Just like the rest of the world, I was completely captivated by the
first three Twilight books. Sure, I recognized that the plots could
use a little fine tuning, (they all start out a bit slow), and that
they didn't comprise of the best writing ever, but they were
charming and contained love-able characters, nonetheless.
So of course, I waited impatiently for months for the final
installment, ready for the sure-to-be thrilling end to an epic love
saga. But no. It was not to be.
I was mortified at the plot of Breaking Dawn. I had read fanfiction
much better than this, and had read a fic months before with pretty
well the same plot. (and in fact was convinced that it must be some
kind of fanfiction joke) The baby was just a pathetic plot device
to give Jacob something to imprint on, so as to keep Jacob fans
placated. The birth scene was both gruesome and the only real bit
of discriptive writing there is in the novel.
Bella's whole transformation was awful, as well. Even though,
throughout all the other books, Bella had heard many warnings about
vampires andthe struggles to maintain control - Jasper was still
struggling - little Bella is perfect from the get-go.In fact, she
become totally unrelatable due to her perfections. She's so
perfect, that she seems to be the only one who believes that Alice
had not abandoned them. (A feat which, if the characters had read
any of the other books, they would've realized was not something
Alice would ever do. - way to know your characters, Ms.Meyer -
not.)
Lastly, the book itself is slowpaced and tedious, far from the epic
adventure I was hoping for. The only bit of "action" in the story
is the search for other vampires in the world that will help the
Cullens battle the volturi in the final "climatic" battle - if you
can call it that. I turns out, there was no need for all those
vamps, because perfect little Bella suddenly has a magical
forcefield that protects them all from harm, scaring the volturi
away. The end.
So, just to re-iterate, if you liked the Twilight books because
they were exciting and full of love and angst, and not just because
everyone in the WORLD suddenly likes them, I'd forego this last
book if I were you. It will ruin your whole perception of the
series. Trust me, you'll want to pretend it ended happily and
open-ended with Eclipse.