New Moon (Twilight Saga)

I read the whole series including New Moon after seeing the third movie with my daughter (I wantes to know how it ended). I liked the movies OK, but the books are really excellent, well written and almost impossible to put down. I was glad I purchased all four of them in one go as I read one after the other to see what happens. It is interesting that when you have read the third one (or seen the movie for that matter) you believe nr. four cannot be anything but a repeat, but still it manages to surprise and you NEVER quess that happens and how the author manages to make it every bit as exciting as the other book. If you like romance and vampires then this book is a "must read" book.

What a pile of tripe this book was. Total rubbish. I quite enjoyed the first instalment but this book was just dull and boring. I was so disinterested in Bella with all her wallowing in teenage angst that I just put this book down and have never felt any need to go back to it. Don't waste your money!

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The first half of this book is just boring where little else happens besides Bella's whining about the emptiness in her life without Edward - YAWN - Second half starts to become more interesting with the whole story around the werewolves. After that, this whole sobbing between Edward and Bella started to piss me off. I just watch the movies going forward as I do want to know what happens next. After having read and watched the first installment ("Twilight"), I can say that the movie was better than the book. (That does not apply to New Moon though...)

Fantastic lovestory, beautifully written, I enjoyed the book so much, could not let it go. Must read the books before the films.

Having now read all of the twilight saga I can say this is my least favourite of all the books. Although it is still very addictive I did find the middle section a little slow and only by watching the film did I actually manage to gather the motivation to keep reading and not skim that whole part. However, it is still a very important book and is vital in providing a footing for the rest of the books to come. If you loved the first book (like I did) then you should definitely buy this, the ending is so exciting and it will set you up to read eclipse (which is brilliant).

The Book was of a very poor quality, it is the only thing i have bought from amazon that i have been unhappy with, so pleased i watched the film and loved it, I took this book as a holiday read! It dropped to bits, the pages were loose and there was no secure binding, certainly not one for the bookshelf,

I read this in 7 totally engrossing hours, staying up till 2am to finish it - hence I now feel a bit wrecked, both emotionally and physically. New Moon was absolutely heart-wrenching (you can tell I invest heavily in these books can't you?!). But I was physically unable to put it down, and only just managed it for toilet breaks. It's Bella's 18th birthday and a simple paper cut as she opens her presents leads Edward's brother Jasper to almost kill her - to keep her safe, Edward decides to sever ties with her, convincing her that the Cullen family must move on - must leave Forks - and so must she. She does not take it well. After a week of being catatoinc and several months of going through the motions like a depressed zombie she discovers that if she does something reckless and her adrenaline gets going, she hears Edward's voice talking to her in her head. And so, in order to hear it again, she enlists the help of her friend from the reservation, Jacob Black, into restoring an old motorbike and teaching her how to ride it. Jacob is the only one able to block out the pain of Edward's absence, so Bella starts spending a lot of time with him. When he suddenly breaks contact with her, she's determined to see him again. Which is when she discovers that the old tribal legends are not just superstitions: he's become a werewolf, a protector of the people - from the vampiric Cullen family, against which they have deep enmity. Only the treaty between them keeps them from attacking Edward and his family. The pack of 5 werewolfs - all young men from the reservation - are on the track of a pair of vampires who are hunting for Bella and manage to kill one, Laurent. Victoria is still on the loose. Meanwhile, despite the danger, Bella is still doing what she can to hear Edward's voice again. So she decides to cliff-dive, which works, but she nearly drowns. Edward's sister Alice, who sees the future, thinks she sees Bella die - and so rushes back to Forks. Unfortunately, his other sister Rosalie, who has never liked Bella, tells Edward what Alice saw - and when Edward calls the house asking for Bella's dad, Jacob tells him he's at the funeral, neglecting to say whose funeral. And so Alice sees Edward rushing to Italy to do whatever it takes for the ancient, royal vampire family in residence there, to kill him. Alice and Bella must race against time to prevent it. There are several references to Romeo and Juliet in this one. I felt so much for Bella, her pain was so believable, her yearning so bitter, I felt like I was going through the same thing. The scenes where she hears Edward's voice in head, warning her, advising, pleading with her not to do something reckless, often had me laughing with exuberant relief - the sound of his voice had just as much an effect on me, it seemed. And even though I was quite sure she would rescue him in time, like Bella I was never quite sure whether he would stay, or leave again. All in all I am getting just a little bit too wound up in this story, but I can't help it.

Another good book in the saga, but this is the slowest of the four and my least fave but I'll still read it more than once! I have reviewed the other Twilight books and still say I love them all.

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