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| Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) | 
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Category: Book
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Studio: Little, Brown Young Readers
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
Label: Little, Brown Young Readers
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 768
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 2.5
ISBN: 031606792X
EAN: 9780316067928
ASIN: 031606792X
Publication Date: August 2, 2008
Release Date: August 2, 2008
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 Are you KIDDING me? December 3, 2008
10 out of 11 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 series December 3, 2008
0 out of 4 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 Series December 3, 2008
0 out of 6 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.
 Disappointed December 2, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The first few chapters were great. The wedding was beautiful, the honeymoon, all that, wonderful and you could feel the intense love between Edward and Bella again. But after that...pft...gone, all gone.
I was REALLY disappointed that she got pregnant. I got hooked on this series because of Twilight, because of the intense, albeit forbidden, love between Bella and Edward. The internal struggle that Edward faced everyday just to be near her. Wanting to be with her so badly, but the intense fear that his love may end up costing her her life. In BD we see Bella become TOTALLY entranced with becoming a mother, and then protecting that baby. I completely understand this as a mother myself....but this wasn't what I was hoping for. I wanted the same, love and passion as Twilight, ending with a marriage and all that comes with that.....that is how it should have ENDED. The baby totally screwed everything up for me. I didn't even mind Bella becoming a vampire early on. It really bothered me that the Edward and Bella relationship was TOTALLY left out of this novel after the honeymoon. It made me so sad. I am glad there was a happy ending, but I needed more Edward/Bella. I was also not happy with how Meyer changed Edwards character from the first 2 novels. She made him so self sacrificing and such a "goody goody", which is not all bad, but he is a VAMPIRE, and they are innately selfish creatures. Now, we saw from the beginning that Edward was not your typical vampire, capable of love and sacrifice, which is great and some of the reasons I loved him so much. But there WAS an element of selfishness to him (as he admitted in the first novel) because he could not stay away from Bella. I just hate that she changed him, he was perfect in Twilight. Maybe I need to read BD again to wrap my mind around it, but at this point, I am just disappointed....
Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer December 2, 2008
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
In her fourth book Stephanie Meyer continues to bring her writing
skills to higher levels using a rich variety of similes. She is a master
of making language flow. Each of her books captivates the reader
with her gift for language and how she handles the characters emotions.
She's a gifted writer.
I've even read her adult book "The Host" and she carries her use of
language to a high level it it as well.
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