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Publisher: Little, Brown Books
for Young Readers
Pub. Date: August 2, 2008
ISBN-13: 9780345501103
768pp
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Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer is the fourth
book in the Twilight series from the
controversial author. The story opens
with Bella getting ready to marry Edward and turn over her life for an immortal
one. I loved the first three books of
the Twilight saga and read them
quickly. As an older fan of the books, I
found them a great escape and I loved the storyline of a romance between a
human and a vampire. I don’t read very
many fantasy books but this one was fantastic.
(Spoilers Ahead) I will admit the beginning of Breaking Dawn seemed off.
I do share that opinion with many other
people. I found the birth scene and the
chapters leading up to it off putting. I
can’t put my finger on why except maybe because it was told from Jacob’s point
of view.
Not getting Bella’s
perspective on how she was feeling as a mother-to-be made it was difficult to
hear about her pain and not feel detached from it. As a mother, I understand the strong feelings
for a child in the womb, but I felt Stephenie Meyer
missed the chance to tell this part of the story from Bella’s point of
view. I do really like Jacob’s character
but this wasn’t the time to have him tell the story. After the birth scene, I
liked the rest of the story. I felt it
picked up the action and shifted well to tell about Bella’s transformation.
The storyline about Renesmee was sometimes laughable, but it didn’t bother me
because this is a fantasy book and I think a lot of people forget that. Again, as a mother reading about this child,
of course it is a fantasy to have a child come out and be so beautiful and
perfect like her. It is a fantasy that I
myself wouldn’t want but it was interesting to read about a child who has these
gifts. About Jacob imprinting on her, I
didn’t find it so odd because Jacob’s character is so noble. I knew it wasn’t a sexual kind of love at
this point. Again, Breaking Dawn is
fantasy. I think the Twilight saga books would have been
better served as a trilogy.
With Breaking Dawn, Stephanie Meyer had to go somewhere with the story
and this wasn’t the best way to go, but it wasn’t boring. She had to conjure up some kind of big
storyline, so I don’t fault her for this.
It would have been boring to read about Edward and Bella going to college
during the day and having marathon sex at night. I say Bravo to her for getting people to
read, and talk, and think about what they read, especially teenagers, who have
done just that. You can read more about
the controversy surrounding Breaking
Dawn, and hear other points of view and more on our blog.
Book Room Grade
C
Review Posted: August 12, 2008
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