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¡Llega la nueva novela de Stephenie Meyer! Revive la historia de amor inmortal de Crepúsculo contada desde la perspectiva de Edward Cullen.Cuando Edward Cullen y Bella Swan se conocieron en Crepúsculo, nació una historia de amor icónica. Pero hasta ahora, sus fans solo conocen la historia a través de Bella. Por fin los lectores podrán vivir la versión de Edward en la muy esperada novela Sol de medianoche.La inolvidable historia, contada a través de los ojos de Edward, toma un cariz show more nuevo y definitivamente oscuro. Conocer a Bella es lo más perturbador e intrigante que le ha sucedido en todos sus años como vampiro. A medida que se nos desvelan detalles fascinantes del pasado de Edward y la complejidad de sus pensamientos más íntimos, entenderemos por qué este es el conflicto interno que define su vida. ¿Cómo puede justificar los impulsos de su corazón si significan poner a Bella en peligro?En Sol de Medianoche, Stephenie Meyer nos transporta de nuevo a un mundo que ha cautivado a millones de lectores y nos trae una novela épica sobre los profundos placeres y las consecuencias devastadoras de un amor inmortal. show lessTags
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It was a hell of a lot more interesting than Twilight. Two stars, Mz. Meyer! You made Edward into a honest-to-Christ psycho instead of letting us justify his stalking, theft, and obsession with "well, maybe Bella just misinterpreted it."
Nope!
Also, what the fuck is wrong with Edward? He's calling Rosalie a heartless murderer (I paraphrase)? WHAT? Jasper is STILL so inflamed by blood that he cannot be in the same room with a papercut, yet Rosalie is the evil one? She killed the gang of men who beat her, raped her, and left her for dead - but, oh, well, she was vain about her looks: I guess she was asking for it!
That's some nice misogyny you have there, Mz. Meyer! Keep it up.
Nope!
Also, what the fuck is wrong with Edward? He's calling Rosalie a heartless murderer (I paraphrase)? WHAT? Jasper is STILL so inflamed by blood that he cannot be in the same room with a papercut, yet Rosalie is the evil one? She killed the gang of men who beat her, raped her, and left her for dead - but, oh, well, she was vain about her looks: I guess she was asking for it!
That's some nice misogyny you have there, Mz. Meyer! Keep it up.
It was interesting and enlightening experiencing the Twilight story as it unfolded from Edward's - a vampire - point of view. This partially-completed book is basically a journey in his mind; a taste of his struggles as he finds himself falling for a frail and fragile mortal - so terribly taboo!
It was eye-opening to discover during the process how intense a vampire's emotions and internal drive really are, nearly to the point of choking off his agency. Edward's obsession with Bella seems less eerie knowing this. The love attraction that overwhelms him is depicted as potent enough to rival the werewolf's imprinting. It seems these immortal creatures are more effected, even controlled to a greater degree, by instinct and nature than any show more human.
I enjoyed the book. And I especially appreciated getting to know Edward's personality better. It was refreshing to find how as a vampire with monstrous urges he still struggled to be a gentleman and a man of honorable character. show less
It was eye-opening to discover during the process how intense a vampire's emotions and internal drive really are, nearly to the point of choking off his agency. Edward's obsession with Bella seems less eerie knowing this. The love attraction that overwhelms him is depicted as potent enough to rival the werewolf's imprinting. It seems these immortal creatures are more effected, even controlled to a greater degree, by instinct and nature than any show more human.
I enjoyed the book. And I especially appreciated getting to know Edward's personality better. It was refreshing to find how as a vampire with monstrous urges he still struggled to be a gentleman and a man of honorable character. show less
This manuscript is a draft that was leaked; Meyer decided to make it available formally. Because it hasn't had the benefit of editing, my only style comment is that it continues the series's trend toward formulaic and predictable writing. In fact, it is considerably worse than some of the talented and imaginative fan fiction that the series has generated.
The conceit here is that we are now seeing the events of Twilight from Edward's perspective. This technique was used by Orson Scott Card when he retold Ender's Game as Bean's story in Ender's Shadow. Bean's tale was convincing and his account added depth and complexity to the events as Ender understood them. Card gave the reader new insight into Ender and his circumstances while giving show more Bean a warm and humanizing voice. Through Bean, the reader learned about even more complex and interlocking facets of Ender's story.
Sadly, none of the above is true of Midnight Sun, at least as far as this manuscript demonstrates. Yes, some additional events are added, none especially significant. Yes, the reader learns more back story on Edward, particularly about the Cullens' family relationships. However, it is more of a character sketch of Edward than it is a new story intertwined with Twilight. Thus, events are boringly retold and the plot plods along predictably, going over the same conversations from a nominally different perspective.
Sadly, this extended look into Edward's point of view reveals several problems. Meyer has a hard time giving her characters distinct voices, so Edward's voice and personality are muddily depicted. In this regard the section in Breaking Dawn from Jacob's point of view stands out even more as a refreshing shift of tone and focus. Edward's narrative is like a stuffy version of Bella's, with the same repetitive refrain of "But s/he smells so good!" This good-smellingness is clearly the basis of his attraction, though he later finds or rationalizes other things to like about her. It cannot be argued, however, that he would have been at all interested were it not for her vampire-attracting pheromones.
Troublingly, the more we learn about Edward, the clearer it is that early reviewers were correct: He is a judgmental, over-controlling, petulant, abusive hothead who does what he wants (grabbing, constraining, confining, breaking and entering, and putting Bella and his family in danger) while castigating himself as a monster. Yes, he is, and it's a shame that Bella convinces him otherwise. show less
The conceit here is that we are now seeing the events of Twilight from Edward's perspective. This technique was used by Orson Scott Card when he retold Ender's Game as Bean's story in Ender's Shadow. Bean's tale was convincing and his account added depth and complexity to the events as Ender understood them. Card gave the reader new insight into Ender and his circumstances while giving show more Bean a warm and humanizing voice. Through Bean, the reader learned about even more complex and interlocking facets of Ender's story.
Sadly, none of the above is true of Midnight Sun, at least as far as this manuscript demonstrates. Yes, some additional events are added, none especially significant. Yes, the reader learns more back story on Edward, particularly about the Cullens' family relationships. However, it is more of a character sketch of Edward than it is a new story intertwined with Twilight. Thus, events are boringly retold and the plot plods along predictably, going over the same conversations from a nominally different perspective.
Sadly, this extended look into Edward's point of view reveals several problems. Meyer has a hard time giving her characters distinct voices, so Edward's voice and personality are muddily depicted. In this regard the section in Breaking Dawn from Jacob's point of view stands out even more as a refreshing shift of tone and focus. Edward's narrative is like a stuffy version of Bella's, with the same repetitive refrain of "But s/he smells so good!" This good-smellingness is clearly the basis of his attraction, though he later finds or rationalizes other things to like about her. It cannot be argued, however, that he would have been at all interested were it not for her vampire-attracting pheromones.
Troublingly, the more we learn about Edward, the clearer it is that early reviewers were correct: He is a judgmental, over-controlling, petulant, abusive hothead who does what he wants (grabbing, constraining, confining, breaking and entering, and putting Bella and his family in danger) while castigating himself as a monster. Yes, he is, and it's a shame that Bella convinces him otherwise. show less
I don’t know what Stephanie Meyer stories have but they’re like freaking crack…utterly bad for you but totally addicting. I thought Midnight Sun was even better than Twilight and I was actually mad when I got to that last blank page and there was no more story. I understand Meyer’s reasons for not continuing but man I wish she would just get over it and continue writing. I found Edward’s mind and his side of the story fascinating. It just explained a lot of his actions in Twilight. I loved that even he found himself obsessive and creepy. For some reason his recognizing his own actions as disturbing and being in his mind just made him less creepy for me and for some reason I sympathized with him more. I hope that one day (soon) show more Meyer does decide to indulge her fans and finish this story. show less
'Sparkle Family Reunion Tour 2020' Reread
Yeaaaahh. My feelings about this series, twinkies, loving the Cullens, the writing playlist, and side-eying a whole lot of SM have pretty much not changed in the past decade. /// In general, I feel like I need to add the comment here that I long ago read the 2008 1st chapter draft, and the leaked Ch.1-12 draft that made SM throw her childish fit and take her toys out of the yard.
I still love these 12 chapters more than I love anything else in the whole series, but no one is really surprised about that, since I'm here for Edward, The Cullens, and the centuries of time they've lived together more than anything else in this universe.
Which, of course, means, now that we are starting to see the new show more quotes for the forthcoming publication, and suddenly that book has been rewritten around the 'Persephone & Hades' myth, which these 12 chapters never were definitely has me at a very large amount of "...... #ohno."
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(2008 Reviews / Continued Across all four books / all read in less than 53 hours
Just going to copy these over from the lolarious mass-review I did in 2008)
Let me start this out with saying, I'm sure if I tried I could take these books seriously and in doing so I would abhor Stephenie Meyers with the utter damnation burning hate in ground into me by five years of being an English major, but honestly, I'm not sure how anyone could go into these books expecting (or wanting to expect) more than fanfic-esque fourteen-year-old-wish-fulfillment. Which is what I did and likely why I was willing to roll with it, because lets just start with the bare minimum that I knew before I started reading.
We have a protagonist girl, who comes from a broken home, who's paler than anyone else who's human and blushes as often as the wind blows, who's never been interested in a boy seriously before, with extremely low self-esteem, who is the worlds biggest cultz, who attracts danger like she's got a beacon on her head saying come and get it, who is all helplessly weak and who can not be touched, read, or effected by any type of mental magic.
She is paralleled by the boy protagonist, who just happens to be a one hundred and eight-year-old vampire with the most well-adjusted family of Brandy-style vampires, who doesn't drink human blood, with the one-way power to listen to other people's thoughts, who looks like a runway model or God, has never considered any other woman seriously before in his life and unlife, and has to be broody/moody/strong enough to resist killing her every moment he's near her because she's the one thing in the world he'd best love to do that to out of no fault of their own but fate.
I mean, c'mon, Anita Blake wasn't even that flagrantly Mary Sue-Fan Fic-ish until she became the Whore of Babylon. Thus I went into it expecting fourteen-year-old-wish fulfillment and lo and behold I was not surprised or disappointed when I found it there.
I think Cleolinda said it best:
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I love chapter one. Indescribably. Because I adore Edward far more than Bella as a reliable aware person, and as a narrator, he is a key point for knowing exactly what's going on with anyone in proximity to him. And his first like ten pages prove my book two Alice-Edward theory entirely, because they have a system for talking to each other half-mind-listening, half-moving, and he keeps her secrets for her when she lies about her having used to her powers to see something. And this makes me utterly giddy. Yes, I am a fan of gen writing. I'm sure you can't tell.
And the biology scene and the car scene! And the commentary in his for things as simple as Bella shoving her hair as a curtain between them.
It all makes me want to run over Rob and Kristen and steal the twelve chapter drafts that Meyer's gave them so they'd know where Edward was coming from for the movie.
And I think for it being, Gods, just barely past three it's time to stop writing and sleep now. show less
Yeaaaahh. My feelings about this series, twinkies, loving the Cullens, the writing playlist, and side-eying a whole lot of SM have pretty much not changed in the past decade. /// In general, I feel like I need to add the comment here that I long ago read the 2008 1st chapter draft, and the leaked Ch.1-12 draft that made SM throw her childish fit and take her toys out of the yard.
I still love these 12 chapters more than I love anything else in the whole series, but no one is really surprised about that, since I'm here for Edward, The Cullens, and the centuries of time they've lived together more than anything else in this universe.
Which, of course, means, now that we are starting to see the new show more quotes for the forthcoming publication, and suddenly that book has been rewritten around the 'Persephone & Hades' myth, which these 12 chapters never were definitely has me at a very large amount of "...... #ohno."
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(2008 Reviews / Continued Across all four books / all read in less than 53 hours
Just going to copy these over from the lolarious mass-review I did in 2008)
Let me start this out with saying, I'm sure if I tried I could take these books seriously and in doing so I would abhor Stephenie Meyers with the utter damnation burning hate in ground into me by five years of being an English major, but honestly, I'm not sure how anyone could go into these books expecting (or wanting to expect) more than fanfic-esque fourteen-year-old-wish-fulfillment. Which is what I did and likely why I was willing to roll with it, because lets just start with the bare minimum that I knew before I started reading.
We have a protagonist girl, who comes from a broken home, who's paler than anyone else who's human and blushes as often as the wind blows, who's never been interested in a boy seriously before, with extremely low self-esteem, who is the worlds biggest cultz, who attracts danger like she's got a beacon on her head saying come and get it, who is all helplessly weak and who can not be touched, read, or effected by any type of mental magic.
She is paralleled by the boy protagonist, who just happens to be a one hundred and eight-year-old vampire with the most well-adjusted family of Brandy-style vampires, who doesn't drink human blood, with the one-way power to listen to other people's thoughts, who looks like a runway model or God, has never considered any other woman seriously before in his life and unlife, and has to be broody/moody/strong enough to resist killing her every moment he's near her because she's the one thing in the world he'd best love to do that to out of no fault of their own but fate.
I mean, c'mon, Anita Blake wasn't even that flagrantly Mary Sue-Fan Fic-ish until she became the Whore of Babylon. Thus I went into it expecting fourteen-year-old-wish fulfillment and lo and behold I was not surprised or disappointed when I found it there.
I think Cleolinda said it best:
A lot of people are really passionate about these books. Some of them love and defend them passionately; others... well. I'm not going to defend them anymore than I'm going to defend Twinkies--you go and get yourself a Twinkie when you have a very specific kind of craving. If you want a gourmet pastry or even a homemade cake, you know where to get that. If you're eating a Twinkie, you clearly know what you want and why you're eating it, and you know that it's not good to eat very many of them, but... you know... sometimes you just want one.
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I love chapter one. Indescribably. Because I adore Edward far more than Bella as a reliable aware person, and as a narrator, he is a key point for knowing exactly what's going on with anyone in proximity to him. And his first like ten pages prove my book two Alice-Edward theory entirely, because they have a system for talking to each other half-mind-listening, half-moving, and he keeps her secrets for her when she lies about her having used to her powers to see something. And this makes me utterly giddy. Yes, I am a fan of gen writing. I'm sure you can't tell.
And the biology scene and the car scene! And the commentary in his for things as simple as Bella shoving her hair as a curtain between them.
It all makes me want to run over Rob and Kristen and steal the twelve chapter drafts that Meyer's gave them so they'd know where Edward was coming from for the movie.
And I think for it being, Gods, just barely past three it's time to stop writing and sleep now. show less
This was the only book in the entire series that didn't make me want to throw up afterwards. Ironic that the only book she's refusing to write is the one I might want to read. One of my issues with Twilight is that it makes vampirism seem so glamorous... and it's really not. By going inside Edward's head, the inner torment revealed makes it much more acceptable to the more traditional vampire writers. (You know, the non-sparkly kind. With fangs and claws and a dangerous side to their potent attraction.)
On the flip side, it's extremely annoying that she's refusing to write this book. Not only does it make her look high-strung, but it's driving the rest of us bonkers. Twilight's extreme popularity, and now Midnight Sun's full stop, show more vampire stories are suddenly cliche. It's so frustrating!!! Nobody wants to read another Twilight, and so now any vampire book is suspect. show less
On the flip side, it's extremely annoying that she's refusing to write this book. Not only does it make her look high-strung, but it's driving the rest of us bonkers. Twilight's extreme popularity, and now Midnight Sun's full stop, show more vampire stories are suddenly cliche. It's so frustrating!!! Nobody wants to read another Twilight, and so now any vampire book is suspect. show less
I love that Edward's first instinct, when confronted with his One True Love, is to fantasize about killing and eating her, then slaughtering her friends. Doesn't everyone dream of a boyfriend like that?
Meyer's style is exactly like high school dreams on paper: pretentious wish fullfillment, complete with mind reading, being the hottest, richest people in school, and stilted, unnatural dialog. Even though there's pretty much no plot, the book flies by. And despite the silliness, Meyer gets some things absolutely right, as in a scene where two would-be-lovers sit next to each other in silence and cramped stillness during a class movie.
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/pdf/midnightsun_partial_draft4.pdf
Meyer's style is exactly like high school dreams on paper: pretentious wish fullfillment, complete with mind reading, being the hottest, richest people in school, and stilted, unnatural dialog. Even though there's pretty much no plot, the book flies by. And despite the silliness, Meyer gets some things absolutely right, as in a scene where two would-be-lovers sit next to each other in silence and cramped stillness during a class movie.
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/pdf/midnightsun_partial_draft4.pdf
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Stephenie Meyer was born in Hartford, Connecticut on December 24, 1973. She received a bachelor's degree in English from Brigham Young University. Her first novel, Twilight, was published in 2005 and was the beginning of the popular Twilight Saga, which includes New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. All the books within the Twilight Saga were made show more into feature-length films. Her first novel for adults, The Host, was published in 2008. Meyer's novel The Chemist has been on several best seller lists including USA Today, Barnes and Noble and New York Times. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Midnight Sun {2008 Draft}
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- Edward Cullen; Isabella 'Bella' Swan; Emmett Cullen; Alice Cullen; Jasper Hale; Rosalie Hale (show all 17); Carlisle Cullen; Esme Cullen; Mike Newton; Eric Yorkie; Tyler Crowley; Jessica Stanley; Angela Weber; Ben Cheney; Charlie Swan; Renee Dwyer; Lauren Mallory
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- Forks, Washington, USA
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- Twilight (2008 | IMDb)
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- This book is dedicated to all the readers who have been such a happy part of my life for the last fifteen years. When we first met, many of you were young teenagers with bright, beautiful eyes full of dreams for the future. I... (show all) hope that in the years that have passed, you've found your dreams and that the reality of them was even better than you'd hoped.
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- This was the time of day when I wished I were able to sleep.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I would have to find some way to hold my ground if we were ever going to have any peace.
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- A partial draft was initially illegally posted on the the internet. Author Stephenie Meyer subsequently released the chapters on her website but further publication was delayed indefinitely. More than 10 years later, the comp... (show all)lete work was scheduled for release (2020-08-04). Please do not combine the incomplete draft and the 2020 work.
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