Blog 2

This week, I started reading Breaking Dawn which is the 4th installment in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. I read the first three this summer and I absolutely loved them so that’s why I chose to read this one. The general plot is about a girl named Bella Swan who falls in love with a vampire named Edward Cullen. It sounds really weird and I thought it was going to be stupid until I picked up Twilight. The writing is a lot better than I expected it to be, and all four books are very captivating. When you’re reading about something like vampires, it’s hard to imagine what is going on because most of us have never seen a vampire before. That is what makes these books so good. Meyer’s impeccable amounts of detail make it impossible not to be picturing the entire story in your mind. Another thing that Meyer does in Breaking Dawn specifically is that she uses multipiple points of view. The Preface to Book 1 is from Jacob, Bella’s werewolf friend’s perspective, which is very interesting. Since all the previous books are from Bella’s view, it’s hard to truly understand her relationship with Jacob. Seeing it from Jacob’s side brings a whole new light to the matter. The rest of Book 1 is Bella’s thoughts, and Book 2 switches back to Jacob. The final book (3) returns to Bella’s point of view. This is really interesting for me because authors don’t switch back and forth between perspectives very often, and if they do it’s every chapter not every book. Usually I don’t like the change in point of view because it gets confusing and unless you stop reading at the end of a chapter every time, it’s hard to just pick up the book and start reading because you forget who’s section of the book you are in. Just like with the vampire topic though, I like the way Meyer chose to write Breaking Dawn. It helps you understand what is going on with Bella and with Jacob without being too back and forth. Another thing I love about the Twilight books is that there is not really a climax because the whole thing is just so intense! I am almost done with Breaking Dawn, and I’m bummed because it’s the last one. But I can’t wait to find out what happens!