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Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
3.0
Renesmee?
After talking to a lot of friends/family about this book in particular I've been able to come up with a conclusion. People who like happy endings love this book. People who find happy endings smarmy hate this book. Having that knowledge equipped I tried to keep myself impartial because it is a happy ending but I was not on board with a significant portion of the book, and it's an enormous lump of a book...Bella doesn't have to sacrifice anything. Not that she is required to by any means but...she gets every thing she wants, I suppose readers are conditioned into expecting some sort of tradeoff.
There was a lot to like...I liked the pack stuff with Jacob, any scene with Seth in it is a great scene! I liked hearing about the other vampires' abilities...but I just got supporting character overload in the last section of the book. One thing Nate and I brought up several times during the reading of this one is how much Edward seems to lose his bite (hah).
After talking to a lot of friends/family about this book in particular I've been able to come up with a conclusion. People who like happy endings love this book. People who find happy endings smarmy hate this book. Having that knowledge equipped I tried to keep myself impartial because it is a happy ending but I was not on board with a significant portion of the book, and it's an enormous lump of a book...Bella doesn't have to sacrifice anything. Not that she is required to by any means but...she gets every thing she wants, I suppose readers are conditioned into expecting some sort of tradeoff.
There was a lot to like...I liked the pack stuff with Jacob, any scene with Seth in it is a great scene! I liked hearing about the other vampires' abilities...but I just got supporting character overload in the last section of the book. One thing Nate and I brought up several times during the reading of this one is how much Edward seems to lose his bite (hah).
The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco
1.0
Could not finish. :(
Usually I love Eco, but I didn't like the flow of this book, even though the premise was intriguing.
Usually I love Eco, but I didn't like the flow of this book, even though the premise was intriguing.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
3.0
I actually had a really hard time finishing this book. From what I remember, I liked the backstory of Kavalier a lot better than that of Klay, but it's been a few years now.
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman
4.0
Some of the best zombie lit ever. Highly recommended.