Eclipse

The first two books in the series were decent - I liked them actually. I didn't like Eclipse at all. I'm only reading now for the sake of completing the saga.

By far my favorite of all the books so far. In this one Meyer has finally learned the voices of her characters and although Bella is still probably the worst character ever created she shows some sorrow and takes some responsibility for her actions. My favorite character is Jacob and he has a large role in this book, and hearing it on audiobook it was a pleasant surprise to hear a different narrator for the beginning letter and the epilogue at the end.

This third book in the Twilight series is truly the one in which the characters start to come into their own, all the goundwork done in the first two books to set the scene are absolutely worth it.

In this book we find Bella struggling to persuade Edward that the time is right to turn her into a vampire without the need for her to walk down the aisle with him. She also decides that she has some conditions of her own about becoming a vampire - one of which is that she want to have sex with him before it happens - which when your boyfriend is a vamprie is a dangerous request.

On the other hand we find her struggling to reconcile her feelings for her best friend and werewolf Jacob Black who is madly in love with Bella and who he believes loves him back but won't allow herself to admit it.

Meyer writes so beautifully about the relationship triangle in this book - there is a real feeling of sexual tension throughout and the way it is written is so beautiful that as a reader at times you genuinely feel for Bella's predicament as you also find yourself falling in love with both male characters and want to root for them both. This is no small feat on behalf of the author and Meyer is a true master at writing about the real teenage angst that Bella is experiencing.

Set against a backdrop of the ongoing attempts by the vampire Victoria, introduced in Twilight, to try and kill Bella by means of revenge for the death of her partner James this novel is outstanding.

I am so pleased to have found an author whose writing is so clearly emotional, descriptive and gripping - I still need to read Breaking Dawn and can hardly wait to get started.

Again, read through patent pending Editor-O-Vision. This book was actually quite short seeing as....not that much happens.

I think this by far is going to be the hardest of the series to translate into a movie people want to watch.

annyira cukipofa ez a jacob, ahogy szó szerint ráerőszakolja magát bellára! a csaj helyében én is fülig szerelmes lennék belé!

túl sok az érdektelen mellékszál.

If I was Edward, I'd suck Bella Swan dry.

If I was Jacob, I'd shred her into pieces.

That is how much Bella Swan irritates me. I do not how these guys put up with her in any way at all. And this obsessing over Edward thing has got to stop.

This book got me grinding my teeth most of the times. Bah!

The series just gets better and better as Stephenie Meyer lures her audience back in the third installment of the Twilight series, Eclipse. It is hard to say which is the best so far, because all three have been as engaging and fascinating to finish as soon as possible...yet not wanting to reach the last page. In this installment, the Cullens and the Quileute's have to join forces against all the negative tension between the two, in order to save Bella from the avenging Victoria and her new coven of thirsty newborns. Bella graduates from high school this year, and eventually will have to face the most life changing decisions of her life; leaving her parents and her best friend Jacob Black in order to join the Cullen family. The love of Edward and Bella prevail above all obstacles, even though she has finally come to accept the facts that she is and always somehow be in love with Jacob as well...but he would have been her soulmate only in the former world, the human world that she has decided to separate herself from. The love cycles and all the page turning events that take over your mind do not fail to dissapoint you. Although at some point, Jacob's jerkish attitude (at times), Bella's selfishness and Edward's overprotectiveness and controlling persona annoyed me at times, you're bound to love these people (well, not all of them are human...)

Eclipse - The series starts to get interesting. Maybe it's that there's more conflict between Bella and Jacob, or maybe it's the way the vampires and the werewolves have to work together. The series starts to turn into good fantasy at with this novel.

Enjoyed it. Better than I thought it would be.

This is probably my least favorite of the four books, but the details in it are definitely necessary for the story as a whole. I'm not quite to the halfway point of book four, and I just love the “story” in this saga. I do not know that I have ever read such long books so quickly, but my attention is caught and rapt and Stephenie never lets it go. I truly am “thirsting” for more.

Didn't really pick up until the end... and I didn't really need all of the family members' back stories. They're interesting, yes, but they did nothing to move the plot forward, or to influence Bella's decisions in any way. And Jacob is so selfish and self-important, thank goodness she made the choice she made. Is deciding whether or not to choose an emotionally abusive werewolf really a decision?

That there is a strong “Team Jacob” contingent among the fans of this book concerns me greatly...

This was one of the books I favored more. Mostly because of how the characters conversed with one another. I was disappointed, yet again, with how they sort of missed that depth in the movie. I do remember Robert Pattinson saying how in the first movie they made him wear contacts, so he couldn't really use his eyes to convey the emotions like he does in most of his movies (i.e. - Harry Potter). And that is something I see in every movie. A good actor knows their eyes say a lot too... that's why I was so disappointed with each movie.

Anyway, enough about the movie... let's talk about the book instead. I originally read this book in 2007/2008 time frame. I do remember a friend of mine joking on line saying: “So what would you do if I bought you the ‘Edward' poster?” “I'd give it to someone else. He's not a bad looking guy, just not my type”, lol I couldn't help it, plus I also visualized when reading the series, just like Meyer's herself, Henry Cavill as Edward. (Side Note: Speaking of which, been watching that man's career since 2003! So glad he is finally moving up in the world of acting! YAY! lol... no back to your regular book blogging program...)

As I mentioned, the dialogue, is one of the big reasons I enjoyed the book so much. This time around Meyer's went deeper into the complexity of the love triangle and made the characters feel what they really truly feel. She made them put it out into the open, especially the conversations that Jacob and Edward have while Bella is asleep in the tent.

Another point of interest was the banter between Bella and her father Charlie. It was quit funny and I felt they got that right in the movie. So I'm pleased with that part beging translated from book to screen.

This book packed a lot of action sequence that I think makes up for all that romance aspect Meyer's crammed into the first two books. I respect her for trying to balance that out, because some authors over time don't try to make a series well rounded; just stick to the same old themes and moods for the story.

Anyway, overall to wrap it up, the book is worth a read at least once. I know so many guys that groan because it's too romantic, but I found the third book to have the element, but also action, blood, and some guts thrown in. It's the one book I believe guys won't roll their eyes at when their girlfriends swoon over the characters lol

Yeah, yeah. I know. But it's a series! I can't not finish a series! Besides, the tortured love plot that picked up in the second book continued here, and that, believe me, was a good thing. I think, although I'll probably re-read all of them at some I-need-a-break-from-grad-school point, this is the one I'd be most likely to come back to, and I've read the 4th one now as well. Review on that coming shortly.

Enjpyed this one also!!