Sierra's review of Eclipse
Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3) by Stephenie Meyer
Okay, I gave two stars to this book because I kind of hate everything it stands for, but the facts remains the I've read ALL THREE books in this series cover to cover, and always feel a prick of glee when I get my hands on the newest one. I'm not sure what their diabolical pull on me is, and figuring it out would require the kind of self-analysis that would turn up things I'm sure I'd rather not know about. Here's the lowdown: Stephenie Meyer's books are hardcore teen romances with fangs-and-fur window dressing. Not being the hugest fan of romance as a genre, I was hoping the vampires and werewolves would complicate the obsessive peregrenations of the heart that the series chronicles. Unfortunately, they don't. Does anyone read these books and actually not realize that getting bitten by a vampire is just a huge, chicken-poop metaphor for the giving of a young woman's virginity? I wish Stephenie had made her books thoughtful explorations of what it means to develop and experiment ...more
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honestly? to me, bella is kinda a whore. i mean, she FORCES her bf to try and make love to her, then cheats on him with his arch nemesis!! Hello, can you say sleezy b!tch? Heheh, sorry, in a VERY dark mood. i swer i have a cloud of angst floating over my head. -_-*
Wonderful review. I work at a library and I slightly cringe everytime I see a young girl with her hands on these books. I admit I was sucked in as well. I also had to fight the urge to vomit from the pathetic character that is Bella.
Thanks for writing a thoughful and decent review. Cheers!
I agree. My friend is completely OBSESSED, with a capital O, with these books. She's read them 8 times. Its okay to read them once, and yes sometimes the good writing disguises the flattish plot, but 8 times?????? And Bella is more and more turning into the flat, bland, ordinary (maybe even less if that is possible) character that she is always afraid of being. IN Twilight she is new and naive. In New Moon she is mooning (no wonder its called new moon!) over Edward and wah he's never coming back! Then in Eclipse she turns into a skanky ho (aka a budding teenager just blossoming into puberty way and all they want to do is flaunt it) except instead of dressing like a slut, she is trying to get Edward to frick her! Afraid of accidentally eating you????? HOw would he do that???? Kiss her, accidentally bite her, smell the blood, then feast on her dead virgin carcass???????????
