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New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2) | 
| Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $10.99
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Rating:  1320 reviews
Sales Rank: 3
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 608
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.3 x 1.7
ISBN: 0316024961
EAN: 9780316024969
Publication Date: May 31, 2008
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Product Description
Legions of readers entranced by Twilight are hungry for more and they won't be disappointed. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist. The "star-crossed" lovers theme continues as Bella and Edward find themselves facing new obstacles, including a devastating separation, the mysterious appearance of dangerous wolves roaming the forest in Forks, a terrifying threat of revenge from a female vampire and a deliciously sinister encounter with Italy's reigning royal family of vampires, the Volturi. Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1315 more reviews...
 Vapid Vampires finally get shunted aside, but all for naught. January 3, 2007
193 out of 243 found this review helpful
In the first book Bella was dreamless, hobby-less, and hopeless. Now she becomes a lush for adrenaline because her precious vampire boyfriend dumps her. One can only wish she'd succeed instead of making the reader suffer along with her for 500 pages. Bella's self-confidence and self-worth rest on the whims of a boy, and a vampire at that, and that's hardly a good message for any girl to take away from the book. You get sick of hearing Bella whine about the hole in her chest.
The werewolves are actually decent, and one embellished the most also achieves what neither Bella nor Edward can: actual reader interest. Jacob Black has a hobby! He has some legitimate angst! He is flawed! And he and Bella actually have chemistry that goes beyond "You are my sun, my moon, my stars, my love!" Jacob strikes me as the kind of guy one could actually LIVE with for the rest of one's existence, morning breath and all. But don't expect Bella to actually LISTEN to any of this logic.
Perhaps more jaded sorts, such as myself, shouldn't read this. I am not a romance reader; I'm a fantasy buff and a stickler for character logic. I just kind of ended up in the wrong kind of territory. It baffles me that shallow, blah characters like Eragon and this series can become bestsellers hand over fist. I think in order for these books to work for me I'd have to believe in the happily-ever-after for these characters, and all I find myself thinking is "Okay, what are they going to DO for the rest of eternity? Stroking each other's ego's over how beautiful they are would get really old really fast ..."
 Can't even wait to finish the book to write a review August 19, 2006
183 out of 227 found this review helpful
I just received my book in the mail two days ago and I have been devouring it ever since.
The book begins with seeing Bella become very comfortable with Edward and his family. I was delighted to see Alice's character take on more depth as we began to see more of her personality, but this may quickly turn into disappointment for some, when she is whisked away all too soon. Bella is given a birthday party and accidentally gets a paper cut. This leads to a tense moment when one of the family members cannot contain themselves and makes a leap for Bella. Edward is forced to protect her, but this makes it all to clear that keeping Bella close to the family puts her at risk. Edward begins to withdraw himself emotionally in order to (we readers know what is going to happen, but Bella seems to be in denial)leave her.
Naturally, Bella's grief is heartwrenching to read. Any girl who has felt the pain of lost or unrequited love will shed a few tears during this chapter. It is hard to get over being furious at Edward's behavior at the begining of the book, but this simply shows you how easy it is to get pulled into almost believing these characters are real.
Bella becomes seriously withdrawn from the world after his departure and considering their strange and magical relationship, this is to be expected. I do miss Edward's presence-he was such a strong character in Twilight- but I did something I never do, I flipped to the back of the book to assure myself of his return. Ms. Meyer realizes how addicted her audience is to Edward, so he does make token appearances in a roundabout way. Bella begins to hear Edward's voice warning her when she puts herself in harm's way and in this way Bella begins to court danger.
Jacob, the young native American from Twilight, makes a reappearance in New Moon. He becomes a very close friend of Bella's and helps her through her depression. His character takes the place of Edward and he becomes a major player in this story. He is also the complete opposite of Edward's sophisticated, wordly one. Jacob is lovable, akward, attractive (in a regular way) and warm-blooded. His story is one of interest and I don't believe any reader who has already read Twilight, will be surprised at the turn of events in which Jacob is involved.
The book is certainly excellent, as Ms. Meyer is a fabulous writer, but I do find myself impatiently turning the pages and skimming ahead to see when one of the Cullens' family members will appear. Even with those minor faults, I still find myself staying up way too late to finish another chapter. I have read half the book in the past two days instead of working on lesson plans for my class, during the first week of school, no less. This is a real indicator of just how wonderful New Moon is.
My ultimate disappointment will be when I am finished and must wait another year for the next book to come out. I don't believe Stephenie Meyer can whip these out fast enough to appease her growing leagues of fans. This is a very desirable position to be in for a writer and this should guarantee many Bella and Edward stories in the future.
*Update
The ending was very good and the reader finds out some interesting information concerning Bella and how special she really is. The twist adds a new dimension to the novel it ends with a bit of a cliffhanger. There is no complete closure for a few important issues and obviously this leaves it wide open for the third novel in the series.
 Whine, Whine, Why??? October 30, 2006
98 out of 155 found this review helpful
I get the over the top references to 'Romeo and Juliet', but I can't remember hating Juliet by the end of the play. "Twilight' was a wonderful first novel full of teenage angst, and star crossed lovers with a great supernatural twist. This, once Edward leaves a hundred or so pages in, was a melodramatic sob fest. Like reading a teenage girl's diary where all she does is whine about the boy who dumped her, I found myself pushing to get to the end absolutely loathing this girl. Was it wrong to wish just once someone would smack some sense into her and tell her to stop being a selfish brat. Perhaps that was the point, and this is all one big allegory about puberty and first loves. Clearly another book is in the works, and hopefully Bella redeems herself, because for now her actions are pretty hateful, and I pity the fool who turns her immortal and has to listen to that whine forever.
More Navelgazing July 9, 2007
68 out of 94 found this review helpful
Wow. And I thought the first novel was bad.
I honestly don't understand how anyone could be so taken in with Bella as Edward and Jacob. She is a selfish, self-absorbed brat with no thoughts for anyone but herself. Her relationships are one-sided, needy and downright sick. She needs to seek professional help for her serious co-dependency issues. I would not recommend this to any teenager. Heaven forbid one of them perceive this dreck as a true romance.
Get a life, Bella.
A book that should never have been written *spoilers* October 12, 2006
65 out of 87 found this review helpful
First, let me say that I ABSOLUTELY ADORED Twilight and so did my daughter. I'm 43, she's 15. Twilight is probably one of my all-time favorite books and that puts it on top of thousands! But, this sequel is one book that should never have been written. It was a great disappointment for me.
HERE'S WHAT I RECOMMEND:
Read chapters 1-3, then skip to chapter 17 and finish the book.
You won't miss much. In between, all that happens is Bella gets depressed because Edward has left and she keeps trying to harm herself, in improbable ways, to get him back. Jacob tries to save her, but of course falls in love with her. In the meantime, Jacob and several of his friends turn into werewolves, who just happen to be the natural enemies of vampires. Also, Harry Clearwater, Charlie's good friend and fishing partner, dies and Edward somehow comes to think that Bella has died.
There! I just saved you a whole lot of wasted reading time. Now, if you care to, you can spend some of that time reading the rest of my thoughts below. :)
The plot starts off strong and then quickly dies when Edward leaves, pretending not to love Bella anymore. Yeah, right! Like we are supposed to believe that. From there, the plot quickly spirals down into nothing but trite, over-done, melodramatic mush. I was extremely sorry to see this happen. The book was so PREDICTABLE.
I couldn't stand that the new 'love interest' in Bella's life was Jacob. I thought he was the most irritating character from the first book. In this book, he drove me insane with his goofy, love-struck stupidity. Bella started to drive me insane by acting like she was a spoiled, rotten brat.
Bella's relationship with Jacob had little originality of its own. It was just Bella's and Edward's relationship re-written with a few words changed. White to brown, cold to hot, hard to soft ... you get the picture. It's still 'dangerous' and 'all wrong', just for different, uninspired reasons.
I think I knew WAY too soon that the story was going to involve tribal werewolves, Bella trying to get Edward back by being reckless, and Edward's eventual return. It was just too obvious and transparent. The Italian vampires were a little interesting, but not much. Everything was just too over the top, and it felt like the book had been rushed to meet some publisher's deadline, typos included. How sad that I found myself actually BORED and skimming over part of the middle of the book. Much of it was too make-believe anyway.
Alice was interesting, though. Her showing up was like a breath of fresh air. I never thought I'd be so relieved to `see' a vampire again!
***Update*** My 15-year-old daughter is reading New Moon and loves it. She doesn't agree with my assessment. It took her much longer to figure out what was going on and she's actually a pretty bright girl. So, all is not lost. Some of you will really like this book.
***Update*** Both my daughter AND my husband have finished both books. My daughter liked New Moon, but prefers Twilight. My husband definitely preferred New Moon. He likes Jacob and prefers him to Edward. I think he is awaiting Eclipse as anxiously as we are, but he has a hard time admitting it. :)
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