Comments on: Reading Breaking Dawn: Chapter 37 (Contrivances) and Chapter 38 (Power)

By: Kyra

Kyra — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:36:20 +0000

I would have prefered a war. It did seem very anticlimatic. It seemed like Stephenie built up, and built up the suspence and then it was all for Nothing! I was definitley not satisfied with how things ended.

By: iluvtopazeyes16

iluvtopazeyes16 — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:09:44 +0000

I loved when Edward said, “Goodbye my son… my brother.” To Jacob. That part made me tear up. It's like after all they have been through they have always been each others brothers… the goodbyes were so deep in emotion!

By: Merlinda

Merlinda — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:52:59 +0000

Ok… I did not want an actual fight to happen. I have not read the book in a while so I can't, with perfect knowledge, explain exactly what “could have” happened but I had thought that SM had given us all of the descriptions of each new vamp's talents in order to come up with a very educated plan. To completely confuse the Voltori and overcome them without bloodshed (well… you know what I mean). This one blocks, another one zaps, a third one confuses their thoughts, and finally, Bella protects.

By: Merlinda

Merlinda — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:52:59 +0000

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:26:55 +0000

I was so mad. I think it was the fact she didn't have the war that ruined the whole series for me. I do not find the books as great as i did before. When i read it i was ready for the war, i was ready for people to die and when that didn't happy i was a bit disapointed, not only because nobody died, but people had compared them to Harry Potter when J.K. Rowling could actually kill some of her characters to make the book better. Yes i cried a lot in the end of the final Harry Potter book but the deaths of some of my favorite characters made it seem more real, there was point to the war as with BD it was all this build up and conflict and it ends so suddenly it just left me saying “Oh, well…. thats kinda stupid”. Im sorry but I do believe if you build up the proper makings of a fight you should follow through.

Now dont get me wrong, I still think Stephenie Mayer is a really good author, I loved “The Host” its just after reading the last book in the twilight series it did not seem as great.

But yeah in the short words I believe the fight not happening ruined the books slightly.

By: Aussiet

Aussiet — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:44:30 +0000

I was disappointed it was a bit of an anticlimatic moment – would have liked to see a bit of a battle. But on the other hand I'm glad none of the major characters were killed off (eg. Harry Potter – though I love the series, very sad that so many characters were killed off).

By: Carrie

Carrie — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:58:28 +0000

I, for one, am glad there was no actual battle. It was more of a battle of the minds. People may think the whole thing was anticlimactic, but think about it. If the Cullens had faught the Volturi, some of the characters we love would've died, and I think that would've ticked people off a lot more. Instead, one background character died and we know that the Cullens will be safe. I was also glad that someone finally brought up the fact that the wolf pack are actually shapeshifters and not werewolves. They turn into huge wolves when they need to, they don't change into werewolves when there's a full moon and they don't attack people mindlessly. I don't even like Jacob that much, but the goodbye between him and Edward definitely made me teary-eyed.

By: CrazyEmoVampire

CrazyEmoVampire — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:58:25 +0000

Well there's a possibility that the book would not end with Bella dying and it would go on in an afterlife.