ECLIPSE: Chapter 24-Snap Decision

CHAPTER SUMMARY: Once again the villian is easily killed and makes me wonder why her demise had to be drawn out for over TWO BOOKS.

NOTES/THOUGHTS/REACTIONS:
We open to miserable Bella who is moaning about what a whore she is or something like that and Edward of course comforts her. Turns out Jacob wasn't really going to kill himself. He was just saying that to get his kiss. So Jacob is as much of a manipulative bastard as Edward now (again, out of character, and yet more of Meyer making him a jerk so Edward has more appeal). If that isn't bad enough, Bella doesn't blame him one bit, it's still all her fault. She isn't even slightly ticked at how these two guys are basically using her in their little pissing contest. Me, I'd have told them both to go to hell by now. But no, Bella doesn't blame either male and lets Edward reassure her. Que more sappy dialogue and yet another "Bella asks for sex and is rebuffed" scene. Seriously Meyer. NEW MATERIAL. You have heard of it, right?
So Edward, Seth (who is still there for some reason), and Bella make their way somewhere and Edward relays the battle to Bella via his mind link. Wierd and boring. I've also just thought of something. If Alice's future visions can't see the werewolves, then why can Edward read their minds? It seems wierd that some powers would work on werewolves but others wouldn't. But it's probably just because it's convenient for Meyer to have Edward be super vamp and able to read their minds. Either way it's a big cop out and a fairly boring way to show a battle.
Then suddenly Victoria and a blond guy show up. Oh finally, does this mean this agony is going to be over soon? Please say yes. Well, we of course get vivid descriptions of Victoria and the blond guy, whose name turns out to be Riley. Edward talks to Riley and turns out he and Victoria are a thing. But she's basically using him to get her revenge. He suspects this but doesn't want to admit it. Again, Edward's mind reading ability is one big cop out for Meyer because heaven forbid we learn all of this on our own or draw our own conclusions. Nope. We have to have the situation spelled out for us.
It also is pointless because Riley doesn't listen and he and Victoria attack. Edward and Victoria fight while Riley and Seth fight. Bella just stands there being useless as usual because remember: she is female, she is not to be fighting. That is the male's job. Sigh.
So it's a lot of heavy description as Bella stands there and describes the long fight. The one time Bella does actually try and do something? She ends up getting in the way and needs big strong male to protect her of course. Eventually Seth takes down Riley and Edward takes down Victoria. The end of a drawn out battle that really should not have taken this long to get too. I'm also still trying to figure out why she even needed to create a newborn army in the first place if she was going after Bella on her own. I mean really, talk about anti-climatic. Chapter ends.

WORD LIST: coiled (used wrong so many times in this it's not funny), sashayed
GENERAL ANNOYANCES: She coiled and sprang.-Sigh. It is physically impossible for a human being (and a vampire who have human bodys)to coil as we are not SNAKES.