Breaking Dawn
- 756
- Pages
- about 14 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Breaking Dawn” is, for some readers, an uneven finale. It is split into three parts, and they much prefer the two told by Bella, the wedding at the start and the upheavals at the close, to the middle part narrated by Jacob, which they find melodramatic. Even so, it gives the saga a full-scale ending. At 756 pages, it is for readers who have come this far and want to see it through.
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About the book
Breaking Dawn is the 2008 fourth novel in The Twilight Saga by American author Stephenie Meyer. Divided into three parts, the first and third sections are written from Bella Swan's perspective, and the second is written from the perspective of Jacob Black. The novel directly follows the events of the previous novel, Eclipse, as Bella and Edward Cullen get married, leaving behind a heartbroken Jacob. When Bella faces unexpected and life-threatening situations, she willingly risks her human life and possible vampire immortality.
Reading order · Twilight
Full order & progress →- TwilightStart here
6.26.2 / 10 - New Moon
6.16.1 / 10 - Eclipse
6.46.4 / 10 - Breaking DawnThis book
6.46.4 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.3 across 1,875 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 93% of the weight and the score stays at 6.4 — the Romance average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.9 | 112 | 6% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 88 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 6.1 | 1.7K | 89% |
Frequently asked
What age is Breaking Dawn for?
Breaking Dawn sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 756 pages — longer than 95% of the ranked books in Romance.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
Same shelf — Romance — with scores between 6.1 and 7.4, closest to this book.
