Lost in Stephenie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn
For me, this was the pick of the series to date. Longer, and slightly more difficult reading, it still only took 2 days to finish (no, I don’t have a life). I was disappointed by how Charlie & Renee reacted to the wedding, I would have liked to have seen them kick up some sort of tanty over it but it was all roses… literally. The change to Jacob’s first person in Book 2 was interesting, much better than it would have been to read about those events from Bella’s perspective and a welcome change.
The name given to the child, Renesmee, is one of the most ridiculous names I’ve ever heard – I actually threw the book in disgust. Bella’s reaction to the resulting nickname was just as annoying as the name, if not moreso, and combined they really did ruin the rest of the book for me. I know she’s just a ficitonal character and all, but hey, give your kid a stupid name, expect a stupid nickname!
All in all, a reasonable book once again let down by frustrating characters (never before have I wanted to reach into a book so many times & slap the characters) & poor writing (seriously Meyers, buy a fucking thesaurus).
