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Breaking Dawn (Twilight Saga) | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: ATOM
Category: Book
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Rating:  130 reviews
Sales Rank: 13
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 768
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Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.8 x 2.4
ISBN: 1905654286
EAN: 9781905654284
ASIN: 1905654286
Publication Date: August 4, 2008
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 One word: Amazing! *NO SPOILERS* for those of you who havn't read it yet! August 6, 2008
Elizabeth (Brighton, UK)
37 out of 52 found this review helpful
Breaking Dawn is a fitting end to the story of Bella, Edward and Jacob, and all the other characters we have come to know and love. Meyer really has a way with words, painting a scene exquisitly without boring the pants off the reader with too much detail! It is a very long book, and in fact it has three 'mini' books within, from the viewponts of Bella, Jacob, and then Bella again repectively, and yet I felt that every word was required, and I actually wanted more and more - I didn't want to let go of the story, and I read the whole book in one sitting (losing some sleep along the way too). The POW switch to Jacob is interesting, if not a tad irritating at first, because the reader gets that much more of an insight to is suffering and (in his mind) rightful hatred of the 'bloodsuckers'.
There are lots and lots of unexpected twists and turns in BD (perhaps a reason for some of the very harsh reactions against Breaking Dawn - it's not the book many fans expected it to be, however for me it had everything I expected and more, so surely that's a bonus?), with new plot lines and ideas, and new and old characters; in particular, I really felt that the reader comes to know the Cullen family properly, and to love them too. They have always been interesting minor characters in the previous three books (with the exception of Alice perhaps-she was always more of a major character), but in BD they all come to life beautifully.
Some readers would argue that the characters change personalities in BD, Bella in particular; I would say rather that all that she has been through is finally making its mark. She goes through two life-changing events in this book, and comes out all the more stronger for it. She was always stubborn, and I found that her personality developed and sharpened, which seemed a more natural development than if she had stayed exactly the same as the Bella we all know and love in the previous three books.
Other characters that undergoe a welcome development and grow from the 2 dimensional characters that they were before, are Jasper and Leah. We get an insight into both of their actions and behaviour in the previous books, and I for one found Jasper to be all the likeable instead of the cautious and slightly indifferent character we were faced with in Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse.
Not so much as a review from this point but a bit of a rant:
I really don't know why everyone hates the book so much! I think Stephenie Meyer is a victim of her own success, with fans writing their own version of events in their heads and developing Bella and Edward into people that that they never were! I'm not saying the BD is perfect, and neither were the previous 3 books in my opinion, but the characters behave exactly how you would expect them to, in accordance to how Meyer has portrayed them and bulit them up in the previous novels. They are S Meyer's creation, so she can do what she wants with them.
I knew a few spoilers before I read the book, so maybe I enjoyed it more because I was expecting less...there are some aspects of the book that I understand that some people might be less than happy with, with some scenes a bit more graphic than people might be used to. I personally wasn't offended by them and actually thought they added to the tension and drama of the plot, but I know this isn't the same for all readers.
I do, however, truely believe that the plot follows the only path it can (at the risk of sounding corney. I'm trying really hard not to give spoilers here people-harder than you think).
SM knew the outcome of the saga before she even wrote Twilight, and I think that that really shows: everything really comes together at the end, and I could really imagine how life would continue for all the characters beyond the pages. Some people were upset by the 'neat little package', but Hello? reality check: It's a book for teenagers (mostly) and it's S Meyer's first venture as an author; who wouldn't want to exert the power of the creator and make sure everything turns out just the way you want it to?
Sorry, I know im going a bit off the point here, but I can't help it, and if you enjoy BD as much as I did then you'll feel the same! NB: I was fully prepared to hate the book btw, I'm not giving it 5 stars just beacuse so many people have slated it! It deserves every one in my opinion.
Also, just to say, some people have been making a huge fuss about really small things, such as a name and a nickname for example, and I really think that's unfair on Stephenie! Yes, the nickname is a bit...well, yes, stupid, but the characters of the book themsleves admit this! It's not like they're living in a hunky dory world picking flowers and watching rainbows. The main characters react EXACTLY how they should act, and if anyone who's read the previous three books would know their personalities by now and should recognise that as truth. I think people should stop pasting their own faces over Bella and imaginag how they would have done things differently, and just accept that what Bella does is a consequense of her personality!
Not that it isn't a bit annoying but hey...
And back to the review...:
Anyway, enough of the rant. If you cancel your order, or decide not to give 'Breaking Dawn' a chance to even win you over as the other three books have done, all because of some stupid spoilers and rumours and bad reviews, then you will be missing a stunning conclusion to the saga. I'm still thinking about the book now, and when I finished it I actually sat in silence, in awe, for a few moments...please keep an open mind and enjoy BD like it deserves to be enjoyed!! Thank you :)
Its her creation! August 6, 2008
M. J. Hillier-broadley (MK, England)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I am a relative newbie to the Twilight series only discovering it two weeks ago, but over the course of a weekend, much to my husbands amusement I devoured the first three books and couldn't wait for the fourth. At 27 I realise I am not the target audience for this series but I have really enjoyed all of the books and this one was no exception. I'm not denying that there were some huge plot holes, but I think for me at least a happy ending was a good ending. I could have personally lived without the whole Nessie situation but I did think it stayed true to S Meyers theme throughout all the books of self sacrificial love and I suppose this cannot be better demonstrated than through a mothers love for their child. Jacob imprinting on Nessie I did think was a little absurd but it didn't make me uncomfortable as I thought S Meyer had explained the process quite well in previous books and if anyone found anything unsavoury in this that has more to do with them than her intent in writing it. It maybe would have been nice to see him end up with Leah. Overall I thought this was a good end to the series and I can't wait for the next one written from Edwards perspective.
a fantasic read August 11, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
*SPOILERS BELLOW*
I have been looking forward for this book for a long long time and though the story line didn't go at all the way I expected it, eg, bella falling pregnant, I could not understand how many people are giving this book a bad name.
The fact that it is split into 3 parts and jacob being one of the narrators, i feel that this gives an insight on how the story looks from a completely different point of view, though bella's descriptions were fantastic, i felt that jacobs description was more down to earth.
The first three books of the twilight saga were fantastic in their own way, but because in breaking dawn bella and edward got married there was bound to be changes in their relationship. I don't know why people were upset by the fact that Bella became pregnant, if they are married, shouldn't a baby be a happy occasion? I think that was what meyer was trying to portray, that Bella and Edward were no longer children, that since the first book down to the last, they had both matured very much.
I find it good that Jacob managed to imprint on someone because I knew that he couldn't have Bella no matter how hard he tried, but still I didn't want him to be the person to all alone at the end.
I think that thing about this book is that it has a very happy ending, maybe some people can't come to terms with that because that had expected something much more sadder, maybe that a charactor dies or whatever, I think that the ending was a beautiful finish to the twilight series and people should stop giving meyer a hard time. How can she please tens of thousands of people who each have their story lines, each having their favourite charaters?
The ending of this book sort of brings the twilight saga to an end, because everything ends so perfectly. After reading the ending, i won't be lieing in bed at night thinking about what may happen next because the ending to the book was just that--An ending to the whole of the series and I think that after some parts of the book had made me whoop with laughter and some bring tears to my eyes and some making my heart beat unstopably, I knew that stephenie meyer had not failed in writing to her standards as so many people have said.
Loved this book August 5, 2008
HBN
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
Lots of people seem dissapointed that in this book Bella did not have to suffer too much.
I think that to be fair, Over the course of the series, Bella, to be frank, has suffered enough and I liked the fact that it actually brought the series nicely to a close. Bella made plenty of sacrifices and got her just rewards. If the book had ended (as the last in the series) on a negative note, with Bella being forced to give up yet more, I would have disliked this book hugely.
There's enough sacrifices to be made in real life which don't always have happy endings without the world of fiction becoming that way too.
So well done Stephenie Meyer; a great final ending to a great series - though i don't think the name Nessie should have ever been used. Ever.
Loved it. August 5, 2008
gold_lion
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I loved how the whole saga was completed. I loved how Stephenie Meyer continued and strengthened relationships, like the ones between Bella and Rose and Charlie and the Cullens. And the new ones she created with the new vamps and Leah and Jake. I was completely shocked by a lot of stuff in the book, but I got the ending I was looking for and lots of great emotion was conveyed through the writing...I think the splitting on the narration was awesome, seeing things in Jake's perspective was really interesting and I loved his title chapters. And now I can't wait to see Twilight in Edward's perspective in Midnight Sun.
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