Item Description
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 Details
- Author: Stephenie Meyer
- Publication Date: 2008-08-02
- Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
- Product Group: Book
- Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
- Binding: Hardcover, 768 pages
- Package Dimensions:
- Dimensions: 830L x 570W x 240H
- Weight: 185
- List Price: $22.99
- ISBN: 031606792X
- ASIN: 031606792X
Customer Reviews
Average Amazon User Rating: 
THE BEST!!!!!!!
2009-05-04
Reviewer: P.E.P.S.
This book is SO awesome. Each book in this series is better than the last, and this one tops them all, Stephenie Meyer, PLEASE keep this series going, you are a genius!!!
AWESOME
2009-05-04
Reviewer: S. Anderton
Loved this series and i am not a teen! Recommend this entire saga to anyone who loves fantasy and a love story! The bad thing is you want more more more once you finish the last installment!
Was Waiting for something else
2009-05-04
Reviewer: Judy S. Jacobs
Breaking Dawn just killed the Twilight Series for me. I was all about Edward and Bella in Twilight. I was all about Jacob and Bella in New Moon. I was all about the triangle of love in Eclipse. Team Jacob...go. But, Breaking Dawn brought ALL those characters down for me. The moment I had in inkling that Bella was pregnant, I started to lose interest. So predictable and ridiculous and unnecessary. Their love story had really just begun and suddenly, it's all about a vampire baby and turning Bella into stone. And, then Jacob 'imprints' on the new 'baby' Renesmee. What the heck kinda name is THAT and why her? It's just ridiculous all 'round.
Ms. Meyer had a good thing going there with the love between Edward and Bella, Jacob and Bella and the conflict between the pack and the coven. What was she thinking? Don't know. I'll have to finish the dang book now, but, it's ruined for me. Jacob's love for Bella had me all warmed up and now, I'm left cold.
Alls Well That Ends Well...
2009-05-04
Reviewer: R. Stagel
After reading the reviews I was not sure I would like Breaking Dawn but I loved it!!! Let's not forget this is a Fantasy/Paranormal Love Story. I think the saga showed Bella mature from a wall flower teenage girl to a beautiful woman-vampire, which I could relate to and I am sure a lot of others can and will be able to. It showed Edward more of a man-vampire not a super hero. You may not be able to pick your family but family is family and not all and every family can get along with each other werewovles, vampire or most of all human families.
The birthing scene did not gross me out at all, yes it would have been nice had they gone to Dartmouth for a year but how boring would that be to read? The baby added a little more of what are the consequenses of your actions. Possible more story lines for a book in the future.
I loved meeting all the other Vampire familes which people seemed to leave out of the reviews I read. I was totally surpised by that and loved them, another possible story line for a book here.
I most of all am glad for a happy ending. It made me feel good. It's good to have a happy ending even though life may not give you the happiness you seek but what else does one have without hope. Enjoy this book.
I had one problem - what is a nudger? I have never heard of that word referred to a baby before. Was the baby nudging her from the womb?
Not as good as the others
2009-05-04
Reviewer: H. Miller
I've read the entire Twilight series. I thought that this one was not as good as the others. It wasn't bad. Slow at parts. Also, I felt that there were 2 books in one. You end with one story, then another picks right up. Not sure how I felt about that.
