Breaking Dawn, Part 2

I re-read Breaking Dawn today.

Yes, I started at lunch and finished just now. Yes, I worked for a while in there, and did some homework. I even took a break to eat and count change and a couple other things. But I still read the whole thing today.

Anyway!

I re-read Breaking Dawn today. It's much better the second time around. The first time, you're too busy going, "What do you mean Bella's pregnant? Jacob imprinted on Nessie? And why wasn't the battle scene...well, a battle?"

After letting it marinate for 2 months (hey, I waited to required amount of time. Even 2 extra days. Give me a break), and reading Stephenie Meyer's answers to reader's questions, it was much better.

You just have to suspend belief for a few hours. What's great about some books (the Anita Blake series, for instance), is that you can almost see it actually happening. It's realistic. Even the vampires and were-wolves, you can see how it just might happen (the Sookie Stackhouse books do this really well too).

The problem with kids/young adult books? They ask you to suspend reality more often. So after giving myself to the book, letting my world fall away and replace it with Bella and Edward's world...it was better.

Easier to see happening, easier to believe.

Of course, knowing what happens doesn't hurt.

The week before Breaking Dawn came out, I literally called Mom and said, "I'm worried that Bella and Edward won't end up together. Stephenie wouldn't do that to us, would she?"

Mom laughed. I was serious.

I'm really glad they end up together.

And I laughed out loud when Bella found out about Jacob calling Renemsee "Nessie." It's just too funny that that is what sets her off.

Breaking Dawn

I just (as in just...) finished Breaking Dawn, the final book in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga.

Can I just say how incredibly happy I am about who died?

I really don't want to give it away (too big of a hype. Like giving away the final Harry Potter or the end of "The Sixth Sense"), but I loved it (here's your warning...spoilers involved. All throughout. So be careful).

Okay, I loved Bella's parts. The middle section, with Jacob as the narrator? Weird.

Anyway, Stephenie (okay, so I refer to people by their first names. It makes me feel better. By last names makes me feel...distant) did leave it open for another...but not for a long time down the road. By then, I'm sure Bella will have time to have sharpened her gift (I knew she was going to have something! I thought it was going to be like Alice's gift, but I'm not perfect. Or Alice, for that matter).

Can I say...that was the most unexpected thing I have ever encountered in a book? Within the first two hundred pages, I thought it was going to live up to my worst expectations. Killing Bella. When she came up pregnant, I couldn't have been more shocked.

And I knew! As soon as she woke up, I knew Jacob had imprinted on someone! Only took him forever! That's where I called Miranda, to see where she was. I was on page 450, way ahead of her. But I knew it!

Aarg...

The whole ending? A small disappointment, only because I was expecting something so much bigger. A bigger fight scene. A bigger loss.

I guess I got that from the last Harry Potter. They lost a lot. And while those books became darker as the series went on, these only get lighter. More love, more tenderness, more acceptance.

Except Leah. But I'm pretty sure she'll come around eventually.

And Alice! Why did you leave?!? I mean, I get why, but I missed her. And I still am not such a huge fan of Rosalie. Geez.

Sorry. Talk to me if/when you read it. Otherwise, I'll totally give away all the details.

Oh! Right.

Eclipse

In case you don't read my other blog, I really like the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer.

Twilight is my favorite (so far...), with Eclipse as a close second and New Moon lagging behind in third.

So I just re-read Eclipse and really enjoyed it. I mean, it's a little trite and the dialogue is a little unbelievable sometimes, but still.

The love in the story is just...amazing. And the devotion?

It seems a little crazy, but I really like them.