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Twilighttempted the imagination.New Moonmade readers thirsty for more.Eclipseturned the saga into a worldwide phenomenon. And now, the book that everyone has been waiting for....

Breaking Dawn,the final book in the #1 bestselling Twilight Saga, will take your breath away.

About the Author
Stephenie Meyer graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in English Literature, and she lives with her husband and three young sons in Arizona. Stephenie is the author ofTwilight,New Moon,andEclipse.\  \ 读者的Review\ A powerful message destroyed to tie up everything with a neat bow, August 2, 2008\ \ \ \ \ By \ Eventide(USA)I loved the first three books. I have always been a fan of Bella and Edward, but I liked how Meyer introduced the Jacob/Bella dynamic to show the complexity of relationships, and that love means SACRIFICE and making a CHOICE. Plot, character, and substance related issues I've had with the series were compensated by the message I believed Meyer wanted to make--Bella choosing to give up a normal life (and everything that comes with it) in order to be with Edward.

Now, I don't know what message the author wanted to say or what she was thinking.

(Spoilers Below)

Bella didn't have to sacrifice anything apparently. She gets Edward AND a baby AND immortality as a vampire. What about poor Jake--not a problem, he IMPRINTS on the baby, which I find disturbing not so much because it is a baby (though that is creepy just as it was with Quil) but because it's Edward and Bella's baby. Can we say cop out? Life doesn't turn out so neatly. People love and lose (and don't fall for the object of their affection's daughter). But in Meyer's world everyone is one big happy family.

So, girls don't worry. If you have problems, they will ALL work out. Is that what the author wants to tell her fans?

Or is it marriage and family by 18 are the way to go, forget about college, developing as a person, all you need is a husband and a child. No disrespect to people who marry at 18, but Meyer paints a glorified picture of the situation; most 18 years old aren't going to have an endless supply of money and never worry about how the lack of an education will affect their future. Yes, this is a novel, a fantasy, we shouldn't expect or require realism--then why go the mommy route at all? Just focus on Bella and Edward. Bella didn't want children, yet when she finds out she's pregnant she doesn't even freak out; she's carrying a vampire's child and it's just "my heart had grown, swollen up to twice its size in that moment."

Or is the author's message be passive and let others take care of you (what if there is no one else--no, no, girls, there is ALWAYS someone). One of my big issues with the series is how Bella has never had outside interests beyond Edward (or Jake), that she's not an independent person. I hoped Meyer would finally have Bella come into her own in this book, have her lack of personality be the result of high school immaturity or something, but obviously the author thinks a person's entire existence should be defined by others, not themselves. Another great message--not.

Don't even get me started on Bella's power. Again, another major opportunity to strengthen Bella's character is wasted. Also, the explanation of why Edward can get Bella pregnant is ridiculous considering the rules Meyer originally established for her world. The story may be dealing with supernatural/fantastic elements, but it still has to have internal consistency.

I wanted and expected a happy ending. I wanted Bella to become a vampire. I wanted there to be a resolution with Jake. I wanted and expected the Volturi to return. I also expected an intense exploration of pain, sacrifice, vampire Bella having to cope with giving up her family/old life. I wondered if Charlie and Renee would find out--wouldn't it be odd if their child just disappeared--and though a parent does find out (sort of), it was hardly the way I imagined it, especially with the way "newborn" Bella played out.

I wanted Jake angst about her being changed, him maybe not accepting her at first (or at all) but him coming to deal with it in some fashion so you felt there was closure at the end. I would have been fine with Jake moving on, but not with Edward and Bella's daughter.

Finally, why must Bella get everything? So much for a powerful message, I guess.

"You can't expect a message with vampires and werewolves!" I disagree. The best fantasy, horror, and science fiction stories all have a morality/deeper element to them. Fairy tales, as they were originally designed, were meant to teach children a valuable lesson. This does not (and should not) lessen the entertainment value of a story, but I think it's a cop out to say "it's a fantasy," as if that excuses anything. If you look at Lord of the Rings, The Hero and the Crown, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Last Unicorn, Harry Potter, Stoker's original Dracula novel, The Prydain Chronicles, The Little Prince--all of them deal with themes of sacrifice, choice, gaining wisdom, growing as a person, and/or are thought provoking/contain deeper messages.

Sure Twilight began as a dream, but three other books have followed it. Even getting away from message issues, I still have a problem with the plot and character developments of Breaking Dawn.


\ \ \ \  \ \ 493 of 674 people found the following review helpful:\  What was she thinking when she wrote this?, August 2, 2008\ \ \ \ \ By \ J. Rogers"loki"
   I think a lot of fans, die hards and those (like me) who just like to read a good book or series, woke up this morning thinking, "What was she thinking when she wrote this?"

I read the spoilers ahead of time and even though I found them highly amusing, a small part of me wanted them to be fake, even if I ended up with egg all over my face for it.

This review will not make fun of the name Nessie (even though I will stand by my thought that the Loch Ness Monster would not approve) nor will it focusing on Edward going a little to far to prevent Bella the pain of not having children. I think we all can understand why he approached Jacob and the desperation he felt.

The Twilight Series had everything: Powerful forbidden love, choices, sacrifices, and dynamic characters. So much could have been done with the final installment. Rather you were a Team Edward or a Team Jacob fan, you knew Bella would finally have to decide where her heart belonged and fully accept the consequences of her decisions: those good and bad.

I read so many fanfictions while waiting for this book released and I always skipped over the ones where Bella was pregnant because it was so unrealistic, not just because Edward was a vampire but because Bella has always been one of the most immature characters ever created (and I am a Bella fan).

She reminded us all older readers of the pain and greatness of first love. Granted, Bella took it a little too far before, ceasing to exist when Edward left and even resorting to dangerous activities for a delusion of his voice. This was NOT someone I ever wanted to be responsible for a child. She was a child herself. I could easily picture Bella in my head driving her truck with the kid in her lap or accidentally dropping her on her head. I guess its a good thing the child is half vampire. Having a child does not make you an adult or responsible; however as soon as Bella realized she was having one she went from wanting to be protected and cared for to wanting to be the protector. That doesn't happen like that. It's illogical.

Not only is Bella young, she's already married, begging for sex (which turns out to be the only reason shes willing to stay human- that's a good example of maturity), and once again, not even taking her health into consideration.

I am 28 and if I felt a baby kick for the first time, I would freak. I can't imagine what a real teenager would think if that happened. I doubt her first reactions would include joy. I would want my mother. I would be scared.

Bella? No, she calls Rosie.

Which brings me to Rosie. Did anyone else feel sorry for her? Here is this woman who all she wanted was to live and have a child now must endure watching someone have something she would have given her life up for. Nice.

I can't even complain about Jacob. He redeemed himself on some small level even though I never liked how he manipulated Bella into kissing him previous books. I always thought that was borderline sexual assault and really hoped young girls reading that wouldn't have seen that as an attractive quality.

I am not going to even touch on the creepy aspect of him imprinting on an infant but what blows my mind that he imprints on the child of the woman he so desperately loved. How can you even explain that. Its beyond unrealistic and somewhat disturbing. I can begin to imagine the stories Bella and Jacob will share with old Nessie.

Jacob- "I may have pictured your mom naked and pregnant with my child, but hey, you will do."

I know Stephanie wanted to give everyone a happy ending but there was other ways. Phillip and Renee could have had a child and X amount of years later he could have imprinted. A new girl could have moved to town. Hey that would have at least allowed Stephanie to expand the series, and let's admit it, make more money. Instead, he ends up with the child of the woman he loves. That is twisted.

Bella gets everything, which isn't necessarily bad but she gets everything in the most disturbing and inappropriate way. I can not imagine any parent being okay with the message this book provides.

All you need is Men in your life, a baby, marriage, and a small cottage in the woods. No matter how young and irresponsible you are.

Many of Stephanie Meyer's fans will fail to see anything wrong, many of them are young and hung up on the ideal of the perfect Edward, the perfect Love without even acknowledging the message this is sending to them. Already we have enough teen pregnancies, babies having babies, and struggling to be both and parent and a child.

This book tells you that it's okay. Having children that young is Okay.

I have skimmed many of the reviews on Amazon, IMDB, and MISC websites and found that many of her fans think alike on this subject. Many of them saw the potential for a powerful message to be sent to the youth of tomorrow.

A powerful message was sent. A very wrong one.