I finally finished it, last week.
As I've already revealed, I'm a huge happy ending kinda girl, so the ending was really disappointing to me.

Scarlett...reminds me a lot of myself. She's absolutely headstrong, and doesn't let people get to her. She does what she wants, despite being frowned upon by the society.
This is kinda in the last third of the book, but Scarlett says she wants to be a great lady, and Rhett tells her that she may want to be known as a great lady, but has no interest in doing the things to become a great lady. And that really struck a chord with me, because that's kind of how I am.
I make a conscious effort, these days, to be good and nice, but sometimes I just wanna tell the world to go to hell and do what I please.

Rhett was my favorite character. He did what he pleased, uncaring of being outcast from society. He pulled Scarlett out of her fake mourning, twice, and encouraged her to be herself, not some societal clone. He was so smooth, and so in love with Scarlett.
It killed me that she couldn't see how much he loved her. You know how when you're in elementary school, everyone says, "Oh, boys are mean to you when they like you." That's really how Rhett was. And Scarlett just couldn't see it, and she just treated him like...I don't even know.
And then came Bonnie. Good god! I hated Rhett. He became this...abomination! I liked Rhett because he didn't care what people thought; and then along comes Bonnie and he goes on hands and knees to everyone with his tail between his legs! He became this sensitive creature and I absolutely hated it.

The ending...was the ending. I'm glad Scarlett realized she was finally in love with Rhett. But it was really shocking, I think, when Rhett was just...out of love for her. It kinda pissed me off, due to the fact that I adore happy endings...but it made sense, in a way. It was this dark cloud looming on the horizon, and then all of a sudden there it was.
The fact that it ended with Scarlett going off to Tara and we don't find out what happens really made me mad. I hate books that just end, and this one definitely counts. I felt like there wasn't a lot of closure.

Over all, I've gotta say, a must read. One of my all-time favorites.

My comprehensive analysis of Breaking Dawn. Do not read on if you don't want spoilers.
I liked the book. Really, I did.

BOOK ONE
The wedding was nice. I didn't really like the fact that Jake showed up. Never been a huge Jake fan. I wish I could go to a private island with my vampire sweetheart for MY honeymoon. Poor maid, though. She must've been terrified. But in my head I was kind of snickering when she walked in and Edward was kissing Bella's throat. At first I thought Bella's odd habits (sleeping and eating in excess) were because Edward was drinking a little bit of her blood. Like, not enough to kill her. But then I remembered that his eyes would turn red, and Bella would be all :O! So that was out. I suspected Bella was pregnant before she did. But I totally did not factor in the whole 9 months thing, so at first I didn't understand why she was so confused about it. When she was looking through her luggage and found the little box...before she said what it was, I thought it was a pregnancy test. XD As soon as Bella called Rosalie I knew what was going to happen.

BOOK TWO
I gotta say, I really gained a lot of sympathy for Jake after hearing half the novel from his POV. I gotta say, it was nice to know what Edward was responding to. With Bella, Edward couldn't read her mind and so when he answered people's thoughts you didn't know what they were thinking. So knowing what Jake was thinking when Edward answered this thoughts was very nice & refreshing. I was glad Jake decided not to attack Edward, but then I almost wanted him to when Edward said Jake could have kids with her. GAWD! I was beginning to wonder if he really was insane. And if that was even possible for vampires. AND THEN WHEN HE IMPRINTED ON RENESMEE! HOLY CRAP NO! NO. As soon as she's happy and you can go leave her ALONE, you go and IMPRINT on her DAUGHTER, you STUPID WOLF! /rant. Hehe...

BOOK THREE
I thought it was funny how Bella lied about the pain, and felt really guilty about it. It was cute. And kept Bella...intact. True to herself. Like vampirism wasn't going to change her THAT much. She was still the Bella we knew and loved. It was really very interesting. Vampires think in numbers. The exact time, in seconds (or parts of), and then the measurements Bella did when Carlisle was measuring Renesmee. I do wish Meyer had gone on more about the eighth color in the spectrum; that was interesting. I love how, after Bella realized Jake imprinted on her daughter, she didn't go after him until he called her Nessie. That was cute. I do like that Bella took to being a vampire so well. J Jenks was funny; a cute touch. As were his henchman and the maitre'd at the restaurant. All the rest of it...it was all good. I'm getting tired of going through details, though.

I did read a review today, or part of one, and it said something along the lines of Meyer indulging her characters. I kinda agree with that. And I guess she did that with The Host, but I still like the ending to that better. I've always been a sucker for happy endings. I suspect I always will be, too. *sigh* Such a hopeless romantic.