Lovin romance and chick lit! 2008-11-30

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

This book makes a mockery of the whole Twilight series. The first book in the series was brilliant, the second okay, the third better than okay, but this is plain rubbish. The diologue is rubbish, the story is boring and dull and what I hate most *Warning spoiler* is how the character of Jacob imprints on Bella's daughter. It makes his love for Bella a waste of time and this was part of the reason the Twilight saga was so good. The story would have gone a bit better if he had imprinted on someone like Leah. I also found Bella annoying in this book, and sometimes found myself wanting to tell her to shut up.
Overall, a horrible read and I was so happy when I finished it. If you have only read the first three books, leave it at that as if you read this book, it will change how you feel about Bella and Edward. They aren't the same as in the other books and not in a good way.

S. Caughie 2008-11-30

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I loved 'Twilight', but I wish it had just stopped there (or at any rate that I had), because following book 1 this series rapidly succumbs to Series Disease - editor apparently checks out, author rapidly loses the even more rapidly evaporating plot, and everything that made the first book unique and fresh gets repeated until it's formulaic with a vengeance.

Before I started reading this, I chuckled over an amazon reviewer who called it 'emetic', thinking it couldn't be that bad. After 700+ pages, though, I'll not only give him emetic, I'll riff of it too because, given the subject matter, I couldn't help comparing the reading experience with morning sickness: increasingly nauseating, all-consuming, and inevitable. In fact, once I figured out the premise of this book (and really, I never thought she'd stoop so low!), I was tempted to hurl it across the room. Stayed my hand because that would probably have resulted in a broken window (this is a tome of Potter-like proportions - RSI sufferers be warned!)

I hung in there solely because it seemed there would finally be an all-out, blood-and-guts vampire showdown at the end. Rue the misplaced hope! Because instead of the fight the second half of the book seems to promise, we get thirty-odd pages of vampirical squabbling, which culminates in the bad guys - and the Volturi had SUCH potential as bad guys! - stomping off in a snit because...well actually, I'm not really sure why. It had something to do with their inability to do anything else because then everyone might figure out they're not the righteous vampire police they pretend to be. Um, but didn't we already know that?

Oh, never mind. I'm sure my misanthropic reviews can't sway anyone who wants to like these books. And in the end I'm not so much out to trash them as to protest the waste: I mean, aren't vampires bloodthirsty predators first and foremost? Civilised as the Cullens might be in their stately home, it would have added a dimension to, say, Esme, to see her rip Aro's head off. I guess I'll just go back to Buffy and Anne Rice and stay away from teen horror series. For the moment, anyway...

Margaret 2008-11-29

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:

I was really looking forward to reading this book. I have loved the series. Loved Twilight, really enjoyed New Moon and loved Eclipse and then we got Breaking Dawn, which in my opinion was very disappointing. So much so I rushed through the last 200 pages. I just could not be bothered to give it anymore of my time.

I thought the book started off well, and I was really enjoying it. But when a certain unexpected thing happens to Bella, for me it went down hill. I found myself slogging through the book instead of enjoying it.

It felt like I was reading an entirely different book from the series, all the personalities of the characters seem to disappear, and the book just seemed empty and bland. I felt it was far too long and the story was just dragged on and on....
The book should of just ended when they got married, as the rest of it is complete rubbish. Having to slog through so much boring stuff, just to get that perfect ending.

But, although I disliked this book, I'm not going to put Stephenie Meyer down, as I really did enjoy the first three. She gave us Edward, Bella and Jacob. They are three of my most favourite characters. It's such a shame this book didn't live up to the other three (imo).

Ms. M. Patel 2008-11-27

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

One of the most disappointing things about this book was that there was not fight at the end. What was the whole point of building up the climax to the fight with the Volturi if Meyer was just going to let perfect (and extremely annoying) Bella save the day with her brick wall of a brain? The only part of the book that was actually good was Jacob's part considering that he's the only person in the book that has character. Bella somehow manages to end up more perfect that she started off (but her dress sense doesn't improve). Overall, I think the book could have had a better ending and the series, in general, could have been less soppy and plotless.

Reeds 2008-11-25

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

I am unfortunately the kind of person who likes to see things through to the end... Normally that is a good thing, but in the case of the Twilight Saga it most certainly is not. What it is, is a complete waste of time. I have to say that I feel quite passionate about this: The Twilight saga is over-hyped trash and nothing more. It pains me to read about all the praise it is getting. It is nothing and I mean NOTHING in comparison to books written for a similar target audience (i.e. Harry potter/His Dark materials). In all honesty, Stephenie Meyer just cannot write. Her style (if you can call it that) is just horrendous. And to think people moaned about JK Rowling! A literary genius by comparison.

Twilight was okay - it started well but went down hill. New Moon was painful to read because I could see the saga begin to fall apart at the seams. Eclipse was less painful than New Moon but still pretty bad... and that brings me to Breaking Dawn.

Absurd, ludicrous, inane and plain stupid. If I could have given it no stars, I would have. I wonder whether anyone else finds Werewolves imprinting on babies to be very disturbing?

Do yourselves a favour and AVOID the saga like the plague. Wuthering Heights, Fire and Hemlock (Dianna Wynne Jones) or even the Nightworld series/Anne Rice books (if you must read something to do with vampires) are much much worthier of people's time and praise.