Spoilers contained here... so, don't read on IF you haven't read the book & are planning on it!
The experience: I went with sisters & their friends to wait at the Idaho Falls Barnes & Nobles (I was in Rexburg for the weekend) for the midnight release of Breaking Dawn....and it was silly-fun! (pics to come) We were definitely the minority, most of the fans there were young teen girls decked in prom garb. But we wore our homemade "Bite me Edward" tees with pride and cheered with the rest of them when the clock struck 12. When we finally had our books in hand we raced to the car to devour its contents, Maren and I stayed up till 5 am reading but had to stop for some sleep. Then picked it back up at 8am and finished by dinner. This one is LONG - like nearly 800 pages!!!
The review: The book itself I did like, but had a hard time getting through it. Disappointing, for sure. It seemed that Stephanie Meyers was writing more about action rather than interaction. I always loved the relationships in her books and how she explores them, but this time there was a lot of bizarre situations (even for vampires and werewolves). The characters sort of take on new personalities (2-dimensional at that) and I didn't like it. Some characters were missing almost all together (did Jasper have even one line?). Halfway thought the book Edward sort of becomes invisible, and Bella takes on a new personality. They are still in love, but somehow it is not the same.
The middle portion is written from Jacob's perspective, which I found extremely hard to get through. I was also very disappointed that our heroin eventually gets everything she wants. The whole point of the Twilight saga was that Bella had to choose, that she couldn't have it all and she had to make a choice between family, friends, love, etc.
From the very beginning I was distracted, thinking of all those young (as young as 10 yrs old) girls that were at the release party who were now reading the steamy honeymoon chapters. Yikes! I had heard rumors that the publishers were debating posting an age rating (15 or 16) warning of violence & mature subject matter. I AGREE that this is N-O-T a 'youth' novel. Be aware!
Breaking Dawn ties loose ends up, but in an over the top way...makeing "happily ever after" an understatement. All-in-all I did like the book, mostly because it finally put an end to the anticipation. My favorite parts were the chapters comprising Bella's transformation, the beginning wedding scene, and the closing moment. Also, I liked that she had powers, but I thought Stephanie would work Bella's weird and constant 'nightmares' into her vampness somehow. Maybe I missed something. There is so much more I could say, but won't...but I will say this: I am going to read it again in a week to see if my opinion changes. I give it 3 of 5 stars...Twilight will always outshine the others in my opinion.
Those of you who have read the book, comment and let me know what you thought of the book!
5 comments:
I thought the Jacob stuff was a bit hard to get through, but I really liked the book. I like happy endings, and I still think Bella didn't get everything she wants. (Renee)
But, I'd read dirt if Edward was a part of it.
I will say that the book wasn't anything like I thought it would be at first. I didn't really enjoy the Jacob section but I don't know how she would have written that part from Bella's perspective. It probably took me half the book to really get into it. After that though I really enjoyed it. I did miss some of the relationship stuff but we know how they feel by now and the point was more of how Bella adjusts to this new life I think. With so much of the emotion missing it wasn't as sensual of a book as I think the third one was. If the parents of those young girls let them read Eclipse then they weren't really going to be shocked with Breaking Dawn. Me personally wouldn't want my 10-13 year old reading any of these books just because they deal so much with the emotions involved and not the physical. That to me makes them almost more iffy. The emotions are what bring about the physical. That is just me though. I really enjoyed the book by the end. Like Hayley I enjoy a happy ending and this one had it.
Ok so this was really long, sorry!
I haven't actually read this post yet. I just finished the first Twilight Book on our trip and I loved it! I'm so excited for the movie. On to book 2!
I really want to see your pics of your shirts.
Also I loved the book because I am a sappy romantic and I actually like it more the second time.
Sar, I finally finished the book just barely and finally am reading your Breaking Dawn post. I can't believe I avoided spoilers this whole time. I had a hard time getting through the part of the book by Jacob too. It was not at all what I thought this book would be, plus I kept figuring out what was going to happen, like how Jacob imprinted on Renesemee or however her weird name is spelled. Over all, it was an alright book, and I'm glad I'm not wondering how it will end. Just not what I thought is all!
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