So I just started the fourth installment of the "Twilight Saga" last week. This is pathetic because I read the first three books one after another and the fourth one, Breaking Dawn, has been sitting on the top of one of my closet shelves for the past two or three years. I loved the first three books but could never bring myself to pick up the last one. If this doesn't tell you how much I dislike reading then I don't know what will.
Breaking Dawn begins like the first three books with Bella talking about death. Imagine that. She finally agreed to marry Edward in the previous book in return for eternal life as a vampire. Alice, her upbeat future sister-in-law, is in charge of the wedding plans of course while Bella dreads it all. Of course. Bella comes home from the gas station to find Charlie, her father, all dressed up in his tux for his final fitting. Charlie, understandably, is not too thrilled about his eighteen-year-old daughter getting married right out of high school. In fact, the only reason he approved the engagement was because he was sure that Bella's mother would greatly disapprove. Little did he know that she would gush with happiness in hearing the good news.
Anyway, if you have read this series you will understand that the characters have not changed one bit; Charlie still keeps to himself as he plunges through the awkwardness between him and his daughter, Alice is still peppy and tries to push Bella into situations she would usually defer from, Edward is still annoying and overly protective of his love, and Bella--Bella is just as annoying and awkward and stubborn and frustrating and clueless as she is in the first three books. These characters lack true depth and I can't stand most of them yet I continue to read the books and fall in love with the movies. I don't know what it is but I can't get enough.
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