New Moon (book)
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New Moon is a novel by Stephenie Meyer. It is Meyer's second novel in the Twilight series. This book, unlike the previous entry, is about losing true love.[1] It was published in 2006.
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Plot summary
In the beginning of the book Bella is very upset that it is her birthday. Much to her dismay the Cullen family throw her a birthday party. She then receives a present from Alice and Edward where she gets a paper cut and Jasper attacks her.
Edward leaves the small town of Forks in an attempt to keep Bella safe from a world of vampires. Bella enters a deep depression, becoming a zombie with no friends and no life-she basically epically fails at life after her man leaves. She seeks comfort with Jacob Black, an old family friend who clears the haze of Bella's pain.
Jacob soon finds out that he is a werewolf, a secret that had always been in his family's genetics but revealed itself only when the Cullens, the werewolves' natural enemies, return to Forks. It is a secret he tries desperately to keep from Bella at first, but he eventually reveals as much as he can without betraying his clan. Bella and Jacob spend more and more time together, and Bella soon discovers that the rush of adrenaline present when she places herself in dangerous situations stimulates a hallucination of Edward's voice, telling her to get back home, to safety.
Bella begins doing dangerous things, such as motorcycle riding, to keep Edward's voice with her. Cliff-jumping, a recreational activity participated in by Jacob's friends in his hometown of La Push, is one way she seeks consolation. However, Bella becomes impatient and refuses to wait for Jacob to jump safely. She falls into a riptide in the water, but Jacob rescues her and brings her to safety.
Critical Reception
Readers wrote on DearAuthor.com that, "[Stephenie Meyer] portrayed her [Bella], either intentionally or not, as a selfish user who seemed to only be able to exist with the help of a man in her life." and rated New Moon a B-.[2]AvidBookReader.com rated New Moon a C+ and said that, "The protagonist and narrator, Bella, happens to be the weakest character in the story and the most annoying... I didn’t really care for the teenage angst...[and] The thread with the werewolves was a bit uneven."[3] Other critics at, Teenreads.com said, "In the middle, the story sometimes drags, and readers may long for the vampires' return. The events of NEW MOON, though, will leave Meyer's many fans breathless for the sequel, as Bella finally understands everything that will be at stake if she makes the ultimate choice to give up her humanity and live, like the vampires, forever."[4]
Awards and nominations
- New Moon rose to the #1 position on the New York Times Bestseller List for Children's Chapter Books in its second week on the list, and remained in that spot for 11 weeks. It spent over 30 weeks in total on the list.
