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New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

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stindex's review against another edition

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adventurous
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

0.75


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revolverreads's review against another edition

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

3.0

This December, we took a page out of Edward Cullen’s High School Survival Guide: Bad Breakups 101, or the guide on how to not break up with your underage girlfriend whose self esteem is practically nonexistent. 

In The Twilight Saga, New Moon, Meyer reintroduces us to Bella Swan, however this time around she’s not our decisive, and determined protagonist. Rather, we begin this tale with 17 going on 80 year-old Bella Swan who finds herself devastated when Edward Cullen abruptly leaves her, sending her spiraling into a deep depression. Bella’s emotional turmoil and grief is difficult to digest. Dumped by her vampire boyfriend, Bella is barely making it through the day. She categorizes herself as a “fixer upper”, broken and worthless of not only Edward’s affections, but everyone else’s as well. Meyer delves into the depths of her grief, capturing the rawness of her heartbreak and abandonment. 

That is, until she reconnects with long time family friend (and literal ray of warmth and sunshine)  Jacob Black. Somehow this 16 year old boy is better than a 100 year old vampire at communicating. Jacob is patient, thoughtful, and understanding (at least in this installment), and despite undergoing a very traumatic transformation into a literal wolf, proves himself to be the best friend a traumatized girl can ask for.  After all, as feminists, we support women's rights as well as women's wrongs. And that includes motorcycle rides, and hanging out with supernatural beings that could permanently disfigure you in a moment's notice. That is until Bella finally decides to fling herself off of a cliff and call it cliff diving. 

Bella’s near death experience brings back the only Cullen who had any common sense, Alice. Together they hurry to Italy and into the dangerous grasp of the Volturi, as Bella tries to save Edward from exposing himself to the humans. Despite hundreds of years of living on planet earth, and a plethora of academic distinctions, Edward has the intelligence of a potato. That’s fine, we love a good spud. 

Ultimately, this time around, we found ourselves not team Edward, or team Jacob but rather team Bella. Team Bella needs to go to therapy like Charlie suggested. 

So please, grab your galoshes and your teenage angst and join us as we get into much more detail on our podcast. Check us out at Revolver Reads: A Bookclub Russian Roulette on your podcast platform of choice, or simply @revolverreads on Instagram and let us know what you think. If you’d like to email us any future book suggestions for our roulette wheel, feel free to send them to [email protected].

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alyssapusateri's review against another edition

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

3.5


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magdi_thealien37's review against another edition

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

1.0


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miacorkum's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5


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__romancereader__'s review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

-This book is so good it was definitely more sadder and tense then the first one but given the fact that i watched the movies a good 7000 times in the years since 2015 it was expected but like i said the first book they really left allot of good stuff out of the movies or they flipped it into something similar but not like the movies i loved how Edward spoke to her and i was so excited when they reunited if you have never read the books before my personal opinion i would highly recommend to watch the movies first as much as you would think it would spoil the book they left out allot and flipped allot of parts from the book i mean so much that i was not expecting it it definitely was comforting for me that i watched the movies before i read any of the books because i have terrible anxiety that gets easily triggered especially when happy couples break up even though in the books they normally get back together but still so i was comforted to know that they were guaranteed to reunite but i do also wish like the first book that they would’ve put some parts into the movie they left such good parts out when they made the movie and like i also said when i read the first book that i 100% think no questions asked that the books are better then the movies are the movies are still good though i rated this book 5 stars right along with the first one⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️-

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harrietcarrot72's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense slow-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

4.25

it got better once Edward came back (which was near the end of the book) /spoiler>

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dramagirl2003's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Love it, love it! I expected it to be a little boring waiting for Edward to rejoin the story, but it was really great! I loved the friendship dynamic with Bella and Jacob, it's more detailed than it is in the film

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sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

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

2.5

💬: "One thing I truly knew—knew it in the pit of my stomach, in the center of my bones, knew it from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet, knew it deep in my empty chest—was how love gave someone the power to break you."

Meyer, Stephenie. New Moon (The Twilight Saga Book 2) (p. 219). Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Kindle Edition. 

📖Genres: fantasy, romance, urban fantasy, paranormal, vampires, werewolves

📚Page Count: 566

🎧Audiobook Length: 14h 51min

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️.5 - 2.5/5 
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New Moon is the second installment in the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer. This book has some of the same issues that the first book, Twilight, has. Bella and Edward seem to still have a toxic relationship, both Bella AND Edward still has some serious dependency issues, and once again, there's a big chunk of this book where nothing really happens. In New Moon, Bella and Edward spend almost the duration of the book separated. This leaves a lot of space for the third part of the love triangle to come in, and that's Jacob Black. 

Unfortunately, their relationship is still toxic, or rather Edward still has abusive tendencies. Here's an example, 

“No! No! NO!” Edward roared, charging back into the room. He was in my face before I had time to blink, bending over me, his expression twisted in rage. “Are you insane?” he shouted. “Have you utterly lost your mind?” I cringed away, my hands over my ears.

Meyer, Stephenie. New Moon (The Twilight Saga Book 2) (p. 535). Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Kindle Edition. 


This was towards the end of the book, when Edward got upset about a decision Bella made. Edward also does this. 

“Carlisle?” I turned to look at him. Edward grabbed my face in his hand, forcing me to look at him. His other hand was out, palm toward Carlisle.

Meyer, Stephenie. New Moon (The Twilight Saga Book 2) (pp. 535-536). Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Kindle Edition. 


This is right after Edward starts yelling at Bella and throwing his tantrum. I understand being upset, but I don't think that's really acceptable behavior. He's scaring her and purposefully being intimating.  

In this book, Bella and Edward spend a significant time away from each other and they both act like they're dying because of it. I won't spoil why they spend time apart or how the situation comes to be, but I will say that Bella basically goes catatonic for a while. She has constant nightmares that she awakes from screaming. She goes into a deep depression. Then she starts
hearing Edward's voice in her head whenever she would do something deemed "dangerous" or "life threatening".
Instead of seeing a doctor or specalist, she decides
to keep doing dangerous things so she can continue to hear his voice in her head. Yeah, okay.
I always thought this part of the saga was weird, concerning, and not romantic in the slightest. 

Once again, this book goes on for about 45% (200 pgs) before anything interesting or exciting happens. This is the second book in the series that has pacing issues that make almost the majority of the book, boring. I always have to remind myself that the movie adaptation is superior to the books, because wow. Most of this was boring. 

There were some interesting parts in this story, like the stuff near the end of the book. I shouldn't have to read almost half of your book for anything to happen Mrs. Meyer. I also still hate the dynamic Bella and Edward have, but I do like the side characters a lot. Overall, this book was better than the first. I'm giving this 2.5 out of 5 stars. 
⭐️⭐️.5 - 2.5/5  Stars

I listened to this for free on the library app [LibbyApp.com]

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l_e_lavalle's review against another edition

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

2.25

This isn't a love triangle. Both Edward and Jacob are horrible love interests and not a healthy relationship if you pull off the mask of ~ooh supernatural~. Everyone sucks and the book does too, do not read if you are looking for a genuinely good book.

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