Umm…a few things.
(For those who asked how fast I finished Breaking Dawn: Got the book on Saturday, August 2, 12:09 AM. Finished it on Sunday, August 3, 6:23 PM—I was reading it at Long Horn XD)
First off, that last chapter was the April Fool's joke that was attempted (and failed) by me. I put it up as an alternate chapter or whatever.
Secondly, The sequel is up. (The title is Sacrifiction)
Third, I wanted to tell you exactly what I thought about Breaking Dawn. This is what was in my deviantart journal CAUTION: SPOILERS!:
Lemme start by saying this: I did not prefer Breaking Dawn. Yes, I liked it; no, I did not love it; yes, I'll read it many more times—and hate every minute of it; yes, I'm disappointed in both the book and the author; and finally, yes, I know I'm not alone in feeling this way.
I know there are many people out there who are in love with this one. I, for one, am definitely not in love with it—parts of it, absolutely. I LOVED Book Two: Jacob, well, the parts that Bella wasn't presented…until the last two pages…I was excited that I got to switch from thinking of Jacob as an annoying character, to actually loving him.
BTW: I am no longer Team Switzerland…
I am…
TEAM SETH!!
I'm in love with Seth. He's awesome.
I especially liked most of book Three. Getting the vampires' perspective on things was creative.
Begin ranting…NOW!
As I read from page to page, my stomach churned as each new cliché popped up from the page, the innocent black font raking its nasty claws over my eyes. I felt like I was reading a professionally well-written terrible fanfic. It included many clichés that, as a fanfiction reader of Twilight, I try to avoid.
Here's
a list of clichés present in both the book, and thousands
(literally) of fanfictions:
1. Bella and Edward reproduce even
though it was STATED in books 1-3 that such a task was impossible. I
myself am a victim of writing one, but my story was strictly AU. Come
on. I nearly died when this happened. I wanted to cry. Edward seemed
extremely OOC, though, it being the author's story, it could be
arguable that it isn't. This is the only thing that made me hate
the book. If this hadn't happened, I might have liked it a lot
more, yet there would be no story…
2. The baby's name. Oh Lord, the baby's name. Renesmee?! WTF IS THAT?! I told my sister (who was reading her own copy across the room, nearly 50 pages behind myself) that it sounded like a sneeze. I would kill my parents if I were named something like that. I'd rather it have been Carlie Renesmee Cullen instead of Renesmee Carlie Cullen. Though, it's not my decision to make. The nickname made me gag and I agreed with Bella on that one. Nessie was a terrible nickname. What about Ren? Or Mee/May/Mae?? Nessie? My sister keeps saying, much to my dismay, that "this is the product of Stephenie on crack." (I don't agree. I believe this is the product of a bad plot.)
3. Jacob's object of imprint. W…T…H…?? How many stories have I not even READ because the summary says something along the lines of "What would Edward and Bella do if Jacob imprinted on their daughter…??"…A LOT.
I mean really, I know these aren't exactly clichés to the author, because she most likely doesn't READ fanfiction, but should have worded things a little bit differently.
I don't mind the baby's name THAT much, I mean, it'll grow on me in a few months. And I don't mind that Jacob imprinted on Renesmee at all. I just really wish she hadn't used the word "impossible" to describe the reproduction of vampires. "highly unlikely" may have been better…maybe "impossible" was the only way to describe it. I don't know.
The baby thing is kinda growing on me fast. I don't know what makes me dislike it so much. It may be that I honestly did not like the feeling I had while reading the book. Uh…I can't really describe it. It's like…colors, and physical feeling along with mental feeling, and visuals. I don't know…
On a scale of 1-10,
here's how each book ranks:
Twilight: 8
New Moon:
7.5
Eclipse: 9.5
Breaking Dawn: 7
But listing my
favorites from favorite to least favorite:
Eclipse / Breaking Dawn
/ Twilight
New Moon
It's a tie between the three only
because they're my favorites for different reasons.
Eclipse: you
get to finally see Edward as her boyfriend
Breaking Dawn:
Everything closes up, she gets what she wants, he gets what he
wants.
Twilight: You get to experience first love, and the whole
"can't have everything you want"
Anyways…give me until the movie in 131 days and my perspective will change drastically. I mean, even as I type this, I'm not hating it AS MUCH. I guess ranting just helps...
I can successfully say I read Breaking Dawn (754 pages) in less than a day and a half.
Some of the things in here I've argued with people on Deviantart about, so check the comments in my journal before telling me anything. Ex. I already know that, yes, the Cullen's didn't KNOW that they could reproduce with a human. My deviantart username is "RabidxToaster". Check out my art. (I'm going to put up some Caramell Dansen artwork soon from D.Gray-Man, FMA, InuYasha, Bleach, Ayashi no Ceres, Yu Yu Hakusho, and more! ;))
That's it. Now, ONTO THE SEQUEL!