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Eclipse (Spanish Edition)

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Eclispse, the much anticipated (maybe by just me of course) sequel in the Twilight Saga, was worth the wait. The story picks up where the last one left off..Edward has returned to Forks, Washington to his true love, Bella Swan. Bella is close to graduating, and becoming the one thing that she desires...a vampire. Edward is struggling daily to make her reconsider her decision and keep her "humanity", believing that she should have the choice, which is one that he never did. Meanwhile, Jacob Black, Bella's best friend (who happens to be a werewolf) is struggling with his the knowledge that Bella wants to be a vampire, and that he is hopelessly in love with her. While all of these issues are at the forefront of the novel, there are other underlying problems like Bella's clumsiness; a secret society of vampires who want her to become immortal; a suspected serial killer, who may potentially be a newly turned vampire killing in Seattle; an old arch enemy whose sole desire is Bella's death; an uneasy alliance between the werewolves and the vampires; and Bella's pending acceptances to colleges. And finally what makes this novel so endearing and enjoyable is that underneath it all, there is a simple story of young love and sacrifice.

In my opinion, what I found to be most compelling about the story is Meyer's ability to make Jacob Black appear to potentially be better for Bella than Edward! Of course, Edward has stated on more than one occassion that "Bella's happiness is the most important thing to him whether that means being with him or not", but for the first time I really started to consider what life would be if Bella was with Jacob instead of Edward? Afterall, she would not have to give up "anything", while becoming a vampire she would. Perhaps this love triangle was just what Meyer intended. When we were introduced to Jacob in the first book, it appeared that he would be in the same league as Mike, a character mentioned, but not critical to the storyline. However, when we were reintroduced to him in Book 2, and we saw him rescue Bella from heartbreak, we knew that he was a force to be reckoned with. Now he is such a strong character, that my heart simply went out to him in the final chapter, and I found myself liking him more than Edward. (It even made me think of Buffy, Spike and Angel...on some level, because in the end, you really weren't sure which guy is best, especially since they are so willing to sacrifice their happiness for hers).

What I also like about Meyer's series is that although I am well in my 30's, I really enjoyed this well written and clean story. Although I read other paranormal romances, full of sex and violence, this is one that I could give a young reader and not feel bad about. There are definately undertones and hints eluding to sex, but it isn't so overwhelming in the story that it becomes the story (a la Laurell Hamilton), and nothing else. This is a story that even without the sex was good and enjoyable.

I can't wait until the next one comes out, and I definately can not wait to see what happens to Bella, Jacob or Edward.

I couldn't wait to get this book, driving to the bookstore the moment they opened. I had read the first 2 books and LOVED them so much, that I read them in one week!!!!
So, I had great expectations for this book and I would say that it was a page turner as well, until the last couple hundred pages. The storyline was so disappointing in the end. The author developed Bella into a fickle and hypocritical girl who ultimately betrays Edward (the person she is supposed to love)and takes her character to this girl who is loose with her affections and betraying everyone! I really feel like the storyline did not have to go this way. It would have been better to have Bella be torn between her friendship and her love, but to ultimately have Bella become a "floosy" (for lack of a better word) betrayer of love...........it was heartbreaking and disappointing.
I was such an advocator of these novels - telling everyone I knew that these books were about the best love story I had ever read......but I just have some honest issues with the way Bella's character ended up as this less than noble girl who violates trust and hurts everyone around her. It was unnecessary because the story was wonderful without that painful development. It was so upsetting to me to have invested so much time and heart into reading this series and to be so disappointed. I was yelling at the book in the end. There's nothing like blazing through 600 pages and feeling disappointed in the end.............I wish I would have never read book 3 and I will not be reading book 4 (I read that it will be out in late 2008). I really don't care to read anymore about Bella and Jacob. Edward and Bella were the best part of the books. Jacob was better left as a friend. The whole part of Bella making out wiht Jacob made me really upset with the author - so very unnecessary.
No book 4 for me. :(

This series already started out INCREDIBLY cheesy. I have never understood the huge fanbase these books have developed. I chose to read this book only because I don't like to not finish a series; however, within the first chapter of this novel, I was rolling my eyes at the awful cheesiness of this novel. Bella is obsessed with Edward, and not in a kind of healthy loving relationship way either. Basically, this book sets unrealistic standards for girls everywhere. Jacob is the only believable character in the ENTIRE novel, and then he ends up being the one who can never win.

If Stephanie Meyer wants this series to be truly successful, then she needs to cut the cheese and start aiming the series at an older audience. She's already headed in that direction anyway. Perhaps it will give her a chance to actually make up for the awfulness of the rest of the series.

This book and its companions came highly recommended by several people. In addition to the books being on the New York Times best sellers list I figured I was in for a treat. Imagine my surprise when I found them to be the worst books I have ever read! I have absolutely no idea why these books are so popular. Eclipse was particularly awful, the worst of the three by far.

Generally, the writing is simplistic and uninteresting. The characters are scarcely more than stick figures. The "heroine" is whiny, weak, and illogical. The plot is predictable and resembles an old fashion "bodice ripper". There is very little character or plot development.

Specifically, there is no real reason ever given why Edward falls so deeply in love with Bella other than her blood is exceptionally aromatic. There is no reason for Bella to be in love with Edward other than he is really really good looking. How shallow and boring! I do not buy into or care about their relationship at all. Bella is a very forgettable and boring character. I kept wishing the bad guy/gal would rip out her throat. I grew tired of the "clumsy girl in distress" plot line.

These books could have been really good, but the author has little skill and even less imagination.

I came hungry for a feast, but came away with little more than a Twinkie.

i loved the 1st book and the second was okay in the end i thought. but the third was too complicated with jacob i think it should have just been left as a friendship and nothing more. also the epiloge was not much of an epiloge and left lost to be desired

I tried this series on the recommendation of others who have read it. I'm completely disappointed.

I can see the appeal, most definitely, but Bella has to be one of the most immature 18 year olds I've read about. Edward, for me, is about as flat a character as a pancake, and even after reading three of the books, I still can't see or understand the attraction between these two. Bella is willing to give up her soul to eternal damnation for Edward based upon his smile, his eyes and his marble-hard body, and because he can cause her heart to skitter? Maybe I'm too much of a realist, which may explain why, when I read this series, I'm in a perpetual state of eyeroll. It may also explain why I constantly want to hit Bella upside the head.

I understand that the author's studied literature, which forms the basis for many of the characterizations and material we read in this series, but honestly, there's no depth to the characters or the story. It's page upon page of endless, immature, emotional torture, all told from Bella's perspective as a girl blinded by what, in her mind, she calls love. And I'm disappointed in Charlie for his indifference to Bella. He seems more like a plot device rather than a concerned father, placed within the stories simply because a father figure was needed to round them out.

Jacob is the only character who shows depth (and realistic thinking and emotion), and while his actions toward the end of the book made me do a major "huh?", he's become the sole reason I intend to finish reading the series. In short, that's a lot of money I've spent in favor of one, single, solitary character. What a waste of time and dollars.

Bella Swan has to be the most tedious character ever created. I did enjoy book one-but this series is one note, and that note has gotten OLD. I'm surprised girls relate to someone who does nothing on her own, allows herself to be babysat, is in a foul mood most of the time, and has no identity except in relation to two guys. The endless hand wringing and self flagellation wore me out. I trudged through this one, but that's it for me.

. . . I really don't like Bella. I don't want to say that if you're a writer, your protagonist necessarily has to be a role model, but I feel that these books send a horrible message to the young girls that they're being marketed at. Bella doesn't seem to have any redeeming attributes at all.
She is portrayed as weak, co-dependent, and frankly unstable. Edward leaves and she enters a fugue state until he comes back? She can't function without Edward? She'd rather die than live without him? Her life has no meaning if he's not in it? What the hell?
This book particularly infuriated me, what with the whole Edward and Alice keeping her hostage and forbidding her to see Jacob, because it's not safe, she might get hurt, she doesn't know any better. The Cullens treat her like some kind of mentally handicapped porcelain doll . . . and Bella lets them!
I'm definitely in the Pro-Jacob column. He's ten times the man Edward is, in the sense that he treats Bella like a person, rather than a possession. He lets her make her own decisions, lets her have fun, and lets her be real.
I'm torn on who I want her to end up with. I would like Jacob to be happy, and I'd love to see him one-up Edward, but he deserves way better than Bella. Let her go off with Edward, they're both freaks.
While I'm definitely looking forward to the next book, I have a feeling I'm not going to like how this turns out.

I just find these books insulting to vampires, werewolves and humans everywhere. The vampires are creepy, the werewolves are written like villians and the humans look like petty teenagers. Um-NO! We teenagers have minds of our own. We aren't flocks of geese that act and look alike. Humans in these books sound like children that can't think for themselves. And the only human that isn't characterized as a petty teenager is going to die to become something perfect because being human isn't enough for her. Excuse me, WHAT'S SO WRONG WITH BEING FLAWED AND HUMAN, BELLA? Some role model you are for girls. Fall in love and commit suiside if that guy is stupid enough to leave you. Be a selfish whimp like Bella. That will get you far in life.

Antes de nada, quiero advertir que la versión Spanish de este libro es una traducción mejicana, lo que hace que sea algo extraña en expresiones para los lectores españoles. No es inteligible, pero si a veces choca en sus expresiones de tiempo. Si lo hubiera sabido igual no los habría comprado, por eso lo advierto.
Este libro me gustó bastante. Al igual que Crepusculo y luna nueva, lo volví a leer en cuanto acabé con el último.
Libro intenso en aventura y romance.