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| Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1099 reviews
Sales Rank: 4
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 608
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 0316024961
EAN: 9780316024969
ASIN: 0316024961
Publication Date: May 31, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Much better... December 1, 2008
Though Twilight peaked my interest, I found New Moon to be far superior in both writing and story. There is a gloomy and depressing mood that I enjoyed throughout this book. It was darker and more angst-ridden than the first novel and that is where it succeeds. Twilight was all fresh and new and happy-go-lucky. But not much happens. Its true. br /br /New Moon starts off on a pleasant note, but VERY quickly escalates into full-on gloom. Bella is not so boring in this. I could actually feel her pain and it felt very realistic. I was not a big fan of her character in Twilight, but she was much more enjoyable in this.br /br /Jacob gets a MUCH bigger and far more interesting role in New Moon. Pretty much everything is explained regarding him and the veiled mysteries regarding him and his dad from Twilight. Though I am on Team Edward 100%, I did not mind Jacob as much in this book.br /br /Speaking of sparkling Edward, sadly he is missing for far too long in this novel. I'd say-for more than half the book. However, when he is on page, he is by far my favorite character. There is not much to improve on. He is a perfect vampire-what else can you say that hasn't been said already?br /br /I would not call this a masterpiece by any means, but it is a very good read and far better than even Twilight.
 Media frenzy December 1, 2008
I read "New Moon" about 6 months ago after seeing the author's name mentioned in an article about vampire stories. It was OK, I guess--I did get a bit bored by Bella's overreaction to even the sound of Edward's name after he left--I mean, come on, how many times can you fall into the pit of despair and reopen the gaping wound and fill the huge hole where he used to be, etc. I didn't plan to even go ahead and read the first book. There was no talk of a movie and no one I knew had ever heard of the author or the series. Then, suddenly, a few months ago, "Twilight" is everywhere, every high school kid wants to read the books, theatres are sold out of seats for the movie...what did I miss?! I'd really like to meet the spin doctor who pulled this one off. "Twilight", the book, was published in 2005. What happened in those three years to produce this media frenzy?!
 Full Moon??? December 1, 2008
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I may not be Stephenie Meyer's target audience. But I do love vampire books (Anne Rice, Poppy Z. Brite, White Wolf novels, P. N. Elrod, Laurell K. Hamilton, to name a few), and I've always been attracted to the forbidden love theme. Being a huge fan of Shakespeare, including Romeo and Juliet, one of my favorite plays, it's immensely enjoyable to see this theme throughout her novels.br /br /Now to the novel... I don't want to give away anything. The novel picks up where the first in the series of novels left off. Bella has been rescued from the clutches of James, and all would seem well in her world - or so you would think. Bella is in her last year of high school, and all of the events of "normal" human life are paralleled with numerous supernatural events. A number of threads from the previous novel carry over into this one, including some enemies thought gone and an expansion of some of the mythology introduced in the first novel. One of the most significant events involves the absence of some important characters in Bella's life and her subsequent reaction to that happening. Bella spirals into depression, but comes out of it with the help of Jacob Black and her newly discovered reckless side of her nature. br /br /Much like the first novel in the series, this novel climaxes at the end of the novel in a very exciting way that will, no doubt, leave readers of the series very satisfied. A number of characters and locations mentioned in the first novel are expounded during the climax at the end. The ending clearly lays the foundation for future novels.br /br /"New Moon" is as exciting as the first novel in the series, and I would easily recommend it to fans of the series.br /
Least favorite of the four November 30, 2008
I was so excited to read this, once I had finished Twilight. However, it was dull in comparison. I struggled to get through it. The beginning 100 and last 100 pages were okay, but the ones in the middles could have definitely been condensed. They were almost painful. However, you must read this to get on to Eclipse and Breaking Dawn, which are both definitely worth reading.br /
i just started reading this..... November 30, 2008
I just started reading this book and I am hooked just like the first one.You should read the whole saga.
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