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Quinn Schmal of Absecon spent this summer reading the first three books in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" saga. She wanted to be ready when the fourth and final book in the incredibly popular vampire series hit book stores on Aug. 2.

But then Schmal got "Breaking Dawn."

"I expected a lot more. It got really old," said Schmal, who added the last book in the series was a "real doozy" to read as it numbered 768 pages. "She had great material. There was 101 ways she could have ended it. She picked the safest, most boring solutions you could imagine."

The "Twilight" series concerns a love triangle between a teenage girl, a vampire and a werewolf.

Schmal hadn't checked out any early reviews before getting "Breaking Dawn." After finishing the book, she was pretty upset. She went online to see what other people were saying. Schmal found a thread on amazon.com, started only hours after the book was released, encouraging readers who were unhappy with "Breaking Dawn" to return the book instead of showing their anger by burning it.

Some fans' reactions to how Meyer concluded the "Twilight" saga show the potential downside of creating a popular artistic work.

On a positive note, both the author and publisher, Little, Brown, could count the cash rolling in as 1.3 million copies of "Breaking Dawn" flew off bookshelves nationwide on its first sales day. The first three books in the series sold 5.5 million copies worldwide by this past spring.

Besides the online campaign to return the book and critical reader reviews, the negative fallout of "Breaking Dawn" included the hacking of the most prominent "Twilight" fan site on the Web, the Twilight Lexicon blog. Site moderator Nicole Bright told MTV News, "We know that it was a disgruntled fan of the series who hacked our system."

Katelyn Davidson, 14, of Linwood, also thought "Breaking Dawn" was disappointing.

"It had a way-too-perfect ending. (In the book, the werewolf) Jacob says, 'I felt like - Like I don't know what, like this wasn't real. Like I was in some Goth version of a bad sitcom.' That's how I felt reading it," Davidson said.

Davidson's friend, Mary Byrne, also 14, and a Linwood resident, turned Davidson onto the "Twilight" series. Byrne didn't like the book's major plot twists.

"It seemed like she had run out of ideas and went to a fan-fiction Web site," said Byrne, who also disliked the ending. "I have the book in my bookcase. I will re-read it. It was good, but disappointing."

Byrne delved into Meyer's vampire series when she needed something to read and ran across the first book, "Twilight," on sale in a bookstore. She picked it up and started to read the blurbs on the back cover jacket. Although a fan of the series, she had her criticisms of "Twilight." It is her favorite book in the saga, but she thought the first 70 pages were boring.

"My friends got sick of me talking about it," Byrne said.

"Twilight" appealed to Byrne because it was exciting and an unorthodox concept as Meyer tried to humanize the vampires. Bella Swan, the teenage girl, and Edward Cullen, the vampire, loved each other no matter what. Byrne's enthusiasm sparked Katelyn's interest.

"'Katelyn, Katelyn, you should read it,' Davidson said Byrne told her. "I said, 'Okay, I will.'"

Davidson said she didn't have major expectations prior to "Breaking Dawn" coming out. She hasn't talked to her friends about it because they send her instant messages asking her not to tell them anything. They want to read to for themselves.

Not everyone disapproves of "Breaking Dawn."

One of the reasons the Twilight Lexicon blog was hacked was because the series' most zealous supporters could be found there. The fan site was specifically for people who liked the book, to discuss it.

Kelsey Tolstow, 15, of Northfield, thought "Breaking Dawn" was the best book in the series.

"There is so much excitement in it. The drama is so much bigger now. The story got more serious," said Tolstow, who purchased the book just after midnight on the morning of Aug. 2 at Borders in Mays Landing. "It exceeded my expectations. It's more than I thought it would be. It's amazing. ... I'm sad that it's over."

"Twilight" series fans can next look forward to the Nov. 21 release of the "Twilight" movie starring Kristen Stewart as Bella.

That film, however, is also facing some fan backlash, as not all are pleased with Stewart's casting.

Schmal said she has been looking forward to the "Twilight" movie. She liked the casting of Stewart, who was in the film "Into The Wild" last year, as Bella. She said it is great to have a woman, Catherine Hardwicke, directing the picture. Even though she thought "Breaking Dawn" had no point, she said she did learn something by reading it.

''Breaking Dawn' made me realize how incredible the Harry Potter (series of books) really is," Schmal said.