The final "chapter" was very much aniticipted and not a disappointment in any way. The fact that each of these books is strangely compelling not withstanding, the finale was very well executed. There were a few dead ends, but the real climax was satisfying and the ending made you think that there could be a continuation of the series - and you want that. Strange at it may seem, this series is very addictive. You really want the "Twilight" series to continue. You care about the characters. That, in the final anyalisis is the true gift this author has. She writes about chararcters you want to care about and you do. You want to know what happened to them. Initially I was involved with the comparison between Meyer and Rawlins, but they could be twins - so what! It's the work that makes the impact and you can't help but care about characters in the Twilight series. I think that's the best part of her books. These are characters that you get into a relationship with. For every reader it might be different. Personally, I'd like to see what Jason's relationship with the baby turns into. You just have to read all the books if you want to know what that means.Read full review
This was an excellent ending to an excellent series by Stephenie Meyers. Breaking Dawn, part of the Twilight series, Began with Bella and Edwards wedding. From all the descriptions, it was a beautiful wedding. During the reception of this wedding, the conflict is brought in, by the name of Jacob Black. He is overly outraged at the fact Bella plans to get intimate with Edward before she is changed Into a vampire. Bella leaves for her honeymoon with her and Jacob presently on bad terms. On this beatiful, island set honeymoon, Bella becomes pregnant with Edward Child. This child quickly grows, becoming more noticed by the day. Bella and Edward return to Forks, Edward planning for Bella to have an abortion. Bella Refuses, and enlists the help of Rosalie to protect her decision from being swayed. Bella has Jacob come and see her, and he is depressed at the sight of her, being sallow and pale, with a bulging belly. Jacobs pack is frightened at the prospect at what this child may be. They want to destroy this abomination they know nothing of, which upsets Jacob. He leaves the pack, becoming his own leader, and with two followers, Seth and Leah Clearwater. He patrolls the Cullen house, protecting Bella from any wolves that want to come to hurt her. One night, Bella bends over, and starts going into labor. The child, too big for her, breaks her body, killing her slowly. After Edward extracts the child, he injects Bella and bites her, letting his venom into her. Jacob then sees the child, and instantly imprints. Bella falls in love with her vampire self, instantly suprising everybody with her self control. One day, while out hunting with her daughter Renesmee, who is now in the form of a child, She is spotted by a vampire of the Denali clan, who runs of to Italy to tell the volturi. The cullens find this out, and ask around all the vampires they can to be witnesses, in case the volture decide to attack. I call this a climax without the O, because the end leads you to believe there is going to be a fight over renesmee, between the wolves with the cullens and other vampires, against all of the volturi. Unfortunately, this doesn't happen. They end on seemingly good terms, which was a major put off. Even Rowling was brave enough to kill off a few of her key roles. This would have hurt many of the twilight readers, of course, but it would have put a lot more passion into it as well. All in all this was a good read, and I will read it again and again, for I am a true twilight fan. The only complaint, is i didn't get the O at the end of the climax.Read full review
I really enjoyed this book, although not as much as the first 3. In the begining you got the satisfaction of finally getting Bella's and Edwards marriage and subsuquent honeymoon (Once again done in good taste parents). Events durring the honeymoon lead to events that 1) finally make Bella and Rosalie friends, 2) lead to Bella's death and subsuquent changing into a vampire, 3) Jacob finally letting go of Bella (but we are happy for him), 4) the Volturi deciding to "bring the Cullens to justice for their crimes" (they are scared of the Cullens and just looking for a fight), and finally 5) we get to meet a LOT of other vampires. I didn't mind the ending, in fact I was rather fond of it. If you've enjoyed the series up to this point, definatly finish it up and enjoy. Stephine Meyer has said in an interview that she is already halfway through another book titled "Midnight Sun, Twilight." It is Twilight rewritten from Edward's point of view. You can check out the first chapter on Meyer's website here... http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/pdf/midnightsun_chapter1.pdfRead full review
This is really interesting for me, as I was really impressed with Twilight. My MOM loved Twilight. I didn’t even really need a sequel. The second one (is that New Moon?) I didn’t even finish. It wasn’t that I hated it, I just wasn’t interested. I don’t think I even got 3 chapters into it. And then, I started hearing all these really terrible reviews about the successive books, and then hearing all about the rabid fans (aka LKH), and I was happy I didn’t board that boat when it left. I will always like Twilight, but I am absolutely content not reading the rest of them.
After reading Eclipse, I was expecting Meyer to tie loose ends and explain why Bella loves Edward and vice versa besides both looking beautiful to the other. She never did. There were 13 pages dedicated to the description of Bella's birth scene that went on forever. It could have been nicely described within 2 pages the most. Taking up 13 pages to tell the reader that Bella endured unimaginable pain and how black and dark everything was...is just too much. Meyer had a tendency to overuse the word "grimace" in her previous books. Now this one she toned it down a little. However, she got to overusing the words, "flank" and "hover" or "hovering." Slightly irksome, but not unforgivable. The suspense was good, but all that built up led to nothing. It was like a tide you saw coming but dissolved into thin air before you could even ride it. The ending was flat. Bella changed without describing the progress--it was very abrupt. The way Bella was describing her ache for Edward's physical love, one would think she was a one-dimensional character with no other aspirations, desire or side to her character. "I'd been planning on needing years just to somewhat organize the overwhelming passion I felt for him physically." Then weeping and throwing a fit because he refused to make love to her? I see Meyer's development in writing and that's wonderful. The beginning was very good and certain parts of the book were very well written. Overall though, it was disappointing. Others may find it a totally great read; it depends on your view. Other then that, I love the series. My favorite will always be Twilight. I think you should still read Breaking Dawn though, to see for yourself.Read full review
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