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New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

27 reviews

christinewonder's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5


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2357aya's review against another edition

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emotional sad
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.25


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loggskywalker's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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ging090803's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

After all this time, New Moon is still my least favorite book. Nothing happened except depression. It is still a good book. I like how Jacob has now his importance but Bella is a little bit too much annoying for my liking. Most of the book is just about her thinking about Edward and leading Jacob... Oof. 
Lucky us, the next ones are better. 

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planetshelf's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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chloevienna's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

as much as i hate stephanie meyer and certain aspects of her books, they’re always going to have a special/nostalgic place in my heart. team edward >>

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directorpurry's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

CW: suicidal ideations, self-harm, attempted suicide

I actually thought I wouldn't like this one as much now that I've had some distance, but I was wrong. There's absolutely no drama like the third act of this damn book. Nothing like it. (Edit: April 3, 2021 - I FULLY stand by this statement.)

Update August 3, 2021: This book is atrocious in the best way possible and I love it.

The biggest issues I have with this book, besides the... insanity... of Edward and Bella, is the treatment of the Quileute Tribe.
They are a real group of people who live in Washington state. They have a real history and culture. They have real mythologies and religious practices. They have real governing structure.

Stephenie Meyer acknowledges none of that.
She used these people for her own silly book in deeply disrespectful and colonizing ways. She could have made up a tribe to take the role. Maybe it wouldn't have been great, but it would have been easy and simple. It wouldn't have the same flavor of absolute audacity that no one but white people can have when they grab their hands on other people's cultures.
It would have been so much less offensive if she had just made up her own tribe and culture.

As you can see by the short time it took me to read this, I genuinely, truly enjoyed my reading experience. Most of the Twilight series has this wonderful perfect storm of compelling plot, ridiculous characters, and just-bad-enough dialogue to make them obsessively readable and enjoyable, even with their avalanches of flaws. But these books have some genuine causes for concern within them that definitely gets worse as they go along.

Additionally, besides my own bias against love triangles (I pick my favorite and I STICK TO HIM, DAMMIT. That's what always happens. No author can trick me into switching different bois.) Bella is both too old for Jacob (She is 18, he is 16; while I didn't see anything wrong with that at 12, at 24 I have some legitimate concerns.) and she's clearly not interested in him romantically. She sees him as a security blanket, not a boyfriend. Her words, "a safe harbor," not a romantic interest.
Jacob might be a better person than Edward, but he's not The One. SpoilerBut NO I won't talk about demon spawn baby. Everything about Breaking Dawn is horrible and I hate it. >:[

Edit March 3, 2021 - Also forgot, Aro is so aggressively queer-coded lol. It's not the most offensive take I've seen, though. And also not the most offensive thing in this book either! So, y'know...

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merah's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5


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haterhall's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5


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ashleyvharris's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I’m beyond giving this a serious review. I just will always be so mad at Edward leaving, no matter how many times I read this book. Bella has a drastically different response than I would…

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