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sryoung's review
2.0
I hated this book no doubt about it Stephanie Meyer tried to change everything a bit too. Much if you asked me
leahjohnson2076's review
5.0
I absolutely loved this, and I thought it was a great ending to the series, though I am sad that it's over, but it really ended things neatly
penser's review
3.0
yay leah!thanks for the borrow!
Meyer definitely weaves a story with unexpected twists. I liked this one, finished it quickly. But I still say Twilight and Eclipse were my favorites.
Meyer definitely weaves a story with unexpected twists. I liked this one, finished it quickly. But I still say Twilight and Eclipse were my favorites.
my_forest_library's review
3.0
I am shocked to say that I am giving this book three stars. I read all of the Twilight books because I felt that I should be familiar with the phenomenon that is Twilight, but I found NOTHING good about the first three books except that I had a lot of fun laughing out loud about just how ridiculous and poorly written the books were. I expected the fourth book to be the worst of the bunch because it has gotten so many bad reviews -- even from fans of the series. Boy was I surprised, then, when I discovered that I was actually ENJOYING this installment in the saga.
The book starts out very similar to the other books in the series -- Bella and Edward get married and act like their typical wimpy, whiny selves while the author tries to avoid words like "sex" (which is given substitutes like "make love" or other innuendos). Somewhere around the middle of the book, however, the author grows a pair and actually begins to write a decent story with a plot (I know, unheard of in the Twilight world!) and a slightly more adult vocabulary (she actually seems to fight off her inner Christian fundamentalist enough to use "sex" a few times).
The point where I realized that I was actually enjoying the book was the point where I stopped analyzing and picking apart the story and the characters and actually started to want to keep reading and find out what happens next. Yes, there were times when the action is almost nonexistent and the story gets a bit redundant, but I'm okay with a little bit of that in any book as long as I am compelled to keep reading.
Overall, I think the book was actually decent -- which is something I thought I would never say about a Twilight book. I am giving the book no more than three stars, however, because it still doesn't meet my standards for good storytelling. While the book is definitely better than its predecessors, it still lacks a lot -- especially in terms of conflict.
The book starts out very similar to the other books in the series -- Bella and Edward get married and act like their typical wimpy, whiny selves while the author tries to avoid words like "sex" (which is given substitutes like "make love" or other innuendos). Somewhere around the middle of the book, however, the author grows a pair and actually begins to write a decent story with a plot (I know, unheard of in the Twilight world!) and a slightly more adult vocabulary (she actually seems to fight off her inner Christian fundamentalist enough to use "sex" a few times).
The point where I realized that I was actually enjoying the book was the point where I stopped analyzing and picking apart the story and the characters and actually started to want to keep reading and find out what happens next. Yes, there were times when the action is almost nonexistent and the story gets a bit redundant, but I'm okay with a little bit of that in any book as long as I am compelled to keep reading.
Overall, I think the book was actually decent -- which is something I thought I would never say about a Twilight book. I am giving the book no more than three stars, however, because it still doesn't meet my standards for good storytelling. While the book is definitely better than its predecessors, it still lacks a lot -- especially in terms of conflict.
annettewolf's review
3.0
If there's one thing I don't like more than most things, it's a convenient happy ending. Meyer goes through back-breaking contortions to twist her plot into delivering a happy ending to all of the main characters. It was an entertaining read, as always, but I can't be happy with endings so contrived as that. Give me some semblance of *real* any day over a convenient happy ending.
tealrose81's review
2.0
Once I could get through the first section I maintained some interest. I feel her books were falling into a pattern and the characters and outcomes were very predictable. The novel could have been shorter without losing any impact.
kriziaannacastro's review
1.0
"Breaking Dawn" has an ugly plot and is poorly written. I do wish that Meyer wrote it at least beautifully to make up for the plot but she did not. This book is a wast of money.
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