The song for this chapter is Unbreakable by Fireflight
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The day fast approaches when I will type my last and final chapter review for twilightguy.com. After this post, there’s only one left. It’s somewhat of a bittersweet ending to a long road through these books — I don’t want to reach the end, but the only way I’ll know who survives and who dies is to push onwards. I think perhaps I’ve taken the longest time to read this series than anyone else on earth 😀
Now that I’m finally moved in to my new California apartment, I’ve managed to dig out my copy of Breaking Dawn and get back to reading! Where I left off, Aro just withdrew from the Cullens to consult with his brothers about the strange situation facing them. I don’t exactly know for sure where Aro personally stands on this. He seems to flip-flop between wanting to follow the rules, and wanting to kill them, and then wanting to be friends with everyone.
Still, I think the real issue here is how much Carlisle and his group challenge the rules that the Volturi have stuck to for so long. Normal, respectable vampires have absolutely nothing to do with those pitiful humans besides around mealtimes, and especially not werewolves. It’s simply one of those things that they don’t do, and their society is built around this idea. For Carlisle and the Cullens to challenge this brings forth an entirely new way of thinking for the Volturi, and it seems that a lot of them are set in their ways and don’t want to buy into it. They seem to have this idea that Carlisle is simply wrong to be friends with the werewolves:
“Yet Carlisle encourages a familiar relationship with this enormous infestation–no doubt in an attempt to overthrow us. The better to protect his warped lifestyle.”
I suppose when you get down to it, Jacob and the others aren’t really werewolves after all. But they pretty much seem to be. The shape-shifters thing seems purely technical to me. It would be like saying that a humanoid creature that drinks blood isn’t technically a vampire because he/she sparkles — they’re just blood-suckers.
These witnesses are quite the fickle bunch. It seems like they showed up ready to kill the Cullens without any defense at all, then ten minutes pass and suddenly they’re hmmm-ing in deep thought, siding with the Cullens, then Irina gets killed and they’re suspicious again. I want to knock each of them on the side of the head and demand that they make up their minds already.
Also, I can’t ever seem to read Aro well. It’s odd how he seems to think this is all just one big merry affair that he’s traipsing through:
“Ah, Amun, my southern neighbor!” Aro said warmly.
“I’m grateful I have others to deal with the tedium!”
“Oh well, we’re all together now! Isn’t it lovely?”
While I find it a bit hard to imagine a tear the size of a baseball, the farewell of everyone as the battle slowly begins is a bit heartbreaking. I don’t really know how I would react in a situation such as this one, where everyone I know and love is about to die all at once. Edward has waited for hundreds of years for Bella, and he’s going to lose her this quickly? I think that the heartbreak of that would be far more incapacitating than anything that Jane can throw at them.
Of course, I knew that Alice wasn’t gone forever! It would be entirely unlike her to simply disappear and leave her family and Bella behind to fight alone: it bears no resemblance at all to her character all this time. I had a feeling that she would show up at just the right time, with her own set of witnesses she had been searching for to help save the Cullens. Obviously, Renesmee isn’t quite alone in the world, now that Nahuel has decided to pop up unannounced. It is very much thanks to him that those fateful words are uttered by Aro:
“Dear ones,” he called. “We do not fight today.”
It might seem a bit anticlimactic, when considering how long the Cullens have prepared for this war, and for their own deaths during it. But actually, it seems more to me like they have come out victorious in the end. To fight would have meant their end — and now, they can continue to live in peace.
Question For The Comments: Were you happy with the resolution of the confrontation, or would you have preferred to see a war happen?
——NOTES——
– I will be posting about the final chapter in Breaking Dawn shortly!
97 Responses
KALEB! There was no “choose the song for breaking dawn” as there has been for all the other chapters! I don't know if anyone else has noticed this earlier on (instead of just before the last chapter like me) but I don't usually read everyone else's comments (too many normally). I'm sad, that was one of my very favourite parts of the other books.
and by all the other chapters in my previous comment I meant all the other books! ooops!
I kinda hoped there would be a war. But at the same time I don't want any of the Cullen/wolf pack to die. So I suppose I liked the way it happened.
Two, after Breaking Dawn you HAVE to read the Midnight Sun chapters for us.
In re: your comment about the fickle witnesses, haven't you ever heard that the IQ of a mob is equivalent to that of it's dimmest member divided by the number of people? They pretty much just do whatever they are told, because who doesn't love a bloody massacre of a completely innocent coven? And they've never had reason to doubt the Volturi… til now!
Personally, I would have wanted more *bang* (for lack of better word) to the ending. There was a great, tense and intense build up leading to the confrontation with the Volturi. Maybe I am bloodthirsty (no pun intended) and wanted an explosion in the end rather than the fizzle that I got instead. But in the end, Stephenie stayed true to what she believe the ending should be for the Saga and even left the ending open to many possibilities.
I think im happy with the ending of breaking dawn ^_^ It was a great book and thats all I wanted!
I was completely satisfied. I'm glad that no one in the Cullen family died. I get sick of hearing people complain about how the ending is a let down. I whole-heartedly side with Stephenie about not wanting the Hamlet ending, and I'm tired of the HP comparisons with the ending (there being several hard-to-swallow deaths in Deathly Hallows). THIS WAS A LOVE STORY THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPY! Why should anyone die and ruin the happiness of Edward and Bella? They've struggled through so many things to come out alright in the end, and they deserve it! Plus, if Stephenie ever decides to come back to visit the storyline again, she's left things open with the Volturi.
I'll be the first to admit that I was shocked and uneasy about the storyline until I got into “book 3” with Bella again as a vampire. This is because I knew something crazy was going to happen in BD, but I wouldn't let myself speculate about what that would be. I let myself focus on the two things I wanted to happen: Bella and Edward getting married, and Bella becoming a vampire. Everything else was in the air, so I wasn't prepared at all for what happened. I was bawling by the end, and I was happy (yet bittersweet because the story had ended – it was hard to look at that “The End” on the last page), and I gave myself a day to calm down and unwind and ruminate, and then I picked up BD again for a reread. Going slower and savoring the story again allowed me to fully appreciate the book and what Stephenie had crafted story-wise, and I came to really LOVE BD on that second re-read. Stephenie herself suggests a second read-through on her website, and she's completely correct.
That's why I have always pleaded with the “BD Haters” to read it again and don't be so close-minded about the plot and especially the ending.
I feel that the ending really did justice to the Cullens, in my opinion. Carlisle, as the leader and the most compassionate one, did not want to fight. Aside from Jasper and Emmett (LOL) who enjoy fighting, they're a peaceful group and they didn't want it to come down to a battle, but forced themselves to prepare for it because their “lives” were at stake. That there was genius maneuvering and a “peaceful” resolution to the burgeoning conflict, and that sits just fine with me. We've already seen them battle in Eclipse and “knowing” the characters you know that it was not an easy thing for them to do, to kill other newbie vamps. This battle in BD was for even bigger stakes, and involved a lot of important people to them, so it makes sense regarding character integrity, for there to be little to no “bloodshed” here.
I was happy. I am happy. Now if I could only get a lovely hardback copy of a finished Midnight Sun…
And Kaleb, keep this site up and running because if SMeyer ever decides to appease her loyal fans by finishing that Midnight Sun book, I certainly expect you to be back to work dissecting chapter by chapter – even if you're in the middle of stressful copy edits for a Bran Hambric book 🙂
well i personally like the way it end! because it kinda change the dynamic of the story, i mean, we all expect the fight and granted, it was a shock that it didn't happen, but i think it was for the better! but that's just my opnion
I was happy with all of Breaking Dawn. I though it was absolutely perfect, but I'm a sappy sort of person and I know that not everyone agrees.
As for the shape-shifter vs. werewolf thing, I find it kind of intriguing. After all , if we remember the Quileute legends, it was just chance the first werewolf chose a wolf. He could have chosen a bear or some other animal, and then the Cullens would be allied with a clan of were-bears instead of werewolves. The “Children of the Moon” are more the classical werewolf with the full moon and everything. I guess it's discussed more in the next chapter.
It makes me wonder what other mythical creatures there are in the Twilight universe that nobody's told Bella about…What next? Maybe gnomes! 😀
I'm sad that you're almost done, Kaleb. 🙁 Pretty please be the Host Guy next?? 🙂
I prefer it this way. As Stephenie has said, there was no other way to end it, without casualties on both sides. IF this is, in fact, the end of reading about the Cullens, I would rather leave it on this note. I also find it extremely validating for Bella that she finally saved the day. Instead of being the one saved, she finally got to feel like a part of the battle. I must admit, I was extremely choked up when Bella passed Renesmee off to Jacob in preparation for her death.
I thought it was perfect. It was dangerous and nerve wracking. Like how you said you couldn't get a read on Aro. It was a huge mind game, like chess, hence the cover of Breaking Dawn. Fighting meant we would lose some beloved characters, and I couldn't have that. Although it would have been fun to see the Romanians tear the Volturi threesome apart >=)
Hey Kaleb, to answer your question: I wasn’t particularly satisfied with the way Breaking Dawn ended, but I wasn’t exactly clamoring for the war drums to sound either. It was anticlimactic. It left too many things unexplained. Renesmee threw a huge wrench of questions into the working machine of the Twilight Saga. Do vampires have souls? Did her birth confirm that? We never got to see the true extent of anyone’s powers, or how they would actually fair in an ultimate battle. True, the Cullen’s were outnumbered, and I was all for every single one of the good guys surviving, but I think the ending was rushed. Jane or Alec, or Tanya realistically would have jumped the gun, out of revenge or pride, and perhaps some sort of combat would have ensued, but it never got there. It built the tension and the fear, the excitement and then…fell flat. It is possible, however, that although Stephanie I’m sure isn’t intending to write additions to the saga, the plot has been left open for a continuation. I just can’t help feeling like there was something important missing.
I liked the end. I am exceedingly fond of happy endings. So this was the perfect everything I could have hoped for and more ending. Slightly cheesy, yes, but who wants their beloved friends from books to die tragically. The Twilight fandom would have been in uproar if a fight resulted in losing a character or the Cullens won. There's no way to make us happy so Stephenie settled with pleasing herself. After all the inner turmoil Edward's gone through he especially deserved a happy eternity with Bella Renesmee and the rest of his family.
What will happen with Charlie?! Could you imagine him knowing what happened?!
I am very sad that the end is near. I am a late addition to the Twilight Saga club, and only really discovered this site about 3 months ago. I felt slightly empty when I finished the series, and found that I needed to reread the books. I discovered more as I read them again.
I loved the way the book ended. If anyone had been killed the Cullens' would have felt responsible. (Although maybe the Roanians wouldn't have been so bad). I so want there to be more to the story. More about Renesmee and Jacob (BTW what is it with some people who say that Renesmee should fall in love with Nahuel. It's called Imprinting and to quote Jacob 'what girl could resist')
I have to say that the last chapter is a great one. It's a natural place to end at this time I suppose.
Probably the only person in the world who actually wanted a bit of carnage at the end. I could've lived with anyone biting it except for Bella and Edward… maybe Renesme. Other than that, we can still have our happy ending even if others died. Savage and unfeeling? No. Truthful. I don't think you can get that much TNT together and have that many sparks flying around and NOT have an explosion. I don't “have it in” for any of the characters. I just think the ending was wishful rather than honest.
Just my 2 cents. The books were a great read. Thanks for giving us so much of your time, Kaleb. Very kind.
KALEB NATION YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME! I NEED YOU! I LOVE THE TWILIGHT GUY!
But seriously! Please still be the Twilight guy! You always made my day ten times brighter!
Ok, I wish there was a bigger ending. Like with a fight but then when I read on Stephenie's website it said pretty much everyone would die. *me shaking my head saying no thank you!*
Personally, I thought the ending was fine but I kinda wanted some sort of giant fight just to see what would happen 😛 Bella has a sheild that she can somewhat control and a bunch of powerful vampires are there which would mean that it would be both very hard to write and very exciting 🙂
I don't want to see anyone die but the ending seemed a bit random with Alice popping out of nowhere with this guy that no one knows and then all that stuff about Shape Shifters =P
I'm a bit divided about it. On the one hand, I'd like them to fight, but it'd mean that some of them would have died. That's why I'm happy that they finally didn't fight, so everyone live.
However, I think that the Volturi won't let the Cullens live happy for the rest of their existence and one day or another, they will come back. They're going to watch them out, and they'll find an excuse to try to kill them all, 'cause, after all, I think the Volturi see the Cullens like rivals.
But we'll never know, 'cause unfortunately, the Twilight series end with Breaking Dawn and it's only in my imagination (;
I think the ending of Breaking Dawn was ok, but it really seemed a little forced into a happy ending. After introducing this group of vampires with so many interesting powers, it would have been exciting to see them fight, although it might have meant that some of the characters would have died.
The ending was so anticlimatic that it didn't seem to fit the book that built up so much tension and anxiety all throough Bella's pregnancy to the confrontation with the Volturi.
The whole series was composed as a love story with a tragic element and this ending really didn't seem to be very satisfying to me, because it lost the tragic edge to the story. Dont't get me wrong, I absolutely loved that Bella, Edward and Jacob finally got to be happy and I wouldn't have wanted it any different! But judging it by the art of writing, I would have to say that the ending was a little abrupt and simple to satisfyingly close the saga, especially considering the extreme attention to detail in Breaking Dawn (for example when comparing the shortness of the confrontation with the Volturi with the lengthy description of Bella's suffering during her pregnancy – in my opintion that was drwan out way too long…)
A happy ending despite the tragic losses of some characters have worked for many other series, too – just sayin' 🙂
I was happy the war was averted. I was completely heartsick that they would fight and somebody would die. I didn't want to lose any of the Cullens or the werewolves. As for Aro… you have clearly not dealt with enough greedy, power hungry bastards in your life. That will change now that your a published author… and living in California. Your going to meet many Aro's in your life and it will be interesting to see you finally get him. Aro is not waffling. He came to Washington with the express intention of taking Alice and hopefully Edward too. Now he has to find a way to accomplish his goals and/or save face so he keeps his “white hat” status.
I think it´s a good ending!
I mean a fight would have been kinda great because there was so much suspence, but stephenie wrote on her website that if there had been a fight almost everybody would have died, so I think it´s actually better this way.
As to the werewolves/shape-shifters: It would be really interesting wheter there are any other fantastic creatures nobody knows about;)
Oh and it would be great if you could review “The Host”!
The ending was fine, though I would have preferred some action, instead of everyone just going on their merry way after a few dozen vampires were just in a perfectly good setting for war. I mean, it's not like I'm saying I wanted anyone dead, but it was *very* anticlimatic.
I can't believe you're almost done! It's only taken you a few hundred times longer to read the series than everyone else, but you've done it. 🙂 Now I gotta figure out what I'm going to do now that BD is finished.
I am 100% happy with the ending. I hate wars, action, deaths, etc. and I would have absolutely hated losing any of the Cullens. I mean, the build up added suspense and since there was no “war” it was a really pleasant surprise. It's like “We're gonna die, we're gonna die, we're gonna die x1000000000000… really, we aren't going to die? YAYx1000000000000000000000000000000000” (if that made any sense)
I don't like the end of the book. All the time I was waiting for the big war to come, and so I was very interested in what would happen, or if somebody would be killed. Of course I didn't want somebody dead – of course not. But you're right: It was VERY anticlimatic.
I was excited when the volturi came up and Caius showed his evil side, but nothing happened for such a long time. And then the cullens explain everything, and Aro doesn't have more to say than “Ok, we go now”
THEY ALMOST FAUGHT! Do they ever run away if they can't reach their aims??? I was very confused…
i was happy with the end everyone lives they can finally be together forever
i liked that there was no war. no one dies.. well the one who told on the cullens did.. but i think i rather one person who we dont really know, rather then half the population of the vampire world, and the pack to die.
Fight! Fight! Fight! I wanted a rumble, I'll not lie. But I think my biggest problem was that the conflict was NOT resolved. They didn't take care of the Volturi problem. They just postponed it. For a future book, which will probably never happen. Augh! Plus, after so much build-up, the lack of fighting was a let down. Also, I say kill all the vampires! Sure, the Cullens are nice, but everyone else (even the vampires on the “good” side) is off eating people, and as I'm a people person, I had a problem with that.
As I read through it all again. I'm content with there being no physical war. Although that doesn't mean that someone wasn't defeated in a way. I doubt the Volturi has ever “lost” a fight that they hadn't let the opponent completely annihilated in 3 short minutes.
Their witnesses ended up being a handicap as they will now spread the news of what the Cullen Clan did. The Cullens & friends seem to have won an argument in a fight of words against the Volturi and kept their lives. Along with the amazement of Renesmee & Nahuel – word is sure to spread fast through the vampire world.
I think we all in our minds made up a fight scene, oh to see Jane karate kicked in the head…
I wasn't too surprised when the battle was averted; Stephenie hasn't killed off a single main character (except Victoria, who honestly was only in a few scenes in each book) and I didn't think she had the heart to start at the end of the series.
Well it would have been so sad if any more people had died, but seeing the way that Kate and, um, whatsherface the other sister, acted when Irina died, and knowing that she is basically extended family of the Cullens, like a cousin or something, is really, really, sad! I'm glad they avoided war but it would have been cool if the same effect had been acheived with no deaths to the fam.
Like others here, I thought the ending was anti-climactic, until I read Stephenie's comments about it. As for Aro being wishy-washy, he's 3000 years old and power hungry, so he's most likely a bit insane. If you go on the character bios on the Lex, you will discover that Aro killed Marcus's mate to prevent him from leaving. Aro's plan was to swoop in and grab Alice while offing the rest of the Cullens (remember what Eleazar told them). Once he realized that he'd overplayed his hand, due to Bella's formidable power, he had to find a way to back down. The Cullens would have been destroyed, but would most likely have taken some of Aro's strongest talented vampires with them (thereby significantly weakening him).
I got tired of all the complaints about no battle, so I wrote a short fanfic called Nightmare (Twilight Fanfiction and Fanart and Fanfiction.net) which included the final battle, seen from Jacob's eyes as he escaped with Nessie. Let me just say, I was crying as I decided who would live and who would die. Imagine how much harder it would have been for SM to kill off her characters. This isn't an army of unskilled newborns they would be fighting, this is the strongest vampire army in the world. After the Volturi won, they would have probably snacked on the Quileutes, since they knew about vampires. This was a better solution, despite wanting to see the Volturi get their butts kicked.
Kaleb, I'm with the rest when I say review Midnight Sun (keeping in mind that it's a rough draft). I didn't read it, until SM posted it on her website. Since the first fantastic chapter had been posted for a while, I couldn't resist reading the rest of it. Hopefully, she'll recover from all the criticism and betrayals and be able to finish it.
i would've liked at least some fighting.. not necessarily dying.. but some battling would've been good 😀 hahah
A battle scene would have made things a lot more exciting, but I would have been so upset if a main character had died. So I guess I'm happy with the lack of fighting. As for Twilight Guy almost being over, I guess it is bittersweet. I've been reading this blog (and the KalebNation.com blog) since you were on chapter 4 of Twilight, and I'll be sad to see it end. But of course you must move on with your own book, and I'll still be following you on Twitter, YouTube, and your other blog. Thanks for the lulz, and I can't wait for your final thoughts on Breaking Dawn!
I wish there was a war. The ending was so anti-climatic. Plus, I despised every part of Breaking Dawn.
–Donnie
Of course I wasn't wishing for any war! I don't want it now either… uh. That's all. 😀
I cannot believe that you are almost finished! This is bittersweet. You at least have to consider reading Midnight Sun when it is finally published. ahh… This is so sad! I'm gonna miss your funny insights to The Twilight Saga's amazing chapters, they always made me laugh. You are amazing. You weren't afraid to let the world know that you, a guy, were going to read these books. You also showed that Edward is so much more that a pretty face to us girls. Thank you for everything Kaleb… even though you are finishing this series I will always be a fan! I support the Twilight Guy … I support Kaleb nation! I can't wait to read 'Bran Hambric' 🙂
stay amazing!!!
I though it was very anticlimatic. It was probably the thing I liked least about the entire book. I was expecting a much, much more exciting end to the problem.
I thought Breaking Dawn was wonderful, especially because it went against my expectations (and those of most other readers', it seems). The fact that there wasn't a battle at the end is a great example of that, so no, I wouldn't change it. This is the ending that Stephenie always had in mind, and as her loyal fan, I respect that. (I also love that it was inspired by The Merchant of Venice, one of my favorite Shakespeare plays!)
People say the ending wasn't realistic, but I disagree. Actually, I think it would have been unrealistic for the Volturi to decide to fight, after all that happened beforehand. Would Aro really insist on a fight, if it's obvious that some of his best guards are going to die in the process? No way! He's not stupid. He's going to wait until he can find a way to have the tactical advantage again. That doesn't mean he won't try again, of course, but for the moment, he has to wait.
Yes, a quicker battle would have been more satisfying for those of us who worry there won't be sequels (and it seems to me, after all the BD flamers last year, that there won't be). But the point is, this conflict with the Volturi was never going to be over that quickly. If there were sequels, I'm sure we could expect an ongoing conflict between both sides, with the Volturi constantly trying to get what they want, and the Cullens always trying to avoid it. I think that's way more interesting than a quick “Volturi attack, everybody dies” ending anyway. 😉
you should review midnight sun. i know it's only a partial copy and i'm sure you've already read it but you should review it!
I am still not sure how I feel about the end of the series (or should I say saga) but I do enjoy happy endings
Someone probably said this already but a werewolf to me is a being that appears at the full moon and that makes more werewolves by infecting humans.
i was happy that everyone lived (minus Irina), but at the same time, I wanted a little bit more confrontation. It seems a little unlikely that the Volturi would back down so fast after bringing the entire clan+wives+witnesses out. I don't really want a WAR to happen, but a few punches might have been nice.
Also, a lot of the comments seem to be saying that you should read and review the Midnight Sun chapters. PLEASE don't. Not that I don't think they're good or anything (although I still haven't read them), but they were leaked, and Stephenie didn't want them to be seen yet. I think you might have posted something about this, actually. I mean, if I had written a book that had gotten chapters leaked, I wouldn't want people reading that and posting reviews about my unfinished and only-made-available-to-avoid-illegal-readings material. That's my two cents.
But you should definitely read and review the extra deleted scenes from the series that are on Stephenie's site!
and maybe read and review The Host as well? because that is an awesome book that deserves some Kalebified reviewing 😀
and do Harry Potter while you're at it, lol.
I was fine with the ending. I suppose, if you were expecting a big fight, it would be kind of dissapointing. But I looked at it from a different perspective. After all, the Cullens were preparing for a fight, but to them that was more of a fall-back. The main goal for them was to stop the fight from happening. The fact that there was going to be a fight was sort of implied, but from a different view it wasnt. The Volturi, which have manipulated vampires before, are coming to destroy the Cullens, who dont want this to happen. They take actions against it, gathering witness, coming up with ways to avoid the Volturi's accusations, and have the fighting as an alternative. The Volturi come, and the Cullens stand up to them, defy them. They dont let the Volturi take advantage of them, falsly accuse them, and kill innocent vampires. Standing up to the Volturi and showing them that they, as independant vampires, will not stand for the injustice described as justice. That was the Cullens goal, not fighting and trying to survive. The only reason they were thinking about fighting so much was because they were convinced the Volturi would not listen to them.
Please don't say you're not going to do “Choose the Song for Breaking Dawn”! I had a perfect song all lined up for this one!
I thought the ending was rather anticlimactic. They geared up for a big war, and then the end was just too happy. Things worked out too well. Of course I would have been devastated if one of the Cullens were lost, but the whole idea that there was no physical fight was a bit disappointing. Then again, maybe Bella has had enough vampire fighting for one lifetime… though, she hadn't ever experienced it as a vampire herself. I would have liked to see vampire fighting through a vampire's perspective- when everything is crystal clear and a thousand times more intense and frightening. To me, it would have made for a better ending.
I was totally expecting a war, and death, and destruction… So I was kinda like, “That's it?” But I was happy no one died, so it was okay for me. I just try to remember how much I care for the characters, and that because they're safe and happy, I am too. Even though as a piece of literature I critique it harshly for many reasons. But that's why I face things as stories. It's easier on my digestion in the end, ROFL.
Wow.. I can't believe there is only one more of these left! 🙁
I also was hoping to see your reaction to Edward calling Jacob “son” – to me that was a HUGE moment in the series.
I was okay with that ending – it was anticlimactic, but it would have been heartbreaking if anyone died. And hey, half of the awesome in an action scene is the anticipation, and it did have that half! 😀
I'm sorry, did you say A LITTLE anit-climactic? Try A LOT! I was unconcerned when Alice left, there really wasn't a doubt in my mind that she would come back. The story as a whole was…impossible to sum up in one word. It was insane, heartbreaking, shocking, and somehow beautiful. It's one of those books you read and, even a few years down the road, you're still not sure how you felt about it. I like to think I enjoyed, or atleast respected Breaking Dawn for what it was, is, to the series. It's a Happily Ever After. And really, isn't that what we all want in the end?
While of course I would have hated to see anyone die, i think ending kind of was just a self-fulfillment for Meyer, and it just seemed too perfect, too much of a happy ending, and quite honestly, kind of ruined the book for me. it left the teen realm and went to Disney for me…