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| Surprised by other reviewsI have to say that I was very surprised when I read some of the other reviews for this. I thought this was a great book. I read that some people thought that the love triangle was not believable. I have to disagree. Unfortunately I've actually found myself in that particular predictament and I have to say that I felt a lot like her. And it's not always easy to see exactly what the right choice is, even if it seems obvious to everyone else. I thought it was a rather realistic depiction. I find it annoying that people review things like this, acting all holier than thou, even though I'm sure they've never written or tried to write a novel. I've read a great deal and there have been good books and bad books, but I always respect the attempt. I loved this book. It was completely fitting with the entire series and for those of you who didn't like it, that's your opinion, but I respectfully disagree. If you've never read this book and you're thinking about it, don't base your decision about whether to read it or not on those people who reviewed it badly. Read it and decide for yourself.
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| Personally I love a happy endingAfter reading all of the reviews I thought I would break down and write my own. I came into the Twilight world by chance and like almost everyone who has read Twilight, I too fell in love and finshed the whole series in less then two weeks. I laughed, cried and like some cringed. Despite the cringing, I loved Breaking Dawn, I loved the wedding, I loved their honeymoon, and I loved that Bella and Edward were going to have a "little nudger!!" The whole pregnacy and birth was a little crazy but the whole idea of a girl falling in love with a vampire, then marrying one, then becoming one is a little crazy. I'm glad even vampires can learn that one time is all it takes!! As far as the happy ending, it took Bella three previous books to get her happy ending, the fighting, Edward leaving, more fighting I was glad they got to be together in the end. People wanted a big fight to happen, but if Alice or Carlise or someone else were to have died people would of been mad with that too. As for Jacob imprinting on the "little nudger" I have to say I was happy with that too, happy that Jacob was happy and was finally over Bella. Like I said before some of the things were a little crazy but overall I was happy and I WISH Meyer would take us back there again sometime, we all need a happy ending sometimes!!
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| Offers a new way at looking at the world.I enjoyed and got a lot more out of this book than "Tipping Point", Malcolm Gladwell's first book. First off, it is a very delightful and entertaining read. Gladwell is a master story teller. He creates suspense out of ordinary stories that we have all experienced in life. His technique reminded me of the ones the brothers Heath recommended in their wonderful book, "Made to Stick". "Outliers" consists of numerous well told stories which help Gladwell make the point that often success is wrongly overly attributed to pure talent.
Much of the criticism directed at Gladwell is valid, but readers must remember that the author is tackling a social science - not a hard science like physics or chemistry. Why is Bill Gates so successful? Gladwell offers one theory and of course there may be many more different ways of looking at his success. There is no correct answer as to why some succeed but Gladwell makes a convincing argument for the roles of hard work (he argues that one needs 10,000 hours of practice) and environment. He argues that environment is ultimately a function of luck. For example, you have a much better chance of playing professional hockey in Canada if you are born at the beginning of a given year. Gladwell also inverts the problem by looking at various stories of failure such as why Korean pilots were so much more likely to crash. Gladwell also does great service by taking on cultural and race issues head on, a sensitive topic that many authors may find difficult to write about. For example, he analyzes why Chinese are good in math. Naturally readers are not going to agree (I certainly did not) with everything Gladwell argues, but that does not make the book any worse. He gives readers a lot to think about while being extremely entertaining.
Gladwell is a very talented writer who has clearly put in 10,000 hours practicing his skills and has been lucky to have been given the opportunity to put those skills to use. I highly recommend this brilliant book.
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