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tanu_jellyfish's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
madi_miss's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pedophilia
valmeac's review against another edition
5.0
Better than the rest of the series, by a lot, and the writing didn't seem as elementary
awen_mair's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
This one was my favourite of the four! I actually ship them omg what
marlene87's review against another edition
2.0
What a cheesy ending, so icky. Yay, everything magically works out so perfect for everybody. Gives a real unrealistic vibe that takes you out of the story.
megan_ablettxx's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
sdloomer's review against another edition
2.0
Series Rating: 1.25/5 ★
Twilight: 1.5★
New Moon: -★
Eclipse: 1.5★
--1.5/5 stars--
I FUCKING DID IT, GUYS. I AM SO PROUD OF ME.
Now that we've got that out of the way, let's move on.
I'm not going to lie: this was my favorite book of the four--hold on, hold on, let me finish. This was my favorite book of the four because something actually happened. Granted, it wasn't a huge something, but happen it did. It was hella fucking weird, and took a hella fucking long-ass time to get there, but I'm gonna throw Ms. Meyer a bone (heh, I couldn't resist) and give her a slightly less sarcastic clap of congratulations. So I guess my rating is closer to 2 stars.
However, I still hold with my original opinion in that character development, plot, and conflict are basically nonexistent in this story, even though everything has been tied up with a pretty red bow. Sure Bella gets to be with Edward in a non-creepy, almost normal way (fuck, who am I kidding), the Cullen family made some new friends, the Volturi got their pride shoved down a sewer pipe, and Jake and Renesmee have their weird...little...relationship...thing.. going on.
But where was the real problem? Honestly, the Volturi didn't seem like much of a threat to me--maybe it was because of the way their characters were written, maybe it was because we didn't actually get to see them commit horrible deeds (the whole tourist thing that happened in New Moon doesn't count. They're vampires, they have to eat, and they're doing it in a subtle way. I get it.), or maybe it was because none of them really seemed all that relatable to me. I want to connect with villains in order to view them as true threats, and I kept waiting for something like that to happen but...nothing. Out of all the Volturi, maybe only 10 of them got to speak in the entire series? Maybe even less? Branching from that, because I felt the Volturi weren't actually enemies, I suddenly detached myself from the Cullen family (not that I was attached to them in the first place. Except maybe Rosalie. Wait. Never mind). What I guess I'm trying to get at here is that I didn't sympathize with any of them. I just didn't care.
Mr. James McQuivey makes an incredibly strong point about the lack of conflict in Bella's un-life in his review.
Moving on. I'll try to make this short.
1. The whole Bella turning into a vampire thing. Yeah, just like the rest of you, I saw it coming from page 1 of Twilight. I wasn't impressed.
2. Bella's whole fucked-up pregnancy. Jesus Christ. Why? I'm not sure if this was supposed to be a metaphor for the current abortion controversy (especially since Ms. Meyer is Mormon), but did we really need to read about drinking blood out of a plastic party cup (complete with a straw!)? I'm gagging.
3. Jake's hella fucking weird imprint thing with Renesmee. Guys, I'm totally creeped out. Like, more so than by Edward watching Bella while she sleeps. Ms. Meyer, I know you tried to smooth it out before with Quil imprinting on two-year-old Claire (also still weird) and trying to explain: "he'll be her best friend, like a big brother! Until she grows up and then they'll want to make out. Yeah. It's totally normal", but I think this takes it to a whole new level. It's a little sick. Actually, it's a lot sick. Instead of taking the hard way out and giving Jake a more, shall we say appropriate "mate", like someone in his clan or even an entirely new character (actually, just thinking about all those names in the "Vampire Index" makes me sigh), you decided to have Jake imprint on the newborn baby of the girl he used to consider his other half. That's some real, twisted shit right there.
4. Why wasn't there a huge battle at the end? Maybe, again because Ms. Meyer is Mormon, she didn't want to write a full-scale war. But it would have been a nice change and probably more suitable for the amount of "tension" she tried to create during the last half of the book. I kept waiting for a fight to break out, but again, I was disappointed. Everyone gets a "happy ending"! Except Irina, that traitor bitch.
I guess I lied about this review being short.
One last thing, before I give this series a much-relieved wave goodbye. I don't dispute the fact that Bella is a horrible main character (she's probably at the top of everyone's Mary-Sue list), or the fact that Edward is the definition of a creepy stalker, or the fact that this series was so boring it could have been 5 pages--rather than the complete 2446 pages--and still get its point across. Yeah, I did the math during Breaking Dawn because I was that bored.
I will argue that it is not that bad. At least, it is not Satan's spawn as some people say it is. There are much worse books out there, especially those that actually deserve bashing. And if teenage girls want to read this, I say go ahead and let them. Let them escape into a completely weird and awkward world. At least they're reading. And hopefully they'll understand that although Bella made her choice, and we can respect that because we respect each other and we're not terrible human beings, they can maybe aim a little higher.
Twilight: 1.5★
New Moon: -★
Eclipse: 1.5★
--1.5/5 stars--
I FUCKING DID IT, GUYS. I AM SO PROUD OF ME.
Now that we've got that out of the way, let's move on.
I'm not going to lie: this was my favorite book of the four--hold on, hold on, let me finish. This was my favorite book of the four because something actually happened. Granted, it wasn't a huge something, but happen it did. It was hella fucking weird, and took a hella fucking long-ass time to get there, but I'm gonna throw Ms. Meyer a bone (heh, I couldn't resist) and give her a slightly less sarcastic clap of congratulations. So I guess my rating is closer to 2 stars.
However, I still hold with my original opinion in that character development, plot, and conflict are basically nonexistent in this story, even though everything has been tied up with a pretty red bow. Sure Bella gets to be with Edward in a non-creepy, almost normal way (fuck, who am I kidding), the Cullen family made some new friends, the Volturi got their pride shoved down a sewer pipe, and Jake and Renesmee have their weird...little...relationship...thing.. going on.
But where was the real problem? Honestly, the Volturi didn't seem like much of a threat to me--maybe it was because of the way their characters were written, maybe it was because we didn't actually get to see them commit horrible deeds (the whole tourist thing that happened in New Moon doesn't count. They're vampires, they have to eat, and they're doing it in a subtle way. I get it.), or maybe it was because none of them really seemed all that relatable to me. I want to connect with villains in order to view them as true threats, and I kept waiting for something like that to happen but...nothing. Out of all the Volturi, maybe only 10 of them got to speak in the entire series? Maybe even less? Branching from that, because I felt the Volturi weren't actually enemies, I suddenly detached myself from the Cullen family (not that I was attached to them in the first place. Except maybe Rosalie. Wait. Never mind). What I guess I'm trying to get at here is that I didn't sympathize with any of them. I just didn't care.
Mr. James McQuivey makes an incredibly strong point about the lack of conflict in Bella's un-life in his review.
Moving on. I'll try to make this short.
1. The whole Bella turning into a vampire thing. Yeah, just like the rest of you, I saw it coming from page 1 of Twilight. I wasn't impressed.
2. Bella's whole fucked-up pregnancy. Jesus Christ. Why? I'm not sure if this was supposed to be a metaphor for the current abortion controversy (especially since Ms. Meyer is Mormon), but did we really need to read about drinking blood out of a plastic party cup (complete with a straw!)? I'm gagging.
3. Jake's hella fucking weird imprint thing with Renesmee. Guys, I'm totally creeped out. Like, more so than by Edward watching Bella while she sleeps. Ms. Meyer, I know you tried to smooth it out before with Quil imprinting on two-year-old Claire (also still weird) and trying to explain: "he'll be her best friend, like a big brother! Until she grows up and then they'll want to make out. Yeah. It's totally normal", but I think this takes it to a whole new level. It's a little sick. Actually, it's a lot sick. Instead of taking the hard way out and giving Jake a more, shall we say appropriate "mate", like someone in his clan or even an entirely new character (actually, just thinking about all those names in the "Vampire Index" makes me sigh), you decided to have Jake imprint on the newborn baby of the girl he used to consider his other half. That's some real, twisted shit right there.
4. Why wasn't there a huge battle at the end? Maybe, again because Ms. Meyer is Mormon, she didn't want to write a full-scale war. But it would have been a nice change and probably more suitable for the amount of "tension" she tried to create during the last half of the book. I kept waiting for a fight to break out, but again, I was disappointed. Everyone gets a "happy ending"! Except Irina, that traitor bitch.
I guess I lied about this review being short.
One last thing, before I give this series a much-relieved wave goodbye. I don't dispute the fact that Bella is a horrible main character (she's probably at the top of everyone's Mary-Sue list), or the fact that Edward is the definition of a creepy stalker, or the fact that this series was so boring it could have been 5 pages--rather than the complete 2446 pages--and still get its point across. Yeah, I did the math during Breaking Dawn because I was that bored.
I will argue that it is not that bad. At least, it is not Satan's spawn as some people say it is. There are much worse books out there, especially those that actually deserve bashing. And if teenage girls want to read this, I say go ahead and let them. Let them escape into a completely weird and awkward world. At least they're reading. And hopefully they'll understand that although Bella made her choice, and we can respect that because we respect each other and we're not terrible human beings, they can maybe aim a little higher.
mea9an's review against another edition
3.0
Breaking Dawn was 11-12 year old me's favorite of the Twilight Series. I thought Breaking Dawn was the best in the series, which is why I'm being honest and giving it 3 stars.
What 11-12 year old me couldn't get past was the fact that the vampire "war" wasn't necessarily a war. That was the only thing wrong in my eyes at the time.
Now, 18 year old me sees a lot wrong with the Twilight Series. It was kind of painful to see your favorite childhood series end up as such a flop. Too bad. But my 11-12 year old self is nagging me to read Life and Death...
What 11-12 year old me couldn't get past was the fact that the vampire "war" wasn't necessarily a war. That was the only thing wrong in my eyes at the time.
Now, 18 year old me sees a lot wrong with the Twilight Series. It was kind of painful to see your favorite childhood series end up as such a flop. Too bad. But my 11-12 year old self is nagging me to read Life and Death...