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Midnight Sun (The Twilight Saga, #5)

Stephenie Meyer

Start date: August 1, 2020

Finish date: August 31, 2020

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Aug 28, 2020 Aly rated it liked it

Shelves: ya, 2020, romance, audiobook, paranormal, kindle-ebooks, fantasy, urban-fantasy

I wasn't sure if I wanted to read this at first, it's been so long since I read Twilight and I didn't know if I'd still enjoy the story. It was a lot of repetition from the first book, but I did like seeing things from the other side. It was also cool to learn more about Edward and his family's history, things we didn't necessarily learn when we were in Bella's head.

To no one's surprise, Edward has a lot of thoughts and things that went by quickly in Twilight took longer to get through with Edw ...more

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Dec 04, 2020 Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) rated it liked it

Shelves: annoying-hero, 2020, would-rather-watch-paint-dry, 3-stars, young-adult, fantasy, romance, paranormal, from-my-shelf

3 stars. Well, the writing was competent enough. I thought the ending half was fun because that’s where all of the action is. Being in Edward’s head during all of that was interesting and really added something different to it. Also, there was a lot of retconning of characters to make them look good but I’mma let Meyer live and not be too messy. Let’s just say that Bella comes across as almost a whole new and improved character here. Mmmhmm. 😏

Now for everything else. This didn’t need to be this ...more

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Aug 04, 2020 Iman the Bookwitch rated it it was ok

Shelves: did-not-finish, fantasy

will i read this.. yes. am i happy about it..no.

Did i finish it, no.

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Sep 07, 2020 Lee added it

Shelves: young-adult, paranormal

This book is truly pure nostalgia. It helped me relive those days when I would use as much free time as I possibly could to read one of the books. Reading this from Edward's POV was interesting to say the least.

I couldn't help but laugh as this started because seeing his thought process through things and how he was soft, but also super horny just sent me. I loved it. This sequel also didn't hurt me unlike some other sequel that came out this year so I'm forever thankful to Stephanie Meyer for ...more

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May 24, 2023 Penny Well Reads rated it really liked it

Shelves: v-read-vamps-etc, reviewed, 0-read-most-read-list-choice-award, y-read-young-adults-fantasy

I loved it, and I admit, I am surprised by it. I though that after all this time, I wouldn't find it interesting, but I have. I just wish I could have read it in full back in 2008, I would probably had given it 5 stars and I am sure I would have enjoyed it even more then.
I can't believe that after all this time, I still find myself wanting to read the rest of the books of the saga told by Edward.
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Before reading it:

In 2010 I read the 12 first chapters (pre-published) on th ...more

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Aug 31, 2020 Megan rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2020, august-2020

I listened to the audiobook and thought the narrator did a great job.

I wasn't sure how much I was going to enjoy this, but learning more of Edward's perspective made me like him a little more.

My favorite moments were when the Cullens interacted with each other. It was fun seeing how they behaved without Bella there.

4.5 stars ...more

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Jan 08, 2021 Meg rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-i-will-read-again, around-the-year-2021

This was amazing. I think I even liked this better than Twilight. It is so fascinating to read this from Edward's perspective, especially since you get to see the thoughts of all the other characters (except for Bella, but the books are originally from her point of view so it doesn't matter).

Things I enjoyed:
- I loved getting to see Edward's character development throughout the book.
- We get to see Bella through other people's perspectives.
- The best part was getting to see in the minds of al ...more

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