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Book Summary and Reviews of Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) by Stephenie Meyer

Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) by Stephenie Meyer

Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)

by Stephenie Meyer

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  • Aug 2008, 768 pages
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Book Summary

Breaking Dawn, the final book in the #1 bestselling Twilight Saga, will take your breath away.

Twilight tempted the imagination. New Moon made readers thirsty for more. Eclipse turned the saga into a worldwide phenomenon. And now, the book that everyone has been waiting for...

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Media Reviews

"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. Ages 12–up." - Publishers Weekly.

"Don't be confused by comparisons with Harry Potter in the media coverage of this book and make the mistake of buying it for a 10-year-old. It is about sexual desire: specifically, sex with a vampire.... Although this book concludes the Twilight Saga sequence, those whose thirst is still unsatisfied have the toothsome prospect of Meyer's next novel, Midnight Sun, which will retell events from Edward the vampire's viewpoint. For all but enslaved addicts, however, the strongest aftertaste of this series is soap." - The Times (UK).

"This ick factor goes through the roof in Breaking Dawn, which is, frankly, dreadful. It's difficult to imagine teenage girls identifying with 18-year-old Bella's marriage to Edward shortly after her high school graduation, especially when the wedding is followed by an extended soft-focus honeymoon sequence, which is almost immediately followed by Bella's sudden loss of appetite and puking in the bathroom .... The most devoted readers will no doubt try to make excuses for this botched novel, but Meyer has put a stake through the heart of her own beloved creation." - The Washington Post.

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Reader Reviews

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Savanna

Love for Breaking Dawn
When I finished reading Breaking Dawn I ached to see what was to happen next in Bella and Edward and now renessmee's story. This is her best book so far!

jo jo

Breaking dawn
This book is just the best. It has romance adventure and bella nearly dies find out by reading it.

Amarilles

AMAZINGG!!!
I Love This Book! Its The Best Of All Four!!

Michelle Ashley

Dreams of romance
I felt that Breaking Dawn was an amazing book. I rate this book 1million stars!!!

Hannah

Breaking Dawn
I have to disagree, the book in no way centered around having sex with a vampire. It is purely and simply about passion and love. This is an excellent book, my all time favorite book. If you haven't read this book-you haven't lived yet. It has opened my eyes and will totally turn your life around 360. Stephanie Meyer is a the Leonardo Davinci of literature. She has a compelling story of romance and the struggle of love with someone so perfect yet so wrong for you.

Mayka

Breaking Dawn
If you are a lover of vampires and wolves, you will love Breaking Dawn. The book is really easy to read and to understand. If you have read the other entire three books you will be able to follow up with the fourth book, but if you have not read the others, I’m sure you can catch up watching the movies.

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Stephenie Meyer Author Biography

Stephenie Meyer was born in Connecticut in 1973, but grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and considers herself a native. She went to high school in Scottsdale, Arizona. She was awarded a National Merit Scholarship, and she used it to pay her way to Brigham Young University, in Provo, Utah. she majored in English, but concentrated on literature rather than creative writing.

Meyer is the author of the Twilight series, as well as the stand-alone novel The Host. She lives in Cave Creek, Arizona with her husband and two sons.

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