Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3) | Stephenie Meyer

Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3) | Stephenie Meyer | Great, but not amazing..

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Eclipse (The Twili...

	Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3) Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007 - 640 pages average customer review:based on 698 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Better than the rest...

I have read Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse. I wasnt really interested in any of them, but I'd have to say the Eclipse is the best book in the series yet! I wouldnt sugest starting out reading this book first, so if you're in the middle of New Moon and are thinking the drowsyness will never end, hold tight and keep those eyelids peeled, because Eclipse is well worth the wait!

Great, but not amazing..

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Over all, Eclipse was a great book. However, by the third chapter, I truly disliked Jacob. And by the end, I was beyond dislike. I suppose he's just one of those characters who gets on my nerves. This book showed the sensitive side of Edward much more, which I loved. Twilight is still the best of the series, IMO. Can't wait for Breaking Dawn!!!

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Irritating

I have never written a review before but I felt compelled to after reading this book, just to try to get over it. I don't think I have ever been so irritated by an ending than I have by this book. I'll try to keep it short. 1st - Bella is obsessed with how she will react when she becomes a vampire and only obsesses on how the "new ones" react, after Rosalie tells of her experience it never seems to click in her mind that it might be possible to control yourself and perhaps never kill for human blood, especially since she knows what she is getting into, unlike the "new ones". 2nd - The way Jacob assaults her and she ends up forgiving him too easily, always forgiving him too easy. Their relationship after the friendship seems much more pity-love than anything else, she focuses way too much on not hurting his feelings, never giving him a chance to get over his obsession because she comes and comforts him and it starts again. He is like a little puppy that is continually manipulating her feelings, guilting her into doing things she shouldn't and wouldn't otherwise. The author leaves the book with him running off, and I am afraid that once again she is going to get sidetracked. After once again making her decision for Edward, how many times can this happen without making her love for Edward laughable. Her father and Billy will once again guilt her into trying to take care of him, to find him, and the story will never get to her marrying Edward and moving on, her making another choice between them is unbearable after New Moon & Eclipse. Jacob has not imprinted on her, though they seem to compare the imprinting to what she has with Edward, will he conveniently imprint on someone else and resolve this or will he somehow be allowed to come back and for some reason imprint Bella, ugh! Her seeing what her life with Jacob would have been was horrible, she has never talked about an obsession with having children like Rosalie, but this opens the door. Jacob is way too much like an immature, annoying puppy, who would rather scare Bella with cold facts so he can play the brave protector, than realize what the thought of being torn apart by obsessed vampires does to her.

Sorry if you like Jacob, I hated him in this book. He knows first hand how much Bella loves Edward and cannot live without him, yet he is continually guilting her into being with him, like a spoiled child, hurting her. And don't even mention her father who is on Jacob's side instead of Bella's, when she hits him and breaks her hand and he doesn't care that Jacob forced himself on her.

There, I think I can maybe get on with my day now.

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was there an editor?

Because if there were, they should be shot for their blatant disregard for standard grammar and form. Not to mention all of the redundant and unnecessary information peeking in between the actual moments of story.

The things is, I would still recommend these books because the plot and characters are very intriguing. Her prose, however, is just... not good. If you like a good story and you enjoy reading big books in one sitting, you'll enjoy it as much as I did, even as you occasionally cringe...

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