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Breaking BadDecember 3, 2008 6 out of 6 found this review helpful
"Breaking Dawn" is the bestselling conclusion of Stephenie Meyer's vampire romance series. But is it worth it? Edward and Bella finally marry so they can do the deed (Bella wants her final human experience to be bedding Ed) At the wedding,werewolf Jacob Black warns her of what she might become. Edward has said numerous times "I'm a monster"--but Bella still wants to be a vamp.
"Breaking Dawn" has a few positive characteristics- The descriptive writing Some interesting premises-how would Edward,who's technically dead,be capable of fathering a child? That a lot of it is seen from Jacob's down-to-earth perspective. He's sympathetic,but in the end he gets downright creepy.
However,the negatives outweigh the positives- The wedding night results in Bella being terribly bruised. However,she wants more. Glorified abuse. Bella's willingness to protect her unborn daughter at the cost of her life isn't all that pro-life. The unborn child is demon spawn. The birth scene is traumatic,with Edward chewing Bella's belly open. Then,there's Jacob creepy "imprinting" on Edward and Bella's spawn.
Stephenie Meyer sacrifices the sensuality of the first novels with some bad writing when Edward and Bella finally consummate their relationship. Is Meyer trying to scare sensitive people away from sex and pregnancy? Her depictions of both are disgusting.
Bella,being the Uber-Mary Sue,becomes the Perfect Vampire. She doesn't have to learn self-control,she has the shield of "love",and she doesn't have to disconnect from her family. And now she has Jacob as her future son in-law.
The "final battle" with the Volturri is overrated. Enough said.
"Breaking Dawn" is breaking bad. It's unfilmable compared to the photogenic "Twilight." "Breaking Dawn" is horrific.
Good, but a departure from previous booksDecember 3, 2008 4 out of 5 found this review helpful
To be frank, I was really disturbed by Breaking Dawn. I consider myself to be an avid Twilight fan. I own all of Stephenie Meyer's books and am an obsessed teenage girl a.k.a. the typical Twilight fan. However, Breaking Dawn was dissapointing. It is not a bad book, but the story veers off in a direction I did not see coming at all. I won't spoil it but I found myself not wanting to know what happened next. I actually stopped reading in the middle and had to drag myself back. The book is divided into three parts. The first is narrated by Bella, who seems way more mature than she did in any previous book. There are some explicit scenes between Bella and Edward that are a departure from the chaste tween appropriate scenes in previous books. Stephenie Meyer must not realize that some of her audience might not have gotten "the talk" yet and parents will need to give it after their child reads Breaking Dawn. The middle is narrated by Jacob Black (who gets kind of annoying after about a hundred pages.) Alice has almost no part in the entire book and the annoying Rosalie plays a major part. Carlisle does some stupid and undoctorly things and the entire middle of the book is painful to read. The last third is narrated by Bella thankfully. She can be annoying but after a couple hundred pages of Jacob she is a welcome relief. This part of the book also contains some more explicit Edward and Bella scenes. The final fight to the death end all scene is anticlimactic and predictable. It just turns out to be a lot of kind of pointless talking. I felt really sad when I read Breakilng Dawn because I expected so much more. I really wanted to love this book but just couldn't bring myself to enjoy it. When I speak to my friends who are also Twi-hards they are also upset by the book so I know I am not the only one. If you have read the rest of the series you should read Breaking Dawn if for no other reason than just to see how it all ends. This review is just a warning that this book is kind of strange and you might be very dissapointed if you. like me, have come to love Bella and the Cullens.
Are you KIDDING me?December 3, 2008 11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I read all four of the books in this series (I categorically refuse to call them a saga) this week. I wanted to like them - I'd heard the phrase "move over Harry Potter" on numerous occasions; I was actually excited. I have an open mind when it comes to teen lit. I don't expect Hemmingway or Hardy; I can overlook certain....holes in writing technique. But I've read Harlequin romance novels that were better written than this tripe.
I almost don't know where to start with all of the problems with this book. I sort of enjoyed the first three. As I said, I'm generous with these kinds of books. They were a bit short on plot for me to have really become a fan, and the Edward/Bella romance fell way short of believable. Ms. Meyer never actually explains why they love each other. The best we get is that Bella intrigues Edward because she smells good and he can't read her mind (!!!???!!!) and Bella loves Edward because he's BEAUTIFUL. Right. OK. I can live with that kind of shallow simplicity.
What I can't live with is that Ms. Meyer suddenly changed all the rules that SHE set up. I'm supposed to believe that Edward is suddenly capable of FATHERING A CHILD. He has no blood, he has no heartbeat. He doesn't even have to breathe, but he has live semen? You have to be joking.
Next and worst of all is what happens to the characters. They are barely recognizable in book 4. Bella is not interesting as a vampire. Her character is difficult to like to begin with. The fact that she is clumsy, drives an old truck and plays maid for her father isn't anywhere near enough to make up for the fact that she used Jacob's love as a sort of....painkiller until Edward came back. Maybe it's just me but I found that dynamic dreadfully cruel and I already disliked her for it. But as a vampire she is just unbearable.
Frankly, I don't understand why Bella had to be so...infallible. Ms. Meyer spent chapters describing in detail that new vampires turn into monsters - only to have Bella completely escape such a fate. In fact, she maintains almost all of her humanly characteristics (well, except her personality. That most definitely goes by the way-side) after she becomes a vampire.
But Ms. Meyer's worst crime is against Jacob. His is the only character that I actually genuinely liked. And in order for everyone to have their happy ending, he imprints on an INFANT for crying out loud? BELLA'S infant. Yuck.
Breaking Dawn is poorly written, the plot is nearly non-existent and it completely ruins anything that had been good about the first three in the series. Save your time - I wish I had.
Slightly dazed and baffled but glad......I finished the seriesDecember 3, 2008 0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Okay so here's my spoiler free review. I went and saw the movie and immediately afterwards, I ran out and bought the first book Twilight. I'm so glad I did. Meyer's writing is captivating and the book was a page turner. Less than a week later, I had managed to read all four. In Breaking Dawn there were twists and turns and ups and downs all the way through. Moments that made me scratch my head and grit my teeth but I hung in there like a faithful fan should. I felt I owed it to myself and to Stephanie Meyer who has given me the most delightful and thrilling reading experience that I've had in a long time probably ever. The first three novels thrilled me and touched me in such a way that I almost felt that I could just forgive a disjointed ride through a fourth.
I will tell you as a thirty-something teacher that I want to encourage parents to consider reading it through before you let your pre-teens and young teens read it because it is a departure from the first three books in terms of introducing some adult themes and content. In defense of Meyers, I think she handles these themes with a huge amount of decorum and sensitivity for her teenaged readers. In any case, judge for yourself if it is appropriate for them to read or if it may require some discussion. Sorry, that's just the high school teacher in me.
I'm already zipping through the first three books again. Another first for me but I honestly have to tell you that I don't plan to read Breaking Dawn again any time soon even though I'm so glad that I did. If the early books have done anything similiar for you, go ahead and commit to the fourth and make your own judgements. I promise you at the end of the day you will feel some sense of closure and exhilaration at having experienced such a surreal and inspiring love story that is already cherished by so many people worldwide.
Best Book in Twilight SeriesDecember 3, 2008 0 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book was my favorite out of the Twilight Series. I loved the others, but I could not put this one down. I wish they'd make a movie out of it, although it'd have to be 3 hours long and difficult to make. I am not able to get this book out of my head... it was definitly the best book I've ever read.
