Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
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Reading Level: Young Adult
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Pages: 768
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 2.5
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 November 19, 2008
The Fourth book in this series has taken a lot of negative flack, very undeserved. I found it immensely satisfying and the sort of ending I had hoped for after the second book. The characters are full bodied and emotionally enjoyable.
I really liked it November 19, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I really liked it. Maybe it was because I read all 4 books back to back at once and there was no anticipation of waiting.
 So Disappointing!!! November 19, 2008
**SPOILERS***
Like many others, I was so VERY disappointed with this book. Where did the characters we love go? Where did the beautiful love story go? The characters were one dimensional and obnoxious and the story was boring and weird. It made me wonder if the author has strange hang ups about sex. In the other three books, the kissing scenes were nice for the most part (until Edward would have his intense mood swings... guilt, anger, etc.). In this book, the scenes of intimacy were almost absent. Edward and/or Bella would mention that they are horny and then the next sentence would be them subtley referring to the sex that already happened... so weird and disappointing! For a love so intense and so "true", why are we not allowed any glimpse into the consumation of this love? The characters are married so it wouldn't be promoting immoral acts. I'm not even suggesting a smutty harlequin romance scene, but come on! Give us something!
And then there were the two weirdest/creepiest parts of the book... these have both been mentioned ad nauseum in other reviews, but I still MUST touch on them. The first, of course, is Edward tearing some pillows and the headboard to pieces during sex. So embarrasing and unsexy!!! I get that he was into it, but seriously? That is the only imagery she gives us about their first time together??? I just pictured Edward shaking the pillows in his mouth like a dog while having sex. Weird. The second and far more creepier scene was when Jacob imprinted on Renesme. Um what was THAT? And I wanted to punch Jake in the face when he was acting like the kid was his. He wouldn't even let mommy Bella hold her!! Oh and sidenote... why didn't they think of injecting venom before?? That would have solved the whole problem of Edward accidentally killing her instead of changing her into a vampire. And the author barely glazes over it. It was a huge difference from what the audience was expecting! Personally, I expected to read about Edward biting her and having all this internal struggle to not kill her. But whatever, that was the least of the unbeleivable parts of this book.
How about the fact that Bella has NO problems when she is a newborn vampire. She had no patience or self control as a human, how could she have an extraordinary amount as a vampire?? No out of control cravings... nothing? The author made her more in control than even Carlisle, who has been a vampire since the 17th century! So disappointing all around. Where was the struggle? The tragic flaw? Ugh!!! Now I kinda wish that Edward would have accidentally screwed Bella to death. At least that would have made it more interesting... and beleivable actually.
If you MUST read this book, check it out of the library. Don't waste the cash.
Breaking Dawn was Amazing November 18, 2008
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
The fourth book to her Twilight series is by far the best. Stephenie Meyer has twists and turns throughout the book that leave you on the edge of your seat. I absolutely love this book. I wish it never ended.
Renesmee November 18, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Breaking Dawn
The book I read is Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer. Breaking Dawn is a fictional romance book.
The two main characters in my book are Edward Cullin and Bella Swan. In Breaking Dawn, Edward and Bella get married and have a child named Renesmee. While Bella was pregnant with Renesmee, she almost died. The baby inside her was slowly killing her. Not because she was weak, but because Renesmee was half vampire like her father. While Bella was giving birth to Reneamee, Edward had to turn her into a vampire so she wouldn't die. It took Bella two days to fully transform into a vampire. Bella developed two powers. One was the power of self control. The other was the power to shield herself and others from danger. Edward and Bella thought all was going well until they heard that the Volturi were coming to kill Renesmee. While all of that was going on, Jacob Wolf, Bella's best friend, who is a wolf, imprinted on Renesmee, who is growing rapidly and no one knows why. What will happen to the new family? What will happen to Jacob?
This book is the best I have ever read! It is full of mystery and romance. Anyone who reads this book will fall in love all over again with Edward, Bella, and Jacob. Breaking Dawn will always keep you reading and you will never want to stop!! Just like the rest of the series all kinds of new adventures will happen and new bonds will form. If I could rate this book I would give it 5 out of 5 stars!
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