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Third volume in the Twilight Saga.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 1988
 Eclipse brings us back to Forks and Twilight August 7, 2007
Amy Wallace (Bolinas, CA)
260 out of 312 found this review helpful
Twilight introduced us to Bella Swan and the mysterious Cullen's a family of vampires. New Moon pulled Bella and Edward Cullen apart, and tested their love and introduced us to Jacob and the battle between wolves and vampires. It also left us hanging with a decision about Bella and immortality: when?
Eclipse is different. We return to the town of Forks and find that nothing much has changed. Graduation is closer than ever (after which, the Cullen's have agreed to make Bella a vampire) and a serial killer is loose in Seattle. Bella cannot see Jacob, her best friend because he is a Werewolf, and due to her ties to the vampires, it would break treaties and bonds made between them.
As the days go by, and graduation gets closer and closer, Bella must choose her fate. She wants to become immortal and be with Edward, but she must give up her family to do so. She is also worried about the change: will she be able to be "vegetarian" like the Cullen Family, and refrain from human blood? Or will her new blood lust cause her to kill innocent people?
The serial killer that is in Seattle turns out to be supernatural: newborn vampires on the loose. This brings up even more issues for Bella and her decision to become immortal. Not that anything could ever persuade her to give Edward up, but it makes the choice more difficult by showing her the realities of becoming a vampire.
Without spoiling the plot: Jacob wants more from Bella too, which makes the choice even more difficult. Must Bella choose between the love of her life and her best friend?
Eclipse is yet another installment of a series I desperately hope will continue. I want to continue watching the characters grow and change, and find out what their lives will unfold to be like. I am already anxious for the next in the series! Write more, Stephenie Meyer!
Obsession- Preface of Breaking Dawn and First Chapter June 1, 2008
4ever1 (NOVA,)
83 out of 101 found this review helpful
This review is about the first chapter and preface of Breaking Dawn - sold in the special edition of Eclipse. Stephenie Meyer gives us a sneak peak into what looks to be another wonderful addition to the Twilight series. The preface is intriguing and makes us wonder who Bella is with while she is thinking such dark thoughts. Clearly, this is another book about obsession. The first chapter is awesome. We see Bella has matured and is walking toward her chosen path trying to keep her head held high. The first chapter was unexpected as well. What is great about the first chapter is that Bella is alone outside her house engaged in an activity. Bella hasn't been alone since the middle of New Moon so this was an interesting scene.
This sneak peak also gave us the reactions of Charlie and Renee to Bella and Edward's news and through Bella's memories we see how Charlie reacted when Bella and Edward told him of their plans. Unexpectedly, we see a friendship has formed between Esme and Renee amidst all the planning and Seth and Edward have remained friendly.
We also get a bit of information about what Jacob has been up to since receiving Edward's invitation at the end of Eclipse. For Jacob fans this might be upsetting. There is enough vagueness to make one think Jacob will have a pivotal role in the fourth book in the series and the last book from Bella's perspective.
It is disappointing that the publisher won't allow the author to post these chapters to her website which is seemingly related to them trying to get teenagers and adults to purchase Eclipse a second time. This marketing ploy is a tad upsetting. These books have sold very well on the first round and to try and get people to buy the book a second time because "we" are obsessed with these characters is a bit over the top and it appears a bit unethical. Actually, the behavior of the publishing company is a bit predatory. Personally, I went to the book store and read the chapters there and I recommend you all do the same. Breaking Dawn will be out soon enough and why pay for the first chapter twice and Eclipse twice?
I work hard to earn my money, don't you?
Melts in your mouth August 7, 2007
J. Schmidt (USA)
122 out of 151 found this review helpful
Reading the third installment in the Twilight series was as satisfying to me as munching through a bag of dark chocolate M&Ms. The big ones.
Because, after all, Eclipse is BIG--629 pages--and in this volume of the story about Bella Swan, a mortal teenager, and vampire Edward Cullen, several big What If questions are explored: What if Bella decides once-and-for-all to become a vampire like Edward; how can she possibly know when she's ready? What if Edward relents and redraws his "many careful lines" for his physical relationship with Bella? What would it look like if something so evil were to terrorize the Olympic Peninsula that Bella's good vampires and her werewolf friends had to try to unite to fight it, despite their ancient animosity? And how would Bella's closest friend Jacob, probably the swiftest of the Quileute werewolves, compete with her supposedly true love Edward for her eternal devotion?
Once again, Stephenie Meyer has written a compelling and often humorous sequel set in the lush environment surrounding the small town of Forks, Washington. Her colorful characters feel like real people rather than types--a big thing for me. And what situations could've been written morosely or indelicately came off instead as, well, as a kind of sensuous elegance. Even though the more private moments of pain or pleasure were described honestly, with realistic detail, they weren't stripped of their intimacy by such telling. That impressed me. And there are lots of these kinds of moments throughout the book. I just ate it up.
One thing that might bog down readers is the tremendous amount of backstory that must be covered in order for the action and some characters' points of view to make sense. It makes for a lot of exposition (as opposed to plain ol' action), even when the stories are coming out of the characters' mouths. But at least the stories are told in varied styles, according to the characters relating them, so monotony is not an issue. It's just a LOT of information to keep straight.
Even so, unlike a bag of M&Ms, Eclipse did not give me a bellyache once I finished it. It has left me wanting more. And so I wait for book four...
Sick of Bella June 28, 2010
Thomas M. DeFeo (Washington, D.C. United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Okay, so I am not a teenager, nor am I a girl...but I think Meyers has done a fantastic job at writing a very cohesice series. All 4 novels hold your attention. The movies have also been great, and honestly, I can't wait to see ECLIPSE. On one hand, though, I am really sick of Bella, and began to feel that way from the very beginning of the first book. She is way too whinny, even for a teenager. I remember my days as a teen, and yes, you do have moments of melancholy, joy, rejection and happiness...but hers is almost bi-polar. I am not sure what Edward or Jacob..or for that matter Mike or any of the other male characters see in her. She is a whinny spoiled girl, not appealing and honestly not attractive (in any sense). The best ending would be for Edward and Jacob to run off together and just dump Bella!
The Male Perspective June 30, 2008
Wayne R. Clay (Bethel, CT)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Is there ever truly just one fated love in your life? What happens when your first love leaves you, crushes you, and you still survive but not as you once were? What happens when you go from loving the icy vampire to the warm werewolf? Welcome to Bella's world.
Perhaps the biggest change in the series so far is the fact that Bella begins to realize that love found her after Edward vanished. Even though her heart remained his, eventually she began to wake a bit and to find love again.
This book finds Bella now considering the things that she will have to deal with when she becomes a vampire. She learns the disturbing history of another Cullen who was made a vampire after being destroyed by her intended. Bella learns that not all the vampires wish her to give up her mortality so quickly. She also begins to face what she is leaving behind. The parents she cares for, the few friends she has made, even the every day things like graduating that the rest of her family of vampires want her to enjoy.
Bella also has her life and love tested by Jacob. Can the boy who you considered your sun, your friend, and someone you finally admit you do love compete with Edward. The nice thing that Stephenie Meyer gives you here is a deep growth in Bella. What happens when you find you have two true loves in your life? Is there a way to balance that life? What happens when neither is totally human and both are mortal enemies? Just where will the human heart lead Bella?
I'll agree with the friend from college who got me to read the first book. It is like getting hooked on a drug. You just can't wait for Mrs. Meyer to finish the last book and find out just where Bella's life or death may bring her.
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