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| Eclipse (en espanol)(Twilight Saga, Book 3) (Paperback) | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Alfaguara
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  935 reviews
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Edition: Tra
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Pages: 624
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.6
ISBN: 1603960228
EAN: 9781603960229
ASIN: 1603960228
Publication Date: December 1, 2007
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Product Description
Readers captivated by Twilight and New Moon will eagerly devour Eclipse, the much anticipated third book in Stephenie Meyer's 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?
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 Good, but... August 8, 2007
371 out of 517 found this review helpful
I really love Twilight and New Moon. Really love? More like I'm obsessed. I can read them, and immediately reread them. I eagerly looked forward to Eclipse. It delivered, and it didn't.
Others have summarized the story, so I'll just tell my reaction to it.
The Good:
1. Bella finally starts to think about the consequences if she turns into a vampire. She starts to worry about Charlie and Renee, and what she will be like once she turns. In the other two books, she gave very little thought to these things--not very mature, in my opinion.
2. Jacob and Edward both appear a great deal, unlike in the previous two where one of them would go missing for long periods of time.
3. We learn more about the werewolves, their history and their habits. Very interesting stuff.
4. Bella FINALLY gains a backbone and defies Edward in something. Even going so far as to trick him into getting her way. Before, she conceded to his wishes so easily, or he manipulated or guilted her into conceding. Not very attractive, I don't think.
The Bad:
1. A lot of worrying, a lot of planning, a lot of backstory, not a lot of action.
2. Bella is STILL so terribly dependent on the Cullens. They haul her around and risk their lives to protect her while she is helpless. Not her fault, I know, but I wish Stephenie Meyer would give her some kind of human way to defend herself.
3. I suspected this in the other two books, but Eclipse confirmed it: Bella is ANNOYING in her love for Edward. She blocks out everything but him. I don't know, maybe it's because I love Jacob so much that I get angry when she dismisses him. Bella thinks she will die if Edward leaves her. DIE. Really? Is that such a good message--that the ONLY way a girl can be happy is if she is with her one true love, and bye bye happiness if she's not?-- to teach the young girls who are the target audience for this book?
4. Again, I just can't get over it, she is so obsessed with Edward when Jacob is there and he is much more real. He knows Bella. He doesn't treat her like she's glass. He treats her like a girl. He thinks of his own needs as well as hers, like a normal being would be. And he's so warm. He really is like a sun. I've never really believed in Edward's love. SMeyer never shows us why they love each other. She just states it as if it's fact and we should believe it because she says. In Twilight, there was no falling in love. There was just curiosity, a little obsession, and suddenly they declare themselves to each other. So unrealistic.
Conclusion: Despite all my ranting, I really did enjoy the book, and anyone who has been reading the series will enjoy it too. Get it ASAP!
 Eclipse brings us back to Forks and Twilight August 7, 2007
194 out of 229 found this review helpful
Twilight introduced us to Bella Swan and the mysterious Cullen's a family of vampires. New Moon pulled Bella and Edward Cullen apart, and tested their love and introduced us to Jacob and the battle between wolves and vampires. It also left us hanging with a decision about Bella and immortality: when?
Eclipse is different. We return to the town of Forks and find that nothing much has changed. Graduation is closer than ever (after which, the Cullen's have agreed to make Bella a vampire) and a serial killer is loose in Seattle. Bella cannot see Jacob, her best friend because he is a Werewolf, and due to her ties to the vampires, it would break treaties and bonds made between them.
As the days go by, and graduation gets closer and closer, Bella must choose her fate. She wants to become immortal and be with Edward, but she must give up her family to do so. She is also worried about the change: will she be able to be "vegetarian" like the Cullen Family, and refrain from human blood? Or will her new blood lust cause her to kill innocent people?
The serial killer that is in Seattle turns out to be supernatural: newborn vampires on the loose. This brings up even more issues for Bella and her decision to become immortal. Not that anything could ever persuade her to give Edward up, but it makes the choice more difficult by showing her the realities of becoming a vampire.
Without spoiling the plot: Jacob wants more from Bella too, which makes the choice even more difficult. Must Bella choose between the love of her life and her best friend?
Eclipse is yet another installment of a series I desperately hope will continue. I want to continue watching the characters grow and change, and find out what their lives will unfold to be like. I am already anxious for the next in the series! Write more, Stephenie Meyer!
 One Dull Set of Fangs October 5, 2007
148 out of 204 found this review helpful
About halfway through this, I had to remind myself that the reason I was getting so annoyed was that as a nearly forty year old man, I'm hardly the target audience for this series. Young Bella's dilemma whether to be made a vampire and spend eternity with her Edward, or dump him and attach herself to hottie werewolf Jacob is a heart wrenching love letter to the crush of girls who can't decide if Zac Efron or Orlando Bloom is hotter.I actually liked the first book, but this third installment could have really benefitted from the loving snip of an editor. Any action in the book is relegated to the final hundred pages,and that wraps up in maybe twenty of them. The rest is a constant seemingly never ending gush of who do I love more,why am I so tortured, and how can I ever say goodbye to all these two dimensional characters.Those with newfound hormones will more than likely be sobbing by the end. I was too, but only cause I thought it would never end.
Bella Bore August 30, 2007
137 out of 173 found this review helpful
I think one other person finally brought this up, but I must agree. What does everyone in the book see in Bella? It's rather unbelievable that two strong, "hot" men of any age (human or not) would find a weak, seemingly talentless, and "plain" girl so compelling. I loved Twilight. Bella and Edward had an energy I haven't seen in characters in a very long time. I was willing to overlook Bella's damsel in distress deal, because I figured she would grow as a character. As a writer myself, I prefer to write about realistic heroines. Not all of them start off strong, but many grow and learn to love themselves more. It doesn't matter if the book is fantasy or reality; it's the realistic human element that allows readers to connect to the characters.
That being said, what does Bella have to offer? She's not particularly smart. She has no goals in life outside of loving Edward and being with him forever and ever. Blah. She scoffs at the idea of going to Dartmouth. Empowering the mind through education??? Psh, she's too girly to do that! Has anyone ever noticed that she has no real hobbies? I love a main character with quirks and passions in life. Bella spends her days being rescued and, well, that's about it. It's the 21st century and women still have to struggle to be taken seriously. Let's get with it by presenting female characters that, sure, make mistakes, but reflect the incredible strength that most women have. I know I do.
That being said, there was a flicker of hope when Bella had second thoughts about marriage. I'm quite surprised at the amount of reviewers who supported Edward on the 'let's get married' view. Am I the only one who would find a guy manipulating me into marrying him extremely unattractive? When I was 17, I would have laughed in the guy's face at such a ludicrous suggestion. Gone is the sarcastic, deliciously arrogant and slightly mysterious Edward. He's been replaced by a needy sap who hasn't had a date in the 100 years he's been around? Come on, ladies. If he's as smoldering as Meyer suggests (I haven't counted, but I'm guessing there is a reference to it on every page), surely he would have had a few dates under his belt by now. I was hoping that the whole storyline with Rosalie suggesting there had been women in Edward's life before would play out as a secret he'd been keeping from Bella. That would have made him more real to me. Hey, I've made a few mistakes, but I love you now, honey puff (gag). What he comes off as, instead, is a naive female fantasy boy. I find that pretty boring, but I've always preferred the male love interest to be a bit rough around the edges. I find imperfections endearing, and more importantly, REAL.
Which brings me to Jacob. Aside from his unrealistic obsession with Bella, he is the most realistic character in the series at this point. For one thing, he acts like a 16 year old boy, right down to the barrage of immature comments and sloppy kisses. I can't really say he's a likable character for me, simply because he reminds me too much of the really bad dates I had in high school. Needless to say, I found their "hot embrace" towards the end more vile than anything else. I also don't understand why either character has any feelings for the other one at all? What do they have in common?
Alice was an interesting character in the first book. I like her little fashion quirks, but I cannot understand her patience with Bella. Since she's not in love with Bella, it makes little sense that she's put up with as much as she has. When Bella was making snotty comments at their little slumber party, I was waiting for Alice to become disgusted.
Disappointment is an understatement for me. I admit that I'm extremely picky when it comes to characters. I find most to be 2D and underdeveloped or just plain boring. Twilight had a magic above and beyond the books I've read in the last few years. I was excited to finally be drawn in by something again. When New Moon came out, I didn't like it nearly as much, but I still had some hope that Bella would develop as a character. Eclipse sealed the deal for me. I'll be happy not to read another page of Bella's self-deprecating and mundane blather. I'm sorry this is so harsh, but sometimes the author needs to hear the truth. My suggestion would be to forget your own morals, and think about what the characters in your book would realistically do. Stop forcing them to be so virtuous (ahem Edward). And please, pump some life into Bella.
At this point the only thing that redeem this series is if Breaking Dawn went a little like this: Bella ditches Edward and pursues a career as an FBI agent, joins the marines, decides to become a professional bum or something else completely unlike her. Oh, and Edward and Jacob hook up. Was I the only one that noticed the sexual tension between those two? It couldn't have all been about Bella.
Melts in your mouth August 7, 2007
119 out of 148 found this review helpful
Reading the third installment in the Twilight series was as satisfying to me as munching through a bag of dark chocolate M&Ms. The big ones.
Because, after all, Eclipse is BIG--629 pages--and in this volume of the story about Bella Swan, a mortal teenager, and vampire Edward Cullen, several big What If questions are explored: What if Bella decides once-and-for-all to become a vampire like Edward; how can she possibly know when she's ready? What if Edward relents and redraws his "many careful lines" for his physical relationship with Bella? What would it look like if something so evil were to terrorize the Olympic Peninsula that Bella's good vampires and her werewolf friends had to try to unite to fight it, despite their ancient animosity? And how would Bella's closest friend Jacob, probably the swiftest of the Quileute werewolves, compete with her supposedly true love Edward for her eternal devotion?
Once again, Stephenie Meyer has written a compelling and often humorous sequel set in the lush environment surrounding the small town of Forks, Washington. Her colorful characters feel like real people rather than types--a big thing for me. And what situations could've been written morosely or indelicately came off instead as, well, as a kind of sensuous elegance. Even though the more private moments of pain or pleasure were described honestly, with realistic detail, they weren't stripped of their intimacy by such telling. That impressed me. And there are lots of these kinds of moments throughout the book. I just ate it up.
One thing that might bog down readers is the tremendous amount of backstory that must be covered in order for the action and some characters' points of view to make sense. It makes for a lot of exposition (as opposed to plain ol' action), even when the stories are coming out of the characters' mouths. But at least the stories are told in varied styles, according to the characters relating them, so monotony is not an issue. It's just a LOT of information to keep straight.
Even so, unlike a bag of M&Ms, Eclipse did not give me a bellyache once I finished it. It has left me wanting more. And so I wait for book four...
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