I thoroughly enjoyed the series as a whole. My favourite was, of course, Twilight. The main reason why is because of the wonderful use of imagery. It captivated me from the time I started reading. Her stories have a qaulity that draws in her readers and won't let them put the book down until the conclusion is reached. The second book was alright, I think it just lacked substance and was a bit too whiney for me. I dunno, I don't like when the characters get so broken up about love, but I guess I can't judge 'cause I've never been in love.
Eclipse was better and I especially love the werewolf aspect of it.
I find her writing unique, though I haven't read alot of vampire-based stories.
Still, these books made for a riviting read and I think I'll even read Twilight over again.

I agree wabout Breaking Dawn being more mature and adult. I liked that because it's not so young. However, I'm not much of a person for mushy stuff in a story. It irritates me because writers portray a perfect fantisy world of love between two couples when, in actuality, there is more confusion and fighting involved. But I guess that can be percieved that I don't like romantic relationships...
Anyways, onto my review (I couldn't find a thread about Breaking Dawn anywhere else, so I'll write it here.)

The book was long, but there were so many breath-taking parts that really riveted me until I had to stay up all night to read the resolution.
Stephanie Meyer writes in such a way that the reader can easily fall into the character's shoes. When something bad happens, we greive with them and when something funny happens, we laugh alongside them. I find that it's difficult to get that reaction from me in any story (besides Grayle's) and I really appriceate that about the novel.
When Edward was pained, I pained for him. He was the one person I did not want to die throughout the novel, as well as Carlisle. He was my favourite character and to see Carlisle die would have been difficult.
Anyways, the tension and atmosphere were consistent and well executed througout the story.
Over all, I give it an A+!
I'm deciding whether I liked it better than Twilight.

SPOILER ALERT FOR THE LAST BOOK!!!!




But I heard that the werewolves aren't even weerwolves.

Erg, I'm sorry, but it's a bit to Chick Lit-y if you ask me.

Plus, because of the release of Twilight, the Harry Potter movie is BEING DELAYED AND IT'S ALL BLUMIN TWILIGHT'S FAULT!!!!  ARRRRG!

I've read all the books, and have enjoyed them a lot! Yeah, I know. I'm a guy. So what? She has a good writing style that really kept me engrossed in the story. I have to admit, the biggest reason for being interested was for the werewolves in the story; I like the way she portrays them and how they shift, communicate, and fight. Jacob and Seth were my favorites.

Anyway, I would definitely recommend reading the books if you haven't, if for nothing else than to read the werewolf parts of the story!

meh.
fine.

Ok, I have only read, like, most of the first one.  DOn;t sue me or anything for hear-say.

good

Aki wrote:

Not read the books but at the prodding of a friend I've read plot summary and wow these sound terrible. The vampires are ludicrously perfect (sparkling in the sunlight? Seriously?), the plot twists near the end are "WHAT" inducing and the characters seem outright retarded at times.

Part of me wants to read it to have a better position to say it's terrible from, but the rest of me doesn't want to burn the time on something that sounds so bad.

Pretty much.
The werewolves (or rather, shapeshifters) were my favourite.

i basically read it cause there were werewolves but i was disappointed thou the werewolves were not exactly what i had in my head. You know what got me piss about the books? the author Stephenie Meyer made the vampires look strong and awsome but she made the werewolves look weak and helpless that my friends got me piss.

Heh heh, I found two AWSOME quotes dissing Twilight.

"If the only way to stop Twilight is to cut off Stephanie Meyer's hands, THEN I'VE GOT THE CHAINSAW!!!"

"The difference between Harry Potter and Twilight is that Joe actually took the time to learn how to write."

Actually make it three.

"Twilight is for people who thought having a plot is SOOOOO last year."

Heh heh, take that Fandom...

TruthBeTold wrote:

I'm not much of a person for mushy stuff in a story

You said it there, Punx. That is the reason I like these novels. I was getting sick of the bored_housewife_romances being disquised as a good werewolve/vampire novel. I also like how the storyline grows as they do, with just small hints of sexual frustration. Twightlight was a teen-novel, but the whole story has grown with the readers, so by they time the readers are at the age of these sort of feelings, so it the book. Very smart on Stephenie's part. I don't think I know of another author that has done that so well.

Yes! I don't mind a little romance, but I felt like Bella and Edwards love was based on...nothing O.o. Except maybe lust? Infatuation?

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