Stephenie Meyer just announced that it publishes new book, titled Midnight Sun, the next August 4, moment English en. It will be the sixth of his successful series and worldwide phenomenon that was the saga of Twilight. And of course, the millions of followers who have the stories of teenage vampires Edward Cullen and Bella Swan they are celebrating in a big way. Let's review ...
Edward Cullen's turn
Well yes, the new premise is to tell the story from the point of view of one of the two great protagonists of the saga, Edward Cullen. The book has almost 700 pages and the social networks with the millions of readers and followers have been filled with messages of joy, celebration and enormous expectation.
The reactions of the followers
Readers' response has been such that the websites by Stephenie Meyer collapsed shortly after announcing the launch. It is speculated that the author may have used material that discarded but that was leaked at the time on the beginning. Others admit as well as claim that they are going to remove a heart thorn. There are also those who expect it to be a compendium of the entire series and not just the first book. And finally, there are those they distrust that, as has happened in other cases, the saga is no longer the same or yes that time has passed.
Also, there may be new reader cases that, attracted by the wave of nostalgia and expectation of the former, also sign up for discover it. And it is always to celebrate that there are reasons to read. But the detractors of the series, which augurs the continuity of that low quality that they found him in his day. He also denounces the opportunism, the author's easy resource for having the same thing with a simple change of narrator and unnecessary to do it.
The Twilight Saga
Without a doubt, and with recognition from locals and strangers, this saga of Twilight did not enter the history of literature for quality reasons, but we must recognize the great merit of having connected with a particular generation that also extended to a previous one. To my credit, I have friends who were already in their thirties and were hooked.
I do not count among those millions of readers or spectators who also took over the cinemas when the versions adapted to the big screen were premiered, with equal or more success. But I highlight it equally. Because the books and stories bestseller they are for something and should not be overlooked.
Let us remember the titles of this series of literature youthful, fantasy and romance that marked a before and after in the genre:
- Twilight (2005)
- New Moon (2006)
- Eclipse (2007)
- Amanecer (2008)
- Midnight Sun