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Review: New Moon « Book Addiction — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:57:52 +0000

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By: Ishy

Ishy — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:03:39 +0000

I read Twilight and i loved it. I then started to read New Moon, and couldnt put it down. I just sat in my room for 3 hours just reading it. I think it was very effective how it showed how much time passed and i loved reading how Bella put her life back together. I didnt like how Mike liked her but didnt do basically anything about it. I still love Twilight though but i wish Edward didnt leave.

By: annata

annata — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:11:20 +0000

i didn’t mean the compromises you make for each other!i meant the compromises you would have to make to make everyone happy, which would lead to disaster! If you really want something, someone else is bound to get hurt!Jacob in this case! She did what she had to do in order to go on with her life, i can understand that!That’s what i meant with compromising!Sometimes an innocent bystander gets crushed, that’s life! Ofcourse if you try to apply those themes to real life, it doesn’t send a good message!But to be honest books that only send good messages are boring and i wouldn’t read them!

You can only learn so much from books and the rest you have to discover for yourself, so i may be ignorant but my relationships were mostly formed through my experience with former realtionships and not through books!
But i’m old and i wasn’t into romantic books in my teens!

If i had a chance to find that one person, without i could not live, i imagine being able to do crazy stuff myself*g*

By: sahar009

sahar009 — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:57:07 +0000

Hey annata! It makes me sad that you think that ‘real love’ isn’t about compromise. Because if two people love each other that much, they are both going to be so eager to make the other happy that they can’t do anything *but* compromise! Compromise is all about sacrifice, which is something people in a world with vampires and werewolves should also do. However, the reason for the sacrifice and compromise shouldn’t be a feeling of inadequacy such at the one Bella feels throughout most of the series, until she is able to prove to herself that she is just as good as the other vampires – and as Edward.

And, just to let you know, I liked the story!

It comes down to this: when put in the context of real-life, some of the themes in these books become downright scary, and the blind adulation of young women in their tweens, teens and early twenties to this type of romance is frightening.

By: annata

annata — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:18:27 +0000

Ps: Real love isn’t about compromise! Romeo and Juliet isn’t such a great love story, because their protagonists where so good at compromising!
Could she have lived an happy live with Jacob?sure! But would it have been the real deal? No!

By: annata

annata — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:11:53 +0000

I thought that meyer did a really good job in describing love at that age! Also it’s a fantasy book so i accept that there is real love!Love that really last forever!If there are Vampires and Werewolves, it’s not so hard to accept that there is also love ,without you can’t live! With this premise, i totally understood Bella and how she tried to cope with the loss!

What else could she do? Shrug it off and go on with her life?
Even before she knew Edward, she was never a person, that socialized easily or fit into society!Her bonds with every other person except her parents were superficial at best, also something i can understand!There are people who do not fit into an average human life! Human realtionships are fleeting!Live changes all the time nothing is forever, but the love between Edward and Bella is! So what is more important?

Also getting married is a human concept and i prefer being immortal over getting married any day!

See if you don’t apply your human standards to her behavior and see it from the standpoint, that love could really last forever, her behavior isn’t so cruel and selfish anymore!

By: allison

allison — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:23:54 +0000

I THINK THIS SERIES IS AWESOME AND I CANT WAIT FOR THE MOVIES!!!!

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:19:33 +0000

Im shocked! No comment about Bella’s reckless cliff-diving to hear voices in her head? Not a word about how the whole plot of the book could have been changed if Edward had asked ONE LITTLE QUESTION (Who’s funeral)?
And absolutly nothing related to Edward’s suicidal tendencies? Gasp!

In all honesty, I didnt like New Moon very much. Yes, I am single handedly defending the series here, but I just… didnt like New Moon. Most of the time I thought Bella could’ve just sucked it up and tried to love Jacob. He was perfectly good for her, and plus, Charlie approved!

Alice. I always love Alice. Her brief interaction with Jasper added (for me) a little more depth in their relationship. Overall, the supporting characters outplayed the main ones in this book, for me.

I would have enjoyed a more lengthy post from you, but the shorter one gets the point across just fine. I prefered Eclipse to New Moon most definatly, and Im eager to hear your thoughts on it!

By: New Moon « Jackets & Covers

New Moon « Jackets & Covers — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:12:32 +0000

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By: mary

mary — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:05:44 +0000

i think thats stupid of you to make her look bad cuz i do like the book i think every time this kind of thing happes you would wana know more and then you wolud get into it and buy the 3rd book