Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)

After reading all of the reviews I thought I would break down and write my own. I came into the Twilight world by chance and like almost everyone who has read Twilight, I too fell in love and finshed the whole series in less then two weeks. I laughed, cried and like some cringed. Despite the cringing, I loved Breaking Dawn, I loved the wedding, I loved their honeymoon, and I loved that Bella and Edward were going to have a "little nudger!!" The whole pregnacy and birth was a little crazy but the whole idea of a girl falling in love with a vampire, then marrying one, then becoming one is a little crazy. I'm glad even vampires can learn that one time is all it takes!! As far as the happy ending, it took Bella three previous books to get her happy ending, the fighting, Edward leaving, more fighting I was glad they got to be together in the end. People wanted a big fight to happen, but if Alice or Carlise or someone else were to have died people would of been mad with that too. As for Jacob imprinting on the "little nudger" I have to say I was happy with that too, happy that Jacob was happy and was finally over Bella. Like I said before some of the things were a little crazy but overall I was happy and I WISH Meyer would take us back there again sometime, we all need a happy ending sometimes!!

After seeing the move I fell in love with the Twilight story. I got all four books four Christmas, I could put the first three down, I was done reading them in a week. Then I got to Braking Dawn, what a disappointment .I still haven't finished it. I keep skipping pages because it got so boring .I what a redo of the ending. After the wedding why cant Jacob kidnapped Bella or something? After the kiss she shared with him I was hoping there would be more to their story! This book almost runs the whole Twilight series for me! And that imprint thing is just weird and almost gross. If the movie series continue I hope for a different ending.

I finally decided to read Twightlight and was entranced. So I went out and got the other books and did enjoy New Moon and Eclipse. However, what a disappointment Breaking Dawn was. I totally agree with all of the negative reviews. It is like the characters are not themselves in this book. I can't even picture Edward and Bella, they seem to be strangers. Also, the baby story line is very strange.

I am an avid and, for the most part, uncritical, reader. I enjoy books for what they are. I decided to read Twilight knowing that it was a teen vampire romance novel. (I am a high school history teacher and I kept confiscating so many of the books during class that I figured they must be pretty good.) So although I found Bella rather whiney and annoying (I'm personally not much of a romantic either, so that factored in), some of the other characters extremely flat - I mean, yes, I get it that Charlie is a small-town sheriff who can't possibly understand Bella's angst, but does he really just watch "the game" every night? - and the writing sophomoric, the story itself was compelling and I was really interested in what happened next.

Then came New Moon. OH MY LORD! I don't know how many times I had to restrain myself from throwing the book across the room! Just shut up about the "pain" - if I never see that word in print again it will be too soon! I managed to plow through it and get to Eclipse. By that time I was almost completely disgusted with the anti-feminist nature of the book and virtually every, single female character. I read it the way people drive by car wrecks - I didn't want to but I couldn't help it. And then I got to Breaking Dawn.......

During a screening of Gone With the Wind - my all time favorite book and movie - a Civil War historian said that Scarlett's costumes were so awful that the Paris designers should retire to a cave for prayer and fasting. That is exactly what poor, poor J.K. Rowling should do until people stop comparing the utter drivel that makes up these four books to her Harry Potter series. I won't bother to restate all the awful things that other reviews have discussed here - breaking her own canon, the awful writing, the insane plot that where nothing really happens anyway (which is so bizarre). It is just so frustrating to me that a series which started with such a compelling story - and could have been fascinating - turned into a a vampire version of the Stepford wives. I have three real problems with the books.

1. Every single female character in this book is completely defined by her relationships with men and/or her children. Not one of them has any other motivating factor for anything they do. (Maybe Alice and Bella's friendship - but that's it) Esme commits suicide because her baby dies, Rosealie's desire in life is to be the perfect hostess and mother in her perfect McMansion, Alice is placed in an institution (hers could have been the most interesting story but we never hear why), Bella moved to Forks so her mom can run off to be with her ball playing husband, Jessica wants to date Mike, even Victoria is motivated by revenge for the killing of her mate James. Good Lord! And don't even let me get started on the "wolf girls" and the whole imprinting concept. Or the fact that Bella's dad all but congratulates Jacob for forcing her to kiss him. Ick!! Ick!! Ick!! Don't any of these women have any kind of outside interests at all? What are they interested in? What do they do all day? I overlooked Bella's lack of interests or interesting qualities in the first book because I assumed (wrongly, obviously) that she would develop more as the series progressed.
2. Ms. Meyer never truly shows us just WHY Edward and Bella love each other so deeply. Yes, we all know that he is BEAUTIFUL and that she is adorably klutzy and smells amazing. So..., um, is that it? I mean, really? What do they like about each other? The only thing they ever talk about is their undying, everlasting, immortal love. Damn! You all are IMMORTAL - I'd find another topic of conversation or it's going to be a looooong millineum.
3. The writing is really not very good. In fact, it's trite and melodramatic. Again, I overlooked it in the first book - especially as this was a story of "no one understands us and our love" teen angst - assuming that it would improve as the series went on. IT GOT WORSE! Seriously - someone should create a drinking game based on these books. Every time someone growls, groans, cringes, makes a noise in the back of their throats, glares, dazzles, sparkles, everyone has to take a shot. Everyone at the party will be passed out in the floor before the end of the first chapter. Double shots everytime Bella falls down, mentions Edward's eyes, or how cold and smooth (but always BEAUTIFUL) his skin is.

This whole series is a waste of a great opening story/idea. I wish Ms. Meyer would give the whole thing to an author who can really write and see what happens then!!

I loved this book. I was happy that Bella and Edward got everything they wanted. For those who did not like it, get over it, it's a fiction novel! They had enough hardship throughout other books. Also they didn't get off easily in this book. They had all that anticipation and preparation for big fight with Volturi. I could not stop reading with anticipation.
I was little bit disappointed how Bella turned into the vampire. Reading the previous novels I thought that it would be romantic, may be on their wedding night. I thought that it would be passionate. But I got over it because Edward was against Bella becoming a vampire from the beginning, he didn't want to do it. He was putting it off. By turning her into vampire to save her life was a logical way to save his soul. By biting her to save her life he was proving that he was good, not evil.
I like that the characters did not have sex before they got married. I love that Edward was the one that resisted the temptation and was putting it off for after the marriage. Also Bella was not certain if she wanted to get married at eighteen. She loved Edward more than anything in the world, but she was not sure about marriage, she wanted to wait.
I missed Bella almost fainting when Edward was kissing her in this book. Their relationship had to move forward. You could sense the build up that was leading to the s.e.x but it was not described. You just knew that it was over the top, wild. I love the way Stephanie hinted it in the book.
I like that Jacob had a happy ending too. I like that mortal enemies can become friends. You can even resolve most complicated problems and feuds if you willing to work on it. It was little bit wired that Jacob was destined for Bella and Edward's daughter. If you look from the other point of view, may be Jacob was never meant to be for Bella. He was always meant to be for her daughter.