Laurie
Written on Jul 26, 2020
Atmosphere: 8
Writing: 7
Plot: 7.5
Intrigue: 8
Logic: 7.5
Enjoyment: 8
Total: 53
53 / 7 = 7.6 = 4 stars
I rated this 5 stars back in 2010.
'Bella?' Edward's soft voice came from behind me. I turned to see him spring lightly up the porch steps, his hair windblown from running. He pulled me into his arms at once, and kissed me again. His kiss frightened me. There was too much tension, too strong an edge to the way his lips crushed mine - like he was afraid we had only so much time left to us. 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 approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which? Following the international bestsellers Twilight and New Moon, Eclipse is the much-anticipated third book in Stephenie Meyer's captivating saga of vampire romance.
- ISBN10 1905654367
- ISBN13 9781905654369
- Publish Date 5 June 2008 (first published 1 January 2007)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 February 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Imprint ATOM
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 672
- Language English
Reviews
Atmosphere: 8
Writing: 7
Plot: 7.5
Intrigue: 8
Logic: 7.5
Enjoyment: 8
Total: 53
53 / 7 = 7.6 = 4 stars
I rated this 5 stars back in 2010.
lauriesbookshelf
Written on Jul 26, 2020
Atmosphere: 8
Writing: 7
Plot: 7.5
Intrigue: 8
Logic: 7.5
Enjoyment: 8
Total: 53
53 / 7 = 7.6 = 4 stars
I rated this 5 stars back in 2010.
moraa
Written on Dec 7, 2018
Generally though, this one felt more real to me and it was thicker too so yay.
Three stars and not four because I still don't think I'd like it now and a major factor in books for me is timelessness and this didn't have that.
kymmiejournals
Written on Apr 28, 2018
Angie
Written on Dec 11, 2012
There’s finally a sense of urgency with the plot. What appears to be a serial killer on the loose in Seattle, ends up being something much, much more, threatening both Bella and the Cullens. Instead of just sitting around, Bella is actually scared and tries to help, despite being just a lowly human with no special powers or skills.
Also, we finally get out of the tiny Bedward bubble and learn more about other members of the Cullen family and the Quiluete tribe. This was probably my favorite part about Eclipse, even though it added a lot of pages of info-dumping. At least it was interesting dumpage, particularly Rosalie’s chapter. She’s not just a beautiful bitch. There’s much more to her, and the situation surrounding her transformation definitely explains her tough exterior.
The thing that made me drop a star, was all of the manipulation going on disguised as love! Edward and Jacob both admit to manipulating Bella’s feelings, and Bella knowingly manipulates them both, and of course Edward and Jacob manipulate each other for the sake of Bella’s love! And Bella manipulates Charlie, which is just inexcusable and unforgivable since I adore Charlie! It was all a big mess and bothered the heck out of me. Can’t anybody just say how they’re really feeling and accept everyone else’s feelings, instead of trying to take advantage? Apparently not.
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reveriesociety_
Written on Aug 10, 2012
nitzan_schwarz
Written on Mar 9, 2012
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Edward's back, Bella is still dependent on others but in a less pathetic manner and all is well with the world again! Well, except.... we still have that annoying love triangle.
Eclipse was a lot better than New Moon plot-wise, no contest, but that doesn't mean I didn't wish Jacob was erased from the equation. At the very least on the love front. I detest love-triangles. 90% of the time, they ruin my enjoyment of the romance in a book.
And in Eclipse it's especially grating, because Twilight started off as basically the ultimate love story between Edward and Bella. I was behind these two as a couple 100% in book one. But now, how do you expect me to believe they share a pure and deep love if Bella herself doesn't seem so sure of that? In fact, she is so unsure she falls for another guy!
Speaking of Bells, I hoped this book would redeem her to me. It doesn't. For a girl who gave up living when her boyfriend left she is very... fickle. Also, Eclipse emphasizes Bella's most defining feature - she is useless. In the first book, I admired her courage despite this. By the third book, I'm mostly exasperated that her only course of action is sacrifice.
Moving on to Edward. He's better than he was in New Moon, granted, but at this point I feel like I love him more out of loyalty than anything else. He's just so apathetic about this whole thing. His excuse is that he brought it on himself - which, yes, he did - but that doesn't mean you need to appear as if you don't care!
Despite Eclipse being one of my least favorite of the series, it contains one scene that never fails to give me such strong feels/i>. I shall call it the Rejection Scene. Feel free to ask in the comment for explanation, but the bottom line is that it gets me in every way, and I just think that's magical. Even if it's hella painful.
Aside for this scene, my favorite parts of this novel were Rose and Jasper's background. Here are two characters that were always on the sideline, but they get the spotlight for a while and it's cool and it's awesome and it makes you love them so much more and understand them. Especially in the context of the next book ;)
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Edward's back again, Bella is no longer pathetic and anti-social, and all is well with the world again!
EXCEPT...
We still have that annoying love-triangle. ~deep sigh~.
Seriously, for someone who basically gave up living the moment Edward was out of her life, she is very... fickle.
I've said it before - I HATE love triangles. Sometimes I don't mind them too much, but in a story like THIS, which is basically about the ultimate and somewhat perfect romance we all want to experience, it feels even more wrong than it does usually, and I hated it. I wanted Bella to chose Edward already and stop the nonsense, because as much as I like Jacob, he's not The one for Bella, as we knew from book 1. (No teams for me, BTW. I love Edward with Bella, and love Taylor in RL).
So, I liked this book a whole lot more than New Moon and less than Twilight, but the triangle just ruin it a bit for me which is why I only gave it 3 stars, despite it being one of my favorite series.
mitabird
Written on Feb 21, 2012
layawaydragon
Written on Oct 22, 2011
sleepseeker
Written on Apr 25, 2011