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New Moon by Stephanie Meyer - a MOM review of the book - great for teen girls!! I am a mom of a pre-teen girl and since my daughter wanted to read the Twilight series books, I was a little hesitant about letting her, but agreed if I read them 1st and approved, that she could read them. Here is what I thought as a mom: I am glad that this saga does not revolve around sex and who's having sex with who kind of teen drama. That kind of media in not allowed in my home or around my daughter! I am glad it's focus is on love and commitment and what that all means in a relationship without sex being apart of that, teen girls need to hear that message a lot more that they do in this day and age (any mom or dad reading this knows what I am talking about)!!! However, in this book, (I may spoil the storyline here, so please skip the rest if you don't want to learn part of what happens) Edward suddenly breaks up with Bella and leaves her heartbroken for 4+ months, where she started a new friendship/relationship with Jacob and then, when Edward "comes back" she loves him and misses him and la di da, basically the end. My problem with this book is her reaction and what it says to all the teen girls out there using this book as a 1st look into love. I feel it is letting them know that a guy can leave you and hurt you like that and if he comes back, well that is ok that he hurt you... no, no no!! I would have like to see a positive role model with a back bone that loves herself enough to not take that from any guy and I feel that teen girls need to see more of that for self empowerment. But I am a mom, not a teen girl in love with the hero! So for moms and dads out there, wondering what your daughter is learning from this book, I hope this helps, some good stuff and some stuff that could have been better for teen girls to hear and read - overall it is a good book and if you have the time, read it yourself so you know what your child is reading. I find it opens up discussions and goes a long way in what they are talking about with friends!! Enjoy!Read full review
This is the 2nd book in the 4 part saga about a teenage vampire and his love for a human high school girl. This book is not quite as good as the first one. I am about 3/4 way through it and it is getting better though.It was pretty boring to about the first half of the book. The covers Ms Meyer's uses for her books is very enticing. It makes you want to read the books just because the cover looks so good. I will admit, I was not interested in these books until I got the first book in the saga for Christmas.I thought they were strictly for teenagers. I was hooked right from the start though and couldn't wait to read the second one. Which has been a bit disappointing. It is rather slow and leads you on for a long time before it gets into the fact that Jacob is a werewolf. It started picking up some after that and got more interesting. I would say the second book is about half as interesting, or less than the first one. I just hope the third book is better than this one has been.Read full review
As an English major and a writer, I find books like the Twilight series fascinating. Not because the story itself is all that original (Antagonist, misunderstood by the world, meets another who is also misunderstood) or because the writing is fantastic (Count the number of times Mrs. Meyer uses the term velvet to describe Edward's voice!) but because the books capture the interest of so many, despite their predictable and formulaic plot twists and endings. I confess that the first book really held my interest. I could not put the silly thing down until I had found out what happened to Bella and Edward. Mrs. Meyer really knows her stuff and is quite gifted at capturing the thoughts and feelings of a single glimpse, moment, or time period. That being said, I was sadly disappointed with New Moon. One of my pet-peeves in stories is pointless drama and this story was full of it. Why does Bella need to hurt herself so many times? One would think her insurance policy would have run out a long time ago... besides the melodramatic plot twist towards the beginning, the book is slow-moving at best. Naturally, the author wanted a relationship to bloom and grow between Bella and Jacob. Was it really necessary for her to use painfully cliche' lines and plots to do so? Also, what happened to all the secondary characters who were introduced in the first book? Granted, Charlie gets a few more lines than usual along with the subplot between him, Billy, and Harry. However, Bella's friends are either ignored or completely taken out of the second book. There are some good qualities to the book. It strengthens the relationship between Bella and Edward and reveals future problems for our star-crossed lovers. It's not a terrible book. The intended reader (preteens) may find this book slow-paced compared to the first and fourth book. The ending is satisfying and leaves a desire for the next installment. If you're willing to hang through the stereo-typical conversations and sluggish plot-lines, you will be rewarded.Read full review
I Loved the first boe ok!!! You can't help but fall in love with Edward and Bella's romance. In the secound book you get kind of bored in the middle but then things pick up between Jacob and Bella. You won't want to put it down aftward. My parents had to threaten to hold New Moon hostage to get me to put it down and do my other work. I love the end to the book. It is amazing. I can not wait until the Movie. You should definitly read this book!!! Don't try to read it just to see what happens. You should read the saga in order. These are amazing books. If you don't enjoy them than im sorry, but you probably will otherwise there woudn't be total mania surronding The Twilight Saga. This is My favorite book out of the whole Saga. In the beging of the Book I cried! Be prepared for an amazing book if you decide to read it!!!Read full review
Stephenie Meyer is a awesome! I love this the books, "Softly he brushed my cheek, then held my face between his marble hands. 'Be very still,' he whispered, as if I wasn't already frozen. Slowly, never moving his eyes from mine, he leaned toward me. Then abruptly, but very gently, he rested his cold cheek against the hollow at the base of my throat." As Shakespeare knew, love burns high when thwarted by obstacles. In Twilight, an exquisite fantasy by Stephenie Meyer, readers discover a pair of lovers who are supremely star-crossed. Bella adores beautiful Edward, and he returns her love. But Edward is having a hard time controlling the blood lust she arouses in him, because--he's a vampire. At any moment, the intensity of their passion could drive him to kill her, and he agonizes over the danger. But, Bella would rather be dead than part from Edward, so she risks her life to stay near him, and the novel burns with the erotic tension of their dangerous and necessarily chaste relationship. Meyer has achieved quite a feat by making this scenario completely human and believable. She begins with a familiar YA premise (the new kid in school), and lulls us into thinking this will be just another realistic young adult novel. Bella has come to the small town of Forks on the gloomy Olympic Peninsula to be with her father. At school, she wonders about a group of five remarkably beautiful teens, who sit together in the cafeteria but never eat. As she grows to know, and then love, Edward, she learns their secret. They are all rescued vampires, part of a family headed by saintly Carlisle, who has inspired them to renounce human prey. For Edward's sake they welcome Bella, but when a roving group of tracker vampires fixates on her, the family is drawn into a desperate pursuit to protect the fragile human in their midst. The precision and delicacy of Meyer's writing lifts this wonderful novel beyond the limitations of the horror genre to a place among the best of YA fiction.Read full review
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