Customer Reviews
Not quite as good as Twilight, but still very good. - By: Mr Pinky, 12 Oct 2008 
After reading Twilight, I found myself completely obsessed with Edward, so when I heard that Edward wasn'tin New Moon much, I was quite upset. But I read New Moon anyway, unable to resist, & actually found myself really enjoying it, even though Edward was missing from its pages. I liked getting to know & like Bella more, & was especially fond of Jacob, who is really sweet, warm & likable. I also discovered that it cured my "Edward bug" considerably, which I was glad of (though of course I still love him). I was very happy that I read it.
Really Enjoyable. - By: Margaret, 02 Oct 2008 Having read Twilight I was excited about reading 'New Moon'. I couldn't wait to get started. Like Twilight I found this book easy to get into & fast pacedin most places, although there was a section of the book I found a bit slow & wanted to get it over with. That section for me was when Alice enters. Also there are partsin the book where Bella seems really immature, but then I have to remind myself that she's only supposed to be a teenagerin the book, just a kid.
As I was reading the book I guessed about the whole Jacob thing, it was pretty predictable but I enjoyed it. I did feel sad for Jacob but I really missed Edward the most. It was well worth it though when he made his appearancein the book.
Near the end of this book I was smiling all the way through it, I wanted to scream do it!!! But what & with whom to do it with, is for you to find out. :)
Overall, I really enjoyed this book, it's not as good as Twilight but still very enjoyable.
Like a giant chocolate cake... - By: LE Dewick, 30 Sep 2008 
...in that it may taste good while you're eating it, but, boy howdy, do you feel sick afterwards!
As I've writtenin a previous review, I was captivated by Twilight, somewhat against my will, I might add. I was fully aware the book was, to put it bluntly, utter garbage, but I enjoyed it none the less. What a shame I decided to pursue the rest of the series.
The plotin a nutshell is this: Edward leaves Bella (for a reason so convoluted & cock-a-mammie I can't even remember it now - something along the lines of 'I'm bad for you, my darling, so me & my whole family are uprooting. Goodbye for ever'. I see.....) & poor Miss Swan must try to get over her undead lover. However, all is not as it seems of course, & we get one geriatric plot device after the other thrown at us. The one positivein the book is Jacob Black - a character later so tragically mangled by Meyer, who was presumably horrified with how much more popular this believable young man wasin comparison with one-dimensional necromantic Edward. The relationship between Bella & her own 'personal sun' Jacob is the plus point of this book. Their growing friendship is easily as charming as Bella & Edwards' burgeoning romance.
Unfortunately, this is where the good stuff ends. I am not sure what message Meyer was trying to convey to her fans but I am not sure that it's an especially healthy one. When Edward leaves Bella the result is catastrophic. The poor little petal is left 'catatonic' by his desertion - so catatonic,in fact, that she misses four whole months of her life, which are oh-so-significantly portrayed by pages that are starkly empty except for the name of the month. Swoon. How symbolic! That, or Meyer simply did not (and does not, I dare say) have the talent to adequately portray realistic hysteria. 'The Turn of the Screw' this ain't.
Once hormonal Bella has finally pulled herself together sufficiently to stagger out of the house, she begins throwing herself into life-threatening situationsin order to hear Edward's voice. I wish I was joking, but I'm not. Motorcycling, cliff-diving & walking up to a group of potential rapists are all orders the day, so Bella can be hallucinatorily rebuked by her lost love. Please. Is this really what we want to tell teenage girls? Let's face it, teenage girls usually fall fast & hard for numerous suitors throughout their troubled years (no insult intended ladies, please, I'm thinking of you!) & making a teenage break-up into such a horrendous outpouring of grief is downright dangerous. Yes, you may argue that 'this is no ordinary relationship! Edward & Bella are soul-mates!' & you may well be right. But it is a moot point. There should be some realistic & morally uplifting portrayal of feelings without resorting to suicidal chest-beating, & this book face-plantsin its own self-pity. Even delightfully amber-eyed Edward is not so appealing on a second reading. There isn't much he can do, apart from look pretty & robustly rescue his club-footed princess.He's a cross between an Alexander McQueen model & someone from a real-ale commercial.
This book is a shameful continuation of the pleasing Twilight, & along with boring Eclipse & emetic Breaking Dawn, is best avoided.
Fabulous! Fabulous! Fabulous! - By: Mrs. S. D. Williams, 23 Sep 2008 
I found this book more compelling than the first which was astonishing because I was thoroughly gripped by that one! I was never bored for one moment, each page was enjoyable & I was always excited to get to the next page, rare for a book to do this for me!
I love the characters too, they are built & describedin such a way that you can't help but like them. The love affair between Edward & Bella reminds me what young first love was like & that is sweetin itself.
A great book & I am now half way through Eclipse!!!
don't buy this for your own sake! - By: Mr. L. L. C. Alcolea, 04 Sep 2008 
Ok I admit this book is slightly better than the last one because we don't have to read Bellas declerations of undying love every 10 pages, nor does she faint upon seeing edward etc..... & granted there is a lot more action what with edward away but still the book lacks any real substance whatsoever & inherits the appalling chracter design of it's predeccessor (twilight),a fact made only more apparant by the sheer patheticness of Bella whose rolein this book seems to be consigned to forcing her brain to create delusions of hearing Edwards voice & hallucinations about him, I mean seriously the girl is abosolutely, totally & completely pathetic. Not only this but the relationship between the two is anything but normal I mean which couple you know of could hear dozens of tourists being torn apart by vampires still bein love with one & then worry that perhaps it's wrong for them to be happy (um well that is a teeny bit obivous...) allin all bella seems to be nothing more than a rather spolit (and pathetic) stereotypical american schoolgirl & Edwardin this asin any of the books seems to be a cross between a stalker & a boyfriend. To be honest the book was so bad I couldnt even finish reading it & gave it back to the shop so I could spene dmy money on something more worthwhile.
