Comments on: What did you think of Breaking Dawn?

By: karol

karol — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:47:17 +0000

i think this comment is quite delayed already. hehe. of course, i was one of the first people to line up for the book (had it reserved weeks before), etc. etc. same insights. was quite disappointed with it. felt that meyer just looked for an excuse to finish the book and create a happy ending. her writing is wonderful (funny parts esp. from emmett), but the plot’s not too good for me, too. oh well, at least it’s not perfect. hehehe…

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By: JMom

JMom — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:42:00 +0000

I finally finished the book yesterday! So as promised, I came back to read your spoilers

I had the same thought as everyone else here regarding Renesmee. My first thought was, could Stephanie Meyers be Pinoy? hehe! if she was maybe it would have been Rhenezmei

I have to say that I did enjoy the book although I too felt like it was a bit rushed in some places. The short, curt responses like ‘sure, sure’ were slightly annoying to me. I agree that there wasn’t enough Edward in this book. I was also thinking, that could it be that the sexual tension was so integral and palpable in the earlier books that it was almost anticlimactic when they finally get around to it? You have to admit, most times the anticipation is way better than the actual event.

On the ending, I was almost hoping for a bloodbath and that Jacob and Nessie are the only survivors. Maybe another book on their adventures or misadventures.

The doggie bowl on Roselee’s head and the ‘Nessie’ attack on Jacob were pretty hilarious. I LOL

Thanks for coming back to this entry JMom!

Yup the exchanges between Rosalie and Jacob were funny.

I was fine with the smex parts. I just noticed that Meyer’s writing wasn’t as sensual and subtle as before. :/

So now that BD is out, what’s next? The movie! Can’t wait!

By: Em Dy

Em Dy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:49:57 +0000

I skimmed through some pages too.

Amen to all that you said.

From a physician’s point of view though…I wondered why Carlisle did not consider blood transfusion. Drinking the blood through a straw? Oh, c’mon. And blood transfusion wouldn’t be gross at all. Re the xrays, that’s just too much. Weren’t they concerned about radiation? Especially so since they knew very little about the fetus. Maybe that’s why they had to explain that the fetus was enclosed in a capsule.

Renesmee. So Pinoy. I didn’t like it too as much as I didn’t like Harry Potter’s kids’ names. But at least that was just his two favorite people’s names put together but not joined together.

Of the 4, my favorite book is Twilight. Breaking Dawn reads as if it was done in a hurry.

I still like Harry Potter better because all the events seem tied together. Even details that seemed unimportant were significant.

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From a physician’s point of view though…I wondered why Carlisle did not consider blood transfusion.

I wonder why Meyer didn’t consider it. Drama I guess? The fetus had to eat something anyway. Creepy.

By: Gen 314

Gen 314 — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:26:57 +0000

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!! they move the movie release date to November 21 WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great!!

By: Zita

Zita — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:05:50 +0000

I wasn’t expecting Bella to get knocked up though! LOL
There were parts where I cried, must be the hormones (2 more months to go).
Over all, it wasn’t that bad. Lucky I got the paperback at a discounted price.
You should have seen the hordes of shreiking HS girls at the bookshop where I bought mine.

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By: Joni

Joni — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:15:27 +0000

Breaking Dawn *is* a disappointment. I expected more from it. But I’m glad it’s over. Now I can finally move on. Lol. Though I’m still looking forward to see the movie version in January ’09.

I know what you mean by finally getting to move on. And I can’t wait for the movie! It’s being released earlier in the States (Nov. 21st) so perhaps we’ll get it earlier in Manila too.

By: vina

vina — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:31:00 +0000

hehe. i haven’t bought the book yet.

but last week, i was so eager to just know the reviews so i searched on the internet
and yes, not too many good words about it .

now, i wonder if i should still buy the book, considering the cons, most especially with edward not being too visible there. i know i’m just going to skip a lot of pages like i did in new moon and eclipse

also, some of the readers pointed out the tree-running thing to adjust to the twilight movie, since this wasn’t mentioned at all in any of the first 3 books.

pretty excited about the movie though! it better be good!

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also, some of the readers pointed out the tree-running thing to adjust to the twilight movie, since this wasn’t mentioned at all in any of the first 3 books.

So true. I noticed that and went, Realllllllly. Now they’re doing trees? Ho hum.

By: drunkenlily

drunkenlily — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:37:36 +0000

hi toni, i haven’t really discussed Twilight much on my blog or with anyone else, besides here and my bestfriend. but i did enjoy the series….except for Breaking Dawn. sad but as many mentioned, it appeared to be rushed and as you have perfectly coined it, chopsuey. there were so many leads in the fourth book that i wouldn’t think that it was the ending book for the series. there is so much to explore there such as the new characters introduced, vampire powers to exploit and relationships to be expounded on (yeah, where did the humans go?). though the strategic mind games was good, i wouldn’t mind a lengthier story if the author gave much attention to exciting fight scenes, instead of vampire sex. we now know how good it can be (smashing houses and all), thank you very much. the volturi were pretty lame and bella was suddenly super heroine. the romanians didn’t have special powers? geez, i thought they ruled for some time and are currently planning to overthrow the volturi. all in all, the book was ok, not A-OK. as for renesmee, it’s so pinoy

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That’s right! The Romanian vamps didn’t have powers. Weird. Maybe their power is that they know more than anyone cuz they’re the oldest. Haha.

By: pinayhekmi

pinayhekmi — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:43:29 +0000

Haha, yea Toni, everything that people had problems with, I kinda expected except that dreadful name and the imprinting. What I loved was the tactical showdown with the volturi, and Jacob’s point of view chapters. I thought they were good enough that the book was enjoyable for me.

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By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:40:13 +0000

I don’t get why everyone is complaining about the name Renesmee, it’s a beautiful and unique name for a unique creature. Those who are saying it’s a mouthful, what are you going to go out and name your kid Renesmee now? No, so why do you care if it is long, I think it’s an amazing name. The ending wasn’t my favorite, but poor Steph can’t make everyone in the world happy with just one book! Be resonable here people.

All in all Breaking Dawn was just as amazing as the rest of the books, those who didn’t like it stop whining about it. It’s a book, you don’t like it too bad it’s already written and published stop being annoying.

Just as you expressed your view about liking it, everyone’s entitled to their own opinions too. The key thing here is to accept that we all will have varying points of view and to just move on, without having to make negative remarks about those who have comments that are contradictory to your own.