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Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) | 
| Author: Stephenie Meyer
Creators: Ilyana Kadushin, Matt Walters
Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3787 reviews
Sales Rank: 1275
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 14
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5.1 x 1.7
ISBN: 0739367676
EAN: 9780739367674
ASIN: 0739367676
Publication Date: August 2, 2008
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Amazon.com Review
Great love stories thrive on sacrifice. Throughout The Twilight Saga (emTwilight/em, emNew Moon/em, and emEclipse/em), Stephenie Meyer has emulated great love stories--emRomeo and Juliet/em, emWuthering Heights/em--with the fated, yet perpetually doomed love of Bella (the human girl) and Edward (the vampire who feeds on animals instead of humans). In emBreaking Dawn/em, the fourth and final installment in the series, Bellarsquo;s story plays out in some unexpected ways. The ongoing conflicts that made this series so compelling--a human girl in love with a vampire, a werewolf in love with a human girl, the generations-long feud between werewolves and vampires--resolve pretty quickly, apparently so that Meyer could focus on Bellarsquo;s latest opportunity for self-sacrifice: giving her life for someone she loves even more than Edward. How close she comes to actually making that sacrifice is questionable, which is a big shift from the earlier books. Even though you knew Bella would make it through somehow, the threats to her life, and to her relationship with Edward, had previously always felt real. Itrsquo;s as if Meyer was afraid of hurting her characters too much, which is unfortunate, because the pain Bella suffered at losing Edward in emNew Moon/em, and the pain Jacob suffered at losing Bella again and again, are the fire and the heart that drive the whole series. Diehard fans will stick with Bella, Edward, and Jacob for as many twists and turns as possible, but after most of the characters get what they want with little sacrifice, some readers may have a harder time caring what happens next. (Ages 12 and up) --emHeidi Broadhead/em
Product Description
To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, she has endured a tumultuous year of temptation , loss, and strife to reach the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the date of two tribes hangs.brbrNow Bella has made her decision; a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating and unfathomable consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's life--first discovered in iTwilight/i, then scattered and torn in iNew Moon/i and iEclipse/i--seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed...forever?brbrThe astonishing, breathlessly anticipated conclusion to the Twilight Saga, iBreaking Dawn/i illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3782 more reviews...
 Unimpressed January 8, 2009
Several other reviews say exactly what I would have written here. Her previous books were much more interesting and climatic...
 BREAKING DAWN WAS EXCELLENT!!! January 8, 2009
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I personally thought that Breaking Dawn was excellent. Its even my favorite and I'm an older reader, so when I got hooked on the Twilight Saga- I was surprised. I think people should back off from Stephenie Meyer's back for her choice in plot. If anything, I see potential for working off from Breaking Dawn--I really really hope she does. She's a brilliant writer who creates brilliant plots.
Unrealistic Fairy Tale, Not Fable Ending January 8, 2009
Five members of the family read this book (including four middle school/high school members) and overall it receives an average 2 rating (the first three all were ranked 5 stars). Honestly, as one reviewer already said, it felt like someone completely different wrote this book. I think that the more mature viewpoint of Edward and Bella (and baby), might have made more sense if a fourth book had transitioned their story (and Jacob's involvement in the triangle)to a fifth. Additionally, the conflict with the other vampires, which had been more of a subplot before, needed another book to transition to the major plot. Essentially, the first three books were fantasy/romance novels; this one read more like a fantasy/action adventure with a romance undertone. Jacob is the only character that seemed consistent with the past for most of the book (though his personality was a bit watered-down with the imprint issue) and the change in Bella's father was a major disappointment. At the end, we all found ourselves longing for a less "happily-ever-after" and a more "realistically-ever-after" ending.
 Last of Twilight Series January 8, 2009
The final book drew the characters together very well in an interesting story line; but it wasn't her best in the saga since there were a few wild ideas thrown in that just didn't make sense to me. For example: a 1-2 month gestation period, and the rapid rate of growth of the child. We know from the example of Jesus Christ, being 1/2 mortal 1/2 immortal, that His gestation period was the normal 9 months and He grew up in the normal fashion. The author's idea of changing that mortal process was farfetched, and the reader really got lost in fantasy land. I lost interest in the book after reading through that section, although I did finish it.
loved it January 8, 2009
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved this book. It ties up the saa nicely, and has a happy ending...which I love
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