I liked the book. I was a little put off by the fact Bella got pregnant by a Vampire but that isn’t the first time there have been half vampires. I mean there is even a word for it. The dhampire.

I loved Twilight and I like Breakind dawn just fine and I don’t expect everyone to like it but I wanted to say something.

Umm…..to Matylda, up above who was saying that she read the series even though she didn’t like it. Okay I have no problem with you reading it but I think it is a little odd for someone who claims they are “anti-twilight” to read a book and then tell people the reason they are reading the book is so they can say “Well I’ve read it! and I hate it!!”

I mean really what is the point of reading a book if you don’t enjoy it? Isn’t the point of reading for your own enjoyment? If I didn’t like Twilight you can bet I wouldn’t have read New Moon. Probably wouldn’t have finished Twilight in fact.

Matylda said, quote:

“Many people ask anti-twilighters why we read the books if we don’t like them. Its mostly because fans ALSO spew this “You haven’t even read the books YET” crap in a form of a counter-argument to make us seem like horrible people. We read the books so we can keep up and catch up – and also talk about how horrible the series is in the first place.”

Why do you care? If the series was horrible in the first place to you then why do you subject yourself to reading 4 books? Sure there will be people who say “well you haven’t even read it” But that doesn’t mean you should go out and read it to “prove” to them that you do indeed hate it. why do you feel the need to prove your hatred of a book series? I mean who really cares?

I came across this series through my teenage daughter and my can I tell you that I am glad that Meyer has left all of the sex out of it. Young love, passion and yearning is what is all about and I feel that this is appropriate for teenagers.

The fourth book luckily brings the relationship to its climax with the realities of marriage, happy accidents and becoming a responsible adult (i.e, concern for others). I particularly liked the Cullen family, how they dealt with fanatical people and how were always very civil and polite to all parties, and how they mutually supported each other and let each go his or her way. Very exemplary.

Well, I am certainly glad to see the back of Harry Potter. Well done, Stephanie Meyer

No,by no means.

Um, I’m female, have a pulse, like guys, and find Edward creepier than Rorschach and the Joker put together…so what’s that say about me?

I realised I was vehemently shaking my head as I read through the comments, sometimes in agreement and other times in total disbelief. I cannot for a moment understand why one person would shout at another for not liking a book the way they did – it makes no sense to me at all. But these petty rivalries are not why i’m writing now – I guess I just want to add my ten pence (no sex, sorry, cents please, I’m British) on what I loved and what I didn’t like so much (hate is a strong word) about the quadrilogy. So here goes.

I adored Twilight: the premise of the story, the way Bella and Edward’s relationship blossomed, the way he was inexplicably drawn to her even though he could have had anyone he wanted and he chose the regular, uninspiring Bella etc.

Call me a sadist but I particularly enjoyed the way he pushed her: pushed her boundaries and her expectations, pushed her buttons, pushed to her limits emotionally and especially every time he pushed her away against his will and hers. It was that dynamic that I found utterly addictive.

I have to admit that I don’t like Bella very much as a character. She is morose which I find completely draining but also, she is so God damn ordinary. I realise this is partly what makes the relationship between her and Edward so special but I personally read books and watch movies for their escapism and out of the ordinariness … which is why I am 32 years old and ridiculously in lust with a fictional 17 year old vampire – heh heh. What a perfect anti-hero if ever there was one.

I can understand and even emphathise with Bella’s obsession over Edward – i’m sure he could arouse those feelings in anyone, with or without a pulse. However, I really disliked the way her obsession manifested itself in New Moon – this did not maketh an enjoyable read. His pain was delicious as it’s what makes Edward Edward. Her pain, dramatics and stupifying stubbornness? They drove me crazy.

Eclipse pulled back some of my vote that New Moon lost but Breaking Dawn? I was so very disappointed. To quote some of the comments above which hit the spot perfectly:

* A little piece of me died with Breaking Dawn.
* Edward becomes less central which sucks.
* As much as other people like Reneesme, I didn’t. I really wish she wasn’t made.
* The biggest problem with Breaking Dawn is how hard it was to care about the characters that we all fell in love with.
* I had to re-read Twilight after Breaking Dawn just to get back into the B&E feelings and emotions and story.

I know I said I liked books for escapism but the story in Breaking Dawn simply took me somewhere I didn’t want to be. I mean, I don’t particularly like Bella but I have no desire to have a ringside seat to her slow, drawn out demise. What a martyr! What a hypocrite! Edward is supposed to be her whole life and suddenly, her desire to fulfil her baby’s needs suddenly eclipses (pardon the pun) her dedication to him that the previous three books rhapsodised so heartily about. Ugh.

I hate to say it but most of the key characters – including Edward and Bella – seemed to become caricatures of themselves in Breaking Dawn. Hence the relevance of the last few points above – it did indeed become hard to care about them. I too felt a yearning to re-read Twilight just so I could reconnect with the epic love affair again which lets face it is the foundation these books are built on.

Then there is the sex or lack thereof. We get details of the minutae and most humdrum aspects of Bella and Edward’s daily lives but the overwhelming physical attraction that belies their very being? It is barely sniffed at. I mean, I get that Stephenie Meyer is very puritanical about this sort of thing (blood and guts are fine yet the exchange of any other bodily fluids is a definite no-no) but lusty teenagers have just as much if not more sex than the rest of us and with the intense feelings that Bella and Edward had … it’s a bit of a let down is all. I would say that was probably the most implausible concept I had to come to terms with in the Twilight saga … until Renesmee trumped that card.

Finally, why oh why does Bella gradually accept the wonder that is Edward and no longer have such extreme reactions when he is near her? Why doesn’t she want to faint as she kisses him years later? Why do those feelings have to die? Yes, that maybe does tend to happen in real life but this is fiction. Escapism. If any woman out there had an Edward, I’d defy them not to go weak at the knees every single time he bestowed so much of a golden eyed glance in her direction.

Now I feel like I’m ranting and I never set out to do this. I was motivated to write my thoughts here by my unbridled, unabashed and unequivocal love of Twilight. For me, none of the other three books came anywhere near to the first one. The only story I can see topping Twilight is Midnight Sun and as Meyer herself admitted, if she had realised how much fun it would be to write from Edward’s perspective, perhaps she would have written the entire series that way … or words to that effect.

For me, Edward Cullen is what makes the Twilight Saga so special. He is the reason I bought the rest of the books – I wanted, needed to learn more about him. Perhaps my desire will finally be satiated after reading Midnight Sun – the unexpected taster we have been exposed to looks really quite promising.

But to reiterate my opening point and the reason for every single one of us lurking on this site and commenting herein: the Twilight saga clearly evokes some very strong feelings amongst its readers which is what people should ultimately expect from their choice of literature. Meyer should be applauded for that if nothing else.

When Bella finally does become a vampire (which was an event I waited for through the previous 3 novels) nothing really changes. As others have said she is now on equal grounds with Edward and his family, but she has not lost the passion that he fell in love with.

As far as Jacob, yes, we see all that groundwork of him falling for Bella and vowing to fight for her in the previous novels, but when he imprints on Nessie it fixes things in a way that made sense (to me anyway). Jacob has always loved Bella, in once way or an other, but it never really fit for them (I honestly I don’t think it would have made it beyond a high school relationship even if Edward hadn’t been there) but by imprinting on Nessie it showed that the reason Jacob thought himself so in love with Bella was because he was in love with a piece of her, a piece that didn’t even exist yet.

So in the end Bella gets what she wants (Edward) without really having to lose anything (Jacob). It’s a win-win situation that ends with the ‘fluffy-ness’ we’ve all come to love and expect from a SM novel.

Well, that my opinion on this one, and all I have left to say is regardless of what you thought of the series, love it or hate it, you took the time to sit down and read… and that makes it word every page. I am for anything that gets people to read… and more to the point anything that makes them think. True a lot of the responses to these reviews/comments are nothing but rants, but occasionally you come across a comment that shows that the reader has actually thought about it and formed an opinion…

First off, I did love the first 10 chapters or so (I love Bella at the honeymoon, she’s so cute xD) then, when I found out she got pregnant, that just ruined it for me. It really did. I remember Stephanie talking in a interview, saying, that Vampires can’t make babies since their…well, y’know, dead. So, when on the honeymoon, she got pregnant, I was about ready to put down the book and stop reading. It was like a itch that I couldn’t scratch.

And as much as other people like Reneesme, I didn’t. I really wish she wasn’t made. I know that’s mean and cruel, but I just didn’t like her. She seemed too…unreal. And for all these books Stephanie has made, she’s made it a real-life experience. That’s why I’ve kept with Bella whining and taking Jacob AND Edward on a rollarcoaster ride of hell, I loved it that Bella was human.

Now, on to my next subject. Her being a Vampire… Okay, never mind, I won’t bring it up ’cause I know it’s just going to be bad.

But still, I just don’t like BD. Midnight Sun is a good book, but BD can’t hold a candle to all the other books.

Thanks for reading :]

There is a term in the industry that says authors must be willing to “kill off their darlings.” What that means it that you can’t write a book around a joke, or concept that no longer works. You have to let it go and develop the story that demands to be told – the character’s story – not the author’s.

Meyer stated that she had so much editorial interference that she didn’t feel the first three books reflected her voice. And in light of Breaking Dawn, that is a good thing. Had BD been her second book, we wouldn’t be talking about her anymore.

So if Breaking Dawn represents her true voice and writing style, then she’s finally revealed to be what we all suspected – an inexperienced author who got lucky.

I like the first three, although BD has me going back and reevaluating their themes and character development (or lack of). But it has to be said – Breaking Dawn was a severe misstep that bore no resemblance to the series that spawned it and may have just spoiled the franchise.

One will hope Midnight Sun will be released with the same “editorial intervention” as the first three books. That’s a book the fans deserve.

At first I was dissapointed with Breaking Dawn, but thats only because i was expecting something totally different. After I got used to the the dissapointment and accepted the book for what it was, i realised its actually not bad at all.

I thought Jake’s book 2 absolutley rocked! It was sooo good.
The wedding and honeymoon were excellent too.

Book 3 from Bella’s POV started off great but was mainly dissapointing, but Bella was MEANT to be different so i’m ok with it. I wish Rosalie had died but…oh well thats just me. Stephenie Meyer isn’t the kind of person who can kill characters left ,right and center, the same way JK Rowling does.

Eclipse will always be my favourite, it was so dam good.

But I’m ok with BD, people’s expectations were way too high and they expected every single page to be perfect so obviously a lot of people were gonna be dissapointed. The writing in Jake’s book was really really good. The writing in the other two books wasn’t great at all though, but hey at this point I don’t care. I just want Midnight Sun to come out!!

Excuse me, but sense when does that make you a true fan? Liking the crap your favorite author spews out (Stephanie Meyer) doesn’t make you a true fan. Seriously, some of these ‘true fans’ wouldn’t know a real fan if they were smacked in the face.

The book was horrible and just because YOU liked it doesn’t mean that everyone else is going to like it, regardless if they are a fan of the series or NOT.

Many people ask anti-twilighters why we read the books if we don’t like them. Its mostly because fans ALSO spew this “You haven’t even read the books YET” crap in a form of a counter-argument to make us seem like horrible people. We read the books so we can keep up and catch up – and also talk about how horrible the series is in the first place.

We have as much right to express our opinions on the books and I get really sick inside when Twilighters want to get butthurt about people not sharing the same views as them.

Seriously, grow up. Maybe if YOU over analyze the series, you’ll see what the anti-fans of the Twilight series are always bickering about when they mention it as the most horrible piece of literature in the universe.

This is coming from a 16 year old girl also. I feel like I’m the only teenager who doesn’t have a fanatic obsession of this story.

and, what YOU wanted DOESN’T REALLY MATTER!
because, in the end, this was STEPHENIES’ story to tell, not yours.

It’s not Stephanie Meyer’s book, it’s the property of every reader who pays money for a copy. It’s a little principal called the business-customer relationship. We pay and therefore we expect a quality product in return.

The best part about that relationship? We have the right to complain when the business deosn’t deliver.

But you might not know about that since you’re clearly about 11. I think you learn that in 6th grade.

I am one of the people who had to (temporarily) put the book down at this point because their enabling of her codependency was sickening (literally and figuratively). I ended up finishing the book because I have an obsession with not being able to leave a book half-way read.

I started to get a little hyped-up again about 75% of the way through the book with all the practice and what-not when it seemed like we were heading for a royal vampire smack-down, but Stephenie Meyer failed to deliver. She used Breaking Dawn as a device to fuel future spin-offs. I assumed they’d be about Jacob, Leah, and Seth (characters that she developed and did crap with in this novel), but I can totally see the Nessie series. Luckily, I’ll be going into that with my eyes wide open and won’t be duped into reading them (the way I assumed I’d love Breaking Dawn because it was part of the series I loved so much).

I do think that I’ll pick up Midnight Sun (because Edward’s POV should be really interesting and I already know where the story’s going), however, I no longer feel compelled to get caught up in the Twilight hysteria of midnight releases, etc.

Thanks for this good review.