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"Thought I'd begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought...."
I'm going to have to disagree, I like Eclipse the best so far. I felt that this book was more laying out the field for Breaking Dawn, kind of like the sixth Harry Potter book. In Eclipse, the characters were really beginning to dive deeper as with the plot. The Twilight series, I've noticed, is character driven, so as they characters grow and morph, so does the storyline. We learned more about the more minor characters that might seem insignificant, but serve a purpose, like the Leah/Sam/Emily parallel to Jacob/Bella/Edward's situation.
Eclipse really grew out of just the romance between Bella and Edward and dug out all the real problems. The dialogue was awkward at times, but I thought it fit since the relationships between everyone was starting to become awkward as well. The book was perfect to me. Especially the ending. And I know people will disagree with me on that. D;
On the characters, Edward and Jacob's true character really came out. In the last two books, we had Bella's perfect little descriptions and nothing to really contridict them. In Eclipse, through their dialogue and actions that couldn't be sugar coated, we really see them and not through Bella's caring eyes. Especially the Epilogue. ::cries:: And Bella was more fleshed out in Eclipse. She had a heavy decision on her hands and I think that she handled it very realistically, like an actual person and not just an excuse of a fictional chic.
Eclipse to me was the more realistic book of the series. Meaning that there were actual problems that we could relate to and they were handle realistically while keeping the fantasy.
Maybe we all are holding Eclipse to some imaginary standard that we set, but Eclipse wasn't very anticlimactic. Compared to Twilight, it didn't have the mystery that Twilight had and in New Moon, well, that one was the book I found the most anticlimactic. There wasn't anything much. Eclipse had action more than the sense of mystery and even if we saw the fight from a mile away, we didn't know how it would go. We knew the beginning and end, but not the meat or middle of the actual fight, which was the most exciting and suspenseful.
And that's my long winded opinion. D;
...Why should I? He never reads any of mine." -Spike Milligan
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:26 am
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:56 am
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Taru-chan --Again-- "Thought I'd begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought...." I'm going to have to disagree, I like Eclipse the best so far. I felt that this book was more laying out the field for Breaking Dawn, kind of like the sixth Harry Potter book. In Eclipse, the characters were really beginning to dive deeper as with the plot. The Twilight series, I've noticed, is character driven, so as they characters grow and morph, so does the storyline. We learned more about the more minor characters that might seem insignificant, but serve a purpose, like the Leah/Sam/Emily parallel to Jacob/Bella/Edward's situation.
Eclipse really grew out of just the romance between Bella and Edward and dug out all the real problems. The dialogue was awkward at times, but I thought it fit since the relationships between everyone was starting to become awkward as well. The book was perfect to me. Especially the ending. And I know people will disagree with me on that. D;
On the characters, Edward and Jacob's true character really came out. In the last two books, we had Bella's perfect little descriptions and nothing to really contridict them. In Eclipse, through their dialogue and actions that couldn't be sugar coated, we really see them and not through Bella's caring eyes. Especially the Epilogue. ::cries:: And Bella was more fleshed out in Eclipse. She had a heavy decision on her hands and I think that she handled it very realistically, like an actual person and not just an excuse of a fictional chic.
Eclipse to me was the more realistic book of the series. Meaning that there were actual problems that we could relate to and they were handle realistically while keeping the fantasy.
Maybe we all are holding Eclipse to some imaginary standard that we set, but Eclipse wasn't very anticlimactic. Compared to Twilight, it didn't have the mystery that Twilight had and in New Moon, well, that one was the book I found the most anticlimactic. There wasn't anything much. Eclipse had action more than the sense of mystery and even if we saw the fight from a mile away, we didn't know how it would go. We knew the beginning and end, but not the meat or middle of the actual fight, which was the most exciting and suspenseful.
And that's my long winded opinion. D;
...Why should I? He never reads any of mine." -Spike Milligan
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:14 am
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:30 pm
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I have to actually agree with most of that...the whole Victoria business, I thought there'd be more to it, not just silly little revenge, something on a far bigger scale. It was so predictable that I kept overguessing. In my opinion, Eclipse was the worse of the three. It was too...different. I don't know. There was a lot more focus of Bella's feelings, as well.
@Taru-chan --Again-- This is kinda unrelated, but I have to say this...the sixth book of Harry Potter was extremely good. If I had to say, the 5th book was most dissapointing, with all the teenage angst. True, the 6th was a stepping stone for the 7th- but it was an INTERESTING stone. A good author can make parts of the story well-written enough that it gradually leads up the the climax, not just shout 'awkward'.
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:28 pm
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Taru-chan --Again-- "Thought I'd begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought...." I'm going to have to disagree, I like Eclipse the best so far. I felt that this book was more laying out the field for Breaking Dawn, kind of like the sixth Harry Potter book. In Eclipse, the characters were really beginning to dive deeper as with the plot. The Twilight series, I've noticed, is character driven, so as they characters grow and morph, so does the storyline. We learned more about the more minor characters that might seem insignificant, but serve a purpose, like the Leah/Sam/Emily parallel to Jacob/Bella/Edward's situation.
Eclipse really grew out of just the romance between Bella and Edward and dug out all the real problems. The dialogue was awkward at times, but I thought it fit since the relationships between everyone was starting to become awkward as well. The book was perfect to me. Especially the ending. And I know people will disagree with me on that. D;
On the characters, Edward and Jacob's true character really came out. In the last two books, we had Bella's perfect little descriptions and nothing to really contridict them. In Eclipse, through their dialogue and actions that couldn't be sugar coated, we really see them and not through Bella's caring eyes. Especially the Epilogue. ::cries:: And Bella was more fleshed out in Eclipse. She had a heavy decision on her hands and I think that she handled it very realistically, like an actual person and not just an excuse of a fictional chic.
Eclipse to me was the more realistic book of the series. Meaning that there were actual problems that we could relate to and they were handle realistically while keeping the fantasy.
Maybe we all are holding Eclipse to some imaginary standard that we set, but Eclipse wasn't very anticlimactic. Compared to Twilight, it didn't have the mystery that Twilight had and in New Moon, well, that one was the book I found the most anticlimactic. There wasn't anything much. Eclipse had action more than the sense of mystery and even if we saw the fight from a mile away, we didn't know how it would go. We knew the beginning and end, but not the meat or middle of the actual fight, which was the most exciting and suspenseful.
And that's my long winded opinion. D;
...Why should I? He never reads any of mine." -Spike Milligan
Thank you. I agree 100%
I liked Eclipse MUCH better than New Moon, even if it was a bit predictable. Predictable =/= bad. I'm re-reading it already, which is more than I can say for New Moon.
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