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Twilight debuted in October, 2005. An immediate sensation, it appeared on several year-end best books lists and earned its author a rabid cult following among teenage girls. Since then, Meyer has continued Bella and Edward's story in bestselling sequels that have proved equally successful. Young readers cannot get enough of these riveting novels -- a captivating blend of vampires, romance, and suspense -- and parents rest easy knowing the books do not contain the graphic language and sexually provocative material that pervades some YA series.
Whether or not the Twilight Saga proves to have "Harry Potter legs" remains to be seen. Meanwhile, Meyer continues writing. She forayed into adult fiction with 2008's The Host, a chilling science fiction tale about the end of humanity, told from the perspective of an alien invader. And she makes it clear the door is open for further installments in her vampire romance. Clearly, this talented author has many more stories to tell.
" I met my husband, Pancho (his real name is Christiaan, but no one calls him that—it's not a long story, but it is a stupid one, so I'll skip it), when I was four, but we were never anywhere close to being childhood sweethearts. In fact, though we saw each other at least weekly through church activities, I can't recall a single instance when we so much as greeted each other with a friendly wave, let alone exchanged actual words.
This may have been for the best, because when we did eventually get around to exchanging words, sixteen years after our first meeting, it only took nine months from the first "hello" to the wedding."
" I am also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and that has a huge influence on who I am and my perspective on the world, and therefore what I write (though I have been asked more than once, 'What's a nice Mormon girl like you doing writing about vampires?')."
"I can't write without music, and my biggest muse is the [British rock] band Muse."
A transcript of the dream that inspired Twilight appears in the book as Chapter 13, "Confessions."
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Posted November 3, 2011
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loved this book. loved the movie even more. would recommend to everyone
69 out of 74 people found this review helpful.
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Posted June 29, 2011
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I loved reading this wonderful book! It is a story that keeps you entertained for hours. Stephenie Meyer is an amazing writer!!
54 out of 59 people found this review helpful.
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Posted November 24, 2008
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Breaking Dawn is the best of the 4 books. Two parts are from Bella's perspective and one part is from Jacob's. It is very interesting to have the story told from another point of view. It gives the story a whole new dynamic.
Stephenie Meyer does not hold back when it comes to her imagination in this book. She continues with the intrigue from before but still continues to throw in amazing twists and climaxes.
Just when you thought there could be no more to tell about a story, she comes out swinging. You will be laughing, crying smiling and feeling amazing when finished.
The Love is stronger than ever between many of the characters, the plot is thicker, deeper and more intricate and we are introduced to new characters that just add that little bit extra. I've read all 4 books in a week and already want to reread them. Breaking dawn is amazing and helps the story grow up a little bit.
I highly recommend it.
50 out of 64 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Breaking Dawn was a huge letdown for me, although I didn't read it until it had been out for quite some time and I had heard many reviews that prepared me for disappointment. I found it irritating that the characters whom readers have come to know and love during the first three books completely change personalities and motivations so everyone could end up happy in the end. When you spend 3 entire novels establishing characters and then change them completely in order to tie up any loose ends at the end of a series, you have to expect that readers will feel disappointed, and even a little cheated. I thought Twilight was great, New Moon and Eclipse were good, and Breaking Dawn was just short of terrible. I found myself wondering if Ms. Meyer was under so much pressure to deliver a bestseller that she cracked, or was too rushed to meet a deadline.
36 out of 65 people found this review helpful.
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Posted March 27, 2009
I admit, that I really wanted to read this book. After Eclipse I wanted to see what happened to Jacob and figure out if Bella becomes a vampire. I still dislike Bella's weepy weak character, and truly the best part of the book for me was Jacobs prospective. I am breaking down the book into the good, bad and the ugly:
Good:
Bella finally grows a backbone!!! She puts her foot down, finally, and gets rewarded for it. Jacob and Edward sort of become friendly, almost two friendly by some of the propositions that Edward comes up with...one word eeeeeeeewwwwwwwww. Reneesmee (I am going to leave it at that, we don't need spoilers)
The Bad:
Almost all of the writing and the lack of details and explanations for miraculous occurrences. Charlie's quick acceptance, Reneeesme, the honeymoon, Bella's special power. Like I said before 0-60 in 2 seconds flat, it was like the book lost its footing with partial reality. Yes, I know vampires are not real, but this jumped off the deep end.
The Ugly:
I hinted at this before Edward and Jacobs "friendliness" involving Bella. How we get a character like Reneesme. The writing. Bella's power (come on now, why is everything easy for the whinny child?!?) And the happily ever after (sorry folks but that sort of killed the book)
Overall, I am sure the Twilight fans loved this book and will continue to watch the movies and be fans of an annoying twit (Bella) and her polyandry loving husband Edward. I actually think the other characters Alice, Jacob, Jasper, Rosaelie, Esme, Charlie, Leah...I think they made the books worthwhile. I am a HUGE fan of romance, but I need maturity or some sort of maturity on the sides of both parties, otherwise its almost a perversion of love.
29 out of 40 people found this review helpful.
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Posted October 4, 2008
I loved the first 3 especially Twilight. Breaking Dawn totally took away the fun, romance and wanting to know what was going to happen next. I had to force myself to finish the book hoping that Bella would wake up out of a horrible nightmare of being 'pregnant.' I feel like this book was written in a rush and lost sight of the story. I mean, I'm all for happy endings but it being a vamp story I was okay with some not so happy stuff rather then a happy vamp family living 'happily ever after.' I am so sad that I read this last book, it broke my vamp/werewolf loving heart. I love the Cullen family but I think Meyers took a gory turn in this one. It truly was not needed as the first three didn't have it and it kept us reading in suspense. This last book totally killed it. No suspense, it was more like 'covering my mouth and saying 'OH NO, am I really reading this?' This literally 'BITES!'
25 out of 47 people found this review helpful.
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Posted January 30, 2009
Breaking Dawn is definitely my favorite book in the Twilight Series. It takes on a more mature tone, and leads the story in a completely unexpected and different direction than the first 3 books. I highly recommend reading the series, you won't be disappointed.
20 out of 23 people found this review helpful.
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Posted August 4, 2010
So After I made it through this series (which I did only b/c everyone told me the last book had an ending I would love), I promptly sent Stephenie Meyer a formal request to have my wasted time returned (with interest). Then, I went out to every one of my friends who recommended the books and broke their kneecaps. Afterwards, I returned home, burned the books, scooped up the ashes, mixed them with concrete and threw them in the ocean!
Worst series imaginable but I still wish I wrote them so that I could have all her money!
Sparkling Vampires!!??? Why oh why didn't I stop there??
19 out of 39 people found this review helpful.
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Posted January 21, 2009
Breaking Dawn is my favorite book except for Twilight. A lot happens to Bella and Edward. Bella truly figures out who she is and ends up the ¿hero¿ of the story. This is a complicated time for Jacob he deals with Bella, who he loved, marrying someone else. I had many mixed emotions about this book. I really liked it but a few times I thought to my self, well that was stupid. The usually led to something Bella did. Or a lot of the times Leah and her brother didn¿t make very good decisions while with Jacob instead of being with Sam. Jacob had many troubles with fighting with Sam and imprinting on this new girl. It¿s a very good book and never gets old. There are plenty of new surprises with just the flip of a page. You can never predict what is happening which is why I kept reading it.
18 out of 19 people found this review helpful.
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Posted September 17, 2008
I was so disappointed in this book. It took me 3 days to finish Twilight. It took me 1 month to finish Breaking Dawn. The story just dragged on and on about the baby. I felt like Stephanie just ran out of ideas and maybe she was rushed into writing this poor story line.
18 out of 41 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I've never wanted to stop reading a book as much as I wanted to stop reading this one, but after putting in the work for the first three I had to finish this. First off, after reading this series I've come to the conclusion that this isn't even a vampire series, but it's more of a superhero series. It's like reading Justice League or X-Men. Vampires running around who can read minds, see the future, inflict pain without ever touching you. The only vamipre elements here seem to have been borrowed from Anne Rice's series. Out of four books it seems like one book (if you add up the pages) is dedicated to telling us how beautiful Edward is and how much Bella misses him when he's not there. It get's so bad that she won't even blink when she's around him. I've found so many things wrong with this story, but I don't want to ruin it for anybody, and the ending is so horrible I was hoping it would have given me something to give this book a 2, but sadly it gave me nothing. Save your time and go read a real vampire book or read Twilight and stop there.
15 out of 25 people found this review helpful.
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Posted August 16, 2009
I was totally stoked for the final installment of the Twilight series. I was a huggee fan of the series (prior to the mention of the movies.) I read this, and I just want to tear my eyeballs out. Almost everything that happens is completely stupid. It annoyed me that Stephenie Meyer had to add her morals to the story. No sex before marriage. Did anyone else notice that anti-abortion part in it? When I think of re-reading this book, a piece of my soul dies in agony. Edward is so controlling, he always has been and Bella has no spine. The relationship between the two of them is completely surface level. Its all lust, no emotional attachment. They just want to do each other. All Bella talks about is Edward's appearance. How does that NOT make you gag? How shallow is that? Bella's obsession for him grows to the point where its nauseating. Thanks to Breaking Dawn, I feel as though I've wasted my time with all of it. And to the movie, seeing as Kristen Stewart can't act to save her life. But this is a book review. All these annoying things that I mentioned became more and more apparent and irritating in the fourth book. It was so anti-climatic. There's a show-down then: "OH! I understand, see you later!" And Bella and Edward celebrate by doing it. . .again. WOW. LAME.
The moral of the story: Use a condom.
15 out of 28 people found this review helpful.
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Posted April 29, 2009
While I enjoyed this book, it became more and more far fetched as I progressed through it. It went off in many different directions, some of which did not seem necessary. The ending is also very predictable. You will see it coming a mile away.
14 out of 16 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.In Stephanie Meyer's finale book in an epic series, I can say that it is indeed possible to achieve the aforementioned.
Twilight in its essence was a fantastic novel--just what the doctor ordered for a sixteen-year-old with considerably a lot of heartache.
Though as the novels progressed, I became increasingly disappointed with the character development. Even so, the plot line was kept just above becoming stagnant, which kept me, for one, turning the pages.
However, in Breaking Dawn, it was an effort and struggle to hover over each page. I found myself skimming through sappy dialogue and over dramatized scenes of the worst cliches. Like many have said, this novel seems to be Meyer's fanfiction of her own fiction! I've never seen an author become so smitten with her own love story!
Jacob's role in Breaking Dawn was my chance at a breather. I found I made it through his segment far too quickly. And though the Volturi segment was highly suspenseful and interesting, its anticlimactic ending left a bad taste in my mouth.
Stephanie Meyer has sufficiently dragged Bella through the mud and beaten her past senseless through the duration of four novels. Not only have we been subjected to annoyingly selfish needs and enough depression to induce nausea, Meyer still succeeds at trampling both us and her narrative voice Bella into a sludge pile of disgustingly sweet teenage romance and drama.
The fourth book was the catalyst that ruined an otherwise "okay" series. Stephanie, don't rush yourself next time. And please be sure not to read your fan mail before you sit down to write.
13 out of 29 people found this review helpful.
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Posted September 19, 2008
It was a complete waste of time reading this book. I expected it to be something great since it was the end of saga and it looked that way for a while 'I was really hopeful' but in the end, it turned out beyond disappointing. I was extremely irritated. It was absolutely not worth the time.
11 out of 23 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.And that's just putting it lightly. This book is an abomination to all writing out there. And I can not believe that it's considered or at least was a best seller. To have something start from a woman's sexual fantasy and actually be printed on paper is just horrid. I understand that most love stories out there are sexual fantasies but this is just going too far. I mean seriously you had a bad dream, you don't need sexual pleasure to fix it. And let me not start with the imprinting. First off imprinting sounds nasty as it is and to have an 18 year old (or however old he is) imrpint on an infant who was just born. That is pedophile and just plain nasty and wrong.
To start off with this review most people say that it's like a fanfiction. I completly agree with them. I mean her writing ability is way low and it felt like it wasn't even part of the twilight series. I felt like I was reading someone else's work about what should happen. And I can't even give a friggen review because the stupid imprinting just keeps coming into mind. I mean are you serious?! That's just nasty I mean words can't even explain it. I'm surprised that the publishing company went as low as publishing that garbage. Yes it is garbage because there is no other word for this.
I can't even give a straight review about this book because of that nonsense. It's full of plot holes, the writing is horrid it's like she raped a thesauras and the plot lines are just.... no explanation. The character's haven't progressed at all not even one inch. We don't know anything about them other than they love each other. I would not recommend this book and if it were up to me it would be banned from everywhere. But since it's not then I'll have to put up with it. And for me to review a book like this it seriously has to suck. Because I have read some sucky books but this one is just top of the list.
I'm very surprised and dissapointed that most parent's let their kids read this.
Seriously? Imprinting?
10 out of 22 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I've had enough of Twilight, after Eclipse. The whole series drags, Bella can't stop talking about how beautiful and sparkly Edward is. We get the point. And the fact she has no backbone either... The whole series does not have much plot or even a theme. I'm glad it's over.
I hate that people try to call Meyer the next J.K. Rowling, (which is IMPOSSIBLE) and get very obsessed over this series. It's only a series that'll be over the next two years, for it doesn't 'stand out'. It isn't a great book, not at all like Dickens or Shakespeare. Even J.K. Rowling beats Meyer into a crumb. If I could go back in time, I wouldn't of read the books and wasted my time.
10 out of 19 people found this review helpful.
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Posted October 21, 2008
Even though I've had my gripes with the series, I still enjoyed it. Not so with Breaking Dawn, I couldn't connect with Bella as a "perfect" vampire. When she was human, she was like any girl. Renesmee was an easy cop out to give everyone a nice happy ending, and we were lead up to a dramatic battle that never happened. Unless you are a hardcore fan, leave it on the shelf.
10 out of 25 people found this review helpful.
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Posted September 28, 2008
I am so disappointed, not just because everything i wanted to happen didn't, but primarily because Stephenie Meyer chose a plot in which nothing happens. Right after Jacob's book (which is probably the best part of Breaking Dawn) it all goes down hill. After that, there is 300 pgs of Bella gazing at Nessie. When it finally comes to there being ANY action--the highly anticipated Volturi vs. Cullens War--Stephenie sells out. Unfortunately she lost the essence of the story with this one. Basically the main characters are pushed in the background. I even felt I lost contact with Edward! Major upset.
10 out of 18 people found this review helpful.
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Posted August 24, 2009
This book felt more like a quickly thrown together summary of what happened rather then the ending that Twilight deserved. **SPOILER ALERT** Throught the book you are wondering what the final fight is going to come out to. Which of the Cullens is going to die? Which volunteers are we meeting for the first and last time? The book was written specifically for the final fight with the majority centered around it so when there ended up being no fight it was highly disappointing. I ended the book wondering why I had read it. There was no climax and by the end Stephanie had left more loose strings than when the book had started. This is a good begining to the final chapter of the Twilight Saga but is not the ending itself. I hope she hears those of us who see it this way and is able to give it a more proper ending. This book felt rushed and highly detached from the rest of the series.
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Overview
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 ...