Book Review - Breaking Dawn - Twilight Saga Book 4

April 19, 2009 – 2:17 am

Book Review - Breaking Dawn - Twilight Saga Book 4
By Chanakya Garg

Breaking Dawn is the fourth novel in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. It is the last novel of the Twilight saga to be told from Bella Swan’s perspective. The first 3 novels are:- Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse.

Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen and in another by her profound connection to Jacob Black, Bella Swan has endured a tumultuous year of temptation, loss & strife to reach the ultimate turning point. Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating and unfathomable consequences.

The first 3 books of the Twilight Saga show Bella as the weakest link, a breakable human. In Breaking Dawn; Bella’s transformation into a vampire is so extraordinary that she emerges as the strongest of them all; so strong as to be able to protect her family from the highest authority in the vampire clan: The Volturi. It is almost as if she was born to do this. She acquires tremendous self control over her thirst & is able to shield her mind, making it impenetrable.

Many readers commented that Stephenie Meyer tried to keep a happy ending giving everybody what they wanted. I feel it’s an author’s right to write what she wants, what she wants her story to be, what her characters should feel. It’s not that all readers would agree or believe what she believes in. I felt contended to way the series ended, just like J.K Rowling’s: Harry Potter Series.

I am not going to divulge much into the story, but just a glimpse that it is divided into 3 parts; the first part is Bella’s narration of her wedding and honeymoon. The second part is from Jacob’s perspective about Bella’s pregnancy and the split of his pack. The third part is from Bella’s perspective about her new found vampire life, her motherhood, and their fight against the Volturi when they come to kill them.

Overall the book(Breaking Dawn) is very good read and could not have been better concluded.

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Book Review - Eclipse - Twilight Saga Book 3

April 19, 2009 – 2:16 am

Book Review - Eclipse - Twilight Saga Book 3
By Chanakya Garg

Eclipse is the third book in the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer. It is advised to read the first two books in the series before reading Eclipse.

In ‘Twilight (Twilight Saga Book 1)’ Isabella (Bella) Swan moves to Forks to stay with her father where she meets Edward Cullen who is a vampire. She falls in love with him and defying all odds he is equally in love with her.

‘New Moon (Twilight Saga Book 2)’ sees Edward leaving Bella for her own good. Bella finds solace with her childhood friend Jacob Black who loves her very much. Jacob transforms into a werewolf & due to a series of events Edward is back in Bella’s life.

Eclipse (Twilight Saga Book 3) sees Bella in a lot of emotional turmoil. She is torn in between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob. She commits mistakes and acts selfish, in the course of which she hurts both, Jacob & Edward. Bella tries to keep a balance of Edward & Jacob in her life, as a soul mate and as a best friend; trying to forget their true identities of a vampire or werewolf & their life long enmity.

She later on realizes that she has fallen in love with Jacob too. Bella feels so selfish and tortured, but Edward is that much understanding and patient. He is not jealous or angry with Bella. He knows that when he left Bella, she was extremely hurt and totally broken. It was Jacob who helped her to heal again; in the process of which he left some part of him in Bella. Since Edward has seen Bella in so much pain when he had last left that now he has decided not to leave her until she asks him to do so. Hence Edward and Jacob both want to be with Bella till she actually makes a choice; making it a very well thought after decision for her rather than just a spur of a moment, compulsive one.

Eclipse throws light on how the Cullens became vampires and how the werewolves came into existence. These parts blend in well with the storyline of Bella being still hunted by the revenge seeking vampire Victoria.

Victoria has formed an army of “new born” vampires to fight against the Cullens & kill Bella. The vampires with the help of the werewolves plan to fight against this army and end all the killings once and for all.

Does Victoria succeed in killing the Cullens or Jacob and the werewolves?

Will it leave Bella regretting all her life that they died protecting her?

Stephenie Meyer keeps you on the edge wanting to read it all. Let us see what lies in store for Edward and Bella in the next book - Breaking Dawn

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Book Review - New Moon - Twilight Saga Book 2

April 19, 2009 – 2:15 am

Book Review - New Moon - Twilight Saga Book 2
By Chanakya Garg

New Moon is a fantasy-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer. It is Meyer’s second novel in the Twilight saga. It is advised to read Twilight first. This book, unlike the previous entry, is about losing true love. It was originally published in hardcover in 2006.

The book begins with Bella turning 18, older than Edward and still human. At her birthday party she gets a paper cut while opening her gifts and her one drop of blood triggers Jasper (Edward’s brother) to attack her inspite of attempting to have a non-human diet. Edward tries to protect her; resulting in Bella crashing into glass and getting a bigger wound, gushing blood and finding herself in the midst of 6 hungry vampires. Edward is extremely sad and absolutely convinced that he and his family is not suitable for Bella. Edward convinces Bella he does not love her anymore, making her promise that she will not do anything stupid or rash and continue her life without Edward; he and his family leave Forks.

Bella is heartbroken, devastated and totally lost. She survives, tries to get on with her life and realizes in the event of things that if she does something rash she can hear Edwards’s voice in her head; cautioning her or scolding her. The hunger to hear the voice which she so deeply loves she decides to do these rash things like riding bikes, diving cliffs eventually leading her to her childhood friend Jacob Black. She finds comfort and warmth with him. Jacob is head over heels in love with Bella but knowing about her loss of love provides a shoulder to Bella hoping that some day she will get over Edward and love him in return.

Things change when Jacob transforms into a werewolf and Bella is being hunted down by vampires. Alice (Edwards’s sister) turns up at Forks when she sees Bella jump from a cliff in her vision. There are a series of misunderstandings and Edward tries to commit suicide but Bella saves him and they are reunited with Edward promising never to leave Bella again.

The book is well written with the loss of love very well expressed. With this book Jacob Black’s character is further etched. Jacob loves Bella, inspite of knowing of her deep love for his most lethal enemy; vampire. His struggles with his new found identity, jealousy, love, friendship and loyalty.

Now Bella is torn between friendship and love and the eternal enmity of werewolf and vampire. Will she be able to find a right balance? Let’s wait and find out in the next book - Eclipse.

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Book Review - Twilight - Twilight Saga Book 1

April 19, 2009 – 2:13 am

Book Review - Twilight - Twilight Saga Book 1
By Chanakya Garg

Twilight is a vampire/romance novel written by author Stephenie Meyer.

Twilight series consists of Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn and yet unfinished Midnight Sun.

I read in the news about this series after ‘Breaking Dawn’ was released and was a worldwide bestseller. It was a long wait in the public library and after I saw the trailer of Twilight which is releasing on 21’st November 2008; I said to myself “I have to read this book before the movie releases”.

The books pivotal point is the excellent chemistry between it’s the lead characters - Edward Cullen and Isabella (Bella) Swan. The author exposes Edwards’s anger, anguish, love through his eyes and his body language which is so compelling you can’t help but fall in love with the character or just falling in love all over again.

The story begins with Bella moving to Forks, a small town in the state of Washington, USA which receives the highest amount of rainfall and hardly any sunshine. Here she meets Edward Cullen who is a veggie vampire (does not drink human blood). Edward tries to keep away from Bella as she is his ultimate desire, the best heroin a drug addict can get. He can smell her blood and her body as the fragrance of lavender. As much as Edward tries to keep away, Bella is drawn more and more towards her in spite of his warnings that he is the bad guy and dangerous to her. She learns that he is from a vampire family but still her love for Edward is so empowering that she is not afraid of him at all.

Edward is deeply in love with Bella, but he has to restrain himself from attacking her. He has to fight constantly with himself. It’s the ultimate sacrifice of a predator falling in love with his prey. He has to have an extremely strong will power and furthermore protect Bella from his clan of vampires who still hunt humans.

The love between them is so strong that each one wants to protect the other. By the end of the book Bella states her wish to become a vampire herself to be with Edward to which she is vehemently refused. I am waiting to dig my teeth into the next part (New Moon) to read what challenges this couple faces next.

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