Amazing!!

The book is gorgeaous, like the other titles of the same saga. The only problem is that now it's finished... A++++

[Sunday, September 07, 2008]

A writer writes for themselves.

I recommend this book for anyone who is looking for a story that has a lot of twists and they can escape into. It made me laugh, cry, everything. I loved it. At first I was a little iffy because I was just so surprised. I guessed that Bella would end up deciding the fight against the Volturi with her shields since the second book but Nessie came as a surprise, but a good one. I also thought Bella's reaction to being pregnant was very Bella. She's such a selfless person and she loves so completely. I also liked seeing Edward and her through Jake's eyes. They're flawed and i liked seeing it, I liked getting annoyed with them and I liked that this book had a satisfying ending.

I seriously don't get what everyone's problem is with this book. It's fiction. Stephenie never said that she was writing to send good messages to teens so if you want a book for your kid that does that then pick up a Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul and get over it. She is writing a fictional story, the story that she had in mind since the beginning, and I thought she did it very well. Who cares if she got everything. Some people actually do so you can't say that NO ONE gets a happy ending. And didn't she go through hell and back to get it? I thought she did.

For the most part I'm satisfied with this story because this was a story that Stephenie said that she had written for herself. That's all that I can ask of her. Nessie, Bella's marriage, Jacob imprinting on Nessie... that was all planned since the beginning. This is a book you either love or you hate. I ended up in love.

[Sunday, September 07, 2008]

Entertaining But Shallow (If You're 37)

I loved the first book, liked the second book and threw the third across the room. I read the fourth hoping it would redeem the ending in the third. I agree with most of Breaking Dawn's critics. Bella drove me crazy with her whiny immature behavior throughout all of them. Edward reminded me of a stalker (come to think of it so did Bella). Reneseme?? Good God! And ditto everything else that's been written . . .

ON THE OTHER HAND, I did read Breaking Dawn, and despite it glaring problems and the occasional bouts of boredom I suffered through, enjoyed it regardless. But, and I think this is a big but, I did have to remind myself throughout that I was reading a YA novel. I'm 37 and do not have a daughter (I came across the book browsing in the YA section with my son). If I did have a daughter I'd talk to her about what a lousy example Bella sets.

But if I was sixteen, I would have loved the ending. And I'm fairly sure I wasn't so impressionable that Bella would have made me want to run out and meet a boy who'd take care of me at all times (gack), ditch college, and have a baby. It's like sex. Fantasy is called fantasy for reason. And most of us know that.

I think people have lost site of the fact that the series, and latest book, were at least initially written for a young crowd. Bad role-models aside, some stories just aren't meant to teach us all a lesson. And thank god for that. The YA crowd is entitled to a mindless escapist story like the rest of us message seeking grown-ups. And Stephanie Meyer is darn good at giving them that.

If you're an adult, I think it's wise to keep in in mind that Breaking Dawn is teenaged fiction, despite its crossover status. Do that, and I'm pretty certain that the book, and love story, will entertain you.

[Sunday, September 07, 2008]

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