When our copy of Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer arrived back on August 2nd Elena took it and buried her nose in it for two days until she was done reading it. Yep, 750 pages, two days. I decided there must be something to this series of books, so I decided to start. I’ve spent the last 4 weeks or so reading the entire series: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and today I finished Breaking Dawn, thereby completing the series.
So what did I think? Well, I did read all of them in 4 weeks, so it must have been good. I was intrigued and it was entertaining. I did realize after reading book one why Tim didn’t like it. It’s not really the kind of story that teenage boys would enjoy. It’s a love story, no doubt about it. And much to Elena’s chagrin, I did have a big piece of the puzzle figured out way ahead of time. Foreshadowing… sometimes it’s too blatant.
The final book was pretty good as well except for 1) I don’t think I would want my 12 year old daughter to read it. It is much more of a 17 or older book. And 2) I thought the ending was kind of empty. Not sure why. I could expand on those thoughts, but I don’t want to give anything away.
If you haven’t read them, then I would recommend it. It’s no Harry Potter, but it is certainly entertaining. It’s a good story, and it contains a good message as well. And of course, the Twilight movie arrives in November. It’s always interesting to see how they change things for a movie…
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