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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Oh, sadness..., June 1, 2009
It actually took me some time to define my opinion about this book. There are so many people who hate it (seems like about a third of those who have read Twilight series) and even more of those who love it. Few are in between.
Although I haven't been a Twilight die-hard fan, I enjoyed books 1-3 quite a bit. Just like everybody else, I skipped through them propably in a week. I never disillusioned myself about SM's quality of writing, but yet, we all have to admit, there is something about these books that just draws you in.
And then, I started reading Breaking Dawn. I didn't have any kind of high expectations, but like everybody else, I knew there were things that were destined to happen based on the story lines of previous three books (just the same way we knew that, let's say, Harry Potter would take a stand against Voldemort). This things were: wedding, consummation (don't lie to yourself, this is what we all were looking forward to!), Bella becoming a vampire, Volturi's claim on Alice, Edward and Bella.
All these were touched upon in BD, but the that was all, just a touch. These events never became a focal point of the plot of the last book in the series. All these issues did come up and were resolved instantly, without any hesitation or struggle. Nobody opposed the wedding; wedding night went almost without a hitch, lacked romance, intimacy, or any kind of details; Bella became the bestest vampire ever and never experienced bloodthirst everybody was warning her about.
So what is left to drive the story? This is where comes in the craziest, most absurd and illogical "twist" that so many fans defend - Renesmee (did I spell this right?). Her existance didn't make any sense, her presence killed the romance story we all loved so much.
Impossible pregnancy aside, what surprised and disappointed me the most about this last installment was total lack of any kind of believable conflict (peaceful Volturi standoff instead), but abandance of useless narrative (J.Jenks storyline, Jacob'Seth'Leah endless patrols, numerous new vampires with special talents nobody cared about).
I won't go as far as to rate this book at 0 or 1. There were few entertaining scenes, and the book did give some semblance of closure. But this closure was similar to the one you get from reading fanfiction. Yes, it shows you your favorite characters happy, but you know it's not the real thing, the real book would have been so much better and truer to the story. But unfortunately, we will never read that "real" Breaking Dawn.
Many fans defend this books saying that this is SM's story and she wrote it the way she wanted it to be written. That's fine, but looks like this story of hers wasn't all that good.
The saddest thing about Breaking Dawn is that it managed to alienate so many dedicated fans. I've never heard of such a thing before, honestly. It pains me to see how many fans now try to find solace in making fun of SM and the entire series. Very sad...
Breaking Dawn could have cemented S. Meyer as a great storyteller, instead, this book exposed her (in my opinion) as an extremely weak writer. What does future hold for her? I think next book will be vital in her career. Hopefully rumors about "cannibal mermaids" books on the boards are not true...
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Broken Hearts, June 5, 2009
I had already written a review for the hardback but I will write yet another since Amazon has decided to dismiss the same reviews for the SAME book..
When I was reading this, I'll admit, I was thrilled I had finally gotten my hands on Breaking Dawn. I was like Bella, a teenager in love with Edward and Jacob--as much as any fan of the series could be. But this book has undone absolutely everything the 3 before it created. All the characterizations, the foreshadowing, plots, everything that should have happened did not--or if it did, was so mashed up that the story looked like it had just been scrawled on a page and then typed As-Is with no look-over from an editor. Did they even read this before wasting trees? (Think GREEN people)
In chapter 3 I decided this book was going to make me cry. On page 360 I did indeed. The spell of the sparkling-fangless-vampires was broken! I was freed from their manicured, sweater-wearing stupidity! Nevertheless, I continued my path into the depths of a bad LSD trip on it's pages.
Edward became a useless backround character who ripped pillows. Bella became an idiot in heels. Jake howled. Alice ran. It was not good.
And how Meyer defends "imprinting" is just frustrating.
*SPOILER* The idea that werewolves are now forever pedilphiles is just stomache-turning. EWWWW. I LOVED Jacob, I won't deny how I was a Jacob fangirl. I honestly was Team Jacob(even though I knew it would never happen except in fanfiction) But now, I want to yell when I think of him and his nasty fate! NO BABY DEMON SPAWN! If my exboyfriend ever wanted to marry my minute-old babe I would castrate him then and there and be done. Ew SM. EWW. There is no excuse for your ickyness. It is not "ok" because it magically changes to sexual attraction overnight. Ew.
SM is anything but a "clever" storyteller. No more worshipping every repeatitive sentence S.M. types. Chargine chargine angst angst angst. Anne Rice is still and will forever be known as the Queen of Vampires. Meyer's work compared to Rice's is fanfiction (not the good kind) --on crack. And in my opinion, she shared her drugs with her publisher.
My word:
The series ended with Eclipse. And if you want to save yourself $ then the story ended with Twilight as it ORIGINALLY had been intended.
Thank you stores for your return policy.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Is this really considered good?, June 10, 2009
well, I love the first three, I want to ask my fellow readers where is the work for Bella and Edward. Their spines were lost somewhere between the third and the fourth books. What is the point to a story where a nice neat bow is wrapped around the entire cullen/ forks happy meal. I mean Stephenie Meyers has jumped the shark. Unless meyers is setting up for another series, with Nessie as the lead character, All those trees that died to make Breaking dawn died for nothing. I felt like I was reading a really really really lond fanfiction . I mean she is suppose to have a English degree. PLEASE AVOID THIS BOOK.
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