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Twilight number 4
Before I even read this book, I read the reviews for it. I was shocked how everyone ripped it to shreds. Of course in those reviews were spoilers, spoilers that I couldn't believe. I kept thinking do I really want to read this book now! I loved Edward and the Cullen's. Bella irritated me a lot, but I still loved her with Edward. Jacob was never my favorite character, but...
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Awful. Plot? What plot? *SPOILERS*
I'd like to state firstly that I adored Twilight, and liked New Moon & Eclipse.
However Breaking Dawn has 'broken' this series for me. If I could give it no stars, believe me, I would.
Here be spoilers people...
I read the book till the end of 'Book' II (Jacob's bit) before I could take no more. I gave up and just skimmed to get the gist...
Before I even read this book, I read the reviews for it. I was shocked how everyone ripped it to shreds. Of course in those reviews were spoilers, spoilers that I couldn't believe. I kept thinking do I really want to read this book now! I loved Edward and the Cullen's. Bella irritated me a lot, but I still loved her with Edward. Jacob was never my favorite character, but he was needed to balance out the stories. I didn't want to read this book and ruin my whole view of these characters I've learned to love and hate all at the same time. I'd already bought the book though so I sucked it up and started reading...I couldn't put it down. I kept thinking who ever wrote those reviews obviously didn't read the book very carefully. I absolutely loved this book, and I'm glad I didn't listen to those reviewers. Sure there were flaws, but even book 7 of Harry Potter had flaws!
I decided to talk to some of my friends who were still reading or just finished the book. I asked what they thought, and all of them really loved the book also. I was curious by this and went back online to find more reviews on the book and came to a conclusion...you either love this book or you hate. There is no gray area inbetween. So my advise to anyone who wants to read this book and are unsure...read it and form your own opinion. Don't listen to any of the reviews good or bad.
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Breaking Dawn is a fitting end to the story of Bella, Edward and Jacob, and all the other characters we have come to know and love. Meyer really has a way with words, painting a scene exquisitly without boring the pants off the reader with too much detail! It is a very long book, and in fact it has three 'mini' books within, from the viewponts of Bella, Jacob, and then Bella again repectively, and yet I felt that every word was required, and I actually wanted more and more - I didn't want to let go of the story, and I read the whole book in one sitting (losing some sleep along the way too). The POW switch to Jacob is interesting, if not a tad irritating at first, because the reader gets that much more of an insight to is suffering and (in his mind) rightful hatred of the 'bloodsuckers'.
There are lots and lots of unexpected twists and turns in BD (perhaps a reason for some of the very harsh reactions against Breaking Dawn - it's not the book many fans expected it to be, however for me it had everything I expected and more, so surely that's a bonus?), with new plot lines and ideas, and new and old characters; in particular, I really felt that the reader comes to know the Cullen family properly, and to love them too. They have always been interesting minor characters in the previous three books (with the exception of Alice perhaps-she was always more of a major character), but in BD they all come to life beautifully.
Some readers would argue that the characters change personalities in BD, Bella in particular; I would say rather that all that she has been through is finally making its mark. She goes through two life-changing events in this book, and comes out all the more stronger for it. She was always stubborn, and I found that her personality developed and sharpened, which seemed a more natural development than if she had stayed exactly the same as the Bella we all know and love in the previous three books.
Other characters that undergoe a welcome development and grow from the 2 dimensional characters that they were before, are Jasper and Leah. We get an insight into both of their actions and behaviour in the previous books, and I for one found Jasper to be all the likeable instead of the cautious and slightly indifferent character we were faced with in Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse.
Not so much as a review from this point but a bit of a rant:
I really don't know why everyone hates the book so much! I think Stephenie Meyer is a victim of her own success, with fans writing their own version of events in their heads and developing Bella and Edward into people that that they never were! I'm not saying the BD is perfect, and neither were the previous 3 books in my opinion, but the characters behave exactly how you would expect them to, in accordance to how Meyer has portrayed them and bulit them up in the previous novels. They are S Meyer's creation, so she can do what she wants with them.
I knew a few spoilers before I read the book, so maybe I enjoyed it more because I was expecting less...there are some aspects of the book that I understand that some people might be less than happy with, with some scenes a bit more graphic than people might be used to. I personally wasn't offended by them and actually thought they added to the tension and drama of the plot, but I know this isn't the same for all readers.
I do, however, truely believe that the plot follows the only path it can (at the risk of sounding corney. I'm trying really hard not to give spoilers here people-harder than you think).
SM knew the outcome of the saga before she even wrote Twilight, and I think that that really shows: everything really comes together at the end, and I could really imagine how life would continue for all the characters beyond the pages. Some people were upset by the 'neat little package', but Hello? reality check: It's a book for teenagers (mostly) and it's S Meyer's first venture as an author; who wouldn't want to exert the power of the creator and make sure everything turns out just the way you want it to?
Sorry, I know im going a bit off the point here, but I can't help it, and if you enjoy BD as much as I did then you'll feel the same! NB: I was fully prepared to hate the book btw, I'm not giving it 5 stars just beacuse so many people have slated it! It deserves every one in my opinion.
Also, just to say, some people have been making a huge fuss about really small things, such as a name and a nickname for example, and I really think that's unfair on Stephenie! Yes, the nickname is a bit...well, yes, stupid, but the characters of the book themsleves admit this! It's not like they're living in a hunky dory world picking flowers and watching rainbows. The main characters react EXACTLY how they should act, and if anyone who's read the previous three books would know their personalities by now and should recognise that as truth. I think people should stop pasting their own faces over Bella and imaginag how they would have done things differently, and just accept that what Bella does is a consequense of her personality!
Not that it isn't a bit annoying but hey...
And back to the review...:
Anyway, enough of the rant. If you cancel your order, or decide not to give 'Breaking Dawn' a chance to even win you over as the other three books have done, all because of some stupid spoilers and rumours and bad reviews, then you will be missing a stunning conclusion to the saga. I'm still thinking about the book now, and when I finished it I actually sat in silence, in awe, for a few moments...please keep an open mind and enjoy BD like it deserves to be enjoyed!! Thank you :)
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I purposefully avoided looking at reviews when I bought Breaking Dawn as I had loved the previous books so much I felt it wasn't necessary, also I had noticed that people can't seem to help but include spoilers in their reviews. (Something I feel amazon should police) Having read the book I decided to come back on and have a look at what had been written and maybe contribute myself and to be honest I was shocked. There are so many negative reviews on here and I can't understand it, these people who have clearly not enjoyed the earlier books either, why bother reading the others and then complaining about it?
I absolutely loved this book, as I've loved the whole series. I am not the teen reader it is aimed at but a 23 year old bookworm who can't resist a vampire saga, espeically one with a love twist! I think perhaps the negative reviews stem from people who have just forgotten that its aimed at teenagers and except a deep, heavy and also sexy novel, it has enough of all those things to really suck you in but it remains a teen novel through and through. This isn't a criticism but it is a warning, if you're expecting something more and didn't like the other books perhaps this isn't for you.
I first read Twilight when I saw the film was due to come out and before I could even think I was back on Amazon ordering the others. Breaking Dawn was the one I was most looked forward to, surely Bella must finally become a vampire and I couldn't wait to find out. I started reading this book at 4pm and other than breaking to eat I read straight through until I finished it at 1am...I just could not make myself go to sleep. Then because I'd read it so fast I started it again 2 days later. If you have enjoyed the saga so far then you will love how this turns out. There were definitely some unexpected plot twists which once I got over the shock I thought were brilliant. As to those people who didn't enjoy the Jacob Black POV, I thought it was a brilliant way to explain the story as Bella and Edward would have been too involved in this particular twist to give it the full descriptions it required. I must admit, while I loved Jacob Black in parts of the previous books I became very frustrated with his dark side as a werewolf, I felt in a lot of ways he had become a completely different person, a whole personality bypass but this final book just shows Stephenie Meyer's incredible skill in that you are given more of an opportunity to understand him and he is even given more of a chance to come to terms with what and who he is. His changes become more absorbed and I loved to see flashes of the old Jacob.
I feel I have given a massive review here and not even scratched the surface, in my opinion a fantastic end to the saga, although I can always hope we'll hear more of Edward and Bella in the future. Now I only have to cross my fingers and wait for Midnight Sun which I will pre order as soon as it become available, Edward's POV is probably the most irristable of all! Part of me is hoping Stephenie Meyer will consent to doing all the books from his POV...Perhaps way too much to ask but I can always hope!
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I'd like to state firstly that I adored Twilight, and liked New Moon & Eclipse.
However Breaking Dawn has 'broken' this series for me. If I could give it no stars, believe me, I would.
Here be spoilers people...
I read the book till the end of 'Book' II (Jacob's bit) before I could take no more. I gave up and just skimmed to get the gist of the ending.
Book I seems to manage to retain the characters in-character (as, oh dear, SMeyer seems to loose all grasp of the characters she created after the 'baby' is conceived). However, it is RUSHED. I felt like I was on a whirlwind tour of blah before we got to the juicy bit that Meyer really wanted to show us (I think she desperate for the miracle of 'Renesmee')
I didn't even enjoy the wedding, which I had really wanted. I wanted Edward & Bella to say 'I do' so they could dazzle together forever. Yay, they did.
But it was hard to connect. Hard to like Bella like I had in the previous installments.
And then it really goes down hill after the bit Team Edward had been waiting for. We get 'little nudger' which I'm sorry (as I know this has been said before) but since when could vampires pro-create? Why would male vampires NEED sperm? Vampires continue their 'line' by biting humans, surely? But anyway, SMeyer glosses over all of this in order to propaganda the 'Women need babies and husbands to be content & ~happy~'.
I'm sorry, but we don't.
Anyway.
Jacob's bit; the redeeming feature in most peoples opinion...was...well, 'blah' is all that springs to mind. The interactions with Seth & Leah are cute and amusing (although, the Leah 'I'm menopausal at 20' conversation was way too much for a YA book- and once again we were back to the underlying message in this book that babies make you ~happy~). Then we get onto the birth and the imprinting and thats when I just threw in the towel.
I actually wanted to give this book my own judgement after reading the spoilers & reviews from America (after I heard about 'Nessie' I just gave in...). And I had felt that if the writing were good enough the book might just pull through for me.
But EVERYTHING; the writing, the plot and the characters are sub-par and so removed from what I've come to know as the Twilight universe that I kinda wanted to cry.
From what little I have read of Book III it gets no better (one line I picked up was Bella demanding Alice bring Renesmee to her - geez! Get her yourself Bella! Even though you are now ~perfect~ does not mean you can boss anyone around)
I'd also just like to ask; where was the sacrfice in this book? Because Bella just gets it ALL. The reader gets nothing that we were geared up for in the first 3 books! Not only does she get Edward, her mutant child (who is perfect, by the way. No terrible twos for Bella) and 'turned', she gets to keep her 'best' friend Jacob (who is conveniently cast into the role of the mutant child's 'destined' through imprinting [way to go SMeyer, that conflict was resolved easily with no nasty after taste]) and even her family on a 'need to know' basis.
Bella doesn't turn into the blood craving monster that every new born vampire does and she turns into a stunner - who Edward just loves more (again, another poor message for an image obsessed culture). (And I'm sorry, but hunting in a cocktail dress and stillettos...FAIL)
I feel incredibly let down by this book and while it's the ending SMeyer wanted to give us, it's just not right - there are too many things wrong with the book and the message it sends.
Sorry SMeyer, but this one is a fail. And I don't plan to ever buy something with your name on again.
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Breaking Dawn is the massively anticipated fourth book in the popular Twilight series written by Stephenie Meyer. The story picks up where the previous book, Eclipse, finishes with the main character, Bella, looking forwards to her future life with her fiancé, a vampire.
Considering the popularity of this series there has been an understandable amount of hype and excitement surrounding Breaking Dawn. Unfortunately, as the book progresses it becomes increasingly obvious that it was never going to be the classic that many fans had anticipated. In the previous three books in the series, Meyer has shown that she is an author not afraid to tackle difficult subject matter and potentially controversial attitudes. This is something that she continues to do in Breaking Dawn though with noticeably less success. While never the most subtle writer, what subtly was there seems to be missing and this may have something to do with what at times feels like shoddy editing. There are plot holes, significant continuity errors, and not infrequently typos. Characterisation occasionally seems off and Meyer tears apart the universe that she created in order to rework it to include a whole new set of `rules'. The genre of the book seems to change halfway through.
Ironically, Breaking Dawn is often a more entertaining read than the previous books. There are more twists and turns, more interesting new characters (both minor and major), and we even get to see the events for the perspective of more than one character (unlike with the other books). Meyer works hard to justify the significant changes that she has made to the `rules' of the Twilight universe, with explanations that, while factually impossible in places, are entertaining all the same. Unfortunately, what makes the books entertaining also leaves it feeling unbalanced to read. The exciting revelations about Bella are interrupted by `Book Two', which is told entirely from Jacob's perspective and while interesting at times feels an entirely different story as he tackles (at length) events that might have been dealt with far quicker. Furthermore, what should have been an exciting final climax to the book is almost turned into a footnote by events which occur several chapters (and many pages) earlier.
This brings us to one other issue with Breaking Dawn: it is simply too long. At 768 pages it is over a hundred pages longer than any of the previous instalments and this is evident in the lulls in pace and overly flowery descriptions that are scattered through the book. Unlike the other Twilight novels that are renowned for their readability, Breaking Dawn drags at times.
Breaking Dawn is a good read. At times it is even a very good read. Poor editing and occasionally dubious content aside, the problem with it is that the reader is too frequently expected to suspend disbelief and accept significant changes to the world that Meyer has previously created. With a following which dedicates itself to learning every facet of that world this book was always going to receive a mixed reception.
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Imagine the conversations Bella can have with, uh, 'Nessie' when she is older.
"Your life partner? Yeah, he and I nearly married. He pictured me as the mother of his children. Small world, huh?'
Personally I'm not comfortable with the idea of imprinting on children - implications aside, Nessie could, after all, could grow into anyone, including someone Jacob may not love - but the idea of imprinting on the child of the woman you loved is just wrong. It also destroys all the idea of the love triangle, Bella's choices between normal/comfortable love and life and true love that requires giving up so much. Bella doesn't have to give up anything and Jacob, who Meyer states Bella 'fell in love' with, becomes her son in law.
Moral issues aside, the book is also simply not well written. Admittedly this was never Meyer's strong point, but her writing has really degenerated in this book. Twilight was good for its real-life feel, its likeable characters and romantic fancy. Breaking Dawn destroys any ability to empathise with Bella, whose situation becomes ridiculous and overly perfect; even her flaws are erased as she becomes the ultimate Mary Sue fantasy.
Meyer's obsession with fertility was tiresome also. Leah's situation was poorly handled and 18-year-old Bella who, we are led to believe, is intelligent enough to go to a good college, is palmed off being a teenage mother. There are ways to stop sperm, even magic all-pervading vampire spawn that, if I remember the first few books aright, shouldn't even be able to be produced. Even the consistancy of Meyer's own vampire mythology was ignored (no physical fluids except venom) in order for Bella to have her 'happy', female ending. I'm not even touching the Alien-esque birthing.
Even the romance in the story is nearly non-existant. There were few genuinely quality romantic moments between Edward and Bella that weren't purely physical - their emotional intimacy was totally neglected.
Not a good conclusion to a story with potential and promise.
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Even a number of Stephenie Meyer's most ardent fans will admit that she's not the best writer in the world. Her strength has been in creating characters that have struck a chord and tapped into a teenage feeling that everybody is either currently experiencing or remembers experiencing. Twilight, her best work, is still open to criticism if you start looking at the technical aspects of her writing and plotting rather than just doing as I would suggest most people do and just enjoying it for what it is - great fun. I'm not a fan of literary snobbery, if a book is enjoyable to you it's worth something and that's how I've always approached this saga.
I hated New Moon but thought Eclipse was an improvement, so I was greatly looking forward to Breaking Dawn... but my word, I was disappointed with what I was reading. Unlike some I didn't go in with any particular vision of where the story should go in order to set myself up to be dissatisfied if things didn't go my way, but where it did go was baffling to me; I don't need sequels to happen the way I expect them to, I just need the author to make it fly. Meyer failed. I was able to overlook Meyer's lack of technical finesse before because she's written engaging characters... but in this book, the story and plot twists got so unbelievably ridiculous and out of keeping with all that had gone before that I could no longer do so, as much as I wish I could. Other reviews I'm sure have engaged in big spoilers, but I always try not to so I'll just sum it up by saying the following...
I felt everybody was acting out of character with no plausible explanation for why and it jarred. Unless you explain these things properly, it grates. Edward in particular becomes a wimpish caricature of himself in places. Her big plot twists were very poorly explained in the book and poorly explained after publication when she started defending them (my take is that if your book doesn't explain them properly to begin with you didn't do your job, but even when she went into more depth in interviews I was still seeing holes - she seemed to be under the erroneous impression that "I always intended it this way" is logic enough to fill plot holes, and it's not). She spent page after page introducing reams of new characters and then did nothing with them, effectively wasting paper. All the tension and struggles of the previous books, the ones which kept me reading, suddenly got neatly wrapped up in very unsatisfying and anti-climatic conclusions; all the sacrifice and the consequences of the huge decisions Bella and Edward were facing, the ones that excited me and I was waiting to see come to fruition, suddenly disappeared.
That's not to say there weren't at least some aspects of the book that I liked. Surprisingly, the section from Jacob's point of view (how I groaned when I first got to that page) actually turned out to be pretty funny and engaging; even if I was unimpressed at some of the things happening in it his point of view was fresh and interesting. There were odd moments here and there which did make me smile.
All in all, however, I would be quite happy to pretend Twilight was a trilogy. I found this conclusion deeply unsatisfying and poorly written, even by the lowered standards I previously approached the saga with. I can understand why other people may like it better and score it higher, but even so it baffles me that anybody could think it was a 5 star book; its flaws are too manifest. To be honest, my second star is probably more about the affection I have for the series as a whole than this particular novel; I would gladly have swapped Breaking Dawn to have Midnight Sun (Twilight from Edward's point of view) published - just from the preview Stephenie posted online Midnight Sun seems miles better.
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Twilight came to me on recommendation and I fell in love with the book after three chapters. The subliminal message delivered to young readers that the pursuit of physical perfection plays a very small role in attraction was both healthy and effective. Edward in all his aesthetic glory was drawn instantly to the clumsy and fragile Bella, with whom every girl could relate.
More patience and less sense of reason was required to make it through New Moon, and as for Eclipse - the book literally made my blood boil (excuse the pun). We're supposed to believe Bella has this earth-shattering love for Edward, but ends up snogging the face off Jacob?! Yeah, yeah I get that she loves him too, but that kind of blows away the notion that Meyer threaded throughout her books that we all have one true soulmate, whether human, vampire or imprinting werewolf.
Still, I was excited to see how Meyer would complete the story, and so placed my pre-order and waited. Along came Breaking Dawn, a story split into three books and told from two viewpoints, first Bella then Jacob, then back to Bella. The first of the three books read more like Mills & Boon novel than a vampiric thriller.
Thank heavens for the second book, written from Jacob's point of view. I have to admit, I found Jacob irritating in Eclipse but he really saved Breaking Dawn for me. A welcome break from Bella's vacuous bleatings; Jacob offered some genuine and believable emotions. Yes it was right for him to resent the unborn child and the Cullens for nuturing the pregnancy, yes it was right for him to be appalled by Edward's offer of Bella for the purposes of breeding (was that really necessary?) and at last I realised why people liked Jacob so much, he was the only plausible and multi-dimensional character.
Just as his book was drawing to a close, I had high hopes of him falling in love with Leah, without the imprinting business, just a natural and believable relationship development. But no, along comes Renesmee and Jacob falls in love with a newborn child - how very convenient, if not totally creepy, for the purposes of a happy, neat ending. The clumsy reminder of how `OK' it is to be obsessed with an infant was first drilled into us with the previously irrelevant scene between Jacob, Quil and Clare. Just because it's now Jacob, it's still very weird and uncomfortable S Meyer.
The complete character assassinations that took place in this book were unforgivable. OK, so Charlie was never more than a constantly hungry, fish-obsessed background character. But the protective persona that Meyer developed for Charlie all the way through New Moon and Eclipse was eradicated when he somehow miraculously guessed that Bella had been turned into a vampire, oh and he's fine with it too. Emmett, Esme and Billy practically disappeared, Rosalie (now there's a character that could have been really developed further) was ignored once she'd served her purpose of helping Bella through the pregnancy, and as for the Volturi, there was a real potential for a dramatic and exciting climax with their arrival. But instead, they whimpered off embarrassed and apologetic. Rubbish.
Then there's Edward. Where the hell did he go in this book?
Don't even get me started on the gag-inducing Renesmee, who just summoned up images of annoyingly twee little girls that we all have to stand and adore when we actually want to pull their pigtails.
The main problem with Breaking Dawn is that it's poorly written. The whole thing about Bella hating indulgence (her embarrassment at driving around in an Aston Martin was slightly amusing if not unappreciative) smacked of contradiction when in the third book, references to how great she knew she looked in her designer clothes just eradicated that completely. Also, if Eclipse was about her having to make a decision between Jacob and Edward (humanity vs. immortality) then the sacrifices she chose to make became irrelevant when she was presented with an accepting father, perfect baby and her best friend whom she didn't have to give up after all. It's like Meyer forgot all about what she'd previously written.
But mostly, to fall in love with characters we want to meet again and again, there needs to be empathy. Whether vampire or human, we needed to be able to relate to Bella. We needed to cheer for her when she overcame very human difficulties such as grief, suffering or loss, and we needed to see her experience such emotions if we, as readers, were ever really warm to her. Meyer explored this to some extent in New Moon, but ultimately where was Bella's struggle? Everything she was worried about had a miraculous and easily obtained solution. Didn't everything just work out a little too eye-rollingly perfect? What Meyer actually created was a door to escapism, where everything is wonderful and everyone is beautiful, happy, loved and complete. That's essentially all Breaking Dawn is, so it shouldn't be dressed up as anything else, let alone connected in any way to the previous three novels in the series. Go into it with that in mind, and you will avoid disappointment.
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After reading the first 3 Twilight books in the grand total of about a week, I eagerly awaited Breaking Dawn and forced myself to pace the amount I was reading to make it last longer. However, I found that I took my time reading Breaking Dawn just because I couldn't keep up with it. Granted, I read the first book contained within the book in about a night, but after that I seemed to lose interest.
*Possible spoilers ahead.*
The plot, to keep with the theme of every single addition to the Twilight Saga, is thin, however I found this book's plot to be so far drawn out that Meyer might as well've not bothered with a plot at all.
Bella has yet to develop any likeable qualities, and Edward still does little more than dote upon Bella every single second or every single day. Whatever affable characteristics were still present in either of the main characters becomes tedious when all they do is have sex - Meyer even fades it out, the audience being too young and all. The reader does get to know Jacob more for what he is in the 2nd of 3 parts of this book, but towards the end of this part, the paedophilia begins and all the respect he earns for his morality and kindness is thrown completely to the wind.
Renesmee. She has her own separate category as she shouldn't even exist. What, in the name of all that is dear to this stupid world we all live in, were the ideas behind this `plot twist'? Bella cannot be pregnant. With Edward being technically dead, therefore inevitably unable to produce children with his own kind, how the hell can Bella become pregnant? Renesmee, as a character, is irritating and just plain boring to read about. Similarly to the frigging perfect `goddess' that conceived her, she is flawless, gifted in the opposite ways to her parents and even grows at a significant rate, which, considering she's technically half-dead, is quite an achievement. And guess what? Every character loves her! Even the new ones, introduced purely to add to the climax of the `big-bang' finale that never comes - I'm not even going to go into that. (The bad guys just walk away? They apologize? Yeah, that's right.)
Breaking Dawn totally erases any concepts put forth by the other 3 books, (I refuse to call them novels.) especially the struggle that took place in Eclipse, when perfect Bella realises that she cannot have everything she wants and has to choose which life she wants the most, either leaving her lacking in something important to her. Bella finally develops some maturity and chooses Edward, therefore losing Jacob, her parents and that side of her life; personally, I think this a good choice. Being a 17 year-old girl, I'm very partial to Edward's (constant) description. But Breaking Dawn totally dismisses this and gives everyone a happy ending. Bella, getting to keep both sides of her life now, because of Jacob's wolfy love of Renesmee binding his tribe with the Cullens and Bella's uncanny ability to be the perfect new born, essentially learns nothing.
Again following with the trend of each of the additions to this once-acceptable series, the characters with the most potential to be interesting and likeable are either ignored or just not looked into enough, mainly Jasper, who again takes a backseat in a story he could be such a big part of.
I dislike the morals and lessons associated with the close-to-non-existent story line. Breaking Dawn essentially tells young female readers that if you sit back and wait for long enough, bringing yourself down because you think you're ugly and clumsy, a knight in shining armour will come along, marry you, finally get serious with you, get you pregnant and then change you so you're like him. Then everything will sort itself out and you'll get a happy ending.
I realise that this review will probably receive a large amount of unhelpful votes, but my advice to anybody looking to buy Breaking Dawn is to not bother. Keep Eclipse as the final Chapter in Bella and Edward's story and leave them with some sort of pride in that they've both actually achieved something.
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Do yourself a favour and just skip this book.
If you're a fan of Twilight, chances are this book will leave you feeling very disappointed.
It's badly written, there is basically no plot, the characters are acting weird, things that happen contradict canon established in previous three books. And even though everything most fans assumed would happen happens, it's done in such a way that it doesn't make sense and leaves you screaming "Just what the hell was Meyer thinking?!"
The book is glorified fan fiction. And in fact - fan fiction did it better.
~ SPOILERS ~
Stop reading if you don't want to be spoiled.
There are so many things in this book that will annoy you:
1) Loch Ness Monster.
Yes, suddenly vampires can have babies.
Bella is all about having the kid all of a sudden.
Anti-abortion message is so strong and not subtle at all, even though the spawn is killing Bella and they have no idea *what* the spawn is, that you have to watch for all the anvils falling so they wouldn't hurt you.
They gave the kid the stupidest name ever: Renesmee. Seriously, if you name a kid like that you deserve to have it nicknamed after the Loch Ness Monster.
And not only that, but the baby is Sue born of Sue, so she's a special Mary Sue. Grows really fast and is extra smart. It's ridiculous!
2) Birth scene is disgusting!
Imagine if Alien met American Psycho.
And apparently it's OK to write such gruesome violent scenes, but sex is still a big NO-NO, and something that must fade to black.
3) Bruises are NOT sexy!
Rough sex is OK, nobody's a prude here.
But seriously people, Bella getting hurt. Edward freaking out because he doesn't want to hurt her again. And then have her BEG and CRY for more. It's pathetic.
The whole book is so anti-feminist that it will make your head hurt.
4) Imprinting on infants is not cool. No matter how many times you write it Stephenie it's still CREEPY AS HELL.
Lets ignore the whole imprinting in the first place, because that's disturbing as it is (taking free will away from someone and forcing a choice on them is not OK). How hard would it have been to leave Jacob and Leah grow closer and slowly fall in love?
But no, Jacob imprints on Nessie, and it just screams pedophilia. It might not be intended in that way. But it says the kid is growing rapidly and will become of age in 7 years. He will basically be sexin' a seven-year-old. It's disgusting!
One can only hope if this trainwreck of a book ever gets made into a movie they'll leave this part out!
5) Too many deux-ex-machina resolutions!
- Surprise! Vampires can't have kids, but vampire and a human on the other hand...
And lets bring some lameass vamps nobody heard of until now, even though they've been around for centuries and few of them have medical degrees.
- Surprise! No big fight (don't even get me start on that one!)! Bella saves the day with her special love shield!
- Surprise! Bella and Jacob got close just so he could imprint on her spawn and now everyone can live happily ever after!
6) Characters are just...there. Unless they're not.
Edward doesn't get much to do, and he sure as hell isn't dazzling in this book.
Jasper is hardly there (which just might be a good thing, because at least he didn't get butchered).
Rosalie is suddenly Bella's BFF and oh so happy for the baby, even though you'd expect her to be at least a bit pissed or angry that she can't have kids of her own.
Leah just disappears after Book 2.
Bella is more annoying than ever. And also a bigger Mary Sue than in previous books!
She gets Edward, wedding, a baby, Jacob as part of her family, everyone she loves lives, she has no problems controlling her urges as a new vampire, she saves the day by her special power, and is oh so gorgeous after being turned into a vampire. Edward even likes her more now when she's prettier (yes, it's so not superficial!)
She gets everything and sacrifices nothing.
There is no struggle, no sacrifice, no journey. You're just left wondering what makes her so special that she gets everything when other characters who lost more didn't get such a good deal.
I think most fans didn't expect too much from the last book: Edward/Bella wedding. Her turning into a vampire. Maybe learning how to adjust to her vamp powers and how to control the blood lust. Seeing Jake happy with someone. And some big showdown with the Volturi.
What we got was a Loch Ness Monster's affect on Vamps & Werewolves, and a message that if you get married young, save yourself for marriage and have babies right away - everything else will work itself magically out. Yay! /sarcasm
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