Twilight 2

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So I enjoyed Twilight and its sequel, New Moon. Eclipse, the third in the series, was the obvious next book. Where Twilight deals with Bella’s relationship with Edward and New Moon deals with Edward’s absence and Bella’s friendship with Jacob, Eclipse deals with the confrontation of the two. Of course, Edward is a vampire and Jacob is a werewolf, and they happen to be mortal enemies. By now, Edward and Bella are madly in love and Bella wants to become a vampire. Jacob’s friendship with Bella has made Jacob fall in love her. And, of course, an evil vampire named Victoria has developed an army of young vampires to raid the town of Forks and kill Bella.

Now, the story line did not bother me. I enjoyed the build-up to the battle and for the most part the battle itself.

What bothered me was the way that Jacob turned out. Jacob is in love with Bella, but Bella made it clear that she was in love with Edward. Jacob wasn’t about to take “no” for an answer. His actions are borderline assault. After forcing her to kiss him, and then getting into her sleeping bag, he tells her that if she does not choose him he will run into the battle and have himself killed.

Now, two things bug me:

A) Edward did not rip Jacobs jaw off and then force him to choke on it.

B) Bella, still loving Edward, played with Jacob’s emotions and basically gave him the idea that she could leave Edward and choose him.

As much as I grew to hate Jacob, I really started to dislike Bella. Actually, I really hate Bella. I feel she is begging for constant attention and companionship. And it is annoying. Even though Jacob is turning into a sexual deviant, she still needs his friendship and does not want to let him go.

Now, I used to think Edward was creepy and controlling, and now I feel that Edward is very classy. He should have every right to rip off Jacob’s arm and beat him to death with it, but he stays calm and collective. Even though Bella is too eager to lose her virginity (which Meyer goes out of her way to not say by name), Edward sticks to his morals and holds off her advances, making deals of his own to hold off Bella’s need to become a vampire.

I still enjoyed the book itself, but I was not a fan of the character development.