This book was kind of boring compared to Twilight. Nothing happened in this book. ( )

This is the second book in the series. Bella and Edward's relationship continues but faces some trouble in this book. Edward leaves town and Bella and Jacon grow closer as Jacon reveals a secret.

I love The Book!!!!!!!!!!!!

i am reading this book. don't yell at me! oh wach you gonna do now!

I think Stephine Meyer did a great job describing all the people in the book like Edward and Bella and Bella's father.Its like this relationship of being friends with Jacob is like she is a round sort of person and she has a life to live of her own.And most of all its like Edward is the protagonist in this book and people she red this .Its good. ( )

this book i so different from the first there is no action scenes really but it's really good. stephenie meyer is a greast writer she knows how to make people read her books.
I CANT WAIT TO SEE THE MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!
the author is really fgood at describing all the charecters like she exsplains Rosalie really good and all the charecters ecspecily when bella is describing edward and stuff like that. ( )

In the second installment of the Twilight Sage, Bella goes into depression after Edward leaves because he falsely believe she is better off without him -out of sight out of mind!!! What he does not know is that her suffering is further deppened when she begins to have delusions of Edward's voice when her adrenalin kicks in. This sets in motion the beggining of a friendship between Bella and Jacob that turns into a deeper bond than they both imagine. Jcob becomes her strength and begins to feel better when she hears news from Alice that Edward is in danger. She is off to Italy where the Voluri are to save him. All the while, there is Victoria after Bella in hopes to avenge James. Bella's depression is the icing of whet she goes through. This is definately a dark book-but Jacob lights up the pages.. I can definately see the advantages of being on Team Jacob..but I am more of a Team Edward (and Team Northman, of course--I know, different series) ( )

The Short of It:

The second book in the insanely popular Twilight series; this one fell totally flat for me.

The Rest of It:

Okay, this is where you all judge me. I have to admit it, last Christmas I was swept up with Twilight. I read it over Christmas break and it was the perfect read for my overstressed brain. I also wanted to read it before my son did so that I could determine for myself if it was appropriate or not. In the end, I decided he could skip it. The ’stalking’ thing bothered me a bit. I know that aspect bothered other readers as well. Sigh.

So what possessed me to pick up the next book? Well, pure entertainment and the fact that my friend and I plan to see the movie on Black Friday after a full day of shopping. I don’t know about you but I must read the book before I see a movie based on said book. So I read it and…

What a waste of time! It was just so ridiculous and I tired of Bella’s clumsiness and her need to be rescued all the time. However, I am not bashing anyone for liking it. I see its draw. It’s just that at my age, I don’t have patience for stupid girls who do foolish things. Many times I raised my eyes to the heavens and exclaimed…”WTF?”

Needless to say, I won’t be picking up the next book. I had a momentary lapse in judgment. ( )

Genre: fantasy fiction
Media: NA ( )

POSSIBLE SLIGHT SPOILERS

My favourite in the Twilight series, whilst the first in the series sets the scene, outlines what it means to be a vampire and introduces the characters, "New Moon" moves the story on and explores what it means to Bella when Edward leaves her life. The introduction of the werewolf pack also gave the series something more - after all, there is only so much you can read about vampires in one book! ( )

Most codependent relationship I’ve ever read. Bella is just dead inside without her Edward. Edward is the same without Bella. Bella has to have a boy around to feel okay, whether it’s Edward or Jacob. I wanted to strangle her. Edward too. Also Jacob for good measure.

Hated all the navel gazing. A fair amount of action happens. But each time it’s followed by pages of badly written thoughts from Bella about what it all means for her and Edward. 300 levels of parsing.

Truly awful tripe.

Full review (with spoilers, like not knowing what's gonna happen will make this any better): http://reading.kingrat.biz/reviews/ne... ( )

I've been bitten by the Twilight Saga! But it's not until I reached "New Moon" that I was hooked. ( )

Excelente, debo admitir que las alucinaciones de Bella me aturdian por ratos pero luego comprendi lo que puede hacer una mujer enamorada "arriesgar su propia vida solo por escuchar por momentos su suave y aterciopelada voz"... creo que este libro me ha dejado un tanto suceptible pues tuve muchas lagrimas a flor de piel :'(... espero pronto poder comenzar a leer eclipse. ( )

Not a great book, but not a bad book either. I am a much bigger fan of Jacob then Edward. Jacob is a much more fleshed out character in my opinion. Bella on other hand, I am not so sure about her. To weepy for my tastes, at least in this book. ( )

The writing isn't atrocious, but it isn't great either. Luckily, the story is damn fun. ( )

New Moon is the sequel to worldwide bestselling novel, Twilight, I don't know how it became bestselling but everyone seemed to love it...so I went in to see what all the hype was about. I saw the film adaptation of Twilight and loved it, so I went round the corner to my local library and picked up New Moon, I felt slightly embarrased about carrying a book with a pink flower on the front through town, so I took The Gunslinger with me too, so I could conceal the girly edition with the intimidating Dark Tower...

I began to read, I was bored shitless by the second chapter which was entitled 'Party', if you ca't find a good chapter name then just don't use one. Looking at the title of the chapter, I had a slight tingle that there may be a party involved in the chapter. But enough of the picky criticism, what I wasn't expecting was Bella to recieve a papercut from wrapping paper and for Edward to push her into a table causing her serious injury...and the bad boyfriend award goes to...
I was delighted to see that Edward had been removed from the novel (if that's what it is...a novel, pfft more like a err...well, I don't know what it is...it's like a err, book smeared with monkey faeces) due to being afraid of endangering her life.
I've never much liked Vampires, yeah sure the kind of superpowers they possess; immortality, super-speed, super-strength, etc. seem really cool, but Vampires are nothing to Werewolves. The emergence of Jacob Black appearing to be a Werewolf certainly perked up the story, giving me hope that some real kick-ass action would eventually occur in the book. Evidently I was wrong, yes Black and his pack chased after Laurent and supposedly ripped him to shreds but we weren't actually informed of how his dark skin was removed from his body, how his cold blood dappled surrounding trees, how his head as finally prised from his neck...

I was deeply impressed by the Twilight film adaptation, but was deeply impressed by how terrible Stephenie Meyer could write. This also applies to New Moon, I am eagerly awaiting the New Moon film adaptation, it looks awesome. I previously rated New Moon a 2 and 1/2 star but upon writing this review have realised how much better it was than its predecessor. Therefore I reward it three stars. I'm told by badass Twitards and not so major fans on Twilight, that its successor, Eclipse, is in actual fact much better than New Moon. I have the book and plan to read it shortly. ( )

I thought this book would be hard to get through because Edward leaves and it is mostly about Bella and Jacob. However, once I got into it, I found that I really appreciated Bella and Jacob's relationship. And of course, Edward comes back in the end which made it all worthwhile. :) ( )

I loved the Twilight series. It's not exactly literary genius, but very fun. ( )

Recommended Ages: Gr. 7-12

Plot Summary: Edward breaks up with Bella because he's afraid she gets in too much trouble when he's around. But while he's gone, Bella is in a comatose like state, finally breaking out when she starts hanging out with Jacob, fixing cars and doing dangerous things so she can hear Edward's voice in her head again. When Jacob suddenly drops off her map, she becomes worried and ends up finding out he became a werewolf whose job is to kill vampires. Now they're on the hunt for Valerie who is trying to kill Bella. Just when Bella is accepting that she is in love with Jacob, but a different kind of love, Edward comes crashing back into her life. Charlie's friend passes away and Edward thinks Bella committed suicide, so he goes to Italy to ask to be killed by a pack of vampires called the Volturi. Bella and Alice follow him to Italy to try to save him.

Setting: Forks, Washington. Italy

Characters: Bella
Charlie - Bella's dad
Edward
Jacob - from La Push
Billy - Jacob's friend
Alice
Carlisle
Emmett
Jasper
Rosalie
Esme

Recurring Themes: vampires, werewolves, forbidden love, friendship, breakup

Controversial Issues: Edward thinks Bella committed suicide
There is barely any physical contact in this book.

Personal Thoughts: I really don't like the Twilight series. I think it's poorly written (too little character development) and I think Bella is annoying. She doesn't think of anything but Edward (which I'm sure is why the book is such a big hit with teenage girls), have any thoughts of her own except for this undying love, and doesn't have any personality. I don't see why Edward is interested in her. I was rooting for Jacob in this book. I don't think I'm going to continue reading the series. ( )

Shortly after Bella's 18th birthday, her vampire boyfriend Edward abruptly dumps her and leaves with his vampire family for parts unknown. She is, in a word, devastated. However, she finds the pain eased somewhat when she does something stupid or reckless, because she hears Edward's voice in her head, telling her to stay safe. She becomes addicted to these delusions, and pulls more and more idiotic stunts to get her fix. Meanwhile, childhood friend and would-be paramour Jacob Black is more than willing to step in, and the two become close.

Though the technical issues are still present in this book - Bella's repetitious stream of consciousness, the overuse of adverbs, the underuse of "said", etc. - the plot moves much more naturally. Jacob is a very likable guy, and I felt bad for him even though I think Edward and Bella are a better match, what with their angst-ridden, melodramatic tendencies. The constant Romeo and Juliet references got really old. The delusion angle wasn't wrapped up very well either, but I was able to more or less ignore it. It's not like I didn't already know Bella's crazy and obsessive.

The werewolf treatment is interesting as well. They are as unaffected by the moon as the vampires are by the sun; they more resemble The Incredible Hulk, in that they turn into wolves when they lose their tempers. Vampires and werewolves are sworn enemies, which is nothing new, but the whole vampire-human-werewolf love triangle is kind of fun. The last few chapters are especially good as Bella attempts to convince Edward to turn her into a vampire, despite several unexpected complications.

And here comes the confession: I found myself utterly sucked into this one. I zipped through it in record time, unable to put it down. I'm embarrassed to admit that I'm champing at the bit to start Eclipse. Clearly there is something wrong with me.

P.S. - A new moon and a lunar eclipse are not the same thing. Just sayin'. ( )

I admit to being a little sucked into the series, mainly in toward the end of each book only because the action picks up and I’m anxious to know what happens. The second book was not as good as the first, and probably not as good as third, but it was still great, with one incredible stylistic choice near the beginning to show the passing of time. Stephanie Meyer is an amazing writer. I will, however, not be sad when I can move onto a different genre of novel.

I enjoyed this second book in the Twilight Saga series almost as much as the first, and in places, even more. Bella, one of the main characters, has become even more annoying (at least to me) in this book than in the first, which made me not appreciate this book as much. However, there are some real suspense-filled scenes that made me want to zip through as quickly as possible to see what happens next. ( )

While I enjoyed this book, I found I was annoyed with the main character pretty much constantly throughout it. It's really hard to explain without giving away the plot of the book, but I found myself trying to figure out some way to kick Bella in the head for being that girl. I couldn't give a book with a main character that obnoxious any higher even if I absolutely loved the book. ( )

The second one, much as the first. A good continuation of the story and I did enjoy the exploration of Jacob's character. ( )

After enduing 'Twilight', I pushed on through 'New Moon' (remember this is all in service to a friend who wants me to see the upcoming movie adaptation with me). At least this installment had some action in it :/ ( )