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 A pretty good ending, but has been left wide open for continuation... November 18, 2008
Breaking Dawn begins with the last days of Bella's human life, and then continues with the marriage of Bella and Edward, and what happens beyond that. And this is where I don't want to write a spoiler, so I'll skirt around it the best I can. The newlyweds go off on a beautiful honeymoon and have a wonderful start to life and husband and wife - but in true Twilight style, things don't stay normal for long.
They travel back to the rest of the Cullen clan, and before long, all hell has broken loose, with Bella right in the centre of all the trouble. It's now time for everyone to pull together, despite their differences, and fight against what is threatening them and their very existence. Bella is prepared to fight for her life and her determination, as well as her new immortal form reveal power she never knew she had. But will it be enough? Can Bella and her allies survive the biggest threat to all vampires - more vampires? Only one way to find out...
After reading this, I still preferred the third book, Eclipse. Yes, there's tons of action to be crammed into this book, but I still felt there were bits that could have been trimmed down. I didn't see the 'twist' coming but I wasn't altogether surprised because I've seen a very similar storyline in one of my favourite drama series. However, it was a great ending to the saga, but it's also left it wide open for continuation, if Stephenie Meyer decides she wants to pocket a few more quid. And fair play to her if she does. I'll definitely continue reading if she writes more!
 Good but not that good. November 15, 2008
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I was completely caught up in it as I read it. I loved every second and was so enthralled I ignored everything except school, sleep and food or two days. I loved the ending, but when I reread it I could see there were serious flaws in the ending. The whole series is about Bella making a choice - living with the love of her life and making huge sacrifices or having a normal human existence. In the end she gets both. Bella had always been simply a voice to tell the story, without much personality. But what little she had ebbs away in the last book. I still think of it as one of my favourite books, but I feel shallow doing so because all it did was give me, a tween girl, exactly the fairy tale I wanted to read.
 breaking dawn- disappointment November 11, 2008
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I won't write anything elaborate like most other reviews. (Spoilers by the way)
The previous books were fairly compelling- and Ive read a hell of a lot of books of this genre. Its all been done before, though other writers haven't been as successful in popularity. I will give it two stars for the simple fact it was the only book i couldn't really predict- Jacob imprinting on Bella's daughter (admittedly a bit of a surprise for me) and the utterly disappointing ending (yes, it really had me fooled that something tragic and brilliant was going to happen). I expected some spectacular fight, and i was sadly mistaken. It was almost as if Stephenie Meyer was too afraid to kill off any characters or even injure them. The 'happily ever after ending' kinda repulsed me more than marriage and the imprinting on infants. It seemed rushed and unconvincing- other writers of this genre have done a lot better. Overall not a bad saga- save for the crappy ending.
Meyer ends the Twilight Saga with an epic and absoluitely unmissable finale November 9, 2008
I cannot speak highly enough of this book, Breaking Dawn is without a doubt the best book in a fantastic series. Its written so well, the plot flows excellently and there are thrilling twists and turns that I haven't experienced with any other book I've read. In my opinion Stephenie Meyer is one of the best authors of all time, she never fails to deliver and I cannot wait for her next work.
This book is a MUST BUY
Ill keep it short November 5, 2008
Ok so theres enough people on here having big long rants pointing out all the flaws of the characters and plot so ill keep this short and maybe not so sweet.
I discovered the twilight series after book three was released so i read the first three and fell in love with the characters. I was awaiting the third book was such excitment and i was so disapointed.
The author seemed to have given up. I have read another of her recent books - Host - and it was amazing so what went wrong here?
I was actually heart broken to see how badly the series was ended.
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