Comments on: Book Review: Breaking Dawn (Cliff Notes of the Stephanie Meyer’s series)

By: Ida

Ida — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:03:20 +0000

Just remind your kids that Bella and Edward didn’t have to live or exist. The story is a make believe story.

I really don’t think Twilight is any worse than other things out there we read to children like Cinderella, Snow White etc. If you look too deeply into those stories, you might say that the only escape from a sad, tortured life would be to marry a rich handsome man, royalty. Then all your problems will go away. We all know that is not true. LOL

By: Maricela

Maricela — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:30:51 +0000

Your dumb! what the hell do you want us too read then?
teachers make us read and now they even want too choose what we should read? i think everyone has a different opinion and your talkin like if urs was the right one.. i think EVERYONE HAS A CHOICE what do you care on what Stephenie writes or what we should read.. seriosly! Go F%^%^&^ off

By: Peige

Peige — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:49:56 +0000

Ah yes the Twilight. I am actually in search of cliffs notes and not because of my children (they are too young) but because an adult friend gave me the book and keeps asking if I have read it. I tried but for one, could not bring myself back to high school and for two, it is just pretty lame. I did manage to see the movie and appreciate the subtle “abstanance” message for the younger generation. But from what I hear somewhere in the seriese the Bella gets pregnant very young. I just hope it’s after college and then I will have no problem with this tweeny seriese.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:23:10 +0000

Great review. I applaud you for reading the books yourself, and your well-thought out critiques. I personally enjoy the books, although I cringe while doing so, because the writing is so poor.

By: sandra

sandra — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:27:25 +0000

I am also dissapointed but for a reason called WOMENS DIGNITY… obviously… I think this writer is very councious of the message she is sending to girls and boys all over the world.. Girls are hollow until we find a man who will have all the authority to tell us what to do… And we only become interesting when we get married and have kids… The sex begging is all a distraction. I really hated Bella until she got a personality, unfortunately that just happens when she gets married.. And all the fantasy about the perfect baby and the protection powers makes just easier to get the message in peoples heads… Caution! Stephanie Mayer just may had done a deal with the devil: Teach girls how to be idiots!

By: mike

mike — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:20:25 +0000

Why is it that every older generation dislikes the younger generation. This book is FICTION…if you really want to learn something you read what is known as NONFICTION or better yet JOURNALISM. I am a 28 yr old male. I dont care much for the books or the movies…I am a Hemmingway/Palaniuck/Hunter Thompson kind of guy. I have read all four books and im sorry but if you want more censorship maybe you need to move to down under (Australia where Censorship is extreme). These books are no better than the Goosebumps books i read while growing up. Although the Twilight saga is geared a little more towards girls than it is guys. Its still make-believe and fantasy. Taking these books from teenagers is like voiding them of an imagination. Without an imagination you grow old, dislike the generation that is younger than you, and become grouchy, miserable old people. I understand why parents want to know what their kids are reading, but seriously this review makes these books sound like pornography. And to think all those Nancy Drew books yall grew up reading….Are you trying to tell me there werent boys in those stories? love? passion? Im sure there was a series of books that you all read while teenagers that had most if not the same ideas represented in their pages. All in all its just crappy fiction. Im sure i could name off more than a dozen titles you definately dont want your kids reading instead…? And to think some of the best writers in history have some if not most of the same ideas and morals found in their pages; and Im sure some if not all you parents out there read some of the same crap. Ill agree the Twilight series is a little lean on the plot and a little cheesy on everything else, but what do you really expect out of FICTION? Its like believing everything you read on the internet/hear on CNN/or better yet believe a word President Obama says….. If you want your kids to read something worth reading then let them read some of the better works: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Sun also Rises, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, Heart of Darkness, Edgar allen Poe (for dark sometimes violent themes and symbolism), Flannery O’ Connor stories, and im sure i could keep on going. The problem here is that Twilight, although has themes of brutal love, damnation, sex, and other adult themes; yall fail to realize that all these themes are already found in the books that the school system makes them read already…its part of becoming a better reader to find this stuff and make meaning of it. Watching violence on the news doesnt make you a violent person…..so therefore reading crappy romance novels doesnt make you a bad person or grow up to become an idiot. Let your Kids be free thinkers and have a great imagination!

By: mike

mike — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:18:31 +0000

By: Machele

Machele — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:09:26 +0000

ok i love thins review because it is true i use to watch this lovely young girl and she was responsible typical girl with great friends but ever since she started to read these stupid awful vampire books that are not traditional about a sex obsessed teenage girl and an abusive stalker vampire this thirteen year old girl i use to watch has a b****y attitude runs away pretends to trip is gonna name her children after the novel’s characters and had sex in her parents room with her boyfriend AT THIRTEEN!!!!! she claimed that “i am a Bella with no rules” wtg crappy writer don’t you have children good effin job now your children are gonna be W*****s all this stupid series proves is that vampires are p*****ys and teenage girls are retarded selfish brats that only think of themselves good effin job steph!

By: nichole

nichole — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:46:21 +0000

your a retard the twilight saga is the most inspirational saga ever. obviously so because you know th

By: Katrina

Katrina — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:11:53 +0000

so i’ve been reading all the comments and in my oppinion the twilight series is over-rated. I understand many teenagers love it but it’s extremely pointless and a waste of time. I read all four books and it took me over a year to try and finish them because they were’nt interesting and i lost interest so easily. I couln’t even finished the fourth one i got so bored. i can understand how many teens can relate to them by the whole “teenage, one true love” stuff but its this kind of writing that make teenage girls believe that they will find there “edward” one day. It makes me mad hearing all the girls running around talking about twilight like its the best thing in the world. Stephani Myer can’t write and these books do not have a good storyline. Just my oppinion. The books were awful, and i dont even understand how they became movies. This series is over-rated and hopefully people will stop boosting it up.

By: Cinabuns

Cinabuns — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:37:25 +0000

I am not a teacher, nor a student, parent or teen. But, I do know enough about kids to know that they will come to their own conclusions about the story. They do not need extra help over-analyzing a science-fiction book, especially when your personal belief is that Bella is being abused. Bella abuses herself physically and emotionally. Edward tries to stop her, but she is stubborn and will do as she pleases. Pretty typical for an 18 year old girl, am I right? She puts HERSELF in those situations and the people around her know that they can either support her in her misguided decisions and try to lessen the blow of the consequences for her or they can fight to stop her, only to lose the battle and have her do what she will anyway with more disastrous consequences. As for their marriage, Edward and Bella make it work because he initially pushes her away and she says (in so many words) “I don’t think so, buddy! I’m not going anywhere and you can’t make me! You’re staying right here with me, where you belong!” I think the true underlying emotion for Bella regarding herself is that she’s plain, but she doesn’t really care what anyone else thinks, except Edward. Besides, what teenage girl DOESN’T feel uncomfortable in her own skin? What grown woman doesn’t have some sort of body issue? It is the way of our life and it’s not all society’s fault. It’s our own. If you think you can honestly say that there’s nothing you dislike about your body (or that what you don’t like about yourself has more to do with outside influences than your own personal criticism) then you’re lying to yourself. People are emotional masochists and we are our own worst critics. Why do you think we pick at our faces and our teeth in the mirror every morning or fuss over our hair or turn every which way trying to fit into a pair of jeans that’s just one size smaller than we are? It’s a daily ritual of striving to be one step closer to being as comfortable as we can be with ourselves. In my opinion, your standpoint on the books is off the mark. Edward is a little controlling at first, yes, but Bella really only becomes more confident in herself as the books move forward because she begins to realize her own potential and finds ways to achieve the end result that she wants without too much disaster. As she does this, Edward releases his grip a little, knowing how capable she is and shows more of a proud, loving and encouraging position in her life. If proud, loving and encouraging are abuse, then sign me up! I’ll take that kind of abuse any day.

By: Anna Buffaloe

Anna Buffaloe — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:40:43 +0000

Yes, I just found this, but I need to thank you for it. I lost interest in Twilight before even seeing a physical copy. Something about a vampire glittering made my stomach churn. But I work after school with a high school volunteer who is crazy about them, and I hoped to understand the obsession. Here I have my info! And so smartly written.

By: MikyDebater

MikyDebater — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:06:56 +0000

“a classic love story doesn’t need to be gramatically correct”
Well, that just made me laugh out loud, because of course if the story has good-looking people in it, then it would never need proper grammar!
“and bella wanted sex just like many other girls”
That is a disgusting stereotype. I don’t know who you are, or who you think you are but really, how dare you pigeon-hole ‘many other’ girls. People who think that are close-minded. I am a fifteen year old girl and I hate this book for setting feminism back fifty years.
Also, an aside to ‘Mrs.Cullen’ – ’so all you peeople who hate twilight get over yourselves you mother f&%^#@g
c&^k suckers.’
That is utterly ridiculous. You do realise, that by including foul insults like that you have made your post completely pointless, because instead of talking rationally about the subject you simply cursed haters out.
Twilight- Promoting abuse and sexism since the damn thing was penned from SMeyer’s wet dream.

By: 55

55 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:25:20 +0000

I think the grown ups forget that they encourage young people to read all different types of material (fiction and non-fiction). People read to learn (prepare them for the world) but also reading for entertainment, I think you have to have a balance and never give up what you enjoy. Who knows you might become the next great writer; keep reading all different types of books.

By: Alice Moore

Alice Moore — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:49:55 +0000

You teach???? That’s sad. Really REALLY sad.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:29:13 +0000

well i like the twilight books. i used to nvr read and i was reading like 40 pages a day. im not obsessed with the books like many other girls but i really dont like you belittling the parents of children who read them. you have your own opinion i know, but a classic love story doesn’t need to be gramatically correct. it needs to have adoration of one another,and hope that there’s someone out there that you can grow old with. its an amazing story, and fwi the reason edward left was so he wouldn’t hurt bella anymore. he cared about her that much… and bella wanted sex just like many other girls. i for one believe in marriage before sex, but its something girls can relate to. cant we all jst accept each other’s opinions instead of shooting them down and trying to convince them otherwhise. and to all those who were cussing the writer of this out- cmon…seriously? your making those of us who actually like the book dumb. watch your language….STEPHENIE MEYER ROCKS!!!!!

By: Dianne

Dianne — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:46:42 +0000

I must admit, I could only make it through two of the books so when I looked for a summary of books 3 and 4, I came across this one. Great job! Doesn’t anybody have a sense of humor anymore?

I agree, it’s great to get young adults reading and I would have loved this series when I was 12 or 13. Lighten up everybody.

By: BookLover

BookLover — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:17:41 +0000

Their is always two sides to a window. These books I agree can be understood at many levels…

I have worked in the school system and with troubled teens (in home counseling). These books really show you what is going on inside a teenagers head. YOUNG ADULTS REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY WANT. They want so many things. They are so indecisive that is almost appears they are bipolar. From Bellas point of view she wants him soooo bad but Edward reminds her of what is important. Excluding the vamp thing this is our teenagers…

These books really have a good moral story… Abstinence

By: Icefire

Icefire — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:39:28 +0000

*Claps* Nicely writen!

Twilight is, what I think, one of the worest books ever writen. Yeah that’s right, go and cry, Twi-hards!

For one thing, it’s kind of repititive. A.K.A Bella almost dies every book. But, none of the “Good people” actually dies. A good book need a protagonist to die. I could rant and rave all day but Im leaving it at that

By: somebody

somebody — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:16:47 +0000

And I’m back.
People are still just finding this …

And there’s still hatin’. What a surprise. Seriously, it makes me sad. Maybe I won’t let my kids have internet until they’re like 16 and know how to respect people. Because some of these comments are awful rude, and I honestly can’t see how parents miss it. My kids would definitely be disciplined if I found out they’d been talking to someone the way several of these obviously tween/pre-teens have. I’ll probably end up getting cybersitter and only allow them a certain amount of computer time.

Anyways, Tweenteacher I can’t remember if last time I was here you had the Breaking Dawn review, I think you didn’t but I’m not sure. And again, spot on. It’s crazy. Jen, that’s why I think tween-teen girls shouldn’t be reading this, no matter how deeply or not they look into it. I know not all are like this; but if any book caused my kids to ‘defend’ it by being rude and disrespectful like some of these who’ve commented, I’d throw it in the trash. There’s no way I’d allow my kids to read a book which caused them to swear at people and tell them to go die and all manner of things. It’s absolutely ridiculous.