Just started my Eclipse re-read—I forgot how annoying the main cast are in this book lol but since I'm only a few chapters in most of my annoyance insofar is towards Bella and Edward 😀—and I just noticed these...parallels? foreshadowing? I've even annotated those parts because they stood out to me.
Bella and Jacob talking about Quil, who was revealed to have already phased and is enjoying it, and Bella being surprised because she got the impression it was a "bad" thing because the wolfpack were all worried/dreading it prior. (Wow, a group of supernaturals being worried about the one human who'll share their fate soon, only for said human to have the time of their life once they join their ranks? Where have I seen that before? //stares at a certain future book)
Jacob's line after Bella's tantrum about "being the only one who has to grow old" (Bella...your family and classmates are all human and can age??): "...or did you want to scream at me some more for things that are out of my control?" (If the next book is of any indication...that won't be the last time, Jacob.)
Jacob talking about Sam's horror and self-loathing after having scarred Emily, yet Emily ended up being the sympathetic one, comforting him despite everything. (...So, like Bella and Edward in the aftermath of New Moon. Left her (emotionally) scarred, shattered even, but Jacob shouldn't dare bring up the state Edward left her as because Bella can't bear to see him suffer through the guilt of his own actions! "Nothing to forgive" and all that!)
I'm not sure if they were all intentional on Stephenie's part (other than Mike and the boys wagering on Edward vs Jacob and the magnets) but the first two feel like some kind of foreshadowing since I have the hindsight of having read the entire series years ago.
Also...since I am still recent in the book, do you know where in the timeline The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is, page/chapter-wise? I also have the novella and I'm planning to read it in tandem to align with Eclipse's plot. Thanks in advance! 🙏
Oh that Quil/Bella parallel is interesting; I never thought about it that way before but it could very well be foreshadowing for Bella. Of course there's still the difference of Bella wanting/choosing it and Quil having no choice in the matter, but interesting nonetheless.
[Also Bella stomping her food about being the only one to have to get old is one of those things that always makes me laugh and roll my eyes. Girl. GIRL. Literally billions of people have to get old and die, you just happen to know a handful of immortals. EVEYONE ELSE is aging!]
The other two parallels are interesting, too. She does get upset about things outside Jacob's control (imprinting definitionally is not his fault, not something he chose) and the Sam/Emily stuff does have a similar vibe with the person who was hurt not wanting the person who hurt her to feel bad (one physically--however accidentally--and one emotionally). It continues a pattern of women suffering and forgiving to spare men pain. It happens again when the morphine wears off in BD and Bella still keeps still and quiet so her screams don't torture Edward but because she's not moving and screaming Edward's worried the transformation's not working!
As for when to read Bree, it's hard because Bree doesn't have a chapter breakdown. Someone on reddit suggested reading the first 17 chapters of Eclipse, then the first half (up to about page 83) of Bree, then Eclipse up until chapter 25, then finish Bree but I haven't looked into it personally.
Maybe @threebooksoneplot has some advice?
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