by jettabugfox » Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:09 pm
Ahh, I love them all for such different reasons. Its like choosing between children.
I guess that my favorite is Eclipse. I feel like the relationship between Bella and Edward changes during the book in a way that really makes me happy. I don't know if I can explain this well, but I feel like Edward finally takes Bella seriously and admits that he is as much a part of her as she is of him. Hmmm. Does that make sense? An example would be when he compromises about where he will be during the fight with the newborns - I appreciated that he was able to say to her, "you gave me the options you could live with, and I am giving you the one I can live with." To me, this just shows growth in their relationship. Although I wish Bella wouldn't have felt guilty about it, but she is a teenager...
There are also so many parts of that book I love - graduation, the "kidnapping", the tent "dream", obviously the proposal, etc...
Although I hated Jacob at the end of this book, even though I felt bad for him, too. I was almost glad that he ran away, except for the fact that I knew it would make Bella upset. I guess that I probably was in Edward's shoes in terms of my feelings for Jacob by the end of Eclipse. I loved him in New Moon, and I totally appreciated his book in Breaking Dawn, and I love him now, but when I was done with Eclipse, I just wanted to slap him.
Anyway, I think that Eclipse is the book I would choose if I could only read one from the series.
Don't compromise yourself. You are all that you've got. - Janis Joplin