Customer Reviews
Exciting, romantic, sexy, a great read - By: Mrs. S. D. Williams, 29 Sep 2008 
Unlike the other reviewers, I thought that Eclipse was the bestin the series so far. (It is the thirdin a set of four). The love triangle between Bella, Edward & Jacob was so sad & frustrating because we all know that she made the foolish choicein the end but the chemistry between her & her "choice" was so electric, you cant condemn her for it.
What woud you choose? A vampire or a werewolf? hmmmmm difficult choice....
I thoroughly enjoyed the actionin this book & found every page an enthralling read. The emotional scenes between Bella & Edward left me with a spine tingling sensation but the one between Bella & Jacob just made me sad.
The characters were really good, the plot was excellant but I would agree with the other reviewers that Bella did come across as whiny, childish & selfish although I must admit that I didn't think that as I read the book itself.
What can I say? A great book, I am starting Breaking Dawn tonight & I will be gutted when the series is at an end.
Eclipse. - By: Mrs. J. Edwards, 28 Sep 2008 
OK. Twilight was fantastic. New Moon was OK. Eclipse. Pfft. Bella litrally turned psychopath when Jacob kissed her. She gets seriously sadistic & threatens Jacob with Edward. How pathetic. Also, a broken hand, she's notin pain? HOW!?
Bella is the worst book character ever. She is clearly based upon Meyer. She's a childish little girl who needs to grow up. Meyer clearly got all of this from a dream, we can tell. Nothingin reality would go that well for someone after moving to a completely new place but that's Twilight. Eclipse is boring me, nothing has happened & I'm reaching the end of the book. There is constant spelling mistakes & there is a grammer mistakes nearly on every page. This is a poor read. Twilight, fantastic, read it, but stop there because only one little dream of Meyer's can provide for so much. She clearly has rushed her books & the spelling mistakes show. Everyonein the book treats Bella like royalty. She's a whiney, childish little girl who has tantrums & takes it out on those around her.
Don't waste your money. Make up your own ending for Bella & Edward after Twilight.
It's heartbreaking... - By: maria, 03 Aug 2008 
I've finish reading Twilight & New Moon. Eclipse... hmmm... I can't really give a thought of reading without skipping it. Everytime I read the part, where Bella & Jacob is so very passionate & over friendship sort of relationship, this is where I freak out & skip the page or chapter where I can enjoy Edward/Bella moment is.. I am not a type of reader who is into this sort of theme. Bella is not my cup of tea when it comes to love, she is so immature. Why can't she treat Jacob as her brother, just like brotherly love, not a freaking deep love that you felt the same way as your vampire boyfriend... Well I still like some part of the book. It's not my kind of story but it's worth to try reading it.
Too involved to be objective? - By: DevJohn01, 30 Jul 2008 
I have kept up with these characters, Bella, Edward & Jacob, for three books now & I am finding it hard to find my objectivity these days. Was this book good? Yes, they all are. Could I put `ECLIPSE' down once I picked it up? Absolutely not! But this was not my favorite bookin the series.
Now before you all start throwing tomatoes (because I know many people think it is the best thus far), this goes back to my objectivity being compromised. There were so many great aspects of this book, for example, the flash backs as to how the rest of the Cullen's became vampires (loved that!), the history of the Quileute tribe & the story line about the newborns (which,in truth, I had higher hopes for but I liked it overall). Butin my head there is a certain outcome that I would prefer for Bella, but by the end of `ECLIPSE' it became pretty clear that what I want & what is actually going to happen are two very different things. It is like watching a good friend make a lot of decisions that you know are really bad. It is frustrating.
Also, Bella was a little hard to deal within this third book. She was whiney & selfish ,in my opinion, quite often I wanted to slap her (smile)! I found her treatment of everyone from Edward to Jacob to Charlie off-putting & I often found myself screaming at the book for Bella to "stop being so selfish!!" Nonetheless, this book is just as engrossing as the rest, that point I cannot deny. I found myself reading 'ECLIPSE' faster than I have ever ready any other 600+ page book before. And I am waiting not-so-patiently on the edge of my seat for the fourth & final bookin the Twilight saga `BREAKING DAWN'!
