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Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book
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Rating:  3303 reviews
Sales Rank: 3
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 768
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.8 x 2.4
ISBN: 031606792X
EAN: 9780316067928
ASIN: 031606792X
Publication Date: August 2, 2008
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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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 Creative to the End October 14, 2008
J. Scaringe (Bakersfield, CA United States)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Fist off, I am a 41 year old male who has read all four books of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series. SURPRISE.
And despite me being a male and having to (La)push my way through the slower, sappy romantic moments between Bella and Edward, in total, ALL four novels were well written, creative and fun. The author has an acceptable balance between romance and action. I'm confident Hollywood will take each novel and further balance the equation and perfect the ratio between Edward once again taking Bella's chin and lifting her face up to his and the action entailed with all the vampire threats taking place throughout the series by making sure there's slightly more emphasis on the action. That's all that was really needed in this four-book series in the first place and the balance would have been perfect. The build-up to the battle finale at the end of Breaking Dawn was very electric and gripping. Well done.
Stephenie's take on vampires and the eventual reveal in this last installment of there being a difference between shape-shifters and true werewolves were all creative and infectious. It made me want to know more about the world the author has created and hopefully will get to do so if she ever decides to return to this series again in the future.
About the many complaints you will read below on how "unrealistic" the ending was to Breaking Dawn . . . uh HELLO? McFLY? This is FANTASY folks! It's a story about VAMPIRES and SHAPE-SHIFTERS for cryin' out loud. These claims that Stephenie should have been more responsible about "messages" to her young female fan base are ludicrous at best. Any teenage female who can't see past the unrealistic (FANTASY) aspects of the author's story and takes away from it that it's OK to get knocked up and/or married young and everything will still turn out fine is gonna find that excuse somewhere else anyway. Parents be warned - It's gonna happen at school before it happens from reading a book. But in an ironic sense it does reveal how well these books were written for so many of her fan base to take these novels so seriously. So take those critiques as a compliment, Steph. Ya did a good job. The fact that the ending wrapped up so nicely was a breath of fresh air in a day and age when all things seem to be unhappy endings. Besides, I got the strong impression that the Volturi Coven were anything but satisfied with the happy ending Bella and everyone else won in the end and I get the sneaking suspicion that if Stephenie ever decided to continue this specific series that is would be them that would try to ensure that there wasn't a happy ending in the future.
I'm not sure where some people got freaked about Jacob imprinting with an infant. Look, Stephenie obviously did her homework on wolves and they mate for life. They find the one they are supposed to be connected with and that's that. It doesn't mean Jake is hot for Renesmee's chili. That is supposed to happen when she comes of age - around the same age as Jacob. Until it blossoms into a more physical desire Jacob's feelings will remain protective and nurturing like a brother's love. Jacob's current feelings for Renesmee was clearly stated in Breaking Dawn. Too much sexual content has made it's way into our daily lives and it's affecting how we view things. People need to step back and gain their perspective again. There was nothing wrong with this whole imprinting concept. I do wish, however, that the shape-shifters were written a little bit better and not so kicked around, plot-wise, as well as looked down upon by so many in the series (I am a werewolf fan at heart and I am also 6' 6" and half American Indian - yep, "TEAM JACOB"). But this is normal for werewolf/vampire fans. One is always favored over the other so one species is always shown more higher caliber than the other species depending on which species is your favorite. But as Jake would probably have put it best . . . "Oh well." And with a smile.
I say, thanks for letting me see some sunshine again, Stephenie. Life imitates art but the reverse is true as well. Why not let the artists of the world help re-introduce - through their artistic mediums - a better happier world for all of us to see again. I, for one, have had enough of "reality TV" to last me a vampire's lifetime and I always enjoy it when someone has the grit to make sure we are reminded that happy-ended fairy tales are still in style.
Here's hoping she delves into this world of hers again in the future and gets an actual Werewolf series out. Maybe even with cameos by some members of the Cullen and Quileute/Black family.
Ya never know.
With all that said, I need my Werewolf Fix and it's off to read The Hyde Effect.
 Breaking Dawn October 13, 2008
Kathi Stottlemire (Warren, Ohio USA)
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
Best in the series! Kept me up all night reading to see how it ended. Talk about twists! Can't wait to see the movie, can only hope it's 1/2 as good as the series.
Haunting end to a series. October 13, 2008
Holly J
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
First off- I loved it.
To all the haters out there: I don't understand those out there who chose to tear every word apart- searching for "plot holes" and "inconsistencies". Why can't a story just be a story? The point of writing your own story is that it's YOURS. If you think you can do better (all of you high and mighties out there) then I think you should build up the courage to do as SM did. Write your own! Make it a sad ending... turn Bella into some "normal" college student. I think the point everyones missing in all of this was made very clear in the novel. Bella was BORN to become a vampire. She is has all of the skills and determination to do so. That's what I wanted. And for those of you who think she "had no choices" I clearly remember Bella fighting with herself whether or not she wanted to keep her humanity for longer. There were many points in the book where she thought about college and sticking around for her family. If SM wanted to make it a happy ending then by all means... it's her book! I love happy endings. AND for all those out there who SLAM SM for making Bella so lovey dovey and less super strong woman... go read some other series!! I've read many series (Sherrilyn Kenyon for example) where over and over the women are strong, independent, and tough. I like those books but I also like this one. I found it refreshing to find a main character with a bit more emotion...
Suprises: I didn't see the whole Jacob/Nessie thing coming. I remember gasping when it did! I did NOT expect the whole baby thing either! WOW! I heard in an interview that SM had a few other novels to inspire this book... I was wondering if one of them was Taltos (Anne Rice- goddess of vampire novels!!). It seems hauntingly similar to me. I was a little put off at first but in the end when she was so dedicated to Nessie- I got it. It made me feel that yearing for being a mother. I think it's perfect given SM's choices in life... she's a mom!
I'll wrap this up... all I want to say on top of this is that I found the series as a whole the most addiciting I've ever read. I couldn't put the books down. I read them ALL in one week... staying up until 2/3 in the morning sometimes to get through the exciting parts. I really enjoyed these books. Maybe I'm not as picky as some of you literary geniuses out there but I know a good book when I read one. I'm still haunted by Bella's pain in the second book... but it makes sense. Anyone who's gone through relationships knows that feeling of loosing another half. I'm TOTALLY one of those people (like Bella) who jumps head over heels into a relationship. It's like a wild roller coaster ride. I deovte myself 100% to any relationship and hope that as the years go by (with many bumps alogn the way) things stay as happy as they were in the begining.
Good job Stephenie Meyer! Keep up the good work girl! :) ( and keep up the music stuff too- i downloaded a ton of your inspiration songs last night and i love them! rock'n out right now!).
 The downside of commercialism October 13, 2008
Mack E. Tan (Nashville, TN)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I was an early booster for the Meyer's book Twilight, hailing it as absorbing for both adult and adolescent readers. I even compared it to Anne Rice's superior Interview with a Vampire, based on unique, well-drawn characters and innovative twists with the traditional legends.
It's been downhill from there, unfortunately. Writing is one of the hardest jobs on the planet and imagining people, places, events, desires, etc. takes time and much reflection. While Meyers is quite skilled as a writer, she has failed to take the time to she needs to reflect which is all too evident with this last gasp at the vampire line. Edward & Bella are not the two characters that launched Twilight--they are a faded photocopy done from a machine whose toner needs replacement. Sad.
The beginning of this book puzzled me--for some reason, I thought the marriage ceremony would take place perhaps halfway in the plot but it practically begins the book like a shotgun wedding. From that high point, it's a rapid descent into the flatlands. Tiny scenes remind me of the writer of Twilight, but too few. Someone else could have written this book.
Give me a break on the ending. Please. I don't believe for one second that Bella's father would be so accepting of his daughter's condition and his new in-laws. It was the contrast between the real world and the vampire one that gave this story some tension--now it's the Addams family.
I can only attribute this downhill curve to the desire for money and profit. Publishers want to capitalize on success immediately and the new writer is flattered into writing nonstop to fill bank accounts.
Meyers will regret trashing her series.
Perfect Saga Ending October 13, 2008
S. Reinert (Midland, TX USA)
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
Loved this book. Was a great final story to the vampire family that you can't help but love. I was happy about the closure it brought, but extremely sad to have to let these characters go. Best series I have read in a really long time.
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