Read AND Perish: Breaking Dawn

Local Librarian’s Warning: Do not read this book if you are pregnant, or are ever planning to become pregnant.

Despite the success of the first three books in the Twilight series (quick intro: teen vampire drama series by Stephanie Meyer), and the anticipation that greeted the fourth book’s release, very few fans have been satisfied with Breaking Dawn for various reasons. In fact, the book was problematic enough that I’m going to suggest that you not read it – because if you do, the consequences could be dire. Well, not really (unless you have a particularly weak stomach.)

If you still feel you need closure, I’m going to suggest you try some nice fanfiction instead. I am not kidding when I say that it wouldn’t be very hard to find something better than Meyer’s latest crackfest of a novel. This book doesn’t seem to be written for the fans – or for anyone, really, it sort of defies all audiences, and that is an insurmountable problem in my book. And I’m not alone – many of the fans that purchased the book early on, before the reviews came out, have decided to return their copies of the book, rather than support the book’s publication. You can read more about it here…

Mind you, there are some people that liked, even loved, Breaking Dawn. I don’t know any of them, but I hear they exist.

There are tons of reviews out there, so we’re not going to go too in-depth on the subject, but if you want a breakdown of what went wrong, you can read Ardis’s take on it: