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Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
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it was ok
bookshelves: ya

oh yes, so VERY many spoilers! and unladylike language, sorry.


p.1: god help me. Here we go.

p.8: yep, Edward is already "going overboard" protecting Bella.

p.20: Her parents think it's a good idea for her to marry this weirdo at 18? They never think ANYTHING is a good idea.

p.33: Vampire babies! creepy! in a good way.

p.58: Jacob!

p.72: I swear Bella never just goes anywhere, you always have to DRAG her like a toddler.

p.85: I think they just had sex!! OMG!!

p.86: now of course we have to suffer through pages and pages of Edward being "guilty" which means basically he is an asshole.

p.108: she MAKES him have sex with her again, on their HONEYMOON. What a slut.

p.121: oh, please no. Don't be pregnant.

p.123: God dammit.

p.124: The pregnancy is already showing??? huh?

p.132: Edward cold and furious for the 1985674th time

p.145: Jacob POV!

p.151: This whole thing with the imprinting on a two-year old is just so fucked up.

p.153: However, "I'd seen Quil play peekaboo for an hour straight without getting bored"--HAHAHA!

p.174: Oh, I get it, the vampire baby grows really really fast! And also: EW.

p.177: Edward racked with guilt for the 7893902057th time.

p.274: GAH! It broke her rib?? I am NEVER getting pregnant. Ever.

p.327: Haha, she wants to name it either Edward (of course) or..."Renesmee"? Really? No, really??? Oh please let it be a girl.

p.333: I hope we see this red-haired chick again; I like her.

p.350: OH MY GOD. I know I said "ew" before, but I truly had no idea. EW EW EW EW EW.

p.353: I am still horrified, but HAHAHAHA! RENESMEE!! Awesome.

p.354: Wow, I really didn't think she would actually have Bella become a vampire!

p.360: THIS HAD BETTER NOT BE WHAT I THINK IT IS, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

p.377: So apparently becoming a vampire feels like the worst torture imaginable, ever ever, but she's not going to scream because it might upset Edward.

p.405: Well, thank god she is able to find a flaw in her looks even though she's a goddesslike beauty now. It just wouldn't be Bella if she didn't hate herself.

p.409: Bella is the most gracefulest, loveliest vampire ever! She can even walk in heels now!

p.420: Really, she is THE MOST AMAZING VAMPIRE THAT HAS EVER EXISTED. Everyone is very impressed.

p.449: Oh lord, it WAS what I thought it was. Okay, so you are a teenage werewolf, and you form an unbreakable soul bond with the HALF-VAMPIRE DAUGHTER of the girl you have been in love with forever, who is ALSO now a vampire, and married to another vampire with disturbing rage issues, and you know you are going to marry this VAMPIRE BABY when she grows up (I suppose she doesn't have any choice in this), so how do you feel?

Fulfilled, apparently.

So what is going to happen to Leah now? I thought she and Jacob might end up together, but of course that wouldn't be DISTURBING ENOUGH, would it. Maybe she and her brother can get married or something.

p.463: Waitaminute. If Renesmee (heh!) is growing that fast, does that mean...?
Probably she'll be married to Jacob in a couple weeks.

p.474: Bella is relieved that even though she's a vampire now, her "essential core traits" of being a killjoy and a whiner are still intact.

p.485: Hee! Edward is a much better musician than the rest of his family, because while he was practicing, and reading about science, and learning languages, they were too busy having sex all the time! For real! Because vampires never get tired, so they never have to stop! Awesome.
Apparently they also can only have sex if they're married.

p.504: Coldly furious.

p.532: Coldly furious.

p.567: This entire series encapsulated in one sentence: "Wasn't shielding her more important than answering her questions?"

p.586: Wouldn't it make more sense to explain first, and THEN show them the vampire baby?

p.602: This whole thing about the different vampire powers is cool!

p.608: AWESOME. There is a fat vampire who is beautiful and the leader of her clan!

p.611: HAHAHA "someone is going to have to provide an index* (*see page 756)"

p.612: Huh. New word. "ferine" adj. Untamed; feral.

p.704: Coldly furious.

p.736: Oh good, so Renesmee should be able to get married by age seven and avoid the extra ten years of tedious waiting to be joined with her soulmate.

p.753: "No one's ever loved anyone as much as I love you." Yeah, yeah.

p.755: THE END. Okay, it started out pretty horrifyingly, but I enjoyed the last third or so. I still think Edward has no personality, but I guess that's what some people like.

And the red-haired girl never showed up again. Boo.




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message 1: by Liz (new) - rated it 5 stars

Liz I give it 5 stars, I loved it. Stephenie Meyer is a good storyteller. OK some of the characters aren't so good, Bella is annoying often and Edward...stony? but I love how the plot keeps developing and developing and developing. I couldn't put it down!
Liz


message 2: by Janet (new)

Janet I had no intention of ever reading this, but after that review, I might have to. It sounds so trashily readable.


Jenne Oh, it really is. Especially if you go in with very, very low expectations.


message 4: by [deleted user] (new)

Jenne, that was brilliant!!!! I thought so many of the same things while reading it.

The question that keeps coming to my mind is--so if Jacob and Nessie get it on (after they are married of course) what kind of babies will they have? I feel a companion book coming on!


Rachel Ha! Great review. Doing page-by-page reviews is a good idea. :)


Jenne Thanks all of you, it was fun to write! Maybe more fun than reading the book...


message 7: by [deleted user] (new)

The part that had me laughing the hardest was, "Coldly Furious", Coldy Furious". It's like Meyer ran out of descriptive words and she just started inserting them like she was playing Mad Lib.


message 8: by [deleted user] (new)

I give the book 5 stars and the review 5 stars as well. Loved them both :)


Kristen GREAT Review!! This book was so...exasperating! I mean, yes we are talking about a book with vampires and werewolves, but still it was so UNREALISTIC! Meyer didn't play by her own rules, and if it wasn't for the laughable moments (which you so cleverly pointed out), this book would be unreadable.


Jenne Ha, thank you! It's kind of hard to believe that this book really exists. I try to explain it to people and they don't believe me.


Kristen I once told someone I didn't like their review, and it caused a big commotion! I guess it's ok to critique books, but not other people's opinions?? I dunno. I think it's silly to not to be able to defend a book that you think is great that someone ripped apart. (in general also...not about this book or review).


Kelly Loved the review!


Jenne Wow, thanks Shannon!!
I'm kind of afraid she's going to write another one, because I probably won't be able to resist reading it...


Claudi Wow... I really loved your review! :o) I swear on some pages that you're referring to I thought the same. Unfortunately I'm not finished yet :( so I needed to leave out the end of you're review... but I can't wait to see if we agree there too


drowningmermaid omg. Best BD review on here. I laughed so hard.

"Maybe she and her brother can get married or something" LOL! Or maybe she can just fall into a well and disappear.

"AWESOME. There is a fat vampire who is beautiful and the leader of her clan!" ... Is it just me, or did anyone else think that this was a self-insertion? I mean, a fat Irish vampire whose superpower is "stuff happens the way she wants it to." Just as if she were writing about it. Like, in a book.

What would make that truly horrible, is the glaring fact that Bella is a self-insertion of sorts as well.


message 16: by Jenne (last edited Feb 08, 2009 05:15PM) (new) - rated it 2 stars

Jenne Hmm, I don't really think of Stephenie Meyer as fat, but what with body image culture these days, she probably thinks she is.
So you might be right!

However, I think putting yourself in the book as a very minor (yet awesome) character is totally kosher as a perk of the job. :)


drowningmermaid Truthfully, I don't think she's especially fat, either, but now that I'm a hater I'll rag on just about anything. It Did bug me that Bella always seemed to have weird food-issues. It would have bugged me more if pedo-Jacob, dude-pimp-my-wife-Edward, and Uber-Bella-Queen-of-the-not-so-Damned hadn't entirely stolen the suck.




Greenly J I thought I was the only one to feel this way about Twilight. I didn't like how Meyer built us up for 4 books and then implied that they had sex. Urgh. Loved your review. Edward and Bella boring. Bella's power great!


message 19: by PinkPanthress (new)

PinkPanthress the sex-after-marrige stuff... does that mean Edward is an 100 year old virgin???


Jenne It was hard to tell...but it seemed that way!


message 21: by PinkPanthress (new)

PinkPanthress No wonder he would be moody like that! Or he's got seriously callused Hands... :D




Hannah First review I've read that made me laugh out loud. Thank you.


Brittany I have to agree with everyone else. This is one of the best reviews I have ever read! It made me I laughed so hard!

Thinking about it still makes me giggle. Haha.


Katie Best. Review. Ever. Thanks!


message 25: by Jenny (last edited Mar 29, 2009 08:54AM) (new) - rated it 5 stars

Jenny I love the Twilight saga, but I just can't help but laugh at this. This is my favorite review. ever.


Katrina Passick Lumsden "p.405: Well, thank god she is able to find a flaw in her looks even though she's a goddesslike beauty now. It just wouldn't be Bella if she didn't hate herself."

"p.409: Bella is the most gracefulest, loveliest vampire ever! She can even walk in heels now!"

"p.420: Really, she is THE MOST AMAZING VAMPIRE THAT HAS EVER EXISTED. Everyone is very impressed."


"p.474: Bella is relieved that even though she's a vampire now, her "essential core traits" of being a killjoy and a whiner are still intact."

HAHAHAHA! My sentiments exactly!

Loved 'Twilight', HATED this effing book.

It would have been nice if she'd AT LEAST kept Edward the same. Instead of turning him into some kind of pussy-whipped doormat. *Sigh*


message 27: by Sherry (new)

Sherry Hahaha, between this review and The Never Ending Trivia Quiz I feel I now know all there is to know about the series!


message 28: by Elvishmaiden (new) - added it

Elvishmaiden Nesrin wrote: "the sex-after-marrige stuff... does that mean Edward is an 100 year old virgin???"

You know, some people think being a virgin is a GOOD thing. Not every teenaged guy is sex-crazed.


Jenne There's nothing wrong with virginity, it's just not that important.
After 100 years, I just think you'd be curious.


Betsy this review was made of sweet delicious win. awesome.


Loren Harway Mm, the red haired girl and Leah, too true. Such a pity.


message 32: by Mara (new) - rated it 4 stars

Mara so... I'm assuming that we will be seeing stephanie in the breaking dawn movie... hmm... do you think she had the movie deal before the book was complete???



Jenne I can't imagine how in the world they would make a movie out of this book!


Sparker Pants Oh my god, thank you for this. I burst out laughing several times. I wanted to vomit on this book, but I was never sure if it was because I was so disturbed or laughing so hard at the sheer ridiculousness of it all.


Tammy Love this review!


Melissa lmfao. you are god


Sherry Jenne - your review was heckafunny! Thank you for sharing yourself with us!


message 38: by Polly (new)

Polly haha i haven't laughed so much for ages.


message 39: by Sophie (new)

Sophie This review reeks of awesome :-D Hated Twilight...got an overview of the second 2 books...REALLY hated Breaking Dawn... ew...


Natalie great review! i laughed so hard at leah marrying her brother, the number of times edward was cold and furious or felt guilty, and the page 360 reaction! i had the same reactions to a lot of the pages you mentioned. i liked the blow-by-blow review since this is kind of what i wanted to do while i was reading it...except my only other friend who read the series stopped reading after page 360 after saying, "oh come on!" out loud, haha! thanks for posting this!


Jenne Thanks Natalie! [and everyone else:] :-)




Narcissa Wow you're review is awesome !! Goodstuff, you know
everything Edward did was just, so Edward. My god isn't he predictable =P




message 43: by Elaine (new) - added it

Elaine Oh my god, you crack me up! Were you transcribing my brain when I read this book? Because seriously, down to the snickering about "Renesmee," I swear this is exactly what was going through my head when I read it. Hahahahaha!


message 44: by Evelyn (last edited Oct 17, 2009 09:09AM) (new) - rated it 3 stars

Evelyn a friend sent me this review (hilariously accurate, btw!!!)so technically it's your fault i read this book. ;-D
i was ready to claw my eyes out before forcing my way through another Twilight book but your review made me laugh so much plus i couldn't get the intriguing (yet beyond creepy) idea of a vampire baby out of my head!

and yr right, it wasn't bad, especially compared to the first three.


Isabella LOVE IT!!!


message 46: by Monica (new)

Monica Sinha So totally agree! If only Stephanie Meyer could write a book about characters as interesting as the supporting cast in this book. So glad about the Big and Beautiful vampire clan leader too!


Morgan F I think I just pissed myself laughing.


message 48: by Rachel (new) - added it

Rachel Ahaha, this made me laugh. "Ferine" LOL!! I was just looking at that word today (I finished reading this book this morning) and thought the same thing.

Anyway, I wasn't really too impressed, you kind of summed up what I thought of it.


Samantha omg this is yet! the best review of this book! lol, and did you know Paul gets imprinted with his cousen?or something like that :D
5/5<---for review only


message 50: by [deleted user] (new)

Hilarious review!

I love Victoria too :]


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