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Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $22.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3287 reviews
Sales Rank: 4
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 768
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.8 x 2.4
ISBN: 031606792X
EAN: 9780316067928
ASIN: 031606792X
Publication Date: August 2, 2008
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Product Description
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, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved?
To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, a tumultuous year of temptation, loss, and strife have led her to the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or to pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fates of two tribes hangs.
Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating, and unfathomable, consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's life-first discovered in Twilight, then scattered and torn in New Moon and Eclipse-seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed... forever?
The astonishing, breathlessly anticipated conclusion to the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions.
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 A message to those hating on Stephenies work. October 10, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Contains Major Spoiler!
First off I just want to tell all the haters that they're ridiculous. I don't mind people disagreeing with the book or downright hating it. What I'm sick and tired of is hearing about how Stephenie went and made Bella's character a bad role model for young girls to look up to. Stephenie is the author and she can write her book however way she wants to. I think people get caught up in the idea that it's their own personal story and should cater to exactly how they want it to pan out. This was Stephenie's dream of how she wanted this book to be written. If you had an idea of a book to write and you believed it was so perfect in your mind of how you wanted it to be but everyone around you told you how to write it, would you listen to them? She is the author, we're just going along with the ride and reading her work. There are things in the story that shocked and surprised me. There were things I wish hadn't happened and things I wished that did happen. It's fine to have your own opinion, but to go to the extent to making assumptions about Stephenie copping out and throwing a sloppy book together or that she's giving young girls a bad image to look up to is just very immature and narrowminded. Also what's really bugging me is all the negative attention on Bella deciding to name her daughter Renesmee. When I first read it, I fell in love with the name. It's unique, I don't understand why people say it's hard to pronounce and spell. It's a beautifull name. I thought about naming my kitten that but of course I'm the only twilight fan at home and no one got it so I just settled for Bella. Enough said, that's my opinion on her name, you can have your own.
 Great October 10, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
It was a wonderful read and great to see all characters come to one big happy ending. I enjoyed the whole fight seen, I couldn't put the book down.
Brilliant couldn't put it down October 9, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Stephenie Meyer has done it again another brilliant book, its addicive and I love all of the characters... Looking forward to the next one
So good, I read it twice. October 9, 2008
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
I had to add my own 5 star review if only to discount one of the 1 star reviews. I have read a lot of the negative reviews and I find it hilarious that people are so freaked out about Bella marrying and having a baby at 18. Hello, you are reading a book about VAMPIRES, and therefore, you left reality at page 1. I also do not understand the issue with Jacob providing part of the narration, especially during Bella's pregnancy. Can you imagine if Bella or Edward had been the narrator of that section? It would be about pain and torture both physical (Bella) and mental (Edward). At least Jake has some wit and sarcasm about him, his comments on the psychopathic blonde had me laughing out loud. And finally, all the whining about a happy ending is ridiculous, I am still annoyed with JK Rowling for killing off Lupin, Tonks and Fred in the last installment of HP. If you want to read about reality, its called a NEWSPAPER. Otherwise, take the vampire book for what it is, a fantasy with all the trimmings!
 It could have been a lot better October 9, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
First of all, I have to say that I loved the Twilight series. Twilight got me hooked, New Moon brought in the beginning of a great love triangle, and Eclipse was great, written so well, and so much look forward to in Breaking Dawn. However, Breaking Dawn fell flat in my opinion.
**SPOILERS**
The book started off great. A honeymoon, Bella getting pregnant and getting really sick. Then you get to Jacobs part and yes, I must say it was great. But what wasnt great was the fact that this book is approximately 750 pages and we are over and done with the first and second part before the halfway point of the book. Now we have another 350 pages for Stephanie Meyer to ramble on and on. There was so much filler garbage that I got hugely annoyed while reading. I'm sorry to say, but the battle scene (what battle scene) at the end of the book was cheesy and very dissappointing and it took forever to get there. Also, what happens to these characters? Is she actualy planning on writing a 5th book? Everywhere I look, it says this is the last book, but Breaking Dawn kind of just ends. No offense Stephanie Meyer, but J.K. Rowling could show you a thing or two.
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