I'm not going to bother with a plot summary here, because half the universe already knows all there is to know about Bella and Edward (and Jacob) and the other half doesn't care. I read all four of the books in this series over the past week because I wanted some light escapism while recovering from surgery - nothing too serious or requiring much concentration. Meyer's candyfloss vampire romance seemed ideal.

Well, the first three books were fine: certainly escapist fun, not to be taken seriously at all, and ideally catered to her target audience. We had the accident-prone, ugly-duckling teenager and her handsome, clever, brooding vampire boyfriend. We had his 'I can't stay with you because I'll hurt you' break-up arguments. We had her 'make me a vampire now or it means you don't love me!' teenage pouts - all very in-character for someone of Bella's age. We even had a love triangle with Jacob the werewolf, who actually manages to get Edward to like him when he and his pack combine to help save Bella's life. All entertaining stuff.

With _Breaking Dawn_ I get the sense that Meyer was carried away with her own success and actually believed her own publicity. This book is a mess. It should have been sent back to her by her editor with a polite note recommending that she tear it up and start again. Rule one of writing a series: keep your characters in character, though give them some growth. Rule two: remember other minor characters you've had along the way and use them too - readers like them. Rule three: avoid plot developments that require that your readers do twenty somersaults of disbelief-suspension. Rule four: don't introduce two dozen new characters more than halfway through the final book. Oh, and rule five: if you're setting up a scenario in which your characters have to fight for their happy ending, make them... y'know... fight!

The pregnancy required a huge suspension of credibility to begin with, and its progress made me wonder if I was somehow reading a very, very bad fanfic. The birth scene also felt like something written by a 12-year-old fic writer - and I've read far better stuff by 12-year-olds. The imprinting was entirely predictable - read the last two books, people! It was obvious that Jacob was going to imprint on a baby somewhere along the line. But *this* baby was annoying in the extreme. Superkid, with a ridiculous name and a fast-track childhood... good god, can you get more idiotic?

Worst of all, though, was the battle with the Volturi that never happened. Anti-climactic? Oh, yes. Add to that all the extra characters who appeared throughout the book, characters we had no reason to care about - why should we, after all? Final book in the series; we know we won't see them again! - while we don't get to spend time with characters we have got to know and like. Who cares about Arum from wherever? I'd rather see more of Carlisle, and what about Bella's mother, who we barely even got to see at her wedding?

Readers who suggested that the wedding should have been an epilogue to the third book and this one scrapped are right; this was a massive waste of readers' time and money.

First of all, let me say that this is not a fangirl's perspective. My little sister (who is 12) asked me to take her to see the Twilight movie and this is the first I heard about the series. I'm ten years older than her and thought the book and the movie would be terribly childish but possibly fun. I read Twilight before going to the film and I have to say, I was somewhat impressed. It was a bit juvenile and the sappy romance was a bit hard to swallow, but overall, Edward was just adorable and Bella's stupidity and self-deprecating nature were endearing.

New Moon is my favorite book and you can see my review over there for why.

I am so glad that this series became more than Edward/Bella. It would have bored me to tears if it had all been star-crossed romance. Having said that, of course I depended on the fact that in the end, Edward/Bella would prevail. I love Jacob, loved Jacob's point of view in Breaking Dawn--it was so funny and painful, much as teenage unrequited love is in reality. I was impressed with the fact that imprinting has little to do with age. A lot of people think it's creepy but I mean, really? Eating mountain lions and ripping people to pieces isn't?

Granted, this book's plot was weaker than the first. It had a lot of really well written SCENES, though. Bella's "death" was heartwrenchingly graphic and emotional.

This is worth reading; it's fun but still thought-provoking. Still my least favorite book because it all got tied up in a neat little bow. Stephenie Meyer is no Lois Lowry; but these young adult novels really entertained this older adult.

One last wistful thought: I really wish Bella had been a clumsy vampire.

WARNING: to anyone who has read some of the books, or is just contemplating getting started, if you are seriously planning to read the series, DON'T READ the reviews on Amazon. They will tell you the plot and ruin the story and any possible surprises.

Have NONE of you IDIOTS read any of the guidelines for posting reviews? Or you do you just not care that you ruin the plot for anyone else because you are giving it a bad review? You are not supposed to reveal everything that is in the book!!!!

I am in the middle of Eclipse, and so far have loved the books--though New Moon tore my heart out in the beginning. I went to the Twilight movie a week ago and loved it, bought the first two books that day, and borrowed the third. I was on Amazon buying something else, and checking for the last book, curious about the lower ratings for it, I scrolled down to some reviews which appear to give away the ENTIRE PLOT and any surprises I might have had! I only scanned through and quit reading when I realized what was there.

A person could give a review in general terms, such as citing character inconsistencies, unbelievable plot, etc., without ruining things for those who haven't read the book yet.

I loved Twilight. Is the book full of substance and superb writing? No. Is it an easy read, guilty pleasure, and a good escape from reality when you need it? Yes. New Moon and Eclipse fit right under these categories as well. But as I started reading Breaking Dawn, I felt like I was reading more of a trashy romance novel you find at your grocers check out. (I saw an interview with Robert Pattinson and he felt like Meyers was writing these books as if she were living through Bella, so this immediately made complete sense to me.) It felt so cheesy. I felt as if the book was really about nothing more and concluded with Bella and Edward's over the top sex life and 'yearning' for each other. Kind of as if Meyers were publishing her own fantasy for all the world to read, as Pattinson put it. Then it made me think of all the 12 year olds reading this material. (If I had a daughter around that age I'm not sure if I'd be too comfortable with her reading this installment.) Everything felt rushed and yet too lengthy all at the same time. I'm not too sure if I'm excited about her supposed 5th installment 'Midnight Sun'.

The first three of the Twlight books, I enjoyed from start to finish. This forth one has, to me, been an absolute drag.

I couldn't put it down in fact read it twice. loved the unexpected turns of events. Made me feel almost Bi-polar with the emotional twists and turns.

I loved this book! I was so sad when it ended....i hope that the series will continue. Who cares if vampires supposedly dont have sperm- isnt the creation of a book all about making it your own? This series is GREAT! I loved the movie as well

I believe that this book series was tied together very well. Breaking Dawn was a beautiful finish to the wonderful series. The birth of Renesme was both riveting and heart-breaking. Stephanie Meyer painted pictures so vivid, you almost felt like your in the book. The banding of vampires was both interesting as well as unsettling. Throughout the book, the author continues to combine conflicting emotions together;; interest and suspense;; understanding with stupidity aka Bella protecting Renesme even though she is killing her. This book was so well written I'm so confused why fans are upset.

I was a little embarassed to buy these books, but am so glad I did. I haven't read a good romance like this in a long time. My one complaint- does she not use the words incredulous, chagrin and smoldering WAY too much? Otherwise they were awesome.

This was a great conclusion to the series. Any person who enjoyed the rest of the series should love this book! I highly recommend it, however, this last installment is definitely for a mature audience. A few reasons this book is not for kids: (Here come a few spoilers!) Bella & Edward are married so they have sex a few times in this book. It doesn't go into gross detail, but certainly enough to get the imagination going and give kids the wrong idea about sex and marriage. Also, Bella gives birth to a half human half vampire child. The end of the pregnancy and the labor process is pretty gory and scary and might really frighten immature readers. It might be a good idea to read it before your kids do!

From a discussion with author Stephenie Meyer on "Breaking Dawn":

"I really don't know why my book has gotten the response that it has. I'm not sure what it is that drives readers to be so excited about the characters."

Stephenie, color me confused as well.

This fourth and supposedly final book in Meyer's wildly popular Twilight Saga continues with these same tumultous characters and contains plot twists that are insanely ridiculous. It begins with Edward and Bella's extravagant wedding, leading up to their honeymoon on a privately owned island where they finally - and VERY carefully - consummate their relationship. Where the story goes from here becomes a melodrama the likes of which I've never read and to express my utter amazement at how LUDICROUS it gets would reveal too many plot points. All I'm going to say is that whoever dares to go forward with "Breaking Dawn" after the last three installments may, as they come to the end, wish they'd never started reading the series. By the time I reached the end of Chapter 22 (Promised), I was ready to put the book down and dismiss it as worse than the most outrageous soap opera (think of a much more convoluted version of "Passions" with vampires, werewolves and demon spawn thrown in and you're pretty close). However, I forced myself through to the end on account that I don't like to think of myself as a quitter, only to feel strangely dissatisfied when Meyer's so-called happy ending played itself out after an exhausting 754 pages.

The only thing that sets "Breaking Dawn" apart from Books 1-3 is Meyer's decision to switch voices a third of the way through and tell the story from Jacob's perspective for a little over 200 pages. Bella is still her irritating self, so expect little personal grownth and persistent annoyance on that front. Edward isn't really one to be sympathized with either, even though his sound judgment is drowned out by Bella's utter selfishness. In the eyes of most of the characters (and readers too), Rosalie becomes Public Enemy #1 after some shocking news gets broken, though she was never much of a likeable character to begin with.

Things for Jacob Black have never come easy ever since he haphazardly fell in love with Bella in Book 2 and Meyer manages to make everything a living hell for him here with a few shameless and brazen strokes of her crooked imagination. As if his being lovesick wasn't enough of an emotional hangup, Meyer does him one worse midway through the book with this whole "imprinting" thing that his people are subject to, a sick joke on her part. You'd think the author had some sort of personal vendetta that was being sought vicariously through his character's suffering. Were he able to physically manifest, I've no doubt he'd grab hold of her throat and dispatch her quickly with those hulking extremities he calls hands out of revenge for such a grievous existence.

Bottom line: There isn't much more to say about "Breaking Dawn" except that it's the final piece of escapist fantasy in Meyer's literary quadrangle and most certainly the one that requires the highest suspension of disbelief. Though I have dared to read through the entire series to see what all the fuss is about, I don't think I will be picking up these books again unless I need an absolute departure from the mundanity of my life.

Perfect ending to the series. After the first book, I was a bit unwilling to continue reading once a read in reviews that Edward would leave and Jacob would emerge... but when I learned the movie was coming out, I decided to give it a try. 2000+ pages later, I can't say that I am disappointed. I lived every moment of suspense, of happiness, of despair, of pride.... Once in a while I even caught myself looking ant the book, looking at the page, and telling myself that these were words on a page, a story... that lasted about 20 seconds and I was back again. I only hope for some kind of spin off story to the series..

Like everyone has saud before, this book should not exhist. The first three are so brilliant in writing style, plot twists, and charactor development. The fourth book is a poor attempt to make a "happily ever after" ending. Unlike twilight, new moon, and elclipse (all excellent about tying up loose ends) this book has too many unaswered questions...
1. What do you mean they aren't really werewolves?!!! This pointless twist is just flat out frustrating and uneccessary nd followed up by a lame reason explainting why "real" werewolves are so rare.
2. Since when did twilight become an epid romance between Bella and Renesmee? Edward totally took back seat and frankly i feel there love was cheapend by the sexual dynamic of the story. What was captivating about there relationship was that Bella and Edward were in love not lust...one scene was sweet and climactic....half a dozen before the middle of the book is just is pushing it way far beyonf the then stnding "pg" rating
3. What was the J. Jenks angle. Those stressful scenes seemed to be going somewhere ....and then it didn't. The misterious clues left by Alice and the the tension and pain cause by having to let Renesmee go turn out to be a big huge false alarm...haha just kidding of course they live happily ever after.
4. Other than the terribly anticlimactic battle scene..where the day was saved by Alice who on her way around world sent vampires to Forks and looked for every vampires future so that she could find those that she couldnt see the future of (by the way what did Jasper do?...watch? because Alice never even gives him credit for being present)
5. Who is this vampire Jobe who is apparently is breeding a super race? Whats the point...why bring this up? Why are only the male sired by him venimous? What happend to him? Did he sire three kids and then give up or meet his end?
..........just a few of many many many holes in an already unstable plot

Of all four books in the series, this ranks above the second book but definitely isn't my favorite. This one actually tells the story from multiple points of views, not only Bella's, and we get a glimpse from Jacob's side of the story for a part of it. However, this book is distressingly romantically sappy and the story gets rather convoluted beginning from Bella's new "condition". For fans of Meyer, I'd recommended The Host: A Novel. Twilight is a nice series, but overrated, and this book doesn't even live up to the first book's standard. The ending is probably the better part of the book.

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Breaking Dawn was a book that I simply could not finish. It was very poorly written and a huge disappointment. I enjoyed her first two of the series, barely got through the third, but this one left me flat. I did enjoy a fun book by Michele Cozzens called It's Not Your Mother's Bridge Club

I am not sure why people feel a need to demonstrate superiority by tearing an author apart with their critical analytical reviews of character, plot, blah blah blah. This is for ENTERTAINMENT folks! I challenge any of you to keep it all straight in your head and keep knocking it out of the park like Stephanie has done with this series - my 29 year old daughter and I traded our copies back and forth, it's made reading fiction fun again for us.

I loved all of the books. IThought that they were all@great and I cant wait for the four years to pass so I can read her fifth book. Im all for the Twilight books to continue. I love them. Renesme of course is ADORABLE and Jacob just HAS to imprint on her.I LOVE the twilight saga. Who dosent?

Was this book perfect? No. But it was highly enjoyable and a great continuation of the Twilight series. I understand some of the plot twists that fans didn't like- but I thought they made it interesting and fairly unpredicatable (well, for teen fiction). We got lots of time with the Cullens, which was fun, met new vampires, and finally *spoiler* got to see what Bella was like as a vampire. It wasn't the best in the series but I actually liked it better than Eclipse.
Please give us more Bella & Edward Stephenie!

I absolutely love this series!! It is perfect for college students, except during test time cause it's so hard to put down!!

I loved Breaking Dawn. I'm shocked at all the negative comments on here! I'm a huge Jacob fan, so the section of the book from Jacob's point of view was awesome.

SPOILER

Even though it was obvious to me that the pregnancy and Jacob's imprinting of Reneesme were going to happen, I still enjoyed it when it did. I don't know how anyone was shocked at the pregnancy. Did you really think Edward and Bella weren't going to have a child, and that this series wouldn't continue through her? I'm sure we'll get books about Nessie, and I look forward to them! I love that character, as well as Jacob, and would like to see more about them in the future. And how could anyone who has read this series think that Bella would end up with Jacob?

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It seems that a lot of reviewers here want to complain because things didn't go the way they wanted instead of enjoying the book for themselves.

My advice to anyone who hasn't read it: Just enjoy the book! Let the author go her own way and don't judge her for it.

I read "breaking dawn" before "Twilight" and "New Moon". It's the best of the series and the author is absolutely a genius.

I loved the book and thought it was the best of the Twilight series. I loved Book 3. The book is broken into 3 books. They're all the same story just book1's narrative is Bella, Book2 is Jacob, and book3 is bella again.!!! I don't want to spoil, but you must read it!!!!!!!

Ok.. I finally agree with the vast majority of reviewers about Jacob. I enjoyed his bonding with Edward, to an extend. I felt like he was overstaying his welcome-- moderately. Bella's desire for him was irritating. Hearing Jacob's perspective on his "Alpha" status first hand was interesting. But when he decided he'd fallen in love with Bella's child-- I was disgusted and took a break for about a day before I decided I wanted to know what happened. (I cheated a little.. flipping to the end. I wasn't going to continue reading if the entire last book was devoted to two parents condoning a pedophile).

Somewhere in the last book with Bella's narration... He eased up a bit. He stopped interfering with Bella's attempts at motherhood (and seriously.. she deserved the opportunity given the fact that her pregnancy was like 100 times worse than usual....). I wanted them to kick Jacob out and keep him away. (Although.. knowing pesty Jacob.. he probably would have attempted to steal 'Nessie' and make her hate her parents or something). -- and what is up with the name Renessie anyway? Ew?

Coime page 718-- I felt like Meyer was really trying to end the series. She spilled out all the political tinges to her book. .. Letting go of family feuds by becoming friends with an enemy that never really was (kinda like racism) ... Standing up for rights or letting your rights get taken away (kinda how protests form today.. and the big debate on the news currently in politics with womens rights... gay rights).. The biblical-like story where you have a battle, there's good versus evil and some are too afraid to fight and run in fear. Anyhow... from 718 on like.. five pages, it was filled with these sorts of analogies. I get that her book was kind of like that all along-- questioning our way of thinking.. making us understand various perspectives (even when they were annoying... like overly-sensitive-way-too-apologetic Bella). Meyer made everything make sense... but I felt like she needed more time to kind of mesh this nicely into the book. Instead, I was reading page after page of nonstop lecture-format dialogue. (Not that I didn't enjoy the subject matter... It just felt rushed).

She did a great job. I didn't mind the happy ending... although I do with they would have killed off the Volturi as opposed to anticipating getting picked off one at a time. It seems to me like the second novel where they didn't anticipate Victoria coming back to avenge her lovers death... Or Irina for that matter. Meyer left us with limitless possibilities for thinking about the "future" of the characters.

I also enjoyed the relationship Bella had with her baby... I think I read a few reviews that said otherwise when purchasing the book. I was only upset that she was allowing Jacob to take away not only HER opportunity to bond with the child, but Edwards too. I was even kinda pissed off when she had Rosalie protecting her while pregnant... like Edward would reeeally go out of his way to hurt her. She made him miss out on the moment. And in her case.. it was only happening once. ::sigh::

The book, Breaking Dawn, was a slow read, but it had its moments. Jacab was the best part of this book. I think Stephenie Meyer raced through this book in writing it; but it turn out to be an ok read. Although it lacked the captivating quality of New Moon and Eclipse, it did, in the end, have a good ending; boy and girl live happily ever after.

just amazing to see the strength again tested between Edward & Bella & Jacob..Including the extended family. Just prefect

Stephenie Meyer gives her fans everything they want and everything they need in this book to give a fufilling and riveting finale to their story. I stayed away from spoilers before I read BD and I was so stunned and excited as I read this book. The story of Edward and Bella comes full circle, and their love is the paramount theme. I would caution moms about letting young girls read this-- the material is mature. That being said, older readers will find themselves lost in Bella's new and wonderful world.

I loved Breaking Dawn. One must understand from the very beginning of the Twilight Saga that these vampire stories do not adhere to the conventional vampire lore. Infact, I had a hard time even starting this series because I was sold completely on the Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles and their very definitive world; in other words, nothing could compare to them-ever. However, when I finally caved in and started reading the Twilight series, I found Meyer's world to be very refreshing indeed.

Of course, in Breaking Dawn the most distinctive variance in vampires occur. Let's just say, I never saw that coming! However, I feel Meyer made her case very clear, defined the "how did that happen," and I bought it completely. The entire saga is very compelling, and like I said from the beginning, a complete and finally refreshing take on vampires.

Upon hearing that Meyer's readers did not take to the change as easily as I did astonishes me. Again, from the beginning, most saw and accepted that Meyer's world was extremely different, so why should the ending be any different?

Needless to say, I LOVED IT, and am hoping for more from Meyer. I truly hope that if you enjoyed the first three novels, you are not swayed from other people's opinions, and that you simply read for yourself. Enjoy!

Firstly, I really enjoyed reading the first three books in the Twilight series. Even though they contained a dose of cheesy, I kept on reading because the romantic love story of Bella and Edward was compelling. I have to add that I do not think much of Ms. Meyers writing abilities but I could forgive her the lack of those while the story was still well imagined and the cheesy was kept in some balance. Breaking Dawn simply bulldozed through all the barriers of acceptably cheesy, tasteless and completely irrational. The scale just tipped so far to that side that it was no longer the story I enjoyed so much in the beginning.

From the point where Bella realizes that she is pregnant (which isn't too far on in the 800+ page book), I felt that I could comfortably predict the ending Ms. Meyers had in mind. I already knew the ending and still had over 600 pages to go. That can't be good! I hoped (faintly) that there would be some kind of a twist further down the road but all I got were some wild, cheesy, completely irrational and impossible (even in the world of fantasy, and that's saying something) behaviors and events. Bella is no longer Bella but some crazy pitiful martyr mother wannabe. The fact that Edward could suddenly spawn little vampire children who butcher their mother's bodies prior to being born made him look quite repelling to me all of the sudden too. If Ms. Meyer's intended message was pro-life (which some have assumed), I think she may have inadvertantly made a stronger case for the opposite.

The point I'm trying to make is that what made the first three books worth reading was that you could vicariously live the female fantasy through Bella by identifying in some way with her (she's clumsy, insecure and human but she's loved unconditionally by a handsome, wealthy man with superpowers) and by yearning for an Edward of your own. By the time I got to page 400, I was repelled by them both. The charm of their characters was gone and it was replaced by feelings of pure pity. All of the sudden they were both so pathetic and arguably even mentally ill. In my opinion, one last chapter in book 3 should have replaced the entire fourth book and Breaking Dawn should never have been written.

Breaking Dawn is the best of the Twilight series! All of them were hard to put down , but Breaking Dawn was almost impossible to stop reading!!! I was so sad when I finished!!!

I personally did not think Stephenie Meyer could have created a better ending. This is a beautiful story, and I am so glad that it made for a happy ending. I thought the ending was perfect.

Book three should have ended with the honey moon and Edward making her a vampire. Something like "I'll see you when you wake up" right before the bite. Everything that followed the honey moon was just too much and too...disgusting. When she said "I think I'm pregnant", I almost threw the book across the room. She's what? Are you serious? At the end, Meyer made the mistake that so many authors make...she introduced new characters. Far too many characters. She even had to put in a characters list in the back so the we could keep it together. the whole book leads up to a battle that doesn't happen. Bella's change is so un-extraordinary that it makes us wonder why we ever cared about her being turned. All the superpower abilities turn the book into a farse. Is living forever and being able to lift cars not super enough for Meyer? And the Volturi? Meyer really had something going with the whole "normal vampire" thing. They're just regular people who happen to drink blood, but when she started on this Volturi stuff, she became Anne Rice all over again.

I loved this book just as much as the other three. Finishing the story was bittersweet. I can't get enough of the characters, yet the saga has to come to an end. I'm sad to see the end of the Twilight Saga. I hope that maybe Stephenie Meyer writes more stories about these lovable, wonderful characters.

I loved the twilight saga, can't wait for this last book to become a movie. The book had a lot of depth to it, and ended very well. I love that edward and bella got their fairy tale, that's what they deserved. Never like the whole Jacob triangle thing until the end when he destined for her daughter...I love Edward Cullen!

OK so first off, I love BD...I loved it more than the other three books combined...maybe it's because I'm not a teenage girl and was soooo pleased to see Bella dedicate herself to something other than a boy (even though I LOVE Edward to pieces...another fact I liked about book 4...suddenly he's not quite so perfect YAY!!!!)...several reviews here indicate the "plot twists" were convoluted and hard to follow????? Um ok...my only complaint about the book was that it was predictable and there wasn't a single "plot twist" that you couldn't see coming a mile away (i.e. pregnancy, jacob imprinting on said child even before she was born, the volturi NOT fighting...ALL of it was incredibly predictable, but it's literature for teenagers so predictability can be forgiven)...anywho my point is, I firmly believe BD stayed true to the story while at the same time resolving itself.

SPOILER

If you want to complain about the whole pregnancy, why don't you read up on some vampire folklore. Renesmee is esentially a dhamphir. She is the child of a vampire father and human mother.

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Breaking Dawn is not as bad as it sounds. This is a PERFECT book if you are the type that loves neatly wrapped happy endings. Unfortunately, I'm not one of those people and like some loose ends and bittersweet endings.

It was interesting to say the least but the conflict was too easily overcome or perhaps too short. The book built up to this last conflict for so long that the conflict itself... was a disappointment.

An ending? Or a beginning? I love the way Ms. Meyer pulled all players together to end this story line. (I'm trying not to give anything away). There is a story there to continue if she so chooses, but if not we have a vivid enough imagination to know the way it will end in the long run. It's an positively magnificent ending to a wonderful series.

I thought all four books were wonderfully done and that the author really captured her characters. I could not put them down and read them all in one week. I am sorry that I have no more to read now. Worth the timw to read them.

This is the last book to the Twilight saga and it's better than the rest! If you enjoyed 1-3, you'll love 4!

I loved all the Twilight books. Before I got to book 3 and 4 - by the way I was completely hooked by 1 & 2 and couldn't put them down - I read reviews where people had shared how disappointed they were by Books 3 and 4 because they weren't as good as 1 & 2. I didn't slow down though and read book 3 then 4 and was pleasantly surprised and happy I didn't listen to the reviews too much.**SPOILER** It was fun to experience Bella's world as a vampire and the series has only left me wanting more!

I have read all the Twilight books and this one is crazy! So much stuff is going on in this book, I loved it and will probably be reading it again soon.

I checked these books out at the library and, as a writer myself, was shocked to learn that these could even be published. I would expect writing of this quality on fanfiction websites, or even high school students just looking to escape from reality. But the fact that a publishing house APPROVED this drivel to be sent out into the world is nothing short of upsetting. There are so many talented authors who struggle to become published, or whose books are seldom recognized. Meyer's books, if you even can call them books, are just an advertisement for teenage escapism--the type of literature that all young writers must overcome if they're ever to take pride in their work.

ive started getting my hopes up just after reading the first book twilight.. but it just started regressing towards the last book.. and all i can think of was i wanted to keep my sanity and find another good book to read to compensate for the wasted time i spent on this last book. "b-down" was dragged out a lot.. there was no actual plot until the last 1/4 of the book and when it finally came it just seemed flat, completely anti-climactic. it has more holes than i can count. i wish there were more vampire actions.. more fights.. maybe some sacrifices that will make the story more meaningful. a real battle shouldve happened that was anticipated from the beginning. but it was a good thing that everything ended well.. the happy ending was actually compelling, still edward and bella and nessie together after everything.

but still.. i was very very very disappointed er nauseated! whats with all the jacob imprinting on nessie part? that is sooooooo wrong in soooo many levels!!! it makes me and a whole lot of people i know who read the book really sick! okay it was said that the reason why this imprinting took place was coz bella always sees jacob as family.. but they're already bestfriends.. what more should be proven? sigh. jacob will always be a big part of bella's life. being very good friends means that they are and will always be a family and that is priceless. it means a lot. thats justifiable already. thats special enough. why does it seem that it was forced on this part that jacob still has to be imprinted on someone connected to bella? oh and edward calling jacob his son towards the last part of the book? (i just couldnt stomach it). i just hoped that jacob imprinted on leah instead considering the two developed chemistry in the story. and still jacob is the best uncle and he will be protecting nessie all the time. that will make more sense, and the wolves will continue to be stronger allies of the cullens. jacob doesnt have to wait till nessie turns 18 or 20 and know that they're more than friends. so his imprinting on the half-vampire daughter of his former love-of-his-life just to mean or forced he is still family- is truly unnecessary, it is so just not right. i cant and a lot of readers cant really stand it. i wish there was a poll about this imprinting lol.

and one last thing, something that is certainly essential that i couldnt get over with.. i hope the author showed here that edward and his daughter had more connection to each other.. more chemistry.. more bonding.. i hate the fact that the imprinting overshadowed this very important matter. please.. have mercy! huhuhu..

so if midnight sun will still be released, considering this is edward's point of view of twilight and onwards maybe, i hope it will be shown this time how close nessie and her dad is, important facts, details, how edward was longing to have a kid of his own and he thought it could never happen but it did.. how it is to be a biological vampire dad lol..how nessie feels about her dad too and him being very good friends with bella's bestfriend as well at last etc. and edward doesnt have to be jacob's father-in-law. i wish it was shown that jacob is finally at peace with himself towards edward in a way that it wasnt coz of the imprinting on his daughter and it doenst have to happen anyway to begin with. (it's difficult to accept it otherwise..)i know there are lots of things left unsaid.. so much to learn from edward's side. sigh.

so there, i hope it all goes well.. everyone, every couple, every coven, every pack, every alliance, every family,- WITHOUT THE IMPRINTING OF JACOB ON NESSIE- will be living their own lives but still be in harmony and close to each other if there really is a fifth book.

This is a horrible, sickening, and perverted novel that should be banned! Kids especially should never be allowed to read garbage like this! The demons must laugh uproariously to see people on this planet reading the stuff of nightmares and Satan's handiwork! Disgusting novels equals perverted read!

I was late jumping on the "Twilight Saga" bandwagon, but over the summer I picked up Twilight and finished it in two days. The same with New Moon & Eclipse. But Breaking Dawn was sorta a slow-read. It just didn't have the same intensity as the first IMHO. Renesmee was a cute addition the the Cullen family, but like others I didn't really dig the whole imprinting thing on her. It wrapped up nicely though, but I did sort of wander if Bella would ever see Renee again..All in all I give it a 3/5

I read the other books, they were all right. But this one was just literary crap.

I'm not giving any thing away, no spoilers here. After book 1, I had to read 2 and 3 just to see where this was going. Breaking Dawn made it all worth it. The first three were teenage-angst melodramas... this book is an EPIC. The emotions, the nobleness, the choices, the suspense... its a page turner you will want to read again.

Whereas the previous books in this series focused on the very human and clumsy Bella and the vampire, Edward, this one is a book of Bella's transition into the vampire world. For me, this wasn't the best of the series, but a definite must read for fans. Some of the character conflicts were resolved a little too easily, but perhaps this was to make room for the story of the Volturi. Let's face it, Stephanie Meyer could have kept this series going for a long time, and in a way, I wish she had, rather than trying to resolve so much in one book. Parts of it seemed rushed towards a resolution, just so something else could happen. I thought there were way too many vampires introduced in this book and for me it was hard to keep up with who was who and what their history was. While there is a guide included at the end to help with this, it was still hard to follow. That said, I have totally enjoyed the series and this book as well.

Breaking Dawn or New Dawn

BEWARE...CONTAINS SPOILERS.
Breaking Dawn, the fourth book in a series of novels by Stephanie Meyer, stands alone from the pack. You can't even compare it to the other three books because of the character development and depth of emotional interplay that focuses the attention of a more mature reader. Not that the other three weren't filled with emotion and lively characters, but this novel moves from the teenage world to that of an adult with responsibility.
The progression of the titles is a metaphor for this change. The first book, Twilight, involved Bella's life in the dark and moving to a town that lacks sunshine for seven months. New Moon signifies a new chapter in Bella's life as she continues her relationship with Edward. Eclipse concerns the sadness of Edwards's departure and the happiness upon his return. In Breaking Dawn, Bella moves from the teenage world of the previous books into the sunshine of marriage, a child and her metamorphosis into a vampire.
I absolutely loved this book, but I felt that there might have been a little too much going on for one story. There were two parts to Breaking Dawn. Part one was in Bella's perspective, like the other three books were. Part two was in Jacob's perspective, and then part three went back to Bella's viewpoint. I think Stephanie Meyer should have put part one and part two together for one book then put part three into a separate story. It would have made the book easier to follow and definitely would make her fans happy knowing that there was another book after Breaking Dawn.
When I read Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse I found the books to be predictable. For example, in Eclipse when Edward left I knew he would return. But Breaking Dawn was a whole other story. I actually couldn't figure out what was coming next. I wasn't even sure if it would have a happily-ever-after. I suspect what we are seeing in this novel is the real life experiences of the author which naturally aren't predictable. Perhaps it's the author who is maturing, not the novels.
After finishing the first three novels, I was left with a satisfying "WOW," but with Breaking Dawn it was more of a "Whoa! What just happened?" I had to re-read a few passages to fully understand everything.
Breaking Dawn was a romantic, gripping and enjoyable read, filled with zippy one-liners and quirky anecdotes we've all come to adore, but one I had to put down often for reflection. As always, Meyer has left us satisfied, but instead of looking forward to a sequel, she's left us all hoping for a new series.

At some point, writing reviews of certain bestselling series seems like a superfluous endeavor. When thousands, if not millions, of readers are going to pick up the next installment regardless of its praiseworthiness or potential weaknesses, we reviewers feel even more irrelevant than we do otherwise. Penning reviews of the later Harry Potter books certainly felt like that. Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga, a publishing juggernaut soon to be made into a series of feature films, also, I would argue, has landed firmly in this category. I've reviewed all four novels for [...], and I've watched as a series that started out as an unusual debut vampire romance took on a life of its own. So this review is, in all likelihood, completely unnecessary --- but since the review has the potential to live online nearly as long as the immortal Cullen family, here goes.

Bella Swan is ecstatic --- and nervous. She's on the brink of marrying the love of her life, the charismatic, devastatingly handsome vampire Edward Cullen. Bella's parents have reluctantly come around to the idea of their teenaged daughter getting married. And the Cullens, particularly Bella's good friend Alice, who plans the event, couldn't be happier. Only Bella's old pal Jacob is upset at losing Bella.

The wedding goes off smoothly and beautifully, and Edward and Bella spend a magical honeymoon on a private island. There, they are finally able to indulge the desire they've always felt for each other (even if their lovemaking initially results in injuries both to Bella and their room, thanks to Edward's uncontrollable passion). When Bella begins to be alternately sick and ravenous, she becomes suspicious that --- despite everything she's been told about the impossibility of such a thing --- she might be pregnant with Edward's child. Terrified that she could lose her life to the ravenous, vampiric unborn child inside her, pressured by Edward and others to rid herself of the baby, Bella retreats into herself, concerned only with protecting her unborn child, even if it means harm to herself.

As for Jacob (who narrates the middle part of the novel), he tries in vain to imprint on other females, but he cannot forget Bella, especially when he learns of her perilous pregnancy and physical condition. When Bella and Edward's daughter is born, is it possible that this half-human, half-vampire can unite the Cullens and Jacob's shape-shifting La Push clan? Could she be the catalyst for Jacob and Edward's reconciliation? Or does her very existence --- particularly once word of her birth reaches the dangerous Voltari vampire clan --- put everything Bella loves at risk?

It was perhaps inevitable that Stephenie Meyer would disappoint some with this final installment. Readers --- who have lined up for hours for author appearances, pushed the series onto bestseller lists, and created thriving online communities devoted to the book --- obviously take the novels, and these characters, seriously indeed. Certain elements of BREAKING DAWN are perplexing, even off-putting --- particularly the scenes of sex, pregnancy and childbirth.

But it's nearly impossible to please everyone --- especially when so much of the series' drama has relied on the tension of Bella's choice between two very different but desirable lovers. Readers who are able, eventually, to gain some perspective will find much to redeem BREAKING DAWN, particularly its new insights into Jacob's inner life as well as its neat resolution to several of the series' pressing conflicts and its realistic (or at least as realistic as a vampire romance can get) portrayal of the complexities and joys of married life.

Meyer's legions of fans are likely to debate, discuss and dissect BREAKING DAWN for months to come --- at least until the film version of TWILIGHT comes out on November 21st, when they'll have a whole new set of creative decisions to consider and critique.

--- Reviewed by Norah Piehl