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Imserba Webstore - Eclipse (The Twilight Saga)
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List Price: $12.99
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Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780316027656
Feature: ISBN13: 9780316027656
ISBN: 0316027650
Label: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 640
Publication Date: 2009-08-04
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Reading Level: Young Adult
Release Date: 2009-08-04
Studio: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Editorial Reviews:
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Readers captivated by Twilight and New Moon will eagerly devour the paperback edition Eclipse, the third book in Stephenie Meyer's riveting vampire love saga. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob --- knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?
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Summary: Best in the series
Comment: I started reading the books after seeing the movie. I really had no interest in a book about vampires, I was wrong.! I am not an english major or have any sort of literary degree, I read for nothing but pure enjoyment. So my review is not based on the written word, but rather the enjoyment of reading.
For me New Moon was a slow read, I found myself hurrying through the book to get something to finally happen, not true with Eclipse. The book is fast paced and kept me interested through to the end. I was so disappointed when I realized I was 80% done with my book and felt there was so much more... I love the love triangle, I find myself rooting for the underdog only to be won again by the main character, Edward...Bella is so true to her age, it made me want to turn back time again. I am looking forward to book 4. I am careful not to read to many of the reviews as so many reviewers tend to put too much information in their review and it spoils it for the reader. Great book READ it...
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Summary: Sign up here for Team Threesome
Comment: Yes, yes, I guilty enjoyed this book just like I did Twilight and New Moon. In some respects, the first three books are really just one big book with Breaking Dawn is the sequel, but I digress.
The many reviews already posted here to a great job of dissecting the book, so I just wanted to comment on one key thing. I wish that Stephanie had committed to the love triangle. It's actually more of an inverted V pointing at Bella really, because she's not even aware of it until the end of the book. I wasn't shocked when Bella admitted to loving Jacob, but many readers were. I think this is because the author was too in love with Bella ending up with Edward to do the triangle the heart wrenching justice that it deserved. There was barely any conflict in Bella's heart, which was cute, but lacked drama. Then we find out that she was just fooling herself after Jacob's second forced kiss, but this only lasts a few seconds before she recommits herself to Edward. Her devotion is touching but again, you can't have a triangle if one of the sides is missing.
Also, the boys suffered all of the emotional pain while she blissfully carried on enjoying the best of both worlds. Some angst on her part was implied but not really dealt with honestly. Bella needed to suffer too. She needed to take responsibility for her feelings for both of them and then her re-commitment to Edward would have meant so much more. The fact that she didn't know that she was starting to emotionally stray from Edward is actually a mark against her. And, yes, she did stray. Cheating on someone is more complex than simple physical betrayal. It encompass abandoning someone who is trying to stay relevant in your life (i.e. Edward buying the Ducati but getting denied access to that part of her life). It encompasses allowing an emotional connection with someone who fills a place in your heart that Edward could not instead of looking to Edward for more. In order to fully explore a real love triangle, Bella would have needed to come to an understanding (preferable earlier in the book than the kiss too) of these things and what she was doing to both Edward and Jacob and make her informed choice from there. But instead she doesn't seem to learn anything about herself, Edward or Jacob from the experience. She just sticks blindly with Edward. I don't hate Bella for being torn and I don't fault the guys for their dirty tricks, but I wanted Bella to really BE torn and have to deal with that.
So, while I enjoyed the book, I think that the central love triangle theme lacked true depth. That is my problem with all of the books, though I enjoyed reading them. You could say that the author's treatment of teenage love is perfect because Bella's thoughtless devotion coupled with her oblivious selfishness is accurate for someone of her age, or you could say that the story is merely trite and lacks true intensity due to the authors faults.
That being said I'm officially starting Team Threesome! The basic values are: fast cars, boys without shirts, and convenient heating and air conditioning for all members!
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Summary: good... but disapointing
Comment: I've read Eclispe numerous times before finally writting a comment on it. As usual, Bella manages to piss me off within minutes. Edward is, as usual, being completly controlling and irrating. Especailly, the part where he removes her spark plug to keep her from going to see jacob. Vampire or not, if it was me... i would have dumped his chauvinistic butt. Jacob's character is the only one who seem more realistic. Some people said that he was a jerk and a "rapist-in-training". I def. disagree. Yes... he was pushy... but that was only because he knew she wanted him too. And she wasn't exactly pushing him away. Though, I am glad when he finally let her go. He's way to good for her. He shouldn't be pleading his love to her anyway.
I cried on the end when they were talking and he finally told her he'd love her, but that he's giving up. Man... I wish Victoria would have just killed Bella and called it a day.
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Summary: still enjoying
Comment: Not sure I would believe a love triangle here, but still a fabulous guilty pleasure of reading. Just loved the whole series.
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Summary: One of the Worst supernatural romances ever written
Comment: I can't even express into words how strong my distaste for the entire Twilight Saga truly is. In my personal opinion Twilight is prefabricated, poorly written, shallow, demographic-forcing tripe. When I was a fourteen-year-old girl I was very obsessed with the vampire anti-hero Lestat from Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles. And though Lestat had many relationship issues he was still a better defined and more well conceived character than that of Edward Cullen.
Edward and Bella are poorly thought out, two dimensional shells. This was a deliberate effort by the author so that every young reader could imagine themselves as the main characters but in the process she made them so superficial that the characters lacked any quality of definition. They did not feel like real people.
Not only is Twilight poorly written but it also hinders upon actual mythology. The notion of vampires glittering in the sun is laughable at best. It brings to mind the recollection of such toys as the My Little Pony dolls. The logic behind vampires sparkling in the sunlight is non-existent. A vampire burning in the sun has been a staple of Gothic fiction for many years. There are real diseases and disorders in the world that make sunlight harmful to certain individuals. Scientifically it's more plausible to be harmed by sunlight than to 'naturally' sparkle in it.
Another flaw in the mythos of Twilight is the definition of werewolf. I cannot tell you how many times I have come across Twilight fans who insist the characters who can turn into wolves are not werewolves. They say that these characters are shape-shifters. A shape shifter by traditional definition can take on multiple forms, not just one. Many Twilight fans also argue that within the mythos of the books a true werewolf only changes on the full moon and that's why Jacob and company are not actually werewolves. The parapsychology student in me winces at this. In many traditional werewolf folklore out of Germany and France there are werewolves that most certainly can change at will, are aware in their wolf form, and are not bound by the phase of the moon. The very word werewolf means man-wolf. It does not mean part man and part wolf. It comes from the notion of a man INTO a wolf. Most classic werewolf stories (before The Wolf-Man movie) had the werewolf changing from a person into an actual wolf.
The very first werewolf legend can be traced back to the Greek myth of King Lycaon. According to legend King Lycaon served human flesh at a feast for Zeus (the king of the Gods). Zeus was so offended that he punished Lycaon by turning him into a wolf. Only his eyes remained human. This myth is where the terms Lycanthrope, Lycanthropy and the more modern Lycan come from. I guess it's safe to say Stephenie Meyer does not do her research in regard to the occult before writing these stories.
Not only is Twilight poorly written and intellectually insulting to occultists (amateur and professional alike) but it also promotes very unhealthy relationships. Edward Cullen is abusive, stalkerish and obsessive. Edward has also had moments of physically harming Bella. Bella is equally so but that does not make it okay, nor does it make the relationship healthy. At one point Edward disables Bella's mode of transportation and has her kidnapped as a means to 'protect' her. If he was not a vampire this would be viewed as highly abusive of the character. There is a fine line between being chivalrous and sexist. Edward Cullen crossed that line miles ago. This sets a very unhealthy ideal of what defines romantic relationship for the young readers of Twilight. I am not saying not to read Twilight nor am I saying to burn the books. I am simply saying that it needs to be looked at in context for what it truly is and that there are far higher quality reads out there. If you want a chivalrous character who is NOT sexist, seek The Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher. The hero, a wizard named Harry Dresden, is very chivalrous without being sexist.
Bella is what modern writers call A Mary Sue. In fiction writing and role playing games Mary Sue characters are strongly frowned upon. A Mary Sue is a character of shallow quality who is nearly flawless. The character is so perfect that even her so-called flaws are endearing.
I have run online text based role playing games since 1999 and I can tell you there are plot points in Twilight I would not have allowed in my game. A major one would be when Bella and Edward finally had their daughter toward the end of the book series the child aged extremely fast and by age seven or so she was involved with her mother's werewolf ex-boyfriend. To me this is disgusting. I would never have allowed this in my online role playing game. She might have developed with supernatural speed but she still has only had only seven-years-life experience and I feel that is certainly not enough time to be in a romantic relationship with a grown man. That was disturbing to me. Supernatural speed aging does not give her enough life experience for that sort of relationship. That was simply not right.
In short Twilight is not what I would consider a good read even for those who truly love supernatural romances. See out the likes of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. Twilight is not worth the time. There are higher quality works of fiction out there.
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