~breaking dawn~

“This was it, then. The ocean of pain. The other shore so far away across the boiling water that I couldn’t imagine it, much less see it. I felt empty again, now that I’d lost my purpose. Saving Bella had been my fight for so long now. And she wouldn’t be saved.” — chapter 18, page 356 it is always painful to see one that you love in pain. here, jacob is in pain because he thinks bella is going to die, even though she has fought to keep herself and her child alive. stephanie meyer does a great job of reminding her readers of how painful some events in life can seem.

“For just an instant, listening to the absolute confidence in his voice, I experienced a rare moment of insight. I could see, fleetingly, the way the world looked to him.”

—chapter 1, page 15

i always find it interesting how being in love with someone can alter impressions to such a degree. it really does support the theory that “love is blind.”

stephanie meyer

stephanie meyer is the author of the twilight series. she is a mother of three young sons in arizona. she graduated from brigham young university wiht a degree in english literature. in 2005, booksellers chose her as one of the “most promising new authors…”

“You could run from someone you feared, you could try to fight someone you hated. All my reactions were geared toward those kinds of killers – the monsters, the enemies. 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 your beloved, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved?”
—preface, page 1

this quote never ceases to amaze me. the power of love is so strong, that even though what bella loves is killing her, she still loves it. this is true even in the real world. love can and does exist through pain.

worth the hype?

for months on end, twilight fans eagerly anticipated the arrival of the fourth and final installment of the twilight series, breaking dawn. after attending a midnight release party at my local barnes and noble, and getting through the night on no caffeine, i finally got to sit down and crack open this “sacred” book.

i think it would be an overstatement to say this book is the “book of the century,” or even the “book of the decade,” let alone “book of the month.” this book was almost forgettable to me. after falling in love with edward cullen in the first three books, i was disappointed to say the least in the overly dramatic, switzerland ending of the book.

i will gladly admit that there were parts that i loved. reading about bella as a vampire was refreshing after three books of reading about her “human fragility.” also, it was interesting reading about vampires that weren’t cullens. it was good to finally know that stephanie meyer had found a way to diplomatically solve the estranged love triangle between bella, edward, and jacob. but, in my opinion, all the loops and turns that it took to get there were a bit unneccesary.

overall, i’d say breaking dawn was a quaint book. i would not even dare to compare this to j.k. rowling’s harry potter and the deathly hallow, a literary masterpiece. but, the book did what it was written to do. it tied up most of the loose strings in the unforgettable tale of a vampire love.