On the evening of August 1st, after spending an hour or so attending a rather lame Breaking Dawn party at my local Barnes and Noble (seriously, the afternoon party we had at the library was WAY better, and we had much cooler giveaways), I left early, deciding that I could just run by Wal-Mart early Saturday morning before work and pick up one of the dozens that would be already on display. So, that’s what I did, and then I spent the majority of the rest of the weekend reading the final chapter in the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn.
Now, some of you may remember that I resisted the lure of Twilight for quite some time, finally succumbing once New Moon had been published. I had been won over to the dark side, but by the time Eclipse came out, my zeal had waned and so it was several months after its publication before I finally read a copy. I had planned to wait a similar length of time before reading Breaking Dawn, but I got caught up in the excitement and anticipation in the last few days before its release, and so I found myself at 3am early Sunday morning, a few hours and 500 pages into the 700+ page novel, barely able to keep my eyes open but just wanting to finish the damn book!
I wasn’t really expecting anything from the book, had no preconceived expectations for what Bella would do or where Meyer would take her, but all in all, I was left disappointed and hoping for more from the plot and the characters we’ve come to love and hate. Too many things got on my nerves and I literally cringed every time I had to read a certain name, which was even worse than the nickname. Everything was wrapped up in too pretty a bow for Bella and Edward for my liking. There were of course, things I liked – the portion of the novel written from Jacob’s perspective (including the hilarious chapter titles) and Bella finally dropping the ‘I’m not worthy’ attitude. I know some fans will disagree with me, and I’ve read the posts from some of you (Andi, Heather, etc.) who really enjoyed it, but for me, it was a lackluster finale to the series.
But I still love Jacob.
Oh yes, and I’m counting this book towards two challenges: What’s in a Name? (as my weather event, although I admit I’m applying that term loosely) and the Chunkster Challenge.
I was disappointed in this book as well. I did love Jacob’s point of view. I think I rated this book as Trite on my blog. Have a look and tell me what you think.
I am still resisting it. It is beginning to tug at my eyes though…just a little.
Jacob drives me crazy. I was hoping that would be remedied in this book. I started it, but I haven’t devoted a lot of time to it yet…
I’ve read the first two, but don’t feel overly compelled to read the next two. I enjoyed the first so much, but the second was a little lacking. If the others are full of all the teenage angst, I’m pretty sure I’ll be disappointed. I think I’ll get my vampire fix from Colleen Gleason’s books.
I can\’t stand these novels, but my daughter loves them. She cringed her way through \"Breaking Dawn\" recently. She told me taht it seemed like Ms. Meyer really didn\’t want to write this one–like she was forced by her publisher. Do you think this is true?
Hi there — recently found your blog and have been following your posts. I personally loved Twilight and liked the other two books quite a bit, but I have been reading so many shockingly bad reviews of this new book that I decided to wait until someone lent me a copy or my turn finally comes around at the library queue. It’s very interesting how it seems that tne consensus is that Meyer tried to please everyone and in the end, displeased most everyone. I feel kind of sorry for her, because I actually loved the first book quite a lot.