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Eclipse

by Stephenie Meyer

The third episode of Stephany Meyer’s vampire saga is here, the one you have been waiting for! What do we get here?.. Bella Swan is eager to become a vampire and live forever with her beloved one – Edward the vampire, the character you surely fell in love with in previous books. Edward wants marriage, but at the same time werewolf Jacob says he is in love with Bella as well. What will she do, knowing that her choice will surely starts again a never-ending war between vampires and werewolves? But suddenly the Cullen vampires and the Quileute werewolves get together to confront a band of vampires who want vengeance and are anxious to kill Bella. Who will win?..

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...kitchen. "Yeah?""Did Bella ever tell you that my parents gave her airplane tickets on her last birthday, so thatshe could visit Renée?"I dropped the plate I was scrubbing. It glanced off the counter and clattered noisily to thefloor. It didn't break, but it spattered the room, and all three of us, with soapy water. Charliedidn't even seem to notice. "Bella?" he asked in a stunned voice. I kept my eyes on the plate as I retrieved it. "Yeah, they did. "Charlie swallowed loudly, and then his eyes narrowed as he turned back to Edward. "No, shenever mentioned it. ""Hmm, " Edward murmured. "Was there a reason you brought it up?" Charlie asked in a hard voice. Edward shrugged. "They're about to expire. I think it might hurt Esme's feelings if Belladoesn't use her gift. Not that she'd say anything. " I stared at Edward in disbelief. Charlie thought for a minute. "It's probably a good idea for you to visit your mom, Bella. She'd love that. I'm surprised you didn't say anything about this,...

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Liz

04 Jun 2011 15:00:10

A wondwerful series to read!
Eclipse doesn't have any time gap from New Moon. It just keeps going and getting better. Bella has made her decision on where and how she is going to live her life and not everyone is happy about the decision she has made. She feels like it is the only decision that she could ever life with, without physically killing herself. The Cullens and Bella graduate high school together and are trying to make college plans but Bella has another idea in mind. Edward isn't sure he likes the idea she has for her future but his family thinks it is the only way she can really be part of the family.

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Dani

03 May 2011 20:36:43

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Eclipse is the third novel in Stephenie Meyer’s popular Twilight series. You really want to have read Twilight and New Moon (in that order) first before reading Eclipse, because the author doesn’t spend too much time expounding the story-lines of the previous novels but rather drops the reader straight in to the story. You also want to read Twilight and New Moon because they are both excellent novels and, trust me, you are missing out if you haven’t read them.

Eclipse carries on not long after New Moon left off. Bella’s high school graduation is approaching and she will soon be leaving Forks forever, ostensibly to go to college - but in reality she is planning to join her boyfriend in his vampire existence and will therefore be unable to return home, due to being dead and possessed by a terrible blood lust for the first few years. Not that the reader is actually taken that far in this story, we make it through graduation but then the dangerous vampires from Seattle come to Forks and dealing with them dominates the rest of the novel.

This is only one part of the story though. Eclipse is primarily a romantic saga, so Bella and Edward’s relationship is the primary focus of the novel. Or as I should say Bella, Edward and Jacob’s relationship - because there is a love triangle in the plot of this novel.

Bella and Jacob have always been friends, at least they were - right up until Jacob became a werewolf. Then the enmity between vampires and werewolves put a huge strain on their friendship. Besides which, Jacob is in love with Bella, who is in love with Edward so this is going to make things awkward between them.

At this point, Eclipse descends into soap opera territory – Bella has found her soul mate in Edward but Jacob is the soul mate she should have / could have / would have had if Edward didn’t exist. She loves him too but not as much as Edward. Why she loves Jacob is beyond me – he knows that she loves Edward but Jacob still tries to make her feel guilty that she can’t love him like he wants her too. Blatant emotional blackmail is unattractive whatever way you serve it up and it detracted from his otherwise fine character. Worse, it lead to a large proportion of this book being devoted to teenage angst and with this book being 628 pages long that a substantial amount of angst!

To be fair, Eclipse is written for the young adult market so I really shouldn’t complain about the teen angst and the drama but for me it meant that this book lacked the magical quality that made Twilight stand out from the crowd of vampire romances available in bookstores today. Don’t misunderstand me - Eclipse is still a really good read. The book didn’t feel like it was over 600 pages long, I literally flew through the pages and had to make a conscious effort to slow down my reading so I didn’t finish the whole book in a couple of sittings.

For teens already hooked on the series, Eclipse is another solid instalment of Forks goodness. Adult readers may be put off by the teenage relationship angst in this novel but if you have already enjoyed the author’s previous offerings I think there is still plenty here to entertain.

It will be intriguing to see where Stephenie Meyer takes the ideas and characters in this series next. Writing for the Young Adult market always means that there is some expectation for the author to set a good example for impressionable young minds yet criticisms that Bella’s character is too dependent and needs to set a better example for young women seem unfair. This is romantic fantasy – enjoy it!

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hanna_mcquarrie

04 Mar 2011 11:00:31

Loved this book...

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03 Mar 2011 20:36:30

this one left me sooo confused ... a part of me was team edward and another part of me was team jacob!!! but i always liked edward more!

15 Feb 2011 16:53:15

TWILIGHT FOREVER (L)

KVT_King

12 Feb 2011 19:25:55

I love it and a great series to read

Laurabuug

22 Jan 2011 18:17:12

This was pretty good but i got annoyed of how everything had to happen like Bella was the most unlucky person alive. It really is pretty good so give it a chance than your can read the best book breaking dawn!

h

20 Jan 2011 12:25:19

much awaited climax..gud

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