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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Book Review: Breaking Dawn

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!!!

I finished the series! In less than 3 weeks, I managed to read all four books in the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer. I went into this series of books with only this question, "What's all the big deal about?" As mentioned in my prior posts, I found out about the movie before I heard about the books. So, as any good critic would do, I headed down to Books-A-Million to start with the source. I think because I went into this series questioning the interest, I was probably reading with a more critcal eye than most. See my prior book reviews for more info.

So without further ado, I present my last Twilight Saga book review....

Book 4: Breaking Dawn
I was looking forward to seeing how the story would end. And at the same time, not looking forward to the ending - much like I was sad to see the Potter series finished (but this was on a much smaller scale). Would Bella and Edward actually marry as teenagers? Would she become an immortal to be with Edward? How would the tension with Jacob be resolved? So many questions ran through my head before I started the 750-page novel.

In the fourth book, Meyer is forced to close a lot of storylines. It is apparent that she has a lot on her plate, which I guess attributes to the amount of pages in the last novel. She also addresses a lot of issues that I'm not quite sure are for a teenagers eyes.

To start the novel (turn back now if you are not wanting the spoilers) Edward and Bella end up getting married. Yes, she did it. She married them off. I was a little disappointed in this, to be honest. I thought that logic would set in (it's 2008 for goodness sake) and that Meyer wouldn't write about teenage weddings, but she gave in and Bella and Edward said their 'I do's'. If that's not enough, Meyer advances the story further when she introduces the next twist...

Pregnancy. This threw me for a loop to be honest. Not that it was a shocker, but I felt this was something that didn't need to be brought into the story line. She would of obviously had to created a different storyline, as the rest of the novel was driven by the results of the pregnancy, but I just didn't feel this was necessary.

To add to this part of the story, Meyer finally gives in to the readers wants and Bella is made to be immortal. Here was my biggest let down of them all. I had prepared myself, and I feel that Meyer prepared her readers for disappointment on Bella becoming a vampire. There were so many reasons for her NOT to become immortal. Sure it would of been a bit wierd (especially after introducing Renesmee) but she had been going that direction for the past three novels and

I feel in this book she was just like, "Okay, fine, here you go. Bam. She's immortal." What about Charlie? What about Renee? What about everything else? Because she had a child, that makes it okay? Maybe for me it wasn't about her becoming immortal. Maybe for me it was about the way they made her immortal.


I'll be honest. The moment the baby was introduced, I was on the defense. Especially after Jacob's reaction. I could of guessed that one from a MILE away. And talk about wierd. That one was really bizarre and never had closure at the end of the fourth novel.
Is Meyer planning on writing a story based on Jacob and Renesmee? What happens if she stops aging at age 7 like the other half-breed introduced in the novel!? This just doesn't make sense, Meyer!

The fourth book was by far my least favorite. She tried to appease too many readers and at the same time rushed through some endings and introduced bizarre twists. I was left dissatisfied and questioning.

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