Breaking Dawn
Alright, so I just finished the book approximately ten minutes ago (about 3:38 PM, August 23rd, 2008) and I have that incredible I just finished a 754 page book high so, you know, this may be scattered and hard to understand, but I’ll try :)First off, the book as a whole is weird. Just, bizarre. At least the first half (the first half being, Bella’s first part and Jacob’s) is. Honestly, when I read the first half I clearly recall thinking at least once ‘This is no way this is it. This has to be some bizarre, unrealistic, fanfiction that got published.’ I was repulsed a bit, I suppose, by the first part. Some of it was just awful to read. And not to be rude, but who edited this book? Seriously there were typos galore. And I’m not one to be perfect with my editing, but this was just odd, unprofessional. There were words missing, words in the wrong places, words misspelled, present tenses that should have been past, ugh. It annoyed me to no end. It really did. But that’s about all I can say without getting into more detail, so I’ll switch to spoiler-mode now :)
Before I begin I feel that I should probably point out that I am not a romance fan. I avoid most romance if at all possible. I really do. My sister is quite the same way, possibly worse. So I was very wary when I first picked up Twilight. But it turned out to be not so much romance, so I was alright with it and I continued to read the series. I’m also a serious Jacob fan, so if you have some anti-Jacob issues, you may want to turn around now.
I enjoyed the beginning, the wedding, the car etc. The car was so Edward :) And Charlie’s reaction to the whole bit was so Charlie. I was super excited when Jacob showed up at the wedding, seriously. And then I was angry with Bella for ruining the otherwise perfect moment between them. But the wedding was lovely. Then comes the honeymoon.
Ugh, I’m sorry but I am not fond of reading about people’s sex lives. Especially when my mother had read this book before I and kept pestering me when I was around this point. I did, however, laugh out loud when Edward broke the headboard.
For some reason, I knew Bella was pregnant as soon as she was sick. I think it’s partially to do with the fact that I’d glimpsed the title of a video entitled ‘Bella & Renesmee’s Lullaby’ and, having not recognized the name, I immediately went to that conclusion. Or maybe I’m psychic. Either way, I knew it wasn’t food poisoning. So I wasn’t surprised. The fact that Bella wasn’t more concerned irked me a bit… Shouldn’t she have been? Maybe it’s me. And she called Rosalie, obviously. That confused me for a bit – I thought she hated Rosalie? Why would she call her, even with her past? But I guess it makes sense. Whatever.
I was excited to see this. So excited. Even though I knew it was coming. First thing. Chapter titles? Genius. They cracked me up at the beginning of each one. I’m too lazy to flip through the book to my favorite one – but that was definitely my favorite part of the book.
Contrary to Nicci’s reaction to reading from Jacob’s point of view, I didn’t find it strange at all. In fact, I found it refreshing. I really did. But that’s a Jacob fan for you, isn’t it? I loved being in not only his head, but the heads of the other wolves. And I seriously missed it during the second half.
I loved that Jacob took his position as Alpha, for Bella. It was so very in character for him. I was so afraid he was going to have to go through with the attack – I really was. And then I remembered.
I knew it was Seth following him. Seth was too close to the Cullens not to. (Have I mentioned how much I love Seth? Because I do. I really do. He’s awesome :))
[As proof of just how lazy I am, I just went to Wikipedia to make sure I have all these thoughts in the right order]
I was confused as to why Leah joined them at first (before they explained about the Sam bit). I was pretty sure that she wouldn’t join just for Seth. I still think that her being overprotective of her brother was off, just a little.
I was happy to learn a bit more about Leah, but I started to get a bit annoyed with her. But, whatever she did not annoy me as much as Bella did. How stupid can the girl get, really? She’s just stupid. And she makes stupid decisions. I must point out though, that Bella has annoyed me some since the first page of Twilight. She really has. She just…;alskdjf. Anyway, so she was annoying me. And I believe this was the point in which things turned creepy, yes?
I won’t go into detail. If you’ve read the book, you know the creepy bits and the not-so-creepy bits.
Rosalie? I was angry with her. I won’t lie, I was. She was killing Bella for her own stupid personal gain. That’s another thing that irked me. What ever happened to her being jealous and resentful of Bella for Renesmee? Hmm? It just…poofed.
I am super glad that Jacob downright refused Edward’s offer/request/whatever. I was so glad. I was pleased that he had that much…I don’t know…something to do it :) I’d expect non-Jacob fans to appreciate it. I hope they did. Because I know I was very proud of him right there :)
Blood drinking? Yeah, you should have seen my face. Gross? Very. Ew. But nothing compared to what came next: the birth.
It took a hell of a lot of strength (or something – willpower, maybe?) to sit there and read through that. I was glad that both Jacob and Edward were there. It seemed fitting. And Edward saved her life, obviously. Did anyone seriously think she was going to ‘die’? I mean, really?
I knew Jacob had imprinted on Nessie as soon as it happened. Again, I think a certain YouTube video had a hand in it, heh :) [NOT THAT I WATCHED IT. It was totally the title ‘BD: Jacob and Nessie’] And I didn’t even pay attention to the last three lines because they were so predictable. I just closed the book and sat in shock for a bit. And then I blurted out ‘Oh my God.’ And my mom’s like ‘What?’ And I was like ‘Oh my God.’ And she’s like ‘What happened?’ And obviously, I didn’t want to tell her what I thought had happened because, you know, she might tell me differently or whatever. I wanted to find out for myself. So I sat around for about fifteen minutes saying ‘Oh my God’ and ‘What?’ at random intervals to which my mother laughed, hysterically.
And then I went to bed. And honestly, I could not get the thought of those two out of my head all night. It haunted me, so to speak. And by the end of the night, I was resigned to the fact – liking it a bit even. After all, there was Quil and Claire already and that was just as bad.
I also thought it disgustingly ironic that Jacob should go out and try to find random girls to imprint on and then choose the one that he’d never have expected.
Alright, I’ll admit. I hate Bella as a vampire. I do. You can ‘WHAT?’ me all you want, but I do. I liked her better human, when she was, you know, kind of relatable. To me, it sort of took away the realism of the books – part of the thing I liked about the books was that Bella was so human. You could just relate to her. When she’s a vampire, that’s a little harder.
Also, a question came to me while I was reading this part. How are they going to make Bella’s beauty such a drastic change in the films…? *sighs*
Hunting? Ugh. I hated that part of the books. Reading about slaughtering an innocent mountain lion? Ew. I was not fond of it.
I also thought it weird (as did everyone in the book) that Bella’s transformation for her was so easy. It was just weird.
Obviously, I knew about Jacob & Nessie – I did. And, to be honest, I don’t know what I expected Bella’s reaction to be. But I did not expect her to try to kill Jacob. Really, that was uncalled for. It’s not like it was his fault. He didn’t just decide: ‘Hey, I’m going to imprint on your baby.’ And Bella should’ve known that. And that bothered me to end. I think I may have actually growled at Bella..
Also, I have to say this now – though I thought it later on actually. It seemed stupid that Nessie’s birth automatically cleared up so many issues. The wolves, Bella & Jacob’s relationship, Jacob & Edward’s relationship. It was like she was there for that reason only. And I didn’t like how ‘suddenly’ Jacob and Bella were just friends. It was so sudden. It was stupid. I don’t know, maybe that’s me. And also, all of the issues just... disappeared. They weren’t brought up again, at all.
That transition through those three months was, wow. Just random. And really breezed over and fast. I forgot three months had passed several times during the remainder of the book.
Alrigghhhtt.
I have nothing really to say about the other vampires other than that they were cool. I liked most of them :) Garrett cracked me up. I knew he and Kate would end up together.
Also, I’m going to take this point to point out that I love Renesmee. I really do. She’s the coolest little thing ever. I mean, she’s weird, but cool. A cool weird. Oh, and I’m jumping back to the nickname thing. Nessie, what is wrong with Nessie as a nickname? Loch Nes Monster? What? And Renesmee is a bit of a mouthful, seriously. Her full name is what bugs me though. ‘Renesmee Carlie Cullen’ doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue… And when exactly did Bella start calling her Nessie? She hated the name and then suddenly she was using it all the time? May I say, what the hell? I feel like a bit of a hypocrite for saying that though. My mother, and I, has issues with people calling me ‘Laurie’ as a nickname. She hates it.
I was disappointed by the ‘battle’ at the end. I mean Stephenie built up to it like it was really going to happen and then – nope. Not gunna happen. Honestly, I was looking forward to some real heart-pounding, intense battle sequences. (You know, they’re probably going to change the movie so that it includes one right?) And I also wanted to see Bella fight her first vampire fight. I did. And then – nope. I was disappointed.
And then suddenly there’s the end and everything’s all hunky dory and they hint that things could go wrong again. Way to tie up loose ends. That leaves ends untied. Room for a sequel. I didn’t get that feeling I got with Deathly Hallows; that ‘Okay. Everything’s over,’ feeling. I also laughed out loud about Bella’s thing about competition with Nahuel (irk. I fear I butchered his name) and Jake and Nessie. That screamed ‘I’m going to write this out later.’ At least, to me. I can feel it. I can feel the fanfiction writer’s minds whirring away at that little comment. Also she’s so stupid not to realize why Nahuel was staring at her. I mean, really.
It was also interesting to see Edward being able to see Bella’s thoughts – but weird.
All in all, it was okay after the first half. It wasn’t near as entertaining as Deathly Hallows but they are two different books. ;lsdjf I shouldn't be comparing them *smacks self* The thing that irked me was that it was so not like the other three. Aside from the very beginning, there was no inclination [other than Charlie] that an outside world existed. It just didn't seem as real. Like it could be actually happening, as with the others. Also, I missed her friends from school - like Mike and Angela and the others. But I’m glad I read it. I’m glad I’m done.
Mmmm, in case anyone's curious these are the two videos from which I got 'spoiled' by the titles:
(BD) Bella & Renesmee's Lullaby
(BD) Jake & Nessie - Your Guardian Angel
both by Missphoenix05. :)