Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Hatchette Book Group
Year:2008
Audio Publisher: Penguin Random House
Audio Length: 20 hours & 28 minutes
Audio Reader: Ilyana Kadushin & Matt Walters
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
Age: YA 13+
Rating:
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This is the last book in the Twilight series & I can't believe I read them all in one month!!! I was cleaning out my closet this weekend & I found my old Eclipse movie world premiere t-shirt in the closet...SCORE! But it doesn't fit which is not surprising considering it was more than 10 years ago.
This book is probably the most different from the movie overall which I will talk about a little later. One of the things that creeps me out about this book is the whole imprinting thing with Jacob & Renesmee. I know that she will grow up fast & Jacob can finally be happy & everyone is ok with it but...it still creeps me out thinking that was what was attracting Jacob to Bella. I am happy that Jacob also gets a happy ending so everyone gets what they want in the end.
The wedding in this story is brief but when it's done in the movie it is breathtaking. I always cry when I watch Bella walk down the aisle. I also can't believe the birth scene. The description in the book does not completely encompass what is happening. So then the scene in the movie is amazing & disguisting & beautiful all at the same time.
The audio of this series I think is better than the book, espically this last one because we get part of the story from Jacob's POV. What really attracts me about the books is the font & the covers. I was also happy that the reader was the same for all the books.
This is my scale from my most favorite to my least for the books & movies:
Books
1. New Moon
2. Eclipse
3.Breaking Dawn
4. Twilight
Movies
1. Eclipse
2. New Moon
3. Breaking Dawn
4. Twilight
I plan on reading The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner next & then I hope to read her other book The Host this year too for my reading challenge.
Now on to the book & movie comparison...
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Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1
The wedding is very different between the book & the movie. I think it's because there was so much to fit into the book & there was time for everything in the movie because it was broken down into 2 parts. The book opens with Jacob being gone, he's "missing" but really he took off because he was mad at Bella after what happened in Eclipse. He gets an invitation to the wedding & Edward has written him a note. Bella doesn't know anything about the wedding, she doesn't even look at herself until the reception. He surprises Bella at the reception but doesn't really go to the party & definetly not the ceremony. In the movie Jacob gets the wedding invitation then takes off & comes to the reception but Edward seems to be in on it. Bella also gets to be involved a little in the planning etc.
In the book Bella is having weird dreams about a vampire child after Carlisle tells her about the Denali coven & their mother with the immortal child. In the movie she just has a dream that Edward kills everyone at their wedding & the story about the immortal child comes later once Renesmee has been born.
Edward also tells Bella about his rebellious streak in the movie before his bachelor party. This is a cool addition that is different from the story.
One of the thoughts that crossed my mind during the wedding was how to vampires get married? They have to have paperwork & birth certificates etc. Someone must forge that stuff? Or they have special paperwork or people that perform the ceremonies, I'm not sure but I think it would be interesting to find out.
As I said before all the details of the wedding & the honeymoon & just everything is beautiful. Her dress, the ceremony, the cake, the house, all of it is over the top!
During the honeymoon in the movie the book is represented by the chess game between Bella & Edward.
One of the things that is a little freaky in the book that they never show or talk about in the movie is when Jake finds out Bella is pregnant & he is talking with Edward, Edward says that if Jake can talk Bella into aborting the baby then he would agree to let her have a baby with Jake as long as she agrees & lives through this. Jake of course is all for this but he doesn't talk Bella out of having the vampire baby.
As the story progresses the tesion between the pack & the Cullens gets worse. In the movie though there is a big fight scene after the baby is born that doesn't occur in the book. This seems to be a pattern with the movies, creating fight scenes that look cool on screen but never actually happen in the story.
In the book Jacob's struggles with imprinting are even worse then in the movie. At one point in the book he leaves & goes to a mall to try & meet people & imprint on someone. It is discussed in the movie because Leah is struggling with it too but the issue is more pronounced in the book.
Another difference that I think was happening from the beginning is in the movies the pack can hear eachothers thoughts all the time. But in the book they can only hear eachother when they are in wolf form. This practice really comes to light when Jake seperates himself from Sam & the others.
In the movie we get to see the crazy birth then Bella's transformation take place. It's really cool in the movie to see her body parts changing. Then she is beautiful when she opens her red creepy eyes. In the book this is where the shift from Jacob's POV back to Bella's takes place. It also happens to be when the first movie ends.
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Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2
This movie is a lot closer to the book than the first part is. There is some minor differences between them but overall the movie follows the story showing us more places & details but ending at the same point.
The biggest difference between this movie & the book of course is the crazy fight scene at the end with the Volturi. I think fans of the movie were really happy to see this go down in the end but it NEVER happens in the book. There is some tension & a little action when Irina gets killed but nothing big ever happens.
Getting to see the other vampires is one of the main focuses in this movie. We also get to see Renesmee more & she starts to grow up. I feel like in the book she is slightly younger than in the movie but maybe not a significant amount.
The movie also has a great montague at the end showing the whole series in a fly by from Bella to Edward. Then the credits for everyone in all the movies which is a good ending. There is actually a lot of famous faces in this series that you don't always recgonize until they are lined up next to eachother.
I will also say that Renesmee is creepy when she is a baby. They have a CGI face thing going on that is unsettling to look at, so it's a good thing she grows up quick!
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