Product Description

When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved?

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, a tumultuous year of temptation, loss, and strife have led her to the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or to pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fates of two tribes hangs.

Now that 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 Twilight, then scattered and torn in New Moon and Eclipse--seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed... forever?

The astonishing, breathlessly anticipated conclusion to the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-02
• Released on: 2008-08-02
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 768 pages

Amazon.com Review
Great love stories thrive on sacrifice. Throughout The Twilight Saga (Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse), Stephenie Meyer has emulated great love stories--Romeo and Juliet, Wuthering Heights--with the fated, yet perpetually doomed love of Bella (the human girl) and Edward (the vampire who feeds on animals instead of humans). In Breaking Dawn, the fourth and final installment in the series, Bella’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 Bella’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. It’s as if Meyer was afraid of hurting her characters too much, which is unfortunate, because the pain Bella suffered at losing Edward in New Moon, 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) --Heidi Broadhead

From Publishers Weekly
It might seem redundant to dismiss the fourth and final Twilight novel as escapist fantasy--but how else could anyone look at a romance about an ordinary, even clumsy teenager torn between a vampire and a werewolf, both of whom are willing to sacrifice their happiness for hers? Flaws and all, however, Meyer's first three novels touched on something powerful in their weird refraction of our culture's paradoxical messages about sex and sexuality. The conclusion is much thinner, despite its interminable length. [...] But that's not the main problem. Essentially, everyone gets everything they want, even if their desires necessitate an about-face in characterization or the messy introduction of some back story. Nobody has to renounce anything or suffer more than temporarily--in other words, grandeur is out. This isn't about happy endings; it's about gratification. A sign of the times? Ages 12–up. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Review
Praise for Breaking Dawn:
#1 New York Times Bestseller
#1 USA Today Bestseller
#1 Wall Street Journal
"A wild but satisfying finish to the ballad of Bella and Edward." - Time
"Captivating." - School Library Journal
"Witty writing... a fun read." - Chicago Tribune
"Rowling may be handing her magic wand to Meyer." - USA Today

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Customer Reviews

What a pity...
II waited months to write this review, as I was waiting to my thoughts on it settle down because maybe I was mistaken; While reading it, I was feeling so annoyed like it was all wrong.
But after reading some other books and givining it some time, it still bothers me.
I really liked the series, but the last book had me almost disliking the other three. I still don't know what passed in the writer's mind to publish something like this.
Characters were drastically changed, story lines were destroyed. Even though it's all fiction and fantasy, it just dind't make any sense anymore. It was upside down, disgusting.
Edward's lovely personality is gone. So is Charli'es, Jacob's, Alice's, and even Rosalie's.
Bella got stronger and saved the day, but hello, this is no fairy tale.
To sum up, it's a whole different book with different characters, and i can't even get started with the baby Renesmee. Alien meets Rosemary's baby, it was like a really bad comedy or a bad horror movie.
Well, it's not even a history. It didn't make any sense.
I have to say Mrs. Meyer blew it.

I love this book but it is NOT for teens
I happened to love it. It was my favorite book in the twilight series. I certainly didn't predict where this book when go. And I love that-I thought the author was brilliant with the twists and turns that were all tied into previous books somehow.

AND, I wouldn't want my teen/pre-teen reading this book. I think it over simplifies things, glorifies things, and can be confusing for a young girl who is trying to find her way being her own person and being in love and part of a couple. I do not like the message of marrying above education, pro-life at the risk of death of the birth mom, a potential to make child molestation romanticized and something to be desired (imprinting), sacrificing everything in your life, including your family, for a guy, a rich knight in shining armour that is the only thing that will make your life complete--the list goes on. I don't want my child to get these mixed messages in such a romanticized way, --especially during such formative years as adolescents. I am so glad that I read this series before my daughter started. I hope that if she ever does read it, that we will be able to discuss these issues. But I will hold my ground of her not being allowed to read the series as long as I can.

Parents, please know what your child is reading. If they are reading this--you should be too. Better yet, read it before they do and determine for yourself whether it is appropriate.

So why did I give this 5 stars? I loved it. I couldn't put it down. Each twist and turn was surprising. It was entertaining and well written. I was able to see things from all the characters perspectives and be emotionally torn between all of their points of view. I was sad when it ended. All of which make for a great read.

What's with all the hate?
I don't understand why so many people continue to say the last book sucks. Of course, the first three were beyond brilliant. While the fourth wasn't as good, it was still amazing.

The only two problems I had was a)the beginning. It was a little harder to get into than the others. It was....off, I guess you could say. And b)I know, given Bella's condition during the second half, that we'd need to know what was going on somehow, but it was weird that stephenie just now decided to write in a different perspective. (Yes, I know, at the end of the third book she did, but you know what I'm getting at.)
And as all the reviews keep mentioning, everyone gets what they want in the end. But I think when closing up on a saga, some things such as that are kind of expected. Who doesn't love a happy ending? =]
Overall, this book was great. Not perfect, but still great. Any die-hard Twilight fan will appreciate it.