another good one 2010-01-05

Reviewer: J. Roberts

all the books in this series are easy to read and fun.. hard to put down

Reading with Tequila 2010-01-04

Reviewer: Jennifer Sicurella

There was no reason for me to read this book after the horror that was New Moon. I detest Bella with every fiber of my being. Is it even possible to have a main character that is more weak and pathetic? I was treated to the pleasure of 600 pages of watching her ignore the many warnings from friends and family that her relationship with Edward was not healthy. Nothing else matters in the entire world to this girl because she loves some guy. No one could possibly understand their love, so all those warnings are just ignorant. Seriously? I could possibly understand if Edward showed one ounce of emotion toward her that wasn't a possessiveness that borders on dangerous. The Twilight series is sending an absolutely horrendous message to teenage girls. Becoming obsessed with the first boy who ever pays attention to you, dating that boy even though he's got "future wife-beater" stamped on his forehead and ultimately agreeing to forgo college and your living, breathing life just so you can marry him right out of high school (even though you don't really want to) and become a vampire (because you're going to be 19 soon and that's like ancient) are all things to strive for? And, my god, what was with all the begging for sex?

Crappy love story aside, Eclipse was oddly compelling. The werewolf-vampire interaction was decent and the vampire back stories were more interesting that expected. I have this strange need to read the next book even though I want to strangle Bella, Edward and Jacob for being so damned annoying. If Stephenie Meyer could focus her novels more on supernatural story lines and less on her bizarre ideas of what constitutes a good relationship, the books could quite possibly live up to all of the current undeserved hype.

AMAZING 2010-01-03

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this book was amazing!! im 11 years old and i loved it my grandma loved it so did my aunt and many other people i know. the whole twilight saga is great!! i would sugjest this book to anybody i did not want to read them nethier did my grandma but they are addicting and great you should read them!

A Severe Break from the Original Twilight book 2010-01-03

Reviewer: Julie H.

I was completely enthralled with the original Twilight book. The characters were intriguing and the conflict betweent the vampire and human world was captiviating. However, I should have known after New Moon that this series was going off it's original track. The smart writing and sexy themes are gone; the intensity and intrigue are gone.

The vampire characters are the only characters with any depth or intrigue for the reader in Eclipse. Unfortunately, they play a much smaller role in this book. There are two chapters were Meyers awkwardly gives some history to two of the vampires, but it feels like an abrupt turn off the story and was clumsily fit into the book. The main conflict is Bella, who is now a ridiculous girl who is in love with a werewolf, as well as Edward. This theme flies in the face of of the original point to the series; the reason readers get so captivated by it in the first place; the once if a lifteime bond Bell and Edward share despite their differences and the struggle they have to be in the same world. Now the reader is left reading about Jacob and his friends, who are crude, crass, and shallow in comparison; the reader has a hard time even paying attention to them. They are shallow and overly simple and the reader is again confused why so much attention is paid to them. It's as if a new series started with completely new characters and themes.

Bella's character also seems to be a completely new figure; she's still clumsy, but not the smart, passionate person you see in the original. She's basically a weak minded doormat to Jacob as he manipulates her into spending time with him. She continuoulsy makes dumb decisions that take the story far from the origianl themes. This character is so ludicrous, you want the vampires to either eat her or send her away for good. Her relationship with Edward, that was so exciting in Twilight, is all but gone except for the occassional intense kiss. While she has dialogues about her love for him, every action demeans her love for him and the reader is confused. Why would Bella pay any attention to the pathetically shallow Jacob when her soul mate, the whole theme to the series, is waiting right there for her? Edward is left a passive bystander whom the reader wants to slap around to wake up. Their relationship becomes far more annoying as they weakly state their love throughout occassinal chapter, but it becomes increasingly shallow. They each suffer such indecision and manipulation, the characters's actions don't even make sense. The smart, clever characters are gone and the reader is left with wimpy shallow doormats in their place. A far turn from the smart sexy characters and writing in the original book Twilight.

I don't see how this book is so popular, other than the fact that celebrity actors are bringing attention to it and the 10-16 year old crowd seems to buy it. After reading the reviews for the last book, Breaking Dawn, which is so ABSURD I can't even finish the story concept, the series seems to be going downhill with each book. I've rarely seen a series change directions and themes so frequently; it's as if each book is a separate entity. If someone is looking for the end of the story to the intense themes of the original Twilight, mainly the Cullen family's existence and the struggle of Edward and Bella to find a world they can co-exist, you will only be more disappointed as your proceed through the series. Do yourself a favor, re-read the first book and call it day!

Entertaining... 2010-01-03

Reviewer: Sarah Carroll

I will admit that I felt nothing special about the Twilight books when I first started reading them, and then they sucked me into their teen-romance drama. This is nothing more than a fun summer read. The writing isn't great and the story is very predictable. It was fun when I read it but it will be forgotten once all of the hype dies down.