| Breaking Dawn (Waterstones) |  | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Imprint unknown
Category: Book
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Rating:  3822 reviews
Media: Hardcover
ISBN: 0356251926
EAN: 9780356251929
ASIN: 0356251926
Publication Date: August 4, 2008
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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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 Happily Ever After January 10, 2009
I liked it a ton. I HATE sad endings and this series had the heartbreak BUT ends JUST how it should! I adored it =)
 Had many flaws January 10, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like the other books in the Twilight series, the story was creative and interesting and character development was strong. However, those are the only good things about the books. In my opinion, I thought this final book in the Twilight Saga had the most flaws. One example was Bella. I've noticed that she doesn't have any self concern for herself, and it's even more clear in this book. After she had sex with Edward, he accidently gave her bruises all over. Instead of thinking about the danger, she got pissed because Edward's concern for her was ruining her fun. Even worse, she kept begging him for more sex and even wept about it, until he gave in. This showed how selfish she was and how far she would go to get what she wanted. She did not use logic, and all she thought about was sex. She even wanted to postpone the date of her transformation into a vampire because of sex. I guess the author was trying to say that sex is the only good thing about being human. That's a rotten message. So my point, I guess, is that there's nothing good about Bella, and is a bad role model. She was so selfish and whiny, I believe that Edward loved her only because she was the only person whose mind he couldn't read, which made her stand out from everyone else.
Secondly, Bella's pregnancy shouldn't have occurred. Stephanie said that vampires were completely filled with venom, so there was no way Edward could have gotten Bella pregnant. This indicated that Stephanie wasn't a good writer, because she was breaking her own rules. Vampires don't even have tears, yet male vampires have sperm? It doesn't make any sense.
I also agreed with some of the other reviewers that Bella got everything she wanted without much of a problem. This was unrealistic, because people have to fight for some things in order to gain them. But Bella easily got everything she wanted. A baby, which I already said shouldn't have existed based on Stephanie's rules about vampires (but probably included to make Bella and Rosalie happy) and the ability to have excellent self control and can be around humans. Yes, Stephanie Meyer used the excuse that Bella had better self control because she was aware of the conflicts of being a vampire, but she still would have suffered immense thirst when she became a newborn, which was natural. But no, Meyer made Bella have a lot better self control than most other vampires, so as to make her happy and still talk to Charlie. Like I said, unrealistic.
So all in all, I thought this book was a disappointment. It has poor literary value. So if you want to read it, have fun but don't be influenced by everything Stephanie Meyer writes, because some parts are trash.
Wonderful Conclusion to an epic tale! January 9, 2009
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm astounded at the people making negative comments at the conclusion to this saga. I hadn't heard of the books til the movie hype. I saw the movie and began to read. The writer creates a wonderland of fantasy in the real world. The final book has amazing moments. Sacrifice? Bella preparing for Nessie and Jacob to escape as they believe they would die? Alice and Jas abandoning(?) them all in their greatest need. The clumsy and awkward beauty (Bella) surprising everyone by adapting to the power and grace of vamp life and so worried about her dad and mom? Her new family (and allies) banding together because it's the right thing to do? All of this is sacrifice. Comments about werewolves being really "shape shifters"? They already said their change was "different" and not "bitten"..no conflict.
Favorite line? When the battle looks impossible to escape and Edward hugs Jacob (!) and says "good by my brother - my son"...Wow.
Thank you Ms. Meyers for a wonderful literary romp. I'm aware that the audience has been (a large part) young people and I'm 66 and a man but I love your books, love your characters and love you for concluding the saga in this wonderful "Breaking Dawn".
good January 9, 2009
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I got the last three Twilight books bundled together. They arrived when they were supposed to and all of the books where in awesome condition.
Breaking Dawn January 9, 2009
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I read the reviews before I read the final book and was worried that I would be dissappointed. I am happy to say that I was not. I love the book and didn't feel at all that it was rushed. In one review someone made a comment that Bella gets everything she wants. Isn't that how a fictional love story should end?? I mean really, we all know real life doesn't always have a happy ending, so why can't we at least have that in the books we read. I love all four books and was just sorry they had to end.
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