Breaking Dawn (Twilight #4)

Reader reviewed by Yan

There are so many things I can say about this book, so many ways I can describe my feeling towards it. Confused. Shocked. Repulsed. Relieved. Angry. Excited. Detached. Satisfied.

As Mr. Krabs put it: Ive never felt such a strange combination of pity, and indigestion.

Just a very strange mix of all that.

Things werent so distressing when the book started out. The wedding was done very well. In fact, I think it was pretty perfect. Throw in a little Jake action to spice things up. Very well done. The honeymoon then hit. Even though Bella was a liiiittle too horny (as was to be expected), the honeymoon was handled well, too. They had to do it sometime. And Bella couldnt go unscathed now, could she?

Then Bella got pregnant. And thats when the mood started to change, for me anyway. Firstly, and Ive said this before: VAMPIRES CAN IMPREGNATE PEOPLE?!?! That was my main reaction. I didnt think they...erhm&had sperm&and Im guess its his venom that did it, but I truly did not think in a million years that vampires could produce any living thing. I always felt that nothing inside them was really alive (this is me talking about the sperm again).

After getting past that, we move on to Jacobs point of view. Initial reaction? Awwww sheit, I have to read this for another 250 pages?!?!?! Getting down to it though, I loved Jacobs point of view. Probably a hell of a lot better than Bellas at the time anyway. I loved the pack interaction. I love Seth. And Leah started to grow on me.

What really bothered me was that demonchild Bella was spawning. Sure sure, she turned out to be adorable, intelligent, and kind, but I still hated the fact that Bella kept holding onto that thing, and even worse, Rosalie backing her one hundred percent, possibly risking Bellas life and pissing everybody off in the process. Worse than the even worse, this was all putting Edward through so much pain; reading about it was unbearable. It was like Bella in New Moonit even hurt me just reading it.

The delivery of the demonchild was truly disgusting. Can you imagine that in the movie? It felt like torture&like the Saw movies or something. She was just getting more and more mutilated. Truly disturbing visual. But then Edward saves her.

Aaaaaandd Bellas a vampire! This is what Ive been waiting for. Finally we get to see a not-so-breakable Bellasomeone who could beat Emmett at arm-wrestling, potentially win a footrace against Edward, move as gracefully as Alice, and be as beautiful as Rosalie. The whole newborn vampire learning experience was probably my favorite part. (Just make me forget about Renesmee and Im good. 8-))

And I thought Hugo and Rose were bad. Sorry Stephenie, but Renesmee is definitely topping my list of all time worst fictional childrens names. :)

And contrary to what a lot of people have been saying, I actually did enjoy the climax. I mean, weve seen it end this way before, in New Moon and Eclipsea standoff between the good guys and the Volturi. With some dialogue thrown in. Except this time, it was a million times more exciting. The wait for their impending deaths; the defiance towards Jane and Alec followed by the satisfaction of displeasing them; the brilliant speech by Garrett (I wished I could reach into the book and pat him on the back for that); the collective WOOooOOooos that we all let out when Alice came back. I thought the ending really was greata real roller coaster.

Overall, this book was a bit of a half and half for me. I was really repulsed by a lot of what happened in the first half. By that point, with all the wtfs flowing freely out of my mouth, I really thought Id come out hating this book. But, by the end, I was strangely satisfied. By the end, it really did feel like I was reading the Twilight Saga again. On a scale of 1 to 10? Maaaybee&6.65. I still think Twilight was the best of them all, and I almost wished she had ended the series there. But Breaking Dawn provided a true conclusion to the life of Bella Swann (Cullen), and I felt myself let out a sigh of closure when I finally read the last sentence.

Reader reviewed by TruBlu93

OVERVIEW
I now pronounce you Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cullen. You may BITE your bride. After their fantabulous wedding, thanks to Alice, of course, Edward and Bella fly over to Brazil, Esme's Island to be exact, for their oh-so-short honeymoon. Why is that? When changes in Bella's diet occur, there's only one explanation for it, Renesemee.

REVIEW
I've read so many thoughts on this book, I'm kinda unsure of my own, but here goes nothing. At the beginning of Breaking Dawn, it was VERY VERY BORING. Especially when it got into Jacob's book. [MAJOR SPOILER] After he imprinted on Renesemee, things started heating up, but the fire never really did start. I honest think it was really stupid for Bella to get pregnant. Like I get how it all adds up and everything, but I just felt that was like a last resort kinda thing. [SPOLIER ENDED.] I am happy with the way Stephenie ended the series though. I also am upset that it's all over, because like Harry Potter, it's just one of those series you never want to live to see the end of. Over all, Breaking Dawn was just an OKAY book. It was definitely NOTHING compared to the original, Twilight, which is and always will be my favorite of the sega. So for now, I'll be looking forward to Midnight Sun, hopefully, Mrs. Meyer will be able to continue and finish the complete book, despite what happened.

I GIVE THIS ONE THREE THUMBS UP

Reader reviewed by Natalie

I have always been a fan of the series. The world Meyer has created is uniquely addicting. Throughout the series, Bella has had obstacles getting in the way between Edward and her. Getting married with Edward meant sacrificing important things such as her friends, family, growing older and even having a family of her own. Did this happen? No.

In the end, Bella got everything a husband, immortality, a child (which by the way is totally unexpected and far fetched), her conflict with Jacob resolved, even her father, Charlie hints in knowing Bella's new life. Although I like the fact that the book had a happy ending, everything semed to get solved too easily with no real climax or action.

Not to metnion the fact that she has a child and Jacob imprints on her. I wanted Jacob to get over Bella and impring on someone else but not Bella's CHILD!!!! Also, throughout the series, Bella and Edward led a PG love life but after their wedding, it seems that all they could do was have sex and think about having sex.

All in all, this was not the best book in the series. Be prepared to get disapointed.

Reader reviewed by EshInoBi

Hmm, Breaking Dawn, this should be one of many reviews, it's also very late because of the extreme popularity of this well-anticipated book. As for my opinion, I thought it was 'okay'. It definitely had some new ideas I've never heard before, but it wasn't perfect, maybe TOO fantastical. Don't get me wrong. I love fantasy. But it seems so unreal. I can believe in vampires, werewolves, whatever I want, but this was enough. I think this was better than New Moon and Eclipse, but Twilight destroys all of them. The beginning, was wonderful, and this was a well-written ending. Just a bit too unreal for me. xP. But read it. =D

Reader reviewed by Sarah

I must agree with some of the other reviews I have read, this book was definately a disappointment. To me, it all seemed a little predictable and there was no suspense or thrill. It was a good book, just not too entertaining. Part of my questions the reasoning behind Meyers' continuation of the series. If she wrote it because she wanted to and had the inspiration or because her editors wanted it or the simple fact that majority of the readers wanted a happy ending for Jacob. This book seemed to drag to me and I read it not to enjoy it, but to simply finish it. The first three of the Twilight Saga I would reccomend but this is not something to get too excited about.