Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Book Review
4.24 Stars out of 5
WITH SPOILERS
This series is semi-surprising me. There are still some
characters that I find REALLY annoying, but the series of events is
actually pretty entertaining. And, obviously, if you read the first two
books you're probably going to finish the series out. I recommend that
in general, but I feel like it will be worth it for this series
especially. Even if you saw the movie first (**bows head in shameful
guilt***) and know the ending, I would read them anyway because I am
catching things that differ from the movie and my opinions on some of
the characters has changed. Keep reading! I approve! :P
The one
thing I will say, is that I feel like this could have been the last book
in the series. There was one little snag that wasn't resolved in this
that I know will get fixed later, but it could have been put into this
one....
BELLA AND
EDWARD. WHAT THE ACTUAL ****. I have to say, I'm Team Jacob. And it's
not because I think Edward is a bad guy or anything. It's just that they
don't balance each other out with their personalities. Example (in
comparison to Christian and Ana (Fifty Shades)- seems fitting):
Christian and Edward are both super overprotective to a point that I
want to hit them over the head- repeatedly. But Ana and Bella are not
the same in their responses. Ana doesn't always do what Christian says.
She actually makes it a point to go off her own instincts and if he
doesn't like it, it's his own fault for not giving her more details.
Bella just sits there and bemoans about it. Edward: "Jacob is dangerous,
he's a new werewolf." Bella: "He really isn't. He is my best friend and
he would never hurt me." Edward: "No." Bella: ***cries in corner*** "I
miss him so much!" Gah! It was
so frustrating!!! Honestly, I
think Jacob is better for her. I will admit that Edward improves throughout the book, but still....
Jacob. He himself actually describes it well at
the end by comparing Edward to a drug and himself to the sun and air.
Gee, I wonder which one is healthier...
Most of my reactions about this book have to do with how Jacob is
better for Bella than Edward, and what kills me is that SHE LOVES HIM
TOO. I totally agree with the capability for someone to love more than
one person at once but, having watched the movie first, I though it was
mostly something Jake made up. BUT IT ISN'T. I
died inside when
she realized that she loved him too AND THEN STILL CHOSE EDWARD. Edward
is a reasonable vampire, he would have let her go live a normal human
life with Jacob and not kill the entire tribe in retribution. Not the
choice I would have made... I love the werewolves. We learn so much more
about them and I like them even more now.
Thanks for reading!
As far as novellas go, this one was different in that the series's main characters were not the main characters of the novella, which I though was really interesting. This is the story, or the vampire story, of Bree Tanner, the minor minor character that we meet in Eclipse. It gives insight to the newbloods that are in book 3 and I thought that it was really interesting to see how they were raised and what they were told, and how that affected their lifestyle and their ideals. The thing I like most about this book is that I started to wonder, how do you know when you have a mate? With the exception of Bella and Edward, most of these vampires and their mates meet when they are already in their second life, right? So it there like a certain way to tell whether you found a mate? Do they have to last for forever? Or can you like "break-up" with your mate if things don't end up well? I'm curious.... Anyway, the novella was good. A bit longer than what I'm used too, but I thing this length worked for it because we had to get to know a whole new lot of characters. Thanks for reading!
