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 enlarge | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1010 reviews
Sales Rank: 5
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 640
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.7 x 2
ISBN: 0316160202
EAN: 9780316160209
ASIN: 0316160202
Publication Date: August 7, 2007
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 Breathtaking November 17, 2008
Stephenie Meyer has captured a whole new audience. It's an affront to say this is "teen material". I've read so many things that are so complex for complexities sake and you really tire of that. This has absolute balance, breathtaking romance - love anyone would love to live (or die for). The characters are so vivid, the movie casting is so right that I hope they will continue to the end - they are Edward and Bella. I haven't read anything fictional (save for Harry Potter) in years - because it was so repetitive and completely predictable. I haven't lost sleep trying to get to the end of a book in years, I have read all four of these in 6 days and COULD NOT put them down. Stephanie has taken us on an unbelievable thrill ride that I hope Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson don't see it as typecasting but stay on for the ride, because Twilight was made for them and they were destined to be Twilight.
Friends of opposite genders November 17, 2008
I think Stephenie Meyer captured the difficulty in having friends of opposite genders down to the T. Someone always falls in love-- and when there's another person involved... it makes a positive situation unpleasant.
Eclipse picks up right were the last novel left off-- starting with Jacob being hurt and the back and forth letters between him and Bella-- followed by his aggressive attempts to make more of his friendship with Bella.
Now... reading the reviews, I would have thought Jacob was a terrible character that imposed himself on Bella. But that's not the case. He wouldn't have hurt Bella in any way. He loved her and wanted her to be happy (as did every character in the book for some reason). I liked the way Meyer broke Bella's confusion into her separate selves. The one she was with Edward and then the one she was with Jacob. She was forced to choose the better of two good situations. Anyone who has fallen in love while attempting to maintain friendships of the opposite gender should be able to relate to the tension and jealousy .. along with some degree of "choosing."
A few points were awesome.. like the heart to heart between Jacob and Edward in the tent while awaiting the "war." -- also, I laughed out loud visualizing the vampire attempting to fight after the werewolf had torn off both of its arms. Seriously.. I wonder if Meyer had intended the visual humor. :-)
Also with Jake... I don't know why reviewers made him out to be a villian. He's young. It doesn't excuse being hostile, but he wasn't terrible. He said things as they came to mind and rarely held back. He had a potty-mouth and had found his first love. My only concern when reading for him was that he was going to become one of those guys with way too much baggage... permanently damaged because of Bella's inability to make up her mind and see things as they were soon enough.
I also like Meyers parallel with Bella, whose first love was Edward. Sometimes first's work, and sometimes they don't. I do think its rare that someone could find themselves on both sides... being in love for the first time and having someone ELSE fall in love with you for the first time as well. Something should have clicked for this girl.... She let it drag on for way too long.
I didn't read this one as fast as the others. The beginning and ending were awesome. The middle left something to be desired.... But I did enjoy learning more about Alice in the middle of the book....... Her character provided relief to Bella's ridiculous decisions...
Also, I found Edwards perspective interesting when he admits his fault when leaving Bella and explains that the repercussions (Jacob) would remain because of his error. Not many people would admit to that. I guess that shows the strength of his character. Most people would just blame Bella for being cruel, indecisive, and overly dramatic (like me :-) ..).
And also.... (kiddin).
 Ruined the characters, especially Edward November 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I LOVED Twilight. I found New Moon to be a very, very good sequel. But Eclipse? What happened to the characters?!
1) the character of Edward barely resembles Edward from Twilight. He's no longer Hot; just a creepy obsessed guy with cold lips.
2)it must really be her scent that has Ed and Jake's shorts in knot all the time, because Bella spends most of the book disheveled, throwing on whatever clothes she rummages around for, and barely taking time to brush her teeth let alone her hair. OK - I realize that comment might sound shallow, but puh-leez, could the heroine at least not be a mess through 90% of the book? Even other characters remark that she looks a mess most of the time.
3) I realize that having Charlie totally clueless is necessary to advance plot lines, but how on earth is a cop as dense and easily fooled as Charlie is? And the man would stand around and starve if Bella didn't stop her own personal crises for five minutes to heat up spaghetti sauce for him.
4) Jacob could have been a sympathetic, appealing character if he wasn't randomly transformed into a cheap romance novel brute. Then he's Nice Jacob again! Then he's a pawing brute! Now he's nice again! Totally inconsistent.
5) The romantic scenes became just blah, blah, blah. Ed has cold lips, his chest is like stone, he's strong, they kiss then he pulls away. The scenes don't have to be sexed up, just not a constant repeat of the same things over and over.
6) The writing. Bella doesn't "sound" like Bella anymore. The same descriptions are repeated over and over and over again. Bella's truck is slow, it's rainy all the time, Ed is cold, Jake is hot, they're both strong, and every single time Bella has a deep thought she bites her lip. The book could have been reduced by half the pages and still been the same story.
ON A GOOD NOTE: I liked the side stories of the Cullen family members. I might be alone in this but I really liked the values in the book, particularly about sex. There's always Jackie Collins books for sex. A nice romance with boundaries is refreshing for a change.
Twilight Series November 16, 2008
This product came in excellent condition and in a prompt manner. This is an awesome book. You won't be able to put it down once you start reading.
Great! Would order again! November 16, 2008
The book came in excellent condition and was delivered quickly. Will definitely order from them again.
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