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Breaking Dawn: The Twilight Saga, Book 4 (Unabridged) | 
| Author: Stephenie Meyer
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Amazon.com Review
Great love stories thrive on sacrifice. Throughout The Twilight Saga (Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse), Stephenie Meyer has emulated great love stories--Romeo and Juliet, Wuthering Heights--with the fated, yet perpetually doomed love of Bella (the human girl) and Edward (the vampire who feeds on animals instead of humans). In Breaking Dawn, the fourth and final installment in the series, Bella’s story plays out in some unexpected ways. The ongoing conflicts that made this series so compelling--a human girl in love with a vampire, a werewolf in love with a human girl, the generations-long feud between werewolves and vampires--resolve pretty quickly, apparently so that Meyer could focus on Bella’s latest opportunity for self-sacrifice: giving her life for someone she loves even more than Edward. How close she comes to actually making that sacrifice is questionable, which is a big shift from the earlier books. Even though you knew Bella would make it through somehow, the threats to her life, and to her relationship with Edward, had previously always felt real. It’s as if Meyer was afraid of hurting her characters too much, which is unfortunate, because the pain Bella suffered at losing Edward in New Moon, and the pain Jacob suffered at losing Bella again and again, are the fire and the heart that drive the whole series. Diehard fans will stick with Bella, Edward, and Jacob for as many twists and turns as possible, but after most of the characters get what they want with little sacrifice, some readers may have a harder time caring what happens next. (Ages 12 and up) --Heidi Broadhead
Product Description
When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved? To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, a tumultuous year of temptation, loss, and strife have led her to the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or to pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fates of two tribes hangs. Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating, and unfathomable, consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's life--first discovered in Twilight, then scattered and torn in New Moon and Eclipse--seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed... forever? The astonishing, breathlessly anticipated conclusion to the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions.
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 Some People Can't Stand Happy Endings.... January 9, 2009
M.W.
I do not normally write reviews on books that I read, but I looked over many of the other reviews for this book and was absolutely shocked at how vehemently so many people hated it! I personally loved the book. It was exactly what I would have wanted, which is a happy ending and I'm thrilled Meyer delivered. I think people must be so upset, because they fell so in love with Edward, Bella, Jacob and the Cullens that they see them as real...and real life - for most people - doesn't always include a happy ending.
I think that Meyer has been writing toward this ending for the other three books and setting things up for it to end exactly as it did. It seems "too perfect" for people, I think, because the ending Meyer has been striving toward has finally arrived and the story is finished. People would be thrilled for it to go on and on, but, eventually, the constant fights, tension and increasingly predictable "damsel in distress" routine would have been too much for any reader to take. Here is how I feel that Meyer set things up and why the books HAD to end this way:
Bella was NOT good at being human and should have died in the first few pages of the first book. She had been living on borrowed time from the start and she was totally cut out to be a vampire. In addition, she was so prepared for being a vampire and had so much support and assistance that the others really didn't have, of COURSE she was good at it! The poor girl sucked at everything else in human life (to include merely walking down a street!) that she HAD to have SOMETHING coming to her in her vampire life!
Jacob was always meant to be in Bella's family and they were connected from the start. The reason he fell so deeply in love with her was because there was absolutely NO WAY he would stick by a mere "friend" who was in love with a vampire! It took him falling madly in love with Bella for him to make all the sacrifices he did in order to be with her and keep her safe. If not for all that, he would have never met his soul-mate, which was their daughter.
Edward and Bella's relationship only got BETTER once she became a vampire, not "watered down". They could actually be a pair, instead of him making all the decisions for her and constantly having to endager his entire family to protect her. If Edward had to drag all the Cullens into some death fight one more time to save her, Bella's character would have been remiss (and not well-written)if SHE had not been the one to leave HIM! It was time for her to do the saving, for once!
Jacob needed some peace and happiness. He had been miserable for nearly the entire series! How in the world would people think he didn't deserve a happy ending?
I was beyond impressed at how Meyer wrote from the different perspectives in this book. It was so different. When I got to the section entitled "Jacob" and immediately realized it was written from his point of view, I was so upset! I did NOT want to read from his agonized mind-set...I was really starting to get tired of him and was thrilled and relieved that Bella and Edward got married and away from him so quickly in this book! I was totally ticked when we got back to him during that part, until I read the first sentence and I was hooked...all over again. I have no idea how Meyer does that, but I thoroughly enjoyed what I was sure I couldn't! (She's an excellent writer.)
In the end, this entire series has been more about life and love and happiness and wading through all the every-day messes to get to the thrill of enjoying living for life's sake. Everyone has that "grounding point" in their life when - no matter what else happens - you know that everything is going to be okay....and I think that's what this series really symbolizes. There was a very spiritual air to the entire thing and it was all wrapped up perfectly in the final book. Everything else was written to end just exactly this way and I couldn't be more thrilled with it. I will read the series over and over because it's so well-written...and I will love the fourth book more and more each time I do.
It's just sad that some people really dislike it so much. I guess that's because they really can't stand happy endings. SOMEONE is supposed to die...SOMEONE is supposed to end up miserable....and true love just CAN'T exist without tragedy. Not for me...give me a happy ending every time.
I loved it.... January 9, 2009
his little mrs. (Washington State)
I personally don't know why everyone was freaking out about Renesmee. Honestly, it's not the first time a there has been a baby born to atleast one Vampire parent. In the the TV series Angel, Angel and Darla have a baby... who is human, and they are both Vamps. It's not that unusual/unique of a concept.
I loved Breaking Dawn, and thought it was a great addition, and hope there will be more!!!
Soo good! January 9, 2009
Ann B. Dipietro (Pennsylvania)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm a 16 year old male teen. Even though this is a love story from a girls perspective and is def. intended for teenage girls, I thought the story was amazing and I couldnt put it down. All her books I had to force myself not to read it because I was reading them for hours.
wonderful journey January 8, 2009
Angela Newman (Boulder, CO)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Of all the books in this series, Breaking Dawn was my most favorite and fun to read....I think it wrapped everything up nicely, yet left the door open for another series of stories with the wonderful characters that Meyer has created. I recommend this series to all ages.
 Better than Eclipse and New Moon January 8, 2009
writerevie
I don't understand why people hate this book so much. I must admit, I'm not a fan girl, or Twilighter, or anything like that. I got dragged to see the movie, and after watching it, I felt it was a good enough story to spend my money and time to read the books. (PSA: If you're over the age of 20, you'll be laughing at unintentionally funny scenes during the movie. I got glares from several teens sitting around me for that...)
Twilight (the book) was decent. The 2nd and 3rd books, not so much. Awful writing, slow storyline--I found myself skimming paragraphs at a time to get to the next part of the story/plot.
So when I started reading Breaking Dawn, it wasn't without some apprehension. I was afraid I would hate it even more than the 2nd and 3rd books. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find I enjoyed it much more. The story moved along at a good pace, Bella spent less time cooing over Edward's "god-like" face and form, and reading about her new vampire experiences was rather entertaining. She was also less annoying since she wasn't as helpless and whiny.
I get the feeling some reviewers didn't like this book because the plot didn't progress the way *they* wanted it to progress. Keep in mind, people, this is the author's creation, not yours. Read it for what it is and enjoy the story rather than hating how everything turned out. So you want Bella to be an evil vampire rather than good? Go write your own sequel. Obtain the permissions and write your own version of Bella's experiences and struggles as a newborn vamp.
The only disappointment was the ending. I'll not give it away, but the ending was so...cheesy. There's no other way to describe it. Well, sickening is another apt adjective. (And now the flamers will tell me to go write my own ending. Touche.)
And finally, sorry Ms. Meyer, but you're no JK Rowling. The HP series are books I read over and over again; they're well written, the plot moves right along, and I don't get distracted by grammatical or other mistakes, and I delightedly discover (or remember) a new detail that I missed in earlier readings.
So, in conclusion, a good read. Not something I'd read over and over, and I slightly regret buying the book, but it's a good read if you don't want to think too much about anything. Borrow it from a friend or library.
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