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 enlarge | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Creator: Ilyana Kadushin
Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
Category: Book
List Price: $54.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1110 reviews
Sales Rank: 887
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 12
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6 x 5 x 1.2
ISBN: 0739337203
EAN: 9780739337202
ASIN: 0739337203
Publication Date: September 12, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 New Moon December 2, 2008
The Twilight saga was never on my reading list until I heard about it from a friend, who said my youngest daughter would like to read it. By that time I had seen a movie clip about the first book, Twilight. The clip I saw was very good and got me thinking about the book. I have read all the books and I very much enjoyed them all! I don't think they are solely for the young teen girls, I believe they are for all ages! I am a 44 year old female, and I am addicted to them all I can't wait for the next movie New Moon.
Surprisingly genuine heartbreak December 2, 2008
I finished reading New Moon only about 48 hours after I read Twilight, as I found both books quite consuming. My review does contain spoilers, be warned.
Twilight opens with Bella's 18th birthday party and quickly segues into a tale of desolate heartbreak as her vampire boyfriend, Edward, chooses to leave her "for her own good." With Edward and his family gone, with no lingering hope of their return, Bella spirals into a profound depression for most of the book. Many reviewers have noted that Bella's character seems weak in her despair over losing "a boyfriend" and lament that she lacks many qualities of a strong young woman. It seems to me that the point of the heavy romance in Twilight was to set up a context in which Bella's destruction in New Moon would be understandable. Edward was not her "boyfriend," but her true love. Their lives and hearts are twined together in a way that cannot be gotten over when the two separate. Bella describes feeling physically pulled apart in her chest, feeling even that her heart is literally bleeding out in despair without her love.
I was moved to read what I took to be such a viscerally honest account of real heartbreak. When one loses a great love, either through a horrifying break-up, divorce, or death, life often does lose its meaning and sense. Bella's behavior throughout most of the book would be strange indeed for the average teen sorrowing over a lost boyfriend. She engages in quite a bit of dangerous thrill-seeking, uses a good friend in a painful manner, hears Edward's voice in her head, and loses touch with family, friends, activities, interests... more than grieving a break-up, Bella is grieving the loss of half of herself. Perhaps more readers could identify with Bella's grief in the context of the loss of a mother, or a partner of 50 years perhaps. It is not typical for a 17-year-old to make such a deep connection to a partner, so perhaps that has lead many readers to bristle at Bella's downward spiral in this book, seeing her behavior as unwarranted.
** major spoiler **
At the end of the book, Bella at last recognizes that Edward has always loved her and always will love her, just as she loves him. This recognition generates a shift in her perception of herself as well as of their relationship and allows her to embark on healthier path than she had been able to take before. The stage seems to be set for Bella to move into book three with a strong relationship AND an independent sense of self and of her self-worth. I will continue to enjoy seeing how her character develops in each book.
New Moon December 2, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The entire Twilight Series is absolutely addictive. I am 36 years old. I purchased the first book on a business trip in South Africa. I finished the book in two nights of reading. I went to three book stores in SA to find New Moon so I could read it on my long flight home. All the stores were sold out. I logged on to Amazon and ordered the remaining three books to be shipped overnight so that they were on my doorstep waiting for me.
I fear the day I finish the books and that sad feeling of nothing left of the story to read. I certainly hope that Stephanie is working on book 5.
 EEhhh December 2, 2008
I was very disappointed with the majority of this series which doesnt get interesting until the 4th book so if ou just want the backstory then trudge through this snorefest.
good December 2, 2008
it was a very good book. Came in good condition. would recommend it to family.
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