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Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) |  | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
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Rating:  5272 reviews
Sales Rank: 528
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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 Breaking Dawn, The Twilight Saga September 10, 2010
Iona N. Mayville (Oak Park, CA United States)
Ugh, why did I buy this - what a bore for me. This is a book for young people I suppose. Not really worth one star but I feel kind today.
 Great Book and Seller!!! September 10, 2010
R. Lemmon (Tn. USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book was awesome!!!
I was thrilled to receive it in only three days!!!!!
Best buy yet.
Absolutely Loved this Book. My favorite of all 4! September 10, 2010
J. D. Horn
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
SPOILERS
I can understand where the haters are coming from. And I think it boils down to this...
Stephenie Meyer was writing an epic love story for Bella and Edward. Breaking Dawn was their happy ending, with a few obstacles along the way. Usually you don't get to see the happy ending. I'm grateful to be able to see their happy ending. I thought Stephenie did a great job of connecting the dots, so to speak. Not just in this novel but between all of them. But I'm digressing...
My main point was that this above all else, is a love story. If you're reading it for the fantasy or the syfy or anything else, you're not going to "get" the last book or appreciate it.
As Stephenie stated herself, to anyone complaining about parts of it being too hard to believe...you're reading a series about vampires and werewolves! She can write whatever the heck she wants because the whole thing is hard to believe!
To those who complained about there being a baby at all and her lack of a maternal instinct and then all of a sudden she must have and love and protect this baby...maybe you'll get it once you're a mother. I honestly don't think even a father could completely understand this point of view. There's something about carrying your child, feeling her move inside you, that allows you to understand how Bella can go from no maternal side to being all about her baby.
Like I said earlier, Stephenie did a beautiful job of connecting everything. I can't remember it all now, but here are some examples I can think of: Foreshadowing the immortal children and the imprinting on a very young child, making sure Bella fully realized what she was giving up before choosing to become immortal, Siobhan's gift of getting what she wills and she was willing no fight with the Volturi, Bella's pregnancy automatically brings about the deadline of her transition without anymore discussion or argument about it, Bella's protectiveness over her child brings about her ability to control her shield and protect them all, the child's ability to harmoniously resolve the love triangle because of the imprinting, how Jacob couldn't fall for Leah because he'd never imprinted on her and wasn't the whole point for him to imprint at some point. Hmmm, there was more but I can't remember it all. I just thought she did a beautiful job.
To those who thought Edward turned weak, I say you're being ridiculous. Throughout the entire series his first priority has always been Bella's safety, phsyically and emotionally. He was watching Bella die in front of him due to the draining pregnancy. Who wouldn't react the way he did?! He came around once he could hear the baby and he saved Bella's life, kind of, haha.
I will say, while I LOVE this novel & the tone, the tone is quite different from the first 3, so it'll be interesting to see how they do the movies and how they divide it. And I really hope they are able to show parts of the novel that occur in people's minds. I mean, the fantastic ending where Bella shows Edward her memories of their relationship and how much she loves him. The movie won't be the same without that beautiful ending, and of course Reneesme's unique communication, even Zafira's gift. I can't wait to see how they capture it all and pray they do a good job since it's so hard to make the movies as good as the books.
I really really really really really really really hope Stephenie finishes Midnight Sun and even takes Edward's perspective all the way through to the end of the whole series. I love Midnight Sun, more than Twilight.
I also must say simply because of how I relate to it. I hated that she had to turn around and have Bella realize she was in fact in love with Jacob too. I understood why she had to do it. So that Bella would see her option to remain human and have the full life. But I have been where she was. Where you're in so much pain and someone comes along and is able to help you heal. I have loved someone and not been in love with them but needed them and that person fell in love with me and I didn't reciprocate it. And I've also been the person someone needed and I fell in love with them and they didn't reciprocate it. I've been on both sides and neither is easy. And both the book and the movie spoke to me as that's who Bella was as well. I can't help but feel like she wasn't in love with Jacob. But I understand it, and understand how it lead to them being a part of each other eventually through Reneesme.
Anyway, I loved this book the best and highly recommend it and just take into consideration whatever your perspective is going in.
Another great book in the series. September 8, 2010
Tera Bytes (Missouri)
0 out of 2 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 2 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.
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