It’s safe to say that I’m not the world’s best Twilight saga fan because I didn’t even realize there was a scandal about leaked chapters of an upcoming book until recently. In fact, I didn’t even know there was going to be another book.
What I did know was there was a movie due out in December 2008. While waiting to see The Dark Knight, the trailer for Twilight came on and it looked interesting…
What looked even more interesting was that on the way out, while reading the poster, I noticed that it was based on a novel. That, folks, is how I was introduced to the Twilight saga. I read all four books in the series and I admit that I enjoyed it for exactly what it is: a fluffy angst-laden teenage romance story.
Every so often I come across the stray vexed letter to Meyer for not delivering the goods in Breaking Dawn (or Big Disappointment as some have dubbed it) and I can’t help but laugh. These people are planning mass bonfire parties to burn the books or calling for a tidal wave of book returns and I just want to say, “It’s a book, people! And sometimes books suck. That’s life. Get over it.” (Now, I’m not saying whether Breaking Dawn is here or there in my opinion, just pointing out a fact in general.)
Well, anyway, moving right along. Apparently there was some mass exodus after the Breaking Dawn incident and then all of a sudden they get a lucky break and the movie release date is bumped up to Thanksgiving and then leaked chapters of Midnight Sun–the Twilight book penned from Edward’s perspective–appeared out of thin air.
August 2, 2008 the final book in the series, Breaking Dawn (herein referred to as BD), was released and within days there was a massive uproar from disgruntled fans and readers.
August 15, 2008 it was announced that the release date of the Twilight movie moved up to November 21, 2008 instead of December 12, 2008.
August 28, 2008 (or thereabouts) the unfinished manuscript for Midnight Sun was leaked and, as a result, Meyer has postponed its completion and release indefinitely.
Frankly, the timing is too convenient which leads me to believe the attention is being deliberately funneled. Now, I’m not saying it was right for whomever leaked those unpolished chapters without Meyer’s permission if it did happen that way (it’s deplorable), but the whole scandal surrounding the real life Twilight saga reeks of a clever marketing ploy.
Let’s speculate for a moment (and this is just random conjecture, mind you). Things weren’t looking so hot for the Twilight franchise after BD. Some sources speculated that about 40% of the BD buyers hated it and forum threads, blog entries, and discussions about the downward spiral of the Twilight series were blossoming all over the ‘net.
While I’m sure many of the diehard Twilight fans would still see the movie, that backlash from BD’s release couldn’t have boded well for the movie or any future book sales for the series.
Then, through some miracle, the release of Harry Potter was shifted to a later date leaving the Thanksgiving slot wide open and Twilight just happened to snap it up. Hooray! It took a lot of people by surprise and it was enough to get everyone talking about Twilight again as opposed to the debacle that was BD. (Oh, how fickle people can be.)
Finally, the Midnight Sun manuscript was leaked, which provided Meyer and her publishers with a legitimate excuse to postpone (read: kill) the novel. Some sources had been predicting that the sales, due to the BD incident, would have been dismal and the bottom line simply wasn’t there. (And despite some folks’ idealistic views of writing and publishing, it really does come down to the bottom line.) So, rather than just killing the novel and letting it fade into the ether quietly, why not make a scandal out of it?
The scandal meant good things for two reasons: 1) the conversation keeps Twilight at the front of peoples’ minds; and 2) people will become sympathetic to Meyer and want to show their support however they can. With the Twilight movie right around the corner…. Let’s just say the bottom line for the movie just started looking a little better.
And the beauty of this plan is that the door is still wide open for a future book (or movie) release. Yep, you read that right. If Twilight the movie does well and Twilight fans are once again appeased, they’ll be salivating for another book (or movie) to prolong their euphoria.
This is just speculation, of course. I’m not entirely certain any marketing firm would be clever enough to come up with such a plan, though I’m not entirely certain one couldn’t.
The Twilight Saga at Amazon.com:
- Twilight (Book 1)
- New Moon (Book 2)
- Eclipse (Book 3)
- Breaking Dawn (Book 4)
- Midnight Sun (Chapters 1-12)
# Leah H wrote on April 22, 2009 at 1:43 pm:
I was surprised to see that so many people had the same reaction to seeing the movie (Twilight) that they decided to read the book and then ended up reading the entire series in a matter of days. I was the same way and am trying to get my husband to do the same so he doesn’t think I’m crazy to have spent so much time reading these books. They were so page turning that I couldn’t stop.
I loved that some of the series in written from Jacobs perspective (as he is by far my favorite character) and, for me BD was one of the best books because the anguish that you felt for J in the previous books was resolved.
I read MS, not realizing that it was incomplete and was sorely disappointed when I got to the end only to find out that I would have to wait, or may never get, to finish the book. The perspective from Edward is so intriguing and explain so many of his reactions and side comments that I couldn’t stop reading it once I had started. From Bella’s perspective you really cant see what attracts him to her so much as she can’t see it for herself. Also to see him have insecurities about himself is indearing. I dearly hope that it is completed and done soon as I am chopping at the bit to see the rest of the book from his perspective.
# Rissa wrote on May 31, 2009 at 4:15 pm:
I also saw the trailers for the movie and decided that I would see the movie when it came out on DVD (I have 3 children under 4 and 1/2 yrs and almost never have the ability to see a movie in the theater), partly because I love fantasy and partly because of Rob Pattinson- loved him in Harry Potter 4. After loving the movie I then borrowed the 4 books from a good friend and read the entire series in 2 days- not easy to do with 3 young kids and a husband who is a doctor in the Navy and was away for training.
That was a month ago and I still have not been able to move on to another story! I’m totally obsessed, my husband and friends think I’m nuts, and all I have to say is I don’t care about the MS controversy- I just hope it either gets published and then I’ll add it to my collection or SM just finishes the story and then posts it on her website.
And I can’t wait for the New Moon movie to come out. I already informed my husband that I’m going to see it in the theater- along with Harry Potter 6!!!
# Cinderella wrote on June 8, 2009 at 7:50 pm:
I loved breaking dawn and don’t see why anyone had a problem with it. Why do all books and movies have to end badly? Why cant just once we actually read a book or watch a movie that ends well? I was soo happy when they had there happy ending it left me smiling, and thats the way it should be.
# C.C wrote on July 3, 2009 at 1:07 am:
I personally love the Twlight series and I don’t get how someone couldn’t even though we are all different people. Midnight Sun seems interesting although I havn’t finished reading the posted chapters yet. I really hope that she publishes it. And by the way, Breaking Dawn movie is going to be rated R, crap. Ha ha, and im NOT going to see that with a parent. Just have to wait for the D.V.D.
# meg wrote on August 3, 2009 at 1:54 am:
i just finished reading the 12 MS chapters earlier and thought it was awesome! i really do hope SM decides to publish it. its already about as popular as the other 4 books and all we got to see r those 12 chapters… if SM doesnt publish it shed be crazy! she must know how many ppl would buy and read it. ppl dont care if the first chapters are a spoiler. while i understand shes upset it was leaked ( unless it really was a clever marketing scheme) she still knows ppl would buy it and still love the work. hopefully itll come into publication soon. 🙂
# ADE wrote on August 4, 2009 at 7:20 am:
I loved the books and the twilight movie. Cannot wait for New Moon and the rest 🙂 Would be great if SM could finish the book from Edward’s perspective – I loved it !
# JOANN wrote on August 7, 2009 at 10:16 pm:
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT STOP WITH ONE NOVEL SHOWING EDWARD’S PERSPECTIVE. THE FOLLOWING NOVELS COULD EVEN BE WRITTEN WITH THE ADULT IN MIND. BELIEVE ME, MUSH MONEY WILL BE MADE BY THE PUBLISHER AND HENCEFORTH STEPHANIE MYERS. STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT. WE ALL WANT MORE OF THE STORY. I READ THAT AN ADDITIONAL BOOK ENTITLED “FOREVER DAWN” WAS WRITTEN THEN SCRAPED. I THINK THIS BOOK MIGHT DESERVE A REWRITE. LIKE I SAID, WE ALL WANT MORE OF BELLA, EDWARD, THEIR DAUGHTER, JACOB AND THE CULLEN CLAN. I, AS WELL AS SO MANY OTHERS, COULD NOT PUT THE BOOKS DOWN. I AM 66 YRS OF AGE FAR, FAR, FROM A YOUNG TEEN. THE STORY IS A REFRESHING PERSPECTIVE ON THE VAMPIRE MYTH AND HAS THE QUALITY OF THE FORBIDDEN LOVE OF ROMEO AND JULIET BUT I AM HAPPY TO SAY WITHOUT THE TRAGIC ENDING.
# Sravana wrote on August 21, 2009 at 3:02 pm:
Stephenie Meyer is most definitely going to re-write the entire series from Edward Cullen’s perspective. If you think about it, she left a lot of holes in the first four books that she still has to explain. For example, in Twilight, James some how figures out that Edward can read minds and manages to keep enough of a distance from Edward, so that he can’t.
In New Moon, Edward leaves Bella and tracks Victoria. He goes to Texas and then follows a false lead down to Brazil. Why does she mention this if she doesn’t plan on explaining it. Cardinal rule of writing: NEVER mention something if you don’t plan on explaining it. If she didn’t plan on re-writing the entire series then she could have had Edward hang out in Ithaca with Carlisle and Esme, and story really wouldn’t have to change much. NM rewrite is going to be Edward’s adventure with tracking.
Eclipse is mainly going to be Edward’s internal battle with Jacob. I know Edward’s a nice guy (vampire) and everything, but there had to be a lot going on inside him to make him be so fair and let Bella hang out with Jacob.
In Breaking Dawn, Stephenie writes the story from Jacob and Bella’s perspective. The 2 main characters of the entire series are Bella and Edward. Technically, Alice and Jacob are only supporting characters. So then why does she write it in Jacob’s perspective instead of Edwards?? It’s because she is probably going to re-write Breaking Dawn in Edward and Alice’s perspective. Alice and Jasper leave the Cullens and have an adventure of their own. She can’t mention that without explaining it! And she will. It probably was a great adventure, and I’m predicting that she’s going to end the series with a bang! So all of those readers who had an uproar about the book… I definitely think they were too hasty.
Other points she mentions without explaining that are just on the top of my head:
1. When Edward asks Charlie for his blessing to marry Bella, Charlie laughs his head off. Why? Edward knows…
2. When Zarfina comes to Forks, she mentions that Alice needed Kachiri somewhere. What did she need her for? It has to be part of Alice’s story.
I agree that MS leak was a marketing ploy. It was done to make people forget their disppointment in BD and concentrate on this book.
I also heard that she is only going to re-write Twilight. But clearly for all the points mentioned, above this CANNOT be true. If she doesn’t re-write the series, then Twilight is just going to be incomplete, and therefore, not a very good series. It’s not a matter of IF, it’s a matter of WHEN.
I’m thinking next year, or right before Breaking Dawn (the movie) is released to hype up the movie.
When you write a series, the end of it should leave readers happy and sad. Like Harry Potter. After Deathly Hallows, even though I was sad it was over, I was happy and satisfied. Twilight series did not have that feeling after BD. There is so much more to write… and I bet it was her plan all along to do it.
# Michaela wrote on August 24, 2009 at 2:39 pm:
Hey all,
I was reading through the comments and I am not sure what to think.. I really wasn’t aware of any of the issues people were having with BD until I just read it.. then again I wish that the ending had been a little bit different… Sravana, I agree with you there!!! I think she will add more books to the series there are several things that are left out that could be made into books.. then again maybe SM won’t write more and leave it up to us to fill in the blanks, or use our imagination.. whatever you want to say. Only time will tell what Stephenie Meyer is planning on doing with the rest of MS and the hopeful books that will go into more detail on the last 3 books….. we will see.. thanks for listening..
# Shel wrote on August 26, 2009 at 11:21 pm:
I am very interested to hear what everyone thought was missing or wrong with BD. I, too, felt a bit dissatisfied with BD. I didn’t think it focused enough on the passion they had spent the first three books building on. I felt let down. I also didn’t feel there was the same strong connection between the characters, especially the relationship between Bella and Alice. Don’t get me wrong, I liked BD enough to read it 7 times, but I think I kept thinking I would discover something that just wasn’t there. Please tell me what you think.
# jennifer wrote on August 29, 2009 at 12:52 pm:
ok, after reading all these comments i have to agree that the book series is incomplete. the first part of midnight sun was great. it was nice to see it from edwards point of view. bd was a good book but the ending just left me unsatisfied. what happened with edward and bella? are they living happily ever after or not? also jacob and renesme are they happy? how long did it take her to grow up? did they have kids? could they have kids? I NEED MORE!
# Jessica wrote on August 29, 2009 at 3:39 pm:
I read the first eleven chapters to midnight sun and i am in love. this book has caused me to fall for edward all over again. I have in fact read all the books. And I am about to read the series from start to finish again. I love Midnight Sun and can’t wait for it to be published.
# Amaranta wrote on August 31, 2009 at 6:38 am:
I can’t stop reading the books over and over again. MS is great and I hope SM will finish and publish the book asap. Can’t wait, I am too excited! The idea of presenting the Twilight universe from Edward’s point of view is awesome. Hope all of you are right and we will have the love story completed from all points of view. 😉
# Hannah wrote on September 3, 2009 at 7:05 pm:
I just finished MS for the second time and agreed with all of you that it is great! Wanting more and with SM not having a update on her page I searched google. I found that on yahoo answers someone had found copyright info saying the book was to be completed in 8/10 and released 8/11. Of course I have no idea if this is true and i haven’t put much effort into researching it. I would love to see the sage from the Edward/Alice POV. I think it was disappointing how Alice was absent most of BD when she was such good friends with Bella through out the series. If anyone has any updated info that would be awesome!
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090620120822AAolwdo
# Jennifer wrote on September 3, 2009 at 11:07 pm:
I had no idea people were dissatisfied with BD! I loved it, in fact, I loved the whole saga. I couldn’t wait until Alice returned from her voyage… and when she did show up, I understood why she left. It kept me reading because I knew she would return!
There are holes, but SM can’t fill in every single one, or the book would have been way too long.
I did think that BD had a different feel to it, especially with chapters from Jacob’s perspective. It took a while to get used to, but maybe it was a test run to see how readers would like a following book from his perspective….telling the story of him and Reneesme.
And why do we need another 10 books about Edward and Bella?! No relationship is perfect, and they’d have to start having real marital problems sometime! I loved the ending with Edward FINALLY getting to hear her thoughts!
# Sravana wrote on September 4, 2009 at 9:32 am:
Jennifer, I think the main reason why people were having difficulty stomaching BD was BECAUSE of the holes. SM left a lot of BIG holes which made the story very disappointing. What’s more is that there was no clear cut understanding of what was happening. We just read everything that Bella THOUGHT was happening, but we really didn’t know the other side of the story.
Basically in BD, the Volturi come to kill the Cullens. Alice goes off on a massive adventure, and comes back at the nick of time to save everyone. But at the end of the story, we find out that it was BELLA who actually saved the day, but all we really know she did was shield everyone’s minds. If the evidence Alice brought was the reason why the Volturi left, then how was Bella the hero? These are really really big holes that no one seems to understand.
Also, the fact that part of BD was written in Jacob’s perspective is probably not a set up for a tale about Renesmee and Jacob, but more a set up for the BD re-write. SM is probably going to re-write in Edward and Alice’s perspective. All of the holes will be filled up once we learn Alice’s adventure. None of the books ever really gave us a clear cut understanding on why the Volturi is so feared. Edward’s side of the tale is going to give us a better understanding of the Volturi, what they were thinking, and how Bella was the hero.
I loved BD too, but as I wrote in my earlier post, I definitely think that the entire series is going to be re-written in Edward’s perspective. There were holes in ALL of the books, but they were significantly smaller, so I think that people were more forgiving toward them. When you write a story, the thing is, it needs to be complete, and not leave readers trying to imagine what happened in between.
# Jason wrote on September 4, 2009 at 11:54 pm:
Ok to answer the last post on my screen here from Sravana, yes its full of holes. But the books were really meant to be written from Bella’s perspective so as a reader we can only know what she knows. So she is new to the whole situation with the volturi. But to answer a question. The reason why Bella was the hero is b/c she made the twins useless. Those 2 were the Volturi’s main weapons and they didn’t have them. That is how she was the hero. Yes Alice came to make show all the witnesses that Nessi is harmless but the Cullen’s were still doomed, unless Bella could put her shield around them and make it a physically fair fight.
But i agree, the book was a long book and it seemed to me that it went slow for the first 700 pages and then ended in 50 pages. It came to an abrupt end and I for one would like the wholes to be filled in. I would like to hear the whole saga from Edward’s eyes, midnight sun is a completely different book from Twilight. So i think the whole saga could be even better told through his eyes, so we know the whole story and not just Bella’s side and thoughts of what she thinks is real.
# Sravana wrote on September 5, 2009 at 8:54 am:
Jason, yep, I agree with your reason. But what I mean is that based on the physical course of events:
1. Volturi come to kill and conquer
2. Aro shakes Edward’s hands to get all the insight into the Cullens and their friends
3. Volturi give a few reasons to convict which that are refuted
4. Bella shields everyone’s minds to protect them from the Volturi
5. Aro says that because they don’t have a good idea of what a half human/half vampire will be like, they have to kill Renesmee
6. Alice comes with Nahuel and the Volturi leave.
Based on the physical course of events that happen, and NOT taking into consideration Bella’s point of view, you see, it was Alice’s evidence that saved the day, not Bella’s powers.
While I agree that Bella is the hero because she rendered the Volturi useless (not just the twins, but also Chelsea, Aro, Felix), we don’t know what how much damage her powers caused the Volturi because we don’t know their side. So saying that she is the hero because she made the most dangerous Volturi useless is more of an assumption and not the actual fact. Do you see what I mean about holes and mentioning something without explaining it? A good piece of writing has no holes. I mean, what’s the point of being an author of a story when the readers are going to have to imagine or make up half of the story the story themselves?
Another event to make my point even stronger… Alice sends Zarfina to the Cullens, but takes Kachiri to help her. Why bother mentioning this when you don’t plan on explaining it? If SM meant to make BD the final final book, then she could have either taken Kachiri out of the novel all together, or Kachiri could have come to the Cullens as well, the SM wouldn’t have to change BD at all. It still could have happened the same way. It’s a big whole… and all of these holes make Edward’s perspective a necessity, not a gift from SM to her fans.
I also agree with you Jason, that Midnight Sun will be better than Twilight. But I actually am more interested in the re-write of NM and BD. We basically know what’s happening in MS and in Eclipse… we just don’t know Edward’s psychology. But in NM, we can see Edward’s tracking adventures, and in BD, we can get a better insight into Alice’s adventure, and the Volturi.
# Jason wrote on September 6, 2009 at 12:38 am:
I agree with you Sravana, but would it be like MS when Edward ran off to Alaska, SM didn’t really elaborate on what Edward actually did except he sat on a snow bank and thought alot. So I do agree with you those books through Edward’s eyes have the possibility to be great, but that will leave a lot of room for let down. Now I don’t think it could let anyone down who is a true fan, but thats not really the point.
I think they have great potential being told through Edward’s eyes, and I really hope it happens.
# grace wrote on September 8, 2009 at 8:55 pm:
I didn’t read every comment so don’t know if this was touched on. I love the Twilight series. But, I would next love to see SM write Jacob and Renesmee’s story. The characters would be familiar, but the story would be entirely new.
# Very Surprised wrote on September 11, 2009 at 12:52 pm:
Hello to Everyone on the forum. I just recently rented the Twilight movie from Netflix at a friends urging. I enjoyed every minute of it to my surprise. Unfortunately I was not aware that there was an entire series of books for Twilight!!! (Embarrassing I know !!) I bought all four of the books and read them from Saturday at 11:00 am and did not put the very last book down until Monday at 4:30 pm !!! I just could not put these books down. I even went on to Stephenie Meyers website to read Midnight Sun……AND LOVED IT !! Again to my surprise! I agree with most that Midnight Sun does answer quite a few of the holes in from Twilight. From what I hear Midnight Sun expected release date will be August 24th 2011 (some say 2010). This is based on the copyright. I believe Midnight Sun will be the stronger book of the 4. I truly hope to see all of the books re-written from Edwards’s perspective. Again like most I did enjoy Breaking Dawn, but the ending I was not quite satisfied with. There are some loose ends that I feel she should clear up with a follow up book. Anyway, it has been a blast reading everyone’s comments!
Take Care.
# Rita wrote on October 8, 2009 at 11:42 pm:
I fell in love with the Twilight series over the summer, and I have to say that I really enjoyed Breaking Dawn! What nitpicking! My goodness! I don’t see what the fuss was about here- I thought it was a great ending to an enchanting tale! I stumbled onto Midnight Sun just last night, and was so excited to see that it will be released… eventually. Wish it was so much sooner, though! I think I may have enjoyed Midnight Sun more than Twilight, even in it’s “rough form”. But then again, maybe not. Maybe it’s just like peanut butter and jelly or cheese and crackers- they’re wonderful on their own, but really compliment and complete each other! I can completely understand Stephenie Meyer feeling hurt and betrayed at the chapters leaking out onto the internet, and losing her motivation to work on the book. With everything else that leaks out online, I tend to believe that is what happened. There’s too many other conspiracy theories out there to add this perfectly logical explanation (and reaction) to the stack. At this point, what has been done cannot be undone, and I just hope that Midnight Sun comes out sooner rather than later. So to sum up- LOVED all four Twilight books, LOVED The Host, LOVED the first 12 chapters of Midnight Sun, and am eagerly awaiting it’s publication! Keep writing please, Stephenie!
# Jennifer wrote on October 10, 2009 at 3:44 pm:
Rita, I agree with you 100%. I think people who didn’t enjoy BD are nitpicking!! When I think back to the books, I think back to the overall story, the “BIG IDEA.” It doesn’t matter to me who Alice took on her journey to South America because everything worked out! I enjoyed the story for what it was – a work of fiction, meant to entertain.
I mean if we are going to get really picky, why isn’t anyone complaining about where Laurent went in between leaving the Cullens with a warning in Twilight and returning to be killed in New Moon?!
BECAUSE IT DOESN’T REALLY MATTER.
And a good author doesn’t have to spell everything out for his or her readers! Anyone ever been to college and discussed a work of literature before? One thing I can remember thinking was, how do we really know what that author was thinking?
My point: We don’t! The only person who knows is the author.
# Tayla wrote on January 11, 2010 at 3:00 am:
Breaking Dawn was my favorite book of the series..Its to bad everyone expects books to be sex and violence and can’t appreciate a book for what it is. As for Midnight Sun I thought it was great and really hope it gets released soon, whether it was intentionally leaked or not Meyers obviously got the response she was hoping for. There is no doubt in my mind that it will be a best seller along with the rest.
# SJ wrote on April 1, 2010 at 1:02 pm:
Interesting theory. Here is a bit of a spin: maybe she refused to continue writing it because it was leaked intentionally by THE PUBLISHER. That would explain why she believes there was no malicious intent just, as is listed many times above, an attempt to appease angry BD readers as well as garner publicity and goodwill for the movie deal.
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# Elaine Hayden wrote on September 30, 2010 at 6:12 pm:
WHEN WILL BREAKING DAWN HIT THEATERS?!?!?
# Arline R. wrote on October 18, 2010 at 7:59 pm:
Hi all, I only recently became a Twilight fan after simply popping in a random DVD from my sister’s collection. I loved it so much that I looked it up online and found that it was part of a saga! From there, I read all four books and Midnight Sun within a week. I really was surprised to find all the negative comments on BD. I will say that I didn’t much like the bloody “scene” (didn’t want to possibly spoil). Other than that, however, I think it really did a good job of tying up lose ends and bringing the story to a great end. I’m not going to say that I would compare these works to a piece of literature but, come on, they are what they are, they’re pieces of fiction that (as someone else mentioned)are meant to entertain. I loved them for that, because they were exactly what they promised to be, super romanticky, gooey, sweet, make your heart flutter, swoon books that make u wish you had an Edward of your own! When you pick up a book, maybe you’ll like it maybe you won’t, it’s a risk you’re taking. As far as breaking dawn, I agree with other posters in that I think it’s probably the best work in the saga. You really see the way that Edward is torn about his decision to pursue Bella. I do understand that the Author is upset about the illegal release of her work, and I’m not going to say that she “owes” it to anyone to finish it because it’s her work and it must be a very personal invasion to have someone divulge it when it’s not the way you wanted it. However, I do hope that it gets published soon, it truly is engrossing and I would LOVE to see the meadow scene from Edward’s pov!
# Arline R. wrote on October 18, 2010 at 8:01 pm:
I meant as far as Midnight Sun is concerned towards the end of my post, sorry.
# angel wrote on April 6, 2011 at 10:13 am:
I have read all four books in the series and Midnight Sun at least 4 times each and absolutely loved them all. I love her style of writing and description; she is truly a very gifted writer…
The movies however, were a great dissappointment. There was SO much they left out and changed unnecessarily. I too am hoping that SM finishes the Midnight Sun version.. but, since it has been a few years now, I am sad to say I don’t think it will happen. I am starting to read “The Host” this week and hope that she stays true to form in her writing style. We’ll see… In my opinion none of the books in the Twilight Series were a dissappointment. I didn’t even realize there was a bad opinion of Breaking Dawn until I read this blog. This one is actually one of my favorites from the series… although Midnight Sun would have probably taken the #1 spot had it been finished. It is truly entertaining to see his insecurity when you know she has fallen for him so completely at the same time. Good work! I hope to hear more from Stephanie Meyers soon.
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