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 Two stars for Jacob Black, 2008-09-07
I have just completed New Moon and unfortunately found it to be a dissappointment. I had expected Meyer's writing mechanics and characterization to become stronger as this was her second book but unfortunately, she did not come through. Bella's characterization in this novel makes this story nearly un-readable. She spends the the entire book in a self indulgent funk that both brings down and frustrates the reader. I am a female, though now out of my teens, and folks, Bella's reaction to events that occur in this story are completely over the top and honestly, out of character for the girl Meyer drew in the beginning of Twilight. If Bella had been the only character in this story, I would have given it one star. Self-indulgent, selfish, short-sighted...I could go on with similar adjectives to describe Bella. She really is the worse teen Heroine to come along in ages. She really sets girls back hundreds of years. This story, however, is redeemed by the incredible Jacob Black. Not only is he well drawn but Meyer takes the time to develop his character and his relationship with Bella(something she failed to do in Twilight with Bella and Edward). When key events happen in the story, the turmoil is real. If Meyer had focused more on the Jacob/Bella story line and less on Bella's idiocy for the first 200 pages or so of the book, she could have had an excellent second story here. Bella utterly ruins it.
Oh and there is this little thrown in side trip to Italy which seemed completely contrived and out of place. It reminded me of the contrived meeting with the tracker James in Twilight. It is purely a plot device and not well done. All in all I was very dissappointed.
 great series, 2008-09-07
I bought this series of books for my granddaughter, she had all4 read in just over a week. She enjoyed them greatly. She's 14
Great book!, 2008-09-07
I'm a little old for these books...I know. And I've read a LOT of vampire books over the years, but these are so romantic - something that's been lost (sacrificed for sex, which isn't terrible, mind you...but the romance was missed!)in some adult vampire novels. I am really enjoying this series!
More drama - Boring, 2008-09-07
Having read most of Ann Rice's books, I experienced how the Vampire books got from good and erotic to verbose and boring.
Ms. Stephanie Meyer is unfortunately the later version of Ms. Rice.
I believe that the audience Ms. Meyer is witting for is high school girls, which might explain her poor performance.
Bella's story takes off from the first book. After causing havoc in Edwards family over her human blood, Edward decides to break up with Bella. We go on for what seems to be an eternity on how sad she is.
She then makes friends with Jacob Black who turns into a werewolf. As it is the custom, werewolves protect the reservation from vampires. Bella figures out that Jacob is a werewolf and befriends the pack.
She starts doing daring things because she hears Edward's voice every time she's in danger. The werewolves save her from a vampire named Laurent who was going to kill her. But there is another Vampire, Victoria who has vowed to kill Bella.
The werewolves then use Bella as bait to kill Victoria, but one day as Bella is waiting for Jacob, she decides to jump off the diving cliff the werewolves had showed her.
Alice has a vision and tells Edward that Bella committed suicide. Edward goes off to Volterra, Italy to get killed, because he can't bare the thought of living without Bella (I swear, there is more drama than in a bad soap), so Alice and Bella have to go to Italy to stop Edward from having the Voltari family (vampire royalty) kill him.
After more drama, Edward is saved and Bella is torn because she has two sworn enemies--Jacob the werewolf and Edward the vampire--as his best friend and boyfriend.
More drama.
Again the book is too long (over 550 pages) and disappointing. I don't know if I will be able to read the third sequel."
Like reading two separate books, 2008-09-06
I read Twilight and wasn't really impressed but I'm continuing on with the series. Reading New Moon was like reading one book for a while and then turning the page to find a different book in its place.
We start off with Edward leaving and then Bella getting closer to Jacob. Edward is cold with hard strength (always described "like ice" and "like marble"), Jacob is hot and strong (always described "like a rock"). Edward glorifies in his own perfection and is too serious with little substance, Jacob takes it easy, laughs often, and has useful skills and hobbies. I do not understand what Bella sees in Edward when Jacob is so much better. Who wants to cuddle up with cold marble when they can have warm and cuddly?
And I do not understand what they both see in Bella. She has little substance. And she says she's not worth of Edward so often that I believed it too. Why are they a couple?
The plot jump was ridiculous. They're in Forks, hunting Victoria (who's hunting Bella) and then suddenly they're escaping Volturi in Italy to save Edward. The two plot lines didn't go together well. I was also put off at the end when Bella says she wants to be a vampire and live with Edward forever but she doesn't want to get married to do it. How does that make sense?
This book, along with Twilight, feels like Meyers wants to tell a vampire romance story but can't settle on a good enough plot. There needs to be a smoother weaving of story lines. If you're going to read the series, get it from the library. And keep in mind there are better vampire series out there.
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