Breaking Dawn Spoilers Thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[beckanoah]

I'm about 250 pages in. I couldn't make my eyes focus last night... and I read about 100 pages this morning too. After my shower I am going to finish... supper is going to be something easy, that's for sure!~

I'm one of the lucky Twilight fans, in that I only started reading them about 5 weeks ago. I didn't have to wait too long for my Breaking Dawn fix... lol!

 

[Desnik]

OK, I am at my moms and slept over here to read with my sister. We were up till 4am, up at 9:30 am and stopped reading because we are both disappointed. We just needed a break. We really don't like the turn it took. I mean we really didn't see this coming. We feel let down a bit. Please tell us it gets better! We are going to start reading again but we are just hoping it gets better.

 

[bsnyder]

Never heard of these books until this morning - and low and behold, here's a DIS thread about them.

My DD (14) has been at camp for the last 2 1/2 weeks. I talked to her this morning, she is on her way home, driving with another camper and her mom, from NC.

She started reading the series while at camp and couldn't stop talking about it in our brief conversation. She wanted me to go buy the new book today, so it would be here when she gets home.

Unfortunately, then she told me what she didn't read at camp - her required summer reading for school.

 

[Twingle]

Knew I could depend on the DIS to have a Breaking Dawn Spoilers thread first thing!

Got the book at midnight - and finished reading it around 7am. As a way to end the series, I'm less than pleased - not what I was expecting at all, and not what I ever thought could happen. As a stand alone book it's okay, but very very different than the other three. Can't believe she chose to end the series like this, but she did say that she was just writing for herself, and SHE liked the book.

I'm interested in seeing what some other readers thought - were you disappointed in the way it ended?

 

[jobhunter]

Knew I could depend on the DIS to have a Breaking Dawn Spoilers thread first thing!

Got the book at midnight - and finished reading it around 7am. As a way to end the series, I'm less than pleased - not what I was expecting at all, and not what I ever thought could happen. As a stand alone book it's okay, but very very different than the other three. Can't believe she chose to end the series like this, but she did say that she was just writing for herself, and SHE liked the book.

I'm interested in seeing what some other readers thought - were you disappointed in the way it ended?

Uh, I'm disappointed with the way it began, the middle, and the ending. Check out the early reviews on Amazon--compared to her first few books, it's getting savaged.

It's almot like someone else wrote it. Maybe trying to write The Host & Breaking Dawn in the same year was too much. This book does not read like a YA, either. I just keep thinking "fan fic."

Oh, well, they can't all be home runs.

 

[PMart]

I must be in the minority here I LOVED IT ! When I finished I was relieved and wanted to cry because it was over lol

PMart

 

[Disneyglobegirl]

I am very disappointed in this one It was not what I expected at all.

 

[Breezie]

Even if I had known how much I would dislike this one, I still would have gotten it. It's something I wanted to see for myself. If you loved the first three you will probably want the closure. Just be forewarned.

It is a lot like fan fic with bad, unbelievable choices. It is out of place/tone/character with the rest of the books. That is the biggest thing. It is a bit surreal.

I totally agree with you on the tone of the book. Completely different from the first 3. We end up with hugely different characters than we start with. Throws a lot of canon we thought we had right out the window.

Yes, and it is not really character growth, which is always cool with me. It is more like disregard for character & world building of the first three books to serve what she wanted to do with the story now. That made the whole thing feel surreal to me.

I totally agree with you both. It's incredibly disheartening to me that these don't even feel like the same characters I used to know and love. I feel like I'm reading something different than the Twilight series. So many weird, unexpected things occurred too. I liked the first hundred or so pages of the book, but it's just not the same, and not what I expected.

I can't get over a certain *new* name (for a new character) also. I find the name splice irritating and, for me, it detracts from the story. Then again, many things in this book are making me go, "HUH?".

I still have about 200 pages to go, but I can't foresee anything making up for what's happened thus far. I just really don't understand the choices that went into this book, if that makes sense.

 

[Lintasare]

I gotta say I am disappointed in this book as well. There were times I felt like I was reading a bad fan fiction.

Ok the new character they introduce...what the heck is up with her name? It's a bad name splice and it's awkward and hard to pronounce and just too long.

And then Edward asking Jacob for..."stud" services...so just totally wrong.

And then who Jacob actually imprints on? Creepiness.

And finally...no big fight? They just talk it out? Lame.

 

[jobhunter]

Sorry, me again. My head is just spinning about this, maybe due to lack of sleep.

As I said before, it reminds me of fan fiction. But there are two other things it reminds me of as well, for those who have never read fan fiction.

1) A sequel written by a different author than the original book, like Scarlett was to Gone With the Wind.

2) You know how on TV they wrap a beloved series with a blow-out series finale episode? Then years later, fans keep clamoring for more and so they come back with a stunt-type reunion episode that is truly cheesy but is obviously trying to please everyone? The wedding/honeymoon/happily ever after could have gone at the end of Eclipse, putting a neat bow on everything. The rest of Breaking Dawn is the awkward follow-up episode that didn't need to happen.

Obviously I am just having a hard time processing such a surreal reading experience.

 

[RC Fan]

I really liked it. It ended how I wanted it to end.

 

[jamimb]

Yikes - so not what I expected. It pains me to say this because I loved the first 3 books but I am less then thrilled with BD.

It is most certainly NOT what I was expecting but I am over halfway through and so far absolutely loving it. It does kinda have a different feel from the others but I was suprised by it and I was expecting to be taken by surprise like that! I don't know how it ends yet but so far really liking it!

 

[~Brandy~]

Huh.

I just finished it. I made a face through about the first third - it did read like a fan fiction. Towards the end, I decided it was a good enough book on its own, but didn't really flow with the other books in the series.

I agree about the new character's name - my brain got stuck on it every time. And it was said a LOT.

I guess I do feel the story has been sufficiently wrapped up.

 

[Twingle]

Just got off the phone with my brother, who is a published author. He wonders if maybe she had pressure from her editors to get the book out quickly?

I have no idea, but I do know that she was working on Breaking Dawn and The Host at the same time - maybe it was too much?

jobhunter - totally agree with this:

2) You know how on TV they wrap a beloved series with a blow-out series finale episode? Then years later, fans keep clamoring for more and so they come back with a stunt-type reunion episode that is truly cheesy but is obviously trying to please everyone? The wedding/honeymoon/happily ever after could have gone at the end of Eclipse, putting a neat bow on everything. The rest of Breaking Dawn is the awkward follow-up episode that didn't need to happen.

 

[Brier Rose]

Skipped over a few posts here cause I'm not done reading it yet, and don't wanna ruin it.

I must just be weird, but I am LOVING it. Everything about it. It think it's brilliant the way certain things from the other books have set up the ones for this one. I love the changes in the characters. I love the banter between them especially.

Seriously..I'm reading extra slow because I don't want it to be over.

I am really missing Alice though..hoping she shows up more in the second half of the book.

Can't wait till everyone here has read the book and we can really start discussing different aspects of it. Obviously we all see things differently, so it will definitely be interesting to see every one's different take on everything.

Back to reading...

 

[donald&daisy]

I just finished. Well, I have to admit when I first read the spoilers on the IMDB for the Twilight movie, I thought "this is a hoax, it is just too bizzarro." However, clearly I was wrong b/c they were mostly correct. I liked the book, but I will agree that the characters are much changed from the first three books. To me it is like they aged ten years in the space of the first third of the book. That said, I enjoyed it. I do wish there had been a big epid battle at the end, but I can also see reasons for not having one (more stories, from different POVs). I was satisfied but not completely "in love" with this last book. The hardest thing for me was the abrupt shift from nervous human Bella to married, childbearing, mother Bella. Hmmm.....these are just my initial, my head is still spinning thoughts.

 

[moppety]

I really wonder if Harry and Ginny Potter loaned Bella their "How to Name Your Baby" book. That was truly one of the things that realllly got under my skin. Stoopid name *sheesh*

Although a few of the choices Stephenie made were NOT ones that I would make, I am content with the end of the tale. I was unspoiled, and it definitely a twisty ride. I don't *love* it, but I do like it.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

And then Edward asking Jacob for..."stud" services...so just totally wrong.

SERIOUSLY???!!!??? OMG.

I'm waiting to get the book from the library, but based on early reviews, it sounds like it will be just as disappointing as the last Harry Potter book in terms of extremely different tone and unexpected character developments.

I recently read the first three and I have to say I'm not a huge fan -- Bella is such a whiny brat and Edward gives me a slightly creepy stalker vibe, but I have to find out how it ends!

 

[froggygrrrl]

I haven't read anything that has been posted, so forgive me if this has already been said (several times, if there is anyone else like me). I'm 125 pages into the book. Can someone tell me if it gets any better? I don't want to know what happens, I just want to know if it stops being so ridiculously fangirl fanfiction-esque and begins being a true part of the series. I think it officially jumped the shark, and I still have 625 pages to go. Please tell me it gets better and I'm not just wasting my time with this drivel. I'm going to be seriously peeved if I stay up all night (which I probably will because even though so far it is a steaming pile of crap, I'm still looking for closure) and it turns out that the first chapter was the best.

I really want to feel like this , but right now this book is making me feel more like this and this .

With a little bit of this and this thrown in for good measure.

 

[beckanoah]

Well that was one bizarro ending to that saga.... I can't believe how many different plot lines were thrown into one crazy long book! I am colored confused???

i'm revamping the other books... so maybe once I read new moon, eclipse and breaking dawn again I'll have more feedback.