#just realised edward could honestly have just asked some random nomads to kill him and they would probably have done it

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I’ve just realised another reason why Edward Cullen is an idiot. He acts like provoking the Volturi is the only surefire way to die, but surely he could’ve had a similar effect by provoking some random nomads, and brought way less danger on the rest of the family? Sure, it would’ve taken longer, but he wouldn’t have had to go all the way to Italy or deal with a possible refusal, or Aro’s creepiness. Idk, just seems like a better way

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Midnight Sun - 2.5* review

I would first like the thank the academy for getting me through this nightmare of a book. I'd also like to thank my stubborn nature for not DNFing it before it got good around the 550 mark. Overall, this book was a drag. The pacing was way off and the narration was irritating. Edward is whiny and angsty and can drag a scene out for 10 more pages than it was from Bella's perspective. The way his super vampire thought processes are described is extremely pretentious and obviously an attempt to seem cool, and to be frank, I hated every second of it. The only time these dramatics let up was during the action sequences, which are all crowded in during the last 200 pages of the book and are the only parts I actually cared about seeing from his perspective. I've been waiting for this book for 10 years so I was very much disappointed that I only enjoyed the last bit. I will be going into depth about some things I noticed, good, bad, and ugly, so beware of spoilers beyond this point if for some reason you don't already know what happened. The Interesting Bits -Edward and Alice have whole conversations without the others knowing by her thinking at him and him changing his expressions or moving slightly. I thought this was pretty smart. Edward is the lookout for his family. He's in charge of knowing public opinion and if someone suspects them to be vampires, but he's also the one to keep an eye on Jasper to make sure he's not struggling. -Edward hates Bella to begin with, especially during their first meeting. He also likes "violent music" and uses it while doing his usual angst routine. Once he gets over that, he observes Bella doing kind, selfless things that bring her out of her comfort zone, just to help others. He also wanted things with Bella he hadn't ever wanted before, and its implied in the context of the scene that this includes a physical relationship. He honestly gives me demisexual vibes and has done since I read Twilight. -Alice is the only one who is acting with empathy and consistently thinking of humans as people. "Her name is Whitney. She has a baby sister she adores." "She's Charlie Swan's only family. It would kill him, too." -Tanya is Russian. Just throwing that in there. -Jasper's brother Peter was turned in the 1940s, so Jasper was with Maria for approximately 90 years, owing to Peter being in the army at least a year and however long it took Peter to make his way back to him after leaving. Also owing to the time between Jasper leaving and finding Alice, he could only have been with the Cullens for 50 years at the most. -Humans have to put in effort to move vampires as they are very heavy. Edward moves his hand along with Bella when she wants to pick it up. Also when he jumps back he has to check to make sure he didn't rip her hands off. -Vampires feel thirst differently. Some feel fire and some feel dryness or acid. -Turning into a vampire is usually described in the books and the fandom spaces as burning, but here it's described as pain, and it packs more of a punch, makes it more real. Edward flinches when thinking about the pain and refuses to subject Bella to it. -Charlie's thoughts are very difficult to hear, and are mostly vague impressions. Renee's are extremely loud and influence those around her without anyone knowing. -My favourite part is where Jasper shines through, because he is my fave for character complexity reasons. Basically, there's a huge car chase to get to Bella at the ballet studio, Edward and Alice are doing some very cool things with their powers, but Alice sees Bella in the studio and Edward freaks out until he doesn't anymore. Jasper has been influencing them into a battle state, which is how the coolness of the scene has been going so smoothly and he can get them both back on track after each vision. He has a very tight grip on Edward's emotions, "like a fist clenched tight around [his] throat". For reference: pages 648-654 UK hardback. It's the coolest scene in the book and I forgot Carlisle and Emmett were also there. The bad/questionable -Alice sees how Bella reacts to Edward leaving her, and how messed up she gets, but he still chooses to leave her in New Moon. -Edward has this whole pages long inner monologue during the meadow scene about how many things he can think about in detail and how smart he is and how perfect his memory is. It's highly pretentious and annoying. -On page 508-509 Edward licks Bella's teardrop and dramatically monologues to himself about how he, as a vampire, can't digest or absorb water, so when Bella inevitably leaves him to become a puddle of sadness he will still have a part of her with him in the form of that tear. I'll admit I laughed, then went to go tell someone about it and laughed some more, because it's so ridiculous and I couldn't make it up if I tried. This entire section was 4 paragraphs long. -The plot hole of why the nomads can't tell Bella is human before the wind comes gets solved, and then immediately creates another plot hole. Edward disguises her heartbeat with foot tapping, and they magically can't smell her, and then Edward realises Jasper has made most of them seem very boring with his empathy powers but in a way Edward has never seen before despite being a mind reader in his head when he remembers the past. Somehow his convenient powers have never been so much as thought of in 50 years. The huge red flags: -Edward refers to Bella's classmates as "children" twice and yet he is still willing to date her, despite them being the same age as her.* -Bella asks Edward if he has multiple personality disorder because he is avoiding her and then talking to her seemingly at random.* -Bella says she is "So clumsy that [she's] almost disabled."* -Edward calls Jacob a "child" and when Bella points out he's almost the same age as her, he says he knows. This is super creepy.* -Alice stole Bella's crutch to stop her escaping when tricking her into going to prom. *These are also in Twilight, and as such have already been talked about. In conclusion, this book sucks except the last 200 or so pages. This has been the longest 2 1/2 months of my life.