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| New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2) | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 952 reviews)
Sales Rank: 57
Category: Book
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Studio: Little, Brown Young Readers
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
Label: Little, Brown Young Readers
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 608
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.7 x 1.9
ISBN: 0316160199
EAN: 9780316160193
ASIN: 0316160199
Publication Date: August 21, 2006
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 Great for Teens - Just Not My Thing at My Age October 3, 2008
After reading the first book in the series as well as New Moon, I had to rethink my initial reaction to the books which were "The characters in these books are ridiculous" because for teenagers, they're not. I started reading the series after a friend recommended them and while they're not uninteresting, they're not complex enough to hold my attention at my age (45 years). I believe the Harry Potter series will hold up to the test of time regardless of the reader's age but truthfully, these books are obviously aimed at a younger audience and it isn't fair for me to critique them. I believe I would have LOVED these books as a teenager.
 Great product, great experience October 3, 2008
I have read the Twilight series and absolutely love it. I borrowed my sister's books but I loved them so much I had to buy my own copies. I had an excellent experience with my purchase of New Moon (Book 2). I have no complaints. The book arrived in pristine condition and actually earlier than the website said it would. I would definitely buy from this seller again.
new moon October 2, 2008
As isabella tends to know about edward and his family she still seem to let go of her fairy tale land about her and edward and come into to reliaty with renee' and charlie and how she's put her life in danger just to be with edward despite that he's a vampire. isabella was warn but wont listen . this is just the beginning and is more where that came from in Elispse book 3
 Still unlikable "heroine", but at least I get why she's such a mess October 2, 2008
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Boy is a vampire. Girl is a human (and, in my opinion, an unlikable one at that). But boy and girl think they can't exist without each other. But boy decides that girl would be better off without him when his brother tries to kill her after she gives herself a paper cut, so he leaves. Girl is devastated. She becomes a shell of herself.
She eventually finds solace in an old friend. Girl knows that said friend has a crush on her, but she's replacing her need for the boy with her need for this friend. Friend falls in love with girl. Friend becomes wolfman, the only known enemy of vampires. Girl, of course, isn't freaked out by this because she's been down the mythology weirdness road before. So they stay friends. And that's it. Girl is too much of a needy mess to cut poor friend loose and stopping hurting him by only wanting to be "just friends".
Oh, and girl starts doing stupid and reckless things to have delusions of boy talking to her in her head. She even puts her friends in danger. Girl acts like a typical hurt and selfish teenager.
A misunderstanding causes boy to think girl is dead, so he pulls a Romeo and goes to off himself (as only a vampire could, by pissing off the vampire mafia). Girl abandons friend and chases after boy. Boy and girl reunite in tense moment, almost die (again). Girl thinks boy can't possibly love her, despite his seeming devotion throughout said almost dying, so she decides to just pretend that he loves her until he leaves again (WHAT?!). Boy has a hell of a time convincing girl that he loves her but finally does.
Girl has been begging boy to make her a vampire since the last book and now boy must actually follow through (at some point) or face having girl killed by vampire mafia. Boy has a condition though... Girl must marry him first. Girl freaks out because the thought of becoming his wife is more terrifying than becoming a vampire. Girl is stupid.
Okay, enough boy/girl/friend stuff... Bella is still annoying and even more needy and selfish in this book. But, at least in my opinion, she has a bit more motivation for said behavior. She's had her heart broken, and while I do think she's just a bit TOO devastated in the chapters following Edward's departure (though, damn, those chapters just titled with the months made me cry), at least she's not acting like a vanilla non-person for no apparent reason (see Twilight).
I'm still not getting why all the guys dig her though. Jacob was kind of a lovesick puppy in the first book and became a lovesick wolfmanchild in this one. I'm not quite sure why these pretty incredible beings are choosing her as the object of their affection. I don't remember my ability to be a needy brat as a teenager pulling in too many guys. I seem to remember being confident as a much more effective and attractive personality trait.
So Bella continues to win the award for worst female role model in a Young Adult series that I've read (though, admittedly, I haven't read many). And I'm still not convinced that Bella and Edward are in love. I'm still feeling a bit like this is the story of an incredible (and I do mean in-credible) infatuation turned obsession.
Funny though... I'm still interested enough to keep reading. The cool vampire and werewolf stuff is enough to keep me going. I'm finding my attitude toward this series strangely similar to my attitude toward Grey's Anatomy...
Better than Twilight October 2, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This second book in the series was very interesting. Like Twilight, the character of Bella is a bit on the shallow side, but in this book, there is a lot of edge-of-your-seat writing and some plot twists come together. Another "guilty pleasure" book. I liked it.
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