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Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) |  | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Rating:  5269 reviews
Sales Rank: 644
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 756
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Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.7 x 2.4
ISBN: 031606792X
EAN: 9780316067928
ASIN: 031606792X
Publication Date: August 2, 2008
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Great love stories thrive on sacrifice. Throughout The Twilight Saga (Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse), Stephenie Meyer has emulated great love stories--Romeo and Juliet, Wuthering Heights--with the fated, yet perpetually doomed love of Bella (the human girl) and Edward (the vampire who feeds on animals instead of humans). In Breaking Dawn, the fourth and final installment in the series, Bella’s story plays out in some unexpected ways. The ongoing conflicts that made this series so compelling--a human girl in love with a vampire, a werewolf in love with a human girl, the generations-long feud between werewolves and vampires--resolve pretty quickly, apparently so that Meyer could focus on Bella’s latest opportunity for self-sacrifice: giving her life for someone she loves even more than Edward. How close she comes to actually making that sacrifice is questionable, which is a big shift from the earlier books. Even though you knew Bella would make it through somehow, the threats to her life, and to her relationship with Edward, had previously always felt real. It’s as if Meyer was afraid of hurting her characters too much, which is unfortunate, because the pain Bella suffered at losing Edward in New Moon, and the pain Jacob suffered at losing Bella again and again, are the fire and the heart that drive the whole series. Diehard fans will stick with Bella, Edward, and Jacob for as many twists and turns as possible, but after most of the characters get what they want with little sacrifice, some readers may have a harder time caring what happens next. (Ages 12 and up) --Heidi Broadhead
Product Description
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 seductive world of immortals or to pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fates of two tribes hangs. Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating, and unfathomable, consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's life--first discovered in Twilight, then scattered and torn in New Moon and Eclipse--seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed... forever? The astonishing, breathlessly anticipated conclusion to the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions.
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 Another great book in the series. September 8, 2010
Tera Bytes (Missouri)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a close second for my favorite book in the series. It does have its lulls in story but I do recommend a fan to read it and stick with it. It really is a great book.
Not a book critque' September 7, 2010
C. Frieda (Texas)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ok I see there have been over 5200 reviews on this book, sooo I will not even attempt to review. In the first place I buy books for the pure enjoyment of reading them, not reviewing them. I have read this book twice and have enjoyed both times, the only problem I have with Stephanie Meyers is that she is not (to my knowledge) working on a new project. I have also read The Host and throughly enjoyed that one too!!! I sincerely hope they will be making the scripts necessary to put this book on film, whether it be 1 or 2 movies. I feel this is only fair to the 100's of thousands of readers that have been waiting patiently. I am not a teenager or a middle aged person, I'm a grannie that believes in reading a book for pure enjoyment and that is exactly what these books have done for me.
Best book I never read... September 6, 2010
RC from GA
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book for my wife and suprised her by having it delivered to her work place. I'm not the kind to kiss and tell but let's just say she was not only thankful but she has "been in a much better mood lately". I'm glad its 754 pages long. Its gonna take her a couple of weeks to read it. Hurry, Mrs. Myers. I can't wait to not read your next book.
Breaking Dawn September 6, 2010
Mandi
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great book! I enjoyed reading it. Anyone who loved the other books in this saga would enjoy this book. Stephenie Meyer did a great job in ending the saga.
 754 pages that could've been summed up in 200 or less, spoiler alert September 5, 2010
Shamontiel L. Vaughn (Chicago)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved "Twilight" and "New Moon." I was fascinated with the characters (Team Jacob!) and interested in how their relationships would form. By "Eclipse," I lost a lot of respect for Edward and Jacob's actions towards Bella, and I had zero respect for Bella. I got "Twilight" and "New Moon" at the library, but I bought the last two. I really wish I'd have done it the other way around because I could read the first two books over and over again. I did not enjoy this last story at all.
***SPOILER ALERT--DO NOT READ THIS PART IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE BOOK, SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM***
1. Max--Criminals do not count off all the type of people they meet or talk this slick to their bosses. If they're really worried about their jobs, they're just not this casual.
2. Bella--Bella watched Jasper teach the other vampires how to fight in "Eclipse," so why did she bother asking Edward how to fight when she's stronger than him? She continuously played the Damsel in Distress role when she was clearly stronger than him, regardless of being a newborn.
3. Jacob--In all three books, Jacob was still a regular human being when he didn't phase. In this book, he's panting and leaving fur on the floor and acting like somebody's puppy dog. Meyer tried to make him animalistic when it really didn't help the plot.
4. Charlie--What police officer who is a father have you EVER met who was just going to sit home and believe his daughter was sick and NEVER visit the Cullens on his own? While she was married and her spouse would be the one to sign for her in the hospital, I just cannot see a cop sitting at home waiting on a phone call? The man posted signs all over the city when Jacob was supposedly gone but just complained when his own flesh and blood was missing. Really?
5. Renee--I can't think of one mother I've ever known in my entire life who would just let her ex-husband satisfy her need to know her daughter is healthy. Every mother I know would be on the first thing smoking to get to wherever her daughter was, whether it's Atlanta, the Cullen's house, etc. Instead she hadn't seen the girl in two years even with the knowledge that the girl she carried for nine months was sick with some "disease"?
6. Wedding--When a bride walks away for a few seconds at any wedding, people notice. Bella was gone long enough to dance for two songs and she came back into the wedding and no one noticed. I've been to more than enough weddings to know that's not going to happen either. And then the husband disappears too? Yeah right. Some busybody at the wedding would've noticed.
7. Charlie and the pack--I felt so incredibly cheated that we got a lame summary of Jacob confiding in Charlie. I really wish it would've went back to his perspective again. Then we didn't get to hear anything about how the pack resolved their issues. It was as if they were unimportant to the story, but readers got to find out once again how beautiful Bella was and her oh-so-terrible time trying to find jeans in her wardrobe. Seriously? What was more important?
Back to Bella--The problem I had with the entire novel is Bella Cullen. With the first two novels, no matter how long they were, I was so into the story that it didn't matter. The best way to make a novel seem long is to make the readers not like the main character, and I found Bella to be annoyingly insecure, selfish, quick-tempered, controlling and illogical.
The entire conflict in the story was her fault so why would I look at her as a superhero.
1. Regardless of whether she knew she could have a half-immortal baby, she still repeatedly forced herself on Edward and basically gave him an ultimatum.
2. Then, after she ended up pregnant, then she forced the entire Cullen family into a ridiculously uncomfortable situation by forcing herself to have the baby. While she complained about "hurting" them, that didn't stop her from doing it.
3. How disrespectful is it to even attempt to name the child E.J. for Edward and Jacob. In not even one book did she consider how openly vulnerable Jacob was being about his love for her and how insensitive it is to name him after her. She said she knew she "hurt" him but kept right on playing mind games with him and just acting like Edward should deal with it because they were "friends." Platonic friendships don't work that way. There's always a healthy distance so neither the significant other or friend feel like they're in competition.
4. Leah seemed to be the ONLY one with any kind of sense in this book to understand that Bella was the one causing drama with the entire Cullen family, and Meyer cheated us out of ever hearing what Leah had to say. We got a summary, but we got long, drawn-out paragraphs on almost every page about how beautiful Bella was or how much both Jacob and Edward loved her. We couldn't get ONE scene when Leah came through the door and told Bella about herself? I was wondering who was more worried about Bella getting her feelings hurt--Jacob, Edward, or Meyer?
5. I don't believe there's a woman alive who is so insensitive that she would tell a man who is openly in love with her that she's going to have sex that could endanger her life with another man? Bella has repeatedly started trouble where there was none. Why would she tell Jacob about getting a "real honeymoon"? It's not just inconsiderate, it's just plain stupid.
***SPOILER ALERT ENDS--I HOPE YOU DID NOT CHEAT AND READ IT ANYWAY****
***FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT READ THE BOOK, READ BELOW***
I genuinely enjoyed Jacob when he wasn't around Bella. I felt like his section ended entirely too soon. I was thrilled to read more about werewolves and see parts of the book that were in Jacob's point of view. I was hoping there would be a part in Edward's point of view, too, just to see what his mind is like outside of worshipping Bella. I can only stand to hear Bella complain about how plain and ugly she thinks she is for so long only to then switch to how beautiful she is and how everybody agrees. And how many times in one book can we hear about who loves who more? We get it! It gets old. Please stop explaining how much they love each other on every single page. Bella went from being whiny and insecure to manipulative and a troublemaker. She started trouble where there was none, and every single piece of conflict through the whole story happened because of her doing. How can I consider her a hero or even admire any small thing she accomplished when she was the reason for her own problems? If there was anybody in this book who I was cheering for, it was Leah only because she was the only one who wasn't blinded by Bella.
One more thing, Meyer, PLEASE stop saying people purse their lips. Although you calmed it down a bit in here versus "Eclipse," nobody purses their lips this much, especially guys. People just don't walk around poking out their lips every time there's a problem. Maybe give that characteristic to one person but not ALL the characters. For example, Jacob rolled his eyes A LOT, but we got use to that being Jacob's style. But this pursing lip deal is out of control.
While I can't recommend this book and grew kind of disgusted with the guys in "Eclipse," I do recommend "Twilight" and "New Moon" as excellent reads. I have a hard time respecting weak men, and both Jacob and Edward walked around like dancing puppets with no backbone whatsoever. If Bella said it, they did it like they were indentured servants. I gave this book two stars instead of one SOLELY because as soon as the Voltari came into the main plot around pg. 531, that was the best part of the story--the last 200 or so pages.
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