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Midnight Sun
- 675 pages · about 11 hours
- First published 2020
- 11 editions
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1 About this book
Midnight Sun is a 2020 companion novel to the 2005 book Twilight by author Stephenie Meyer. The work retells the events of Twilight from the perspective of Edward Cullen instead of that of the series' usual narrating character Bella Swan. Meyer stated that Twilight was to be the only book from the series that she planned to rewrite from Edward's perspective.
To give them a better feel of Edward's character, Meyer allowed Catherine Hardwicke, the director of the film adaptation of Twilight, and Robert Pattinson, the actor playing Edward, to read some completed chapters of the novel while they shot the film. It was released on August 4, 2020.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Young adult fiction, fantasy
- Young adult fiction, romance
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Young Adult Fantasy
- Young adult fiction, social themes
- Young Adult
- Vampires
2 What to expect
Twilight retold from Edward Cullen's point of view: the same events, at much greater length, with his ability to hear thoughts and his struggle not to harm the girl he loves. It shows more of his family and makes him more anguished than he seemed from outside. It is slow and very inward, it keeps strictly to the scenes of the original with little that is new, and it assumes you know Twilight.
Good for readers who want: Twilight from the other side, a brooding vampire narrator, and a slow-burn romance.
3 About Stephenie Meyer
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
4 More by Stephenie Meyer
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