Midnight Sun Review: The inner struggle of a vampire

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"Could a dead, frozen heart beat again? It felt like mine was about to." - Midnight Sun, Stephenie Meyer


After we were already treated to The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, a prequel to Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games series this year, Stephenie Meyer is also making herself heard with Midnight Sun, a new part in the Twilight series!

Edward lands on a rollercoaster of feelings. For Bella, but also about herself. That inner battle is the most interesting thing Midnight Sun has to offer. Will Edward give in to his lust and just slaughter her right away? Too bad, because we already know he doesn't. How does he come to terms with his desire to be close to her, when he knows he should stay away from her? These are interesting questions that don't really get an answer. Except "I love her so much".

His morbid fascination with Bella, bordered on the brink of stalking, makes you suspect most of all that you are reading the story of a blood-greedy predator. Which, in fact, is also the case. A predator that seems to be very concerned about what Bella might or might not think of him. They are youthful feelings that are inconsistent with the life experience he should have, given his age.

A very different Bella

We read Bella's side of the story in Twilight. The striking thing is that in Midnight Sun we get to know a completely different Bella than we thought we knew. A Bella who is admittedly very clumsy and from the first moment she sees him is headlong in love with Edward. But also a Bella who talks a lot and who is more of a parent to her mother than her mother sometimes to her. Perhaps this difference has to do with Edward's perception of Bella. He sees in her a Persephone, the Greek goddess who condemned herself to the underworld by eating pomegranate seeds. Bella has essentially condemned herself to the underworld too, by not letting go of her fascination with Edward.

Midnight Sun Review: More, More, More!

Unfortunately, in the book we don't really get to know a completely different side of Edward. You could say "what you see is what you get". Despite reading from his perspective, we unfortunately learn nothing new about him or his family. It is a missed opportunity because now was the time to learn more about Edward's history, his motives and his lifestyle. This is a 600-page book of inner struggles that he seems to be losing (or gaining). But why is not entirely clear. Edward mainly relies on the foresight of the clairvoyant vampire Alice. She has the gift of seeing things in the future, although this is somewhat complicated. Edward seems to resign himself to loving Bella, because Alice has seen it.

The question that arises is whether this is the story that had to be told. Midnight Sun is not surprising, but it is entertaining. It also makes the connoisseur wish for more! Because what is that mysterious story about Alice's human life? Why can't she remember her life before she became a vampire? A seed is being planted in this book, which will no doubt blossom in the near future. That's what Meyer said in an interview with USA Today, as Midnight Sun shot to the top of the bestseller lists. And it is already certain: the fans (including those who are now fifteen years older) will be lining up again. Until then, Midnight Sun is a sweetener.

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