Book Review: Eclipse

Synopsis

Bella must choose between her friendship with Jacob, a werewolf, and her relationship with Edward, a vampire, but when Seattle is ravaged by a mysterious string of killings, the three of them need to decide whether their personal lives are more important than the well-being of an entire city.

Comments

The saga countinues with the 3rd book in the Twilight series.  It starts to get a little weird with some strange plot lines. It’s not much darker then New Moon, but Bella’s desire to sleep with Edward becomes a bit much. NOT recommended for younger then 14.

Language

Level 1 [?]

Sexual Content

Lots of kissing and lusting after a certain sparkly vampire. Jacob kisses Bella against her will.

Alcohol/Drugs

Medically administered pain medication makes a teen loopy.

Violence/Disturbing

A vampire tells a story (sans details) about being gang-raped by her fiancee and his friends who she later murders. Battle scenes between werewolves and vampires, with some gory detail (decapitating vampires, body parts trying to re-assemble themselves).  A woman kills herself (for noble purpose) in front of her young sons. 

Social/Family

Bella has strong feelings about getting married, ‘…like some small-town hick who got knocked up by her boyfriend.’ Bella lies and deceives her parents.

Religion/Spiritual

The re-telling of a story about Native American warriors that involves their spirits leaving their bodies. Edward doesn’t want to turn Bella into a vampire because he is concerned that vampires are damned and will never enter heaven.