"Breaking Dawn"

Well, I'm a total crazy nerd and went to the release party for "Breaking Dawn" at Border's, proudly wearing my team Edward T-shirt. It was actually quite fun. As Midnight grew closer things got a little hectic, but its all part of the experience! Kristie and I went at 8am to line up for a wristband to get into the party that started at 9:30 pm that evening. The wristbands each had a number on them,which was your place in line at midnight. I was number 129. My goal was to be in the first 100,which obviously didn't happen, but I was happy not to be number 1600(yes, the line really was that long). It was insane. As we left the store with our shiny new books, we looked back at the winding line in the parking lot that looked like a line for a Disneyland ride! It was intenst.

WARNING---THE REST OF THIS BLOG CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!!

I finished a few hours ago and I loved it. I'm a little obsessed with the books and, wanted to know what others thought. So, I googled some discussion boards and read the reactions. Sadly, majority of them are extremely negative. It seems almost everybody hated the book and thought it was a horrible letdown. Personally, I thought it was perfect. There were little details that sucked, like the name Renesmee, and the fact that Renesmee seemed to take all the attention from Edward. Edward was more in the background. People also seemed to really hate the section in Jacob's POV. I loved it! It made me like Jacob, which I didn't think was at all possible. I was completely surprised by the whole pregnancy thing, and I thought it was cool. People are also complaining that Bella didn't really have normal "newborn" tendencies. I expected that. I guessed that her weird ability to block vampire powers would somehow allow her to block her own thirst. Maybe that what it was, maybe it was really just the fact that she planned the whole process out beforehand. Either way, it was what I expected and I loved it. I loved how powerful she was. The first three books all allude to the possibility of Bella becoming extremely powerful. I loved the perfect happy ending. It was a great way to end the book. I actually thought Jake imprinting on Renesmee was cute and funny and a good compromise. I'm glad Bella and Edward had their moments, but that is the one thing I would have changed---MORE BELLA AND EDWARD MOMENTS! I love Edward's parts in the first three books, and I sort of missed his charisma in book 4. The wedding and honeymoon were both perfect. Could not have been better. I think the book was the perfect ending for this amazing series, and I hate that so many people are having such negative reactions. It makes me feel bad for Stephenie. Then again, bad reactions are no reactions. Maybe the fact that so many people hate it, is proof that it really was a good book that gets to its readers!