Updated 28/01/2014
It’s almost a decade since Stephenie Meyer’s first Twilight novel was published and here is the last review of our four book retrospective…
Breaking Dawn is undoubtedly the most mature and entertaining book in the series with more incident, action and horror than all the previous volumes put together.
Discerning fans might try to excuse, scan or simply ignore Edward and Bella’s nauseating honeymoon and enjoy instead Jacob’s first person narration of the birth of their monster offspring.
The Twililght Series has always tended to be a little tame and anaemic but by introducing that classic horror staple – the “demon-child” – Meyer invigorates the tale creating, arguably, a better starting-point for the entire series.
Unfortunately Meyer bungles the ending by rushing the introductions to an influx of interesting new characters and building-up to another battle that is ultimately subverted, an error which the movie adaptation sought fittingly to put right. The law-court style finale is full of holes whilst Bella’s new super-powers and Alice’s timely arrival are lazy and convenient contrivances.
Of course this series has entertained but the premise has been superior to the execution and Meyer’s moralising frequently blunders towards patronising. Is it ever a good idea to promote marriage straight out of school because you are desperate to have sex?
the hysteria has waned and new franchises jostle for the limelight The Twilight Saga’s grown-up fans may look back and wonder what all the fuss was about.
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I love your last sentence. So true! Onto “The Hunger Games.” Thanks for the virtual tea:)
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Yep, Hunger Games here I come! Thanks for dropping by, virtual cupcake?
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I’m reading the Hunger Games. Not hooked yet. The virtual cupcake was delicious!
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A very interesting review. To me Breaking Dawn lacked some serious editing: 750 pages was way too long for a book that had some good parts but also some very badly written ones. I remember eagerly waiting for Bella to turn into a vampire then being disappointed at the lack of plot that ensued.
Good luck with your blog!
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Many thanks. Perhaps this saga ended at the point it should have begun! I found it such a frustrating read because I saw so much unfulfilled potential.
Popsiculture’s right…on to The Hunger Games! xx
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Reblogged this on Lily Wight.
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I must admit to enjoying the Twilight saga, in spite of realizing just how awful most of it is. Coincidentally, I blogged about it this week as well http://darthamethystos.com/2014/01/27/thanks-twilight.
You best summed it up in one little phrase: “the premise has been superior to the execution.”
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That’s exactly how I feel about Twilight. I got drawn in despite its flaws – its something that’s quite difficult to explain in reviews
I’ll check out your post xx
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Being a writer who also writes vampire novels (albeit for children) I’m always on the look out for authors who have something new to add to the vampire genre as a whole and Twilight clearly does nothing of the sort. Found Twilight and Hunger Games films really quite boring and mostly humourless, so didn’t even bother with the books. Good review though – a case of the reviewer being more talented than the author, I suspect!
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Why thank you, I’m blushing now ❤
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Will your pinkness shine through the owl glove puppet, I wonder?:) A pink-cheeked owl, how adorable would that be!
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😀
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