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Vampire and girl settle for some heavy necking — and some agonised yearning, which they seem to enjoy just as much. As was made explicit when the story was wrung dry of teen pheromones and repurposed as Fifty Shades of Grey, what fuelled the Twilight phenomenon 15 years ago was the ecstasy of delayed gratification, and the pleasure to be found in pain. Early chapters of the book were leaked in , prompting Meyer to put the project on hold.
But 12 years later, the novel is out — and, at more than pages, it is immediately clear why it took her so long. His sister Alice sees visions of the future and both skills function quite prosaically as plot devices as Edward listens in on people thinking about Bella, or grills Alice about what is going to happen to her. This, any Twihard already knows from Twilight. Instead, by page he is hopelessly in love with her, and the feeling is soon reciprocated. But taken together, the two narratives at least depict mutual attraction.
How was I any better than some sick peeping tom? I was much, much worse. It feels below the belt to criticise the quality of the writing, given that Twilight was never loved for that — but there is something to be said for editing. Midnight Sun , however, left me with no choice. It must, by necessity, always be midnight for me. So how was it possible that the sun was rising now, in the middle of my midnight?
No, the actual writing is not what originally propelled Twilight to its earth-shattering success; the strength of the first novel before the sequels dragged out the romance into fairly transparent True Love Waits propaganda, with some magical-creature fights thrown in was its appealing central conceit, transposing the intertwined danger and desire of the vampire myth onto a teen love story maxed out with sexual tension.
It only worked, however, when it came from the perspective of the actual teenage girl — you know, the person navigating the adolescent angst that rendered it compelling in the first place. Bella is not an interesting character, but she comes from something of an authentic place. Edward should be the opposite, having a less accessible perspective but at least a fascinating one — and yet!
It did make me wonder: why would he ever lament his own cursed state and wish for the allegedly dazzling Bella to live a mortal life when he has such disdain for almost all the humans he ever encounters? The degree to which Edward mentally tortures himself for potentially endangering his beloved is nothing compared to the punishment he inflicts on a reader.
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