Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)

Best book in the series. I totally loved this story. Of all four books it is my favorite. It really pulls everything together and you find that you really can love all the characters. So many times in the other books I just wanted to slap Bella or Jacob but in the last book it all came together well. You have got to read this book!!

Breaking Dawn was the wonderful ending to a wonderful story. Bella develops into a mature adult and gets married, has a child that she gives up her human life for and Edward gets to be a dad which he thought was impossible. Even Jacob has his happy ending as he finds his soul mate in Bella's daughter. To me it was the fairytale ending to a fairytale story. It couldn't have ended any other way.

I have to admit that the final book was a bit of a departure from the rest of the series - more fantastic and less romantic - but I liked it.

I agree with the other reviewer... all the single star reviews ARE definitely killing my buzz. The book doesn't contain a powerful message for today's youth, it's just good (fun) fiction.

I have to admit, I do not like to read...however, I bought the audio CD's in order to enjoy the Twilight series. I am kind of glad I did, because with the amount of detail that Stephanie Meyer writes with, it is a bit exhausting. The books were slow at the beginning, but always made it worth it in the end. At one point, I was so eager to finish, that I stayed up listening until 5am.

Spoilers below:

I know a few people did not appreciate the happy ending in this last book. I am a bit torn on this issue. Although, I am happy it all worked out, it is not realistic. I mean, the entire series was based on the results of their choices. Every character made a choice that later "bit" them in the end. But it always worked out. Every time, it worked out.

If I were to do an alternate ending, I think that Bella should have had to choose between Edward and her daughter, and one of them should have died. As it stands, there is no real consequence for any of the actions and choices that they had made.

Bella is a weird character as well, always pessimistic and optimistic at the same time. I think she says the word "fine" about 5 million times in these books. She worries about what will happen and predicts the worst outcome, but then thinks that having a mutant child will all work out. Weird, huh?

At one point, I was very uncomfortable with Edward's over-protectiveness. It was almost too obsessive, his love for her. The story was in the end a good one. I would recommend it to everyone to just experience it. But, it looks like the crowd is split. Half of you will love it, and the other half won't. Make up your own mind, or do what I will do, and make up your own alternate ending.

I love the Twilight Saga. I adore this book series. When I first read twilight, I couldn't put the book down. I read it in one day. Then I read it 5 more times in one week. New Moon was wonderful too. When Edward left Bella, I cried. It was such a sad thing. Maybe a little over the top, but it was still good. Eclipse was also a good book. It introduced alot of issues, like the jacob bella issue, and the whole when Bella would become a vampire. All in all, I LOVED these three books. When I read Breaking Dawn, I didn't know what to think. Now I realize that Breaking Dawn was more of a disapointment for me. I liked the story line, But I agree with alot of things that I have read in other reviews.

Yes, I know that the book series is fantasy, that anything can happen because they are not real. But the whole point is, is that they have things that ARE real in them. I agree that I do not know what teen would be excited that they were pregnant. Bella has a totally illogical response to being pregnant. She is excited. She didn't want to marry Edward, let alone have a baby. So when her heart is full of joy at the thought, it confuses me.

Another thing that I didn't really like was how Bella got everything that she wanted. Don't get me wrong, I'm am very happy that she got the things she wanted. But the ending was like any other fairy tale. It was boring and bland. This story did not evoke the same feelings for me as the other books did.

Another thing that I agree with, is that the author totally cut off the relationship with Bella. I can honestly say that in this book, I didn't really understand Bella that much. I lost sight of who she was. It made me sad that I couldn't really relate to her that much. The author told you what the feelings she had, but you couldn't fell those feelings. I might as well have read a science report describing a rock.

All in all, this book was not what I had hoped it would be. I am happy that Bella got things that she wanted. I still like the twilight series, I have just lost some respect for the series. Twilight will remain my favorite book, because it isn't as fake as the others. Happy reading :)