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Breaking Dawn (book)

The fourth book in the "Twilight Saga" by Stephenie Meyer.

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Disappointed yet again

Jun 27, 2010

by xvcassvx
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

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After reading the first book I was excited to continue reading this series, and book after book they let me down. This fourth book, I will admit, was much better than the second one, but it still lacked interest. These are long books and I find them to go on for quite a while without much interest in them. This fourth one was especially disappointing because of the end. For those of you who haven't read it then this is a spoiler, but most of the book is spent worrying about the Volturi. They are going to come and they are coming for blood. So of course the Cullens call in favors from all their friends and train Bella to kick ass. A good three hundred or more pages is spent on just this and what happens when the Volturi comes? Nothing. They talk it out, every thing is fine, and now Bella and Edward can live happily ever after. I'm sorry, but I find it a huge waste of time to be worrying about some thing that never happens, and that's what Stephanie Meyer did, she wasted my time. Don't let her waste yours.

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Basically Lacks Bite

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Worst book in the series.

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BREAKING DAWN, the hotly anticipated fourth and final book(?) in the bestselling crossover teen vampire series Twilight, wraps up some very important questions in the gripping and wildly romantic story of Bella Swan. Split into three sections, one of which is narrated by werewolf Jacob Black, the story opens with Bella driving along, thinking about her impending wedding to Edward. Although it seems that she's about to get exactly what she wants, Bella has no idea what lays in store for her: a near-death transformation, an all-out vampire war, and many painfully divided loyalties. Though there has been some debate how well the final volume of the quartet stands up to the others, it's undoubtedly a fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat read. Shades of the Darla story line in the popular television series ANGEL are definitely in play here, as well as hints of dark gothic romances and even modern young adult fiction by the likes of Garth Nix, Holly Black, and Scott Westerfeld.

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