ECLIPSE

The story opens with the revelation that Seattle is being plagued by a string of unsolved murders, which Edward suspects is caused by a newborn vampire that is unable to control its thirst for human blood. As Edward and Bella apply to colleges, Bella explains to Edward her desire to see her friend, Jacob Black, a werewolf. Although Edward fears for her safety, Bella insists that neither Jacob nor his pack would ever harm her, and she begins to visit him occasionally.

Meanwhile, Alice Cullen has a vision that Victoria, a vampire who is hunting Bella for revenge, has returned to Forks. A few days later, Edward proposes to Bella and, despite harboring an aversion to marriage, she accepts.

Bella and the Cullens soon realize that the Seattle murders are being committed by an army of newborn vampires, controlled by Victoria. The Cullens join forces with the wolf pack to combat this threat. As everyone else prepares for battle, Edward, Bella and Jacob camp in the mountains, hidden during the battle, where they are later joined by Seth Clearwater, a young wolf pack member, to wait out the fight.

In the morning, Jacob becomes upset when he overhears Edward and Bella discussing their engagement and threatens to join the fight and get himself killed. To stop him, Bella kisses Jacob and comes to realize that she is in love with him as well. During the battle, Victoria tracks Edward's scent to Bella's forest hiding place, and Edward is forced to fight. After Victoria and her army are successfully destroyed, Bella explains to Jacob that while she loves him, her love for Edward is far greater. After receiving a wedding invitation from Edward, Jacob runs away in his wolf form to escape his pain, angry and heartbroken at Bella's decision to become a vampire.


If you are a twilight lover and havent read Eclipse yet, well good for you!! You have spared yourself from utter annoyance and disgust. But if youre a masochist in nature and cant stand to miss a sequel, then read on. You better skip ETHICS and NEEDS if you were deeply rooting for Edward though, those two chapters arent exactly recommended for highly emotional Edwardist. But then, really, you could skip this third book..there's nothing much in this to miss anyway. The much-awaited Edward vs Victoria thing? Its one hell of a crap! Meyer could atleast make it a little suspenseful and edgy! After the fight, i was really dumbfounded, i was like, just like that? seriously, Stephenie? It hasnt yet evoked even a slightest fear and thrill from me and the next thing i knew it was already done! It's nothing but a crappy, wit-forsaken 'blink-of-an-eye-scene' and doesnt worth the damn wait!! Edward has gotten not even a single scratch, i tell you! I wish Meyer doesnt make him that perfect & invincible. And, *winced* Bella's unfaithfulness is really too much for me to digest..To stress my point, i can stomach the major flaws in Meyer's Twilight books, but certainly not this lines!:


Edward pull me into his arms. At first it was worse. Because there was that smaller part of me--smaller but getting louder and angrier every minute, screaming at the rest of me-- that craved a different set of arms.

I saw the whole thing-- our whole life. And i want it bad Jake, I want it all. I want to stay here and never move. I want to love you and make you happy. And i cant, and its killing me. I never had a choice. I always knew nothing would change. Maybe that is why i was fighting against you so hard


why wasnt i stopping this? Worse than that, why couldnt i find myself even the desire to stop? What did it mean that i didnt want him to stop?(Bella while Jacob is kissing her)



..I cant honestly imagine how could Bella, who's completely, hopelessly in love with Edward could still fall for someone else. And her giving into Jacob's threat of killing himself in the fight if she didnt kiss him is sickening!! Ok,d third paragraph is slightly understandable-- human weakness, that is-- but absolutely not the second one! Its downright riveting!


Sure, it aint the worst book ive ever read but i just somehow find it err, not quite 'palatable' to my bookworm hunger. But hey,i think i should atleast give some positive views to Meyer and her highly, PAINFULLY popular Twilight saga


THE BRIGHT SPOTS:


THE CULLENS..they are the major reason why i still find the guts to continue reading.. I just love Alice, the adorable, child-like Cullen and dear Emmett. And yes, Edward, eventhough he's already way different from the Edward i fell in love with in Twilight.


Now Meyer might be amateurist in other aspects of writing, but boy, isnt she good in no-nonsense babbles?
it's honestly one of the few reasons which keep this book into pieces.
I love it whenever Alice is being difficult and insistent and Edward gets annoyed with her. And i so adore Emmett's humor and wit. Sorry, but I dont give a fig about that flirty Bella anymore XP


ok, that's it, i dont feel like being extremely generous now. I am beyond repelled thanks to Meyer and this nerve-racking novel of her
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