Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3)
by Stephenie Meyer
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Readers captivated by Twilight and New Moon will eagerly devour the
paperback edition Eclipse, the third book in Stephenie Meyers riveting
vampire love saga. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings
and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again
finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to
choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob ---
knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle
between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching,
Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?
Personal Review: Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3) by
Stephenie Meyer
First off, I only started reading the Twilight series AFTER I'd seen the
movie, then I actually read Stephanie Meyer's Midnight Sun on her website
before entering into the series. Perhaps it's because I came at this from a
different order, but I feel that reading Edward's perspective of the love
story between Bella and himself put some of the missing puzzles together.

To be quite honest, I enjoyed reading from Edward's perspective much
more than Bella's and I sincerely hope that she will finish Midnight Sun
someday. But back to the critique...
I think Stephanie Meyer did a fantastic job capturing the internal struggles
that Bella faced with the decision of choosing Edward vs. Jacob. Although
she loved Jacob, he would never fulfill her heart the way that Edward
would. He was her soulmate, her reason for existence, she could not live
without him. And although she loved Jacob and could envision the life (the
normal life) that she might have had with Jacob, if she had chosen him,
she would always been left wanting for more. Although she was
heartbroken and in pain after she'd told Jacob her final decision, that pain
was miles away in comparison to the months and months of torment that
Edward's disappearance had done to her. She would be sad, hurt, but that
type of pain that leaving Jacob would cause her is not the type that would
leave her in a lifeless state. She understood herself and that is why she
KNEW that being without Edward was unbearable, but being without Jacob
would be hard, but she could endure. It's like when the first love ended,
even though you find love again and could be happy, that first love will
always hold a special place for you. For Bella, Edward was her first and
one true love. The one that she knew she could not live without. It was a
pure, innocent love that only a first love could be. With Jacob, her love
was more of an "adult love." Not as fervent, not as crazed, it was a
practical and realistic love, but it wasn't the life or death type of love she
shared with Edward. It could be something that eventually made her
happy, but it would be a type of happiness that would leave yearnings.
I'd read many reviews before I borrowed this book to read. I found that
many readers found the way that Edward seemed to have lost his
"cockiness, arrogance, and edge" to be repulsive and was one of the many
critiques that were thrown at Meyer's writing skill. I believe if the readers
got a chance to read Midnight Sun and understand Edward's perspective
(even though that work is far from complete and certainly doesn't even
cover contents of Twilight entirely), it would make much more sense as to
why Edward would act the way he does, putting up with everything that
Bella would throw at him and allowing her find out how she felt about
Jacob. Edward never felt he could deserve her, even from the very
beginning when he realized he loved her. Just as she never felt good
enough for him, he never felt good enough for her. I do not agree that
Meyer seemed to be pitting Bella's 2 loves against each other in this battle
of who loves Bella more. Both men are willing to do step back and accept
whomever she chooses, in that way they are both honorable. But I did not
feel that Bella was going back and forth trying to figure out who loved her
more, she knew they both loved her unselfishly, to the extent that she did
not deserve, but it was only at the end that Bella realized she did love
Jacob as well, but not in the way that she would always love Edward. She
had closed herself off to that possibility because Jacob represented
everything that she would give up when she decided to join Edward and if
she allowed herself to understand that, she could feel hesitant in her

decision. Since she cannot live without Edward, the love of her entire
existence, giving up Jacob was something that she knew she could and
had to live with.
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