are there lovers and haters of Bella?

taraandkyle06

I just finished Eclipse and figured I'd come over here for the 1st time - hi!  if this has been discussed before, please forgive me.

i found that as i read Eclipse, i started to dislike her character more and more. the neediness and dependence she had for both Edward and Jacob made me want to scream "Grow TFU!!" and i the only one?  maybe i've just forgotten what it's like to be a teenager...i don't know...  thoughts?

cali_girl92504

I don't hate Bella- I recognize she is an angsty teenager. I do hate the neediness of Jacob....I can't stand him. Let. It. Go. I know he adds to the plotline but I really wish he would have given up already.

jCamsquared

There are a lot of girls here who will agree with you, but personally Bella never got on my nerves. I couldn't stand Jacob by the end of Eclipse - he drove me nuts!

Mrs.Sesa

I could not STAND Bella in Eclipse. I would get so mad when she would run off to be with Jacob or hold hands with him?!?!? You know the dude likes you and your in love with the person you are to be with forever but yet you still run off to be the the other guy? I'm glad I finished Eclipse has fast as I did...I didn't know how much longer I could stand it!

taraandkyle06

Mrs.Sesa:

I could not STAND Bella in Eclipse. I would get so mad when she would run off to be with Jacob or hold hands with him?!?!? You know the dude likes you and your in love with the person you are to be with forever but yet you still run off to be the the other guy? I'm glad I finished Eclipse has fast as I did...I didn't know how much longer I could stand it!

i felt EXACTLY the same way!!  and b/c of this, i really had a hard time believing that she was truly in love w/ Jacob - i felt like if she really was truly in love with Jacob that Meyers didn't make a strong enough connection btwn the two of them like she did with Bella and Edward.  i actually felt like throwing the book across the room last night i was so angry at her character! lol

IheartCody

Mrs.Sesa:

I could not STAND Bella in Eclipse. I would get so mad when she would run off to be with Jacob or hold hands with him?!?!? You know the dude likes you and your in love with the person you are to be with forever but yet you still run off to be the the other guy? I'm glad I finished Eclipse has fast as I did...I didn't know how much longer I could stand it!

I agree! I was getting so frustrated with her! (Hi, btw, I don't think I've ever introduced myself! I'm kind of an on-and-off lurker!)

rori11

Yes, Bella absolutely gets on my nerves.  I really didn't see what either guy saw in her.

Mandi424

Mrs.Sesa:

I could not STAND Bella in Eclipse. I would get so mad when she would run off to be with Jacob or hold hands with him?!?!? You know the dude likes you and your in love with the person you are to be with forever but yet you still run off to be the the other guy? I'm glad I finished Eclipse has fast as I did...I didn't know how much longer I could stand it!

yes this is how i felt....i mean i like her but in eclipse she was being a skankass & needed to stop witht he jake crap!

ihearteddieboo

Chapter 1 of New Moon (the whiny, don't buy me any gifts or throw me any parties) Bella bothered me much more than the Eclipse Bella.  I just think Jacob helped her through a rough patch so she felt inclined to show him some love.  And, she is a teenager with all the hormones and indecisiveness, so I let her slide sometimes.  I did blame Jacob though for most of his heartache over Bella since he knew that they wouldn't be together.   

BridgetMc

Hmm, I didn't really think of it the same way a lot of you did.  I guess I didn't see her interaction with Jacob as flirty.  If I acted that way with a guy friend, I definitely would consider it inappropiate, but I thought SM was just sort of saying that this is how they interact and it's not necessarily romantic.  (Yes, even though Jacob's all crazy about her.)

To be honest, Edward pissed me off in this book.  Bella is allowed to have friends.  Don't keep her from her friend just because you have a prejudice against werewolves.

Not that Jacob wasn't super childish, and trust me that I wish Bella would have just sat down and told both of them to STFU and recognize that she wants both of them in her life and they need to accept what that means (i.e., just friends with Jacob).  She definitely needed to tell Jacob that he was making her super uncomfortable and needed to stop acting like he was, instead of whining about how she wouldn't be his friend if he was all flirty.

But, they're high schoolers.  High schoolers aren't known for their mature reactions to conflicts.

hula_lula

You know, she annoyed me a lot with the way she treated both Edward and Jacob but I also can see that she's what? 17? She's not an adult so we can't really expect her to act and respond like one, despite how mature she is and the adult-like circumstances she finds herself in.

After reading BD I kind of felt like my eyes were opened a little bit more. it made things clearer to me on why she did some of the things she did

nbrockwell

I liked bella in twilight, but as time went on she started to get on my nerves as did jacob. I think part of it is being an adult reading about a teen. I work with teens and could so see some of them acting like that. I would just roll my eyes and keep on reading.

taraandkyle06

BridgetMc:

Hmm, I didn't really think of it the same way a lot of you did.  I guess I didn't see her interaction with Jacob as flirty.  If I acted that way with a guy friend, I definitely would consider it inappropiate, but I thought SM was just sort of saying that this is how they interact and it's not necessarily romantic.  (Yes, even though Jacob's all crazy about her.)

But, they're high schoolers.  High schoolers aren't known for their mature reactions to conflicts.

*ECLIPSE SPOILER* 

that's why i thought it was hard to believe that Bella actually was in love with Jacob.  i thought that whole scenario was poorly written - like SM changed her mind when she got to the part when Bella and Jacob were kissing (the 2nd kiss) and she expressed her love for him - almost as if she originally meant to write it as Bella told Jacob to get lost.  i was like WTF??  how did that go from being best friends to being in love with him - i never saw how that change was made.

and yes, they are high schoolers, i totally agree - like i said, maybe i forget what it's like to be 17. 

mmremshard

by the end of the series, i was pretty much done with bella. i won't say why because the person who posted hasn't read BD yet, but she really just annoyed me.

Jenandtonica

I'm a big fan of Bella's. Some things she did got on my nerves, but it was normal teenage stuff that gets on my nerves now that I'm sooooo over that stuff . However, when I take myself back to my 17 y/o self, a lot of what bothered me makes complete sense.

I'm a Bella. ?