Comments on: Breaking Dawn Debacle, Twilight Movie Release Bumped Up, and Midnight Sun Chapters Leaked = Clever Marketing?

By: Jeanmarie Molyneaux

Jeanmarie Molyneaux — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:02:23 +0000

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By: angel

angel — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:13:56 +0000

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.

By: Arline R.

Arline R. — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:01:20 +0000

I meant as far as Midnight Sun is concerned towards the end of my post, sorry.

By: Arline R.

Arline R. — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:59:41 +0000

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!

By: Elaine Hayden

Elaine Hayden — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:12:03 +0000

WHEN WILL BREAKING DAWN HIT THEATERS?!?!?

By: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: Greed or Philanthropy? - Today, I Read…

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:47:56 +0000

[...] Looked upon objectively, there is financial gain in being altruistic. Iâ€™m not upset about it in the leastâ€”a girlâ€™s gotta eat. But itâ€™s always important to look at the situation objectively before hopping on a particular (extremist) bandwagon. What this all comes down to is more clever marketing. [...]

By: SJ

SJ — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:02:29 +0000

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.

By: Tayla

Tayla — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:00:29 +0000

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.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:44:22 +0000

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.

By: Rita

Rita — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:42:29 +0000

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!