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 | No real point in going into depth over this one. The motivations are stupid, the characters stagnant (with one blazing exception - more on that in a minute.) Bella-as-everygirl-1st-person-narrator worked in the first book, when it was all about discovery. Now that the jig is up, though, she comes across as boring, petulant and self-obsessed, and only slightly outdistanced in those stakes by the hallowed Edward. The reason I gave it as high a rating as I did is a.) it's still compulsive reading, even if it is literary junk-food and b.) Jacob Black.
Ah, Jacob Black. A very wise (and well-known) author once told me that if a minor character starts speaking to you, you should do a U-turn and go with it. I wish Meyer had done that here. I know you all love Edward, but Jacob is just so much more interesting. And I don't think it would have taken much writing for him to usurp Edward as the romantic interest. Besides, Bella is much more dynamic as a character when she's w/ Jacob. I think her ... read more.
Written by Stephenie Meyer.
Published 05 April 2007.
Published by ATOM.
rrp £12.99.
576 pages Hardcover.
ISBN: 1904233864
ISBN-13: 9781904233862 | |
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