll gain on moments in the “Twilight” book? I mean, it’s difficult to spoil this book, because spoiler: Edward falls in love with Bella. That’s all known, so it’s difficult to spoil it. The stuff they’re going to get that’s new is, like I said, the inhuman point of view and then the time away. The best parts to write, hands down, were the times that Bella was not present, and I wasn’t locked into a certain set of dialogues and actions. That was when I felt he could be more himself. Some people are going to like some characters more, and they're going to like some characters less, because not only is he spending time with them that way, but he is reading their minds all the time. It’s a reflex reaction for him, he can’t control it, so you get, not just a picture of people, you get the full story all the time, which is kind of overwhelming. I think you get a sense of how overwhelming it would be to constantly have people’s voices in your head. Do you plan to write the whole series through Edward’s eyes? No. Not at all. This is it for Edward. Writing from his point of view makes me extra anxious. And the experience of writing this book was not a super pleasant one. So no, I wouldn’t want to do that — especially given that “New Moon” would just be a nightmare of depression and emptiness. I think this gives you enough of a sense of what it’s like to be Edward that you could go and look at the other books and you would know what’s going on in his head. The whole interview you can read here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/books/midnight-sun-stephenie-meyer-twilight.html Read about new ratings,reviews and comments on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53287484-midnight-sun Order the book from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Sun-Stephenie-Meyer/dp/031670704X
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