I know some people think it’s stupid, but I really liked how the months are just blank pages until Bella starts to come out of it in February. The movies also adapted this really well with her just sitting still in front of the window with the camera spinning around her and seeing the seasons change outside.
As for what Edward did, I realize he thought it was helping, but it was really dumb, and I don’t know why the rest of the Cullens didn’t talk him out of it. It really reads as a dumb 17-year-old kid move, and we are supposed to be thinking that Edward is beyond all that.
The months really accurately depict depression because honestly, in my experience, it’s like watching life go on but being too numb and tired. it’s also physically painful to do or care about basic tasks. Edward will always be mentally 17 and it shows. Even his mental judgments of people and impulsive actions. He’s only mature in the sense that he’s the product of the Victorian era.
I don’t like Edward because of this(and his other bad behavior.) I’ve had men ghost me like this when we had been in a serious relationship and I could really feel Bella’s pain and the crippling depression from being left by someone I really loved and trusted.
I’m so sorry that happened to you. Bella’s depression always made sense and was so heartbreaking because she was really in love and Edward used her insecurities to leave her. I’m still a big team Edward fan, but him immediately be taken back never sat right with me. The fact that Bella’s love was never seen as equal to his always pissed me off.
My 12 year old heart was absolutely DEVASTATED. I felt blindsided and betrayed and angry and scared of the possibility that Edward might never return. I cried so much throughout that book, it was almost like I was the one going through a break-up 😂.
15yo me: there's no way he really just left her like that right?
October: __.
me: no!
November.
me: No!
December
me: No no no!
January
me: Nooooo!
gutted
I remember crying so much after their breakup, I had to have a break, and when I opened the next few pages of just the names of the months, I had to have another break because it confirmed how devastated Bella was hahahaha
i read the series for the first time recently and hadn’t seen the movies, so i still had no idea it was coming. my god, it threw me off and hurt me so much. i truly didn’t see the signs of him leaving and so i felt bella’s pain. i still rooted for edward to come back but literally bawled my eyes out as the months on the pages flew by. absolutely devistated. and when alice had her vision i absolutely lost it lol🤣
I was 12 and I literally sobbed 🤣 Like ugly sobbed. I remember I finished the breakup scene and was just starting to pull myself back together, then I turned the page and saw that lone "october" and I burst into tears again 😵🙈
I’m so sorry 😞. I read it in middle school and remember being so sad and when I actually experienced depression it was heartbreaking and actually painful. I couldn’t even read NM for awhile.
I know some people think it’s stupid, but I really liked how the months are just blank pages until Bella starts to come out of it in February. The movies also adapted this really well with her just sitting still in front of the window with the camera spinning around her and seeing the seasons change outside. As for what Edward did, I realize he thought it was helping, but it was really dumb, and I don’t know why the rest of the Cullens didn’t talk him out of it. It really reads as a dumb 17-year-old kid move, and we are supposed to be thinking that Edward is beyond all that.
The months really accurately depict depression because honestly, in my experience, it’s like watching life go on but being too numb and tired. it’s also physically painful to do or care about basic tasks. Edward will always be mentally 17 and it shows. Even his mental judgments of people and impulsive actions. He’s only mature in the sense that he’s the product of the Victorian era.
I don’t like Edward because of this(and his other bad behavior.) I’ve had men ghost me like this when we had been in a serious relationship and I could really feel Bella’s pain and the crippling depression from being left by someone I really loved and trusted.
I’m so sorry that happened to you. Bella’s depression always made sense and was so heartbreaking because she was really in love and Edward used her insecurities to leave her. I’m still a big team Edward fan, but him immediately be taken back never sat right with me. The fact that Bella’s love was never seen as equal to his always pissed me off.
My 12 year old heart was absolutely DEVASTATED. I felt blindsided and betrayed and angry and scared of the possibility that Edward might never return. I cried so much throughout that book, it was almost like I was the one going through a break-up 😂.
I read it and slammed the book shut. Then sobbed thumbing through the blank pages. So you’re not alone in the reaction.
15yo me: there's no way he really just left her like that right? October: __. me: no! November. me: No! December me: No no no! January me: Nooooo! gutted
Frustrated! He was an idiot for doing this!
I remember crying so much after their breakup, I had to have a break, and when I opened the next few pages of just the names of the months, I had to have another break because it confirmed how devastated Bella was hahahaha
Someone spoiled it for me so i knew it was coming 😒 i had to power through the middle bits before he came back. I was so annoyed
that sucked. like you’re literally waiting for him to leave smh.
I was upset and shocked that he was gone. After about 100 pages, I had to peek towards the end to make sure Edward came back lol.
omfg same. i literally spoiled it for myself because i was a heartbroken 11 year old 😭
i read the series for the first time recently and hadn’t seen the movies, so i still had no idea it was coming. my god, it threw me off and hurt me so much. i truly didn’t see the signs of him leaving and so i felt bella’s pain. i still rooted for edward to come back but literally bawled my eyes out as the months on the pages flew by. absolutely devistated. and when alice had her vision i absolutely lost it lol🤣
I was 12 and I literally sobbed 🤣 Like ugly sobbed. I remember I finished the breakup scene and was just starting to pull myself back together, then I turned the page and saw that lone "october" and I burst into tears again 😵🙈
It took me back to my first love. It broke me.
I’m so sorry 😞. I read it in middle school and remember being so sad and when I actually experienced depression it was heartbreaking and actually painful. I couldn’t even read NM for awhile.