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August 03
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Peggy
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A baby?
A(nother) pedophil-esque imprint?
THIS IS WHAT WE WAITED FOR??
ARE YOU KIDDING ME???
THIS WASN'T AN EPIC NOVEL, IT WAS A CONTAGIOUS RASH.
Everything we came to know (and ...more
I cannot describe the depth of my disappointment and disgust.
A baby?
A(nother) pedophil-esque imprint?
THIS IS WHAT WE WAITED FOR??
ARE YOU KIDDING ME???
THIS WASN'T AN EPIC NOVEL, IT WAS A CONTAGIOUS RASH.
Everything we came to know (and presumably love) about the characters and the way their stories were told in the first three books completely sh*t the bed in this one. It was impossible to bond with any of the characters in the book, especially Edward, who became no more than a peripheral sperm donor.
Each plot development/"twist" was either so ridiclulous I wanted to scream, or so predictable that I had to groan. For this I rented a hotel room and stayed-up all night?
Oh, and BREAKING DAWN the MAJOR MOTION PICTURE......I just can't wait to see that gruesome Anne-Rice-Mayfair-Witch-Style-DIY-Cesaerean-Section brought to life on the big screen!!
Nah, how about a colonoscopy instead?
FOLLOW-UP:
Now that I've had a few days to calm down from my violent objections, I am ready to explain in detail why, I feel, this book sucked. In plot order:
1) The wedding was pretty good, but it was the only time we saw Angela, Mike, Jessica and Ben in the entire book. What happened? SM just kind of abandoned them. And Renee fell off the face of the earth, too. And I think that Bella's nearly non-existent reaction to meeting Tanya was out of character for her. The Bella we all know would have stressed it alot more.
2) The "sex" scene(s) irked me on so many levels. First of all, how does a vampire with no blood flowing through his body acheive an erection? I preferred SM's method of politely skirting the subject in the first three books to her method of making the subject increasingly more annoying and prevalent throughout BD. Emmett's comments and innuendos became almost as annoying as Bella's out of control libido. She can resist the bloodlust but not the sex lust...Is she a vampire or a porn star?
3) The pregnancy sent me over the edge. How does a vampire with no seminal fluids impregnate a woman? Bella's 2-month transition from high school senior to wife and mother was too difficult to swallow....and I was a young wife and mother myself.
4) Rosalie. We already hated her and making her into a Nazi midwife didn't help.
5)The birth. OMFG WHAT WAS THAT???? If I had read that before I had kids I would have scheduled myself for a tubal ligation the next day.
6) The name Renesme is so awful that everytime I looked at it (6 million times over) I choked on it. She couldn't have just used Carlie? It might have helped us bond with the beastly little mutant.
7) Where did our Edward go? The object of 60 million readers' desires turned into a sulking and helpless sperm donor. THAT'S NOT SEXY.
8) Jacob had to be a pedophile? Even as a strong Team Edward supporter, I always loved Jacob just for being goofy and sweet and sincere (mostly) and all the good things about a 16 year old boy. Better off alone or with Leah than with (essentially) his ex-girlfriend's daugher. YUCK.
8) Bella's transition from super klutz to super hero was too much. Throwing the shield across the field to defeat Jane and Alec, the two biggest badasses in Italy? Oh, c'mon.
9) The battle with the Volturi was no battle at all. All of those vampires and wolves in one place and all they could do was kill Irina?
The story was too long and I don't think SM gave the characters their proper attention. It read SO much differently than the first three. We didn't have enough quality time with our old favorites...not enough of Alice after the wedding and definitely not enough sexy Edward.
She spent alot of time on the baby, but I found myself completely unable to bond with her....maybe because even Bella spent more time worrying about sex than she did about the baby. (Yeah, it's like that for all new mother's right?!?)...less
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August 02
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Peggy made a comment in the group SciFi and Fantasy Book Club—When Do You Decide to Toss a Book Rather Than Finish It? topic:
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August 01
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Peggy made a comment in the group Constant Reader—Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog topic:
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Peggy
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Peggy said:
"Or...the book that made me break up with Anne Rice....
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Peggy said:
"I LOVED the first three-quarters of this book. I ate up the history of the Mayfair family, and coveted the spooky old house in New Orleans (my super-secret wish is to inherit a house like that full of mysterious stuff).
Then the end happened, a...more
I LOVED the first three-quarters of this book. I ate up the history of the Mayfair family, and coveted the spooky old house in New Orleans (my super-secret wish is to inherit a house like that full of mysterious stuff).
Then the end happened, and I went from loving it to wondering just how far I could throw it. Seriously. Apparently Anne Rice forgot to write in the chaper about Rowena's lobotomy.
Sigh.
I used to loan the book to people and tell them to stop when they got to Part Four. Then I'd hand them Lasher and tell them to read the last few chapters. I liked that ending much better....less
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Peggy said:
"I read this book when it first came out and loved it like chocolate. I loved it so much that I immediately read it again. Then I went out and recommended it to people, who found it flawed. I don't know if it was a reaction to their reviews, or my ...more
I read this book when it first came out and loved it like chocolate. I loved it so much that I immediately read it again. Then I went out and recommended it to people, who found it flawed. I don't know if it was a reaction to their reviews, or my internal editor* kicking in, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that maybe it wasn't the book of the century after all. I'm pretty sure it won't stand up to a reread, so I'm just going to let it be, and remember how much I enjoyed it.
*my internal editor normally tolerates little in the way of plot shenanigans....less
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Indian Killer (Paperback)
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Peggy said:
"I bought this book for the pure awesomeness of the title, and I wasn't disappointed. This was my first introduction to Sherman Alexie, and it remains my favorite.
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