Completion Date: 1/22/09
Rating: O
Number of Pages: 754
Breaking Dawn is the fourth novel in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. It is divided into three "books", or sections, all but Book 2 are told from Bella's perspective, the second being told from the point of view of Jacob Black. In this book, Bella gives birth to a half-vampire-half-human hybrid (silly). Jacob "imprints" on the baby, Renesmee. Turning a child into a vampire is strictly forbidden by the Volturi, so they come after the Cullens to get rid of the vampire child. Little did they know that Renesmee wasn't bitten, she was conceived the normal way. I think you all know what way I'm talking about, and if you don't I will not be explaining it to you. The rest of the story is just the Volturi coming to kill the Cullens and the Cullens attempts to stop them.
I do not understand why this series is so popular. I found the story kind of . . . dumb. Not to be rude or anything, but I just found it rather pointless. I found it mildly entertaining and it was fairly well written, but I feel that this book, not to mention the rest of the Twilight series, is more of a guilty pleasure than anything else.
The story just didn't do anything for me. Though the concept of the book could be interesting, I don't feel it was portrayed well. The characters also never did much for me. Bella always seemed kind of annoying to me. She was just so clingy and dependant on Edward, it just seemed kind of silly. I've never known that to be the way people really are. On the other hand, if you're looking for reality you don't want to look at a book about vampires and humans in love. Then you have Edward who is just so perfect it's kind of ridiculous.
I found Renesmee (what the junk? Renesmee?) and Jacob's relationship really weird. When I found out that he imprinted on her I rolled my eyes, I really did. The worst part of the entire book was when Edward called Jacob "my son". That was really insane.
Another thing that I will only touch on briefly is the *ahem* love life between Bella and Edward. Are you serious? I found that kind of unnecessary. I mean, I'm a 14-year-old Mormon who, whenever she hears the word "sex", blushes and starts giggling uncontrollably, but I still didn't see what that added to the story.
The whole thing wasn't all that bad. I found it kind of interesting and exciting at some points. I like a few of the characters; Alice, because she's just all cute and stuff; Emmett, because I thought he was just funny; Aro, because I just thought he had a smooth exterior that almost makes you like him even though he's the villain. I found the Volturi to be an interesting part of the story that kind of touches on politics and the fear involved there.
When it gets right down to it though, this book was . . . meh.
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