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 enlarge | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
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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 Immortal (Vampire) Love story January 8, 2009
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I loved all of the books, and the characters. I see nothing wrong in creating another immortal love story. Its like a new Tarzan and Jane, Superman and Lois Lane, or Radha and Krsna. I for one think these kinds of love stories are the best ones.
 Poor final book to what should have been a good saga January 8, 2009
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Lots of spoilers here...
This was just as bad as the second book in my opinion. It wasn't that it didn't have enough going on. It was that everything seemed so disjointed; characters falling completely...out of character. It all started out smoothly. But then it all went downhill so fast. You start out thinking "finally, we can get this vampire change thing out of the way & get on with things", but no. Honeymoon...great! Everything seems happy. Then it comes to sex again & moods get ruined, and suddenly you've got bartering on Bella's end to get the sex she wants, and Edward naming more conditions. Then it comes down to Bella postponing the "change" just to get some sex. And that leaves you wondering if she's never going to become a vampire, which was what the whole series was about...she didn't fit in as a human, is more comfortable with the vampires, and desperately wants to be one.
And then, out of nowhere, the author throws in another curve ball. Congrats! You're pregnant! Enjoy! Not only that, but suddenly Bella wants to be a mom. What happened to not wanting marriage? Not wanting to be a mom? So then you've got a very accelerated gestation period. Bella's hanging on by a thread. No one can talk sense into her, so she keeps wasting away during pregnancy. Then you've suddenly got Jake back in the picture as Edward basically tells him he can have a kid with Bella. Another curve ball! After we've beat up on him so much, now he gets dragged back in again.
Now she's so wrapped up in her "baby" that she doesn't care if she dies (which would result in Edward kiling himself), she doesn't care that it hurts both Edward & Jake to see her like that, and she doesn't care that her family & friends are left blowing in the wind. All the things she used to obsess over...she suddenly no longer cares about? The second she finds out she's pregnant she suddenly doesn't even care that previously she didn't want to be a mother? All logic just went right out the window. It's different when you want to be a mom, or have been pregnant long enough to come to terms with the fact that you didn't want this, but it happened, and you're okay with it (and grow into the "i'll die if I have to" mindset). But she gives birth, if you can call it that, and then becomes a vampire.
They also build up the Jake/Leah thing. I was growing into the idea of those two being together...orphan-type situation and whatnot. But then Jake imprints on the baby, and so Leah is left hanging out to dry. By the end of the book everyone is happy (or has a chance for happiness) but Leah. Way to go! But lets get back to Jake. He no longer obsesses over Bella. But now Edward is angry over the imprint. This comes after he understood the process, that it wasn't controllable, and after Jake having been told that someday he would imprint & be happy.
So at that point I think, "okay, now we can get on with her new life". Apparently not. I'm thinking that we'll get to see how she handles the newborn process, but she ends up skipping it. First vamp in history to do so. So then I figure that at the very least the rest of the book will be about her discovering her abilities, learning to use them, and the Jake/Nessie relationship (what with her accelerated growth). But all of that drags out with a whole lot of nothing until the very end of the book. I mean, even out beloved Alice flat out flees the scene. Sure she returns later, but when she left there was absolutely no hope of her return (not even a hint to Bella that she left to help, not just flee). So when she did actually return I wasn't suprised or excited, I was annoyed, regardless of the fact that her return had relevance. This book was a terrible ending to the saga. I can only hope that she continues the story in some form in the future, reads some critiques, and developes a truly enjoyable book, the whole way through.
Annoyed! January 8, 2009
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Come on guys, there are lots of reviews in here that have HUGE spoilers(like why even read the book now spoilers)without so much as warning people by typing SPOILERS. Some people still want to be surprised. I just think people should try to be considerate of the people who haven't read it yet. Would you like it if you were REALLY looking forward to a movie and right before you see it, as you're in line to buy the tickets, someone tells you the big twist at the end? I just wish people would be more careful. :( Now I know the whole story and it would've been nice to be surprised, like most of the other readers got to be. Thanks for nothin.
 A mediocre end to the saga January 8, 2009
I loved the first three books so I admit, it would be hard to live up to my expectations. There were a lot of things I liked about this book such as the wedding, honeymoon and Renesme. As a mother myself, I was a little worried about Bella missing out on the experience of motherhood so that was a pleasant surprise. But then there was really no climax to the story. The scene in the field w/the Volturi was pretty boring. And we definitively never found out if vampires have souls, though it was hinted at. I am sad that the saga is over and am already missing Edward and Bella.
 Great story and characters, okay writer January 8, 2009
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book just closes the story perfectly...actually her last two books are my favorite b/c the story/plot and character build up is so great...but her writing did annoy me until I just plowed through it - b/c the story is that good, it was easy to read this within a day...just her writing style is not that great... not your Thomas Mann or Ayn Rand. But I would definitely pass it along to my daughters when they come of age.
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