Midnight

Original Rating: 5 / 5Reread Rating: 4 / 5I remember reading this when I was much, much younger and I adored it so much. Reading it back now, I’m a little surprised this is classed as a children’s book. It seems much more like a young adult (more to the younger age range of “young adult”) book. This could be quite upsetting for a lot of younger readers, and honestly, I’m a little shocked that I adored this so much as such a tender age. That being said, I still love this. This deals a lot with adoption, although I feel like there was no wrap up on it, and it could easily be extended into a second book, or maybe a series, focusing more on Will. It deals with not fitting in and find solace in books. It deals with a relationship issue, very possible abuse, definite verbal abuse towards wife and kids, in my personal opinion. Wilson did really well on this. Reading it again though, I don’t feel like I connected as much as I used to. I still love Violet, I still remember connecting to her so much, she made me feel so much better about being such a book lover – reading books was my escape from the world, and connecting to Violet made that so much more enjoyable. I just feel like she could have done more. There were a few loose ends not wrapped up, which are gonna bug me for a little while. I feel a second instalment in the Midnight bookverse would help a lot with that. I need to know more about Will, I need to know his thoughts, what he thinks on everything we discover at the end, I need more on him, the poor baby. I need to hug him.This being said, I still really did enjoy this. It was a little bit of a shock reading it back though, especially with the truth behind Will (no spoilers, but if you have read it, if I say the attic, you’ll get what I mean). It was much darker than what I remember it being, and I was taken aback twice. I still thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, however, and fell in love with it all over again. The star being knocked off is due to the loose ends that are still bugging me hours after finishing it and whilst I read other books.Other than the loose ends, this is a beautiful story, and definitely deserves recognition. More people should read this, in my opinion, especially with the things covered in it.