PLEASE tell me I'm not alone here

[OCDSufferer]

Okay, so I hated New Moon and it bugged the hell out of me, mostly b/c I was like 'Come on Edward, get over here. I don't want to read about Jacob any more or about how Bella is going crazy' But on the third time, I loved it. I thinks it's probably the most emotional of all the books, and shows how strong Bella's love for Edward really is. And a lot of important relationships are made in NM.

[melodycullen]

Oh, i mostly agree with you...

I will argue that the blank month pages were one of the best literary techniques i've ever seen in a book. What a better way to convey the emptyness that Bella felt...and thats what it was. It wasn't the rest of the world's view of her during that time, it was Bella's view. If Charlie or Angela wrote a book about this time period there would be no blank pages. SM said more in 5 pages with 1 word on them then she could have if she had written 5 chapters full of Bella wandering around school. Much better than writing ..."the next 5 months passed like a *some brilliant metaphor here*".

The rest of it...yeah...Edward brought his relationship problems on himself when he left. Thats why I have no issue with Jacob's feelings towards Bella...Edward left her. What did he think she'd do? More blank pages? Nope...someone was going to pull her out of it. Who better than a hot guy?

The rest of all the shirtless Edward stuff can be applied to the fact that SM wrote the books for her target audience...teenage girls.

Love your opinions!!

[beccaxnoel]

I only really like New Moon because of Jacob. But the beginning and the ending realy freaking annoyed me as well.... I think the months on the pages thing was a cool technique... I don't think stephenie meyer was the only person to have done that, cause I really don't see how people think she is this amazing write(but thats a discussion for a different thread).

I totally agree with everything you have to say though. Like Bella does all these stupid crazy things just so she hallucinate and see him, but wasnt the idea of him leaving was to make it seem like he never existed, and maybe i was just reading it wrong, but it seemed as though he like actually appeared in front of her, edward=hypocrite. And instead of doing stupid s**** like almost killing yourself to make you hallucinate, why not just do some drugs or something!!! Like it seemed just a little weird, I don't exactly how to like explain myself.

But anyway I actually like New Moon a lot, lmao. It was my second favorite out of all of them(Eclipse being the first), and whenever I "re-read" new moon, really that just means me skipping the part when she gets the bike idea and then reading through until she is leaving to save edward.

[Loving Edward]

Am I the only one who increasingly annoyed at this book? I mean REALLY. Let's start with the break-up.

Off to Italy!
Okay, so leaving out the six pages of Bella describing herself charging the crowd, let's skip right to encountering Edward. Sooo we run into Edward, and he's missing his shirt. Now, instead of putting it back on when Jane, Cais, and, I believe it was Marcus (him or Aro, I don't remember), Edward stays shirtless until... well he stays shirtless the whole time.What happened to his shirt, anyway? I digress. What really got on my nerves was that they forgave each other right away. It seems like Edward didn't even remember why he left in the first place! Everything goes back to happily ever after as soon as they see each other. Sorry, it doesn't make sense to me.

Thoughts?

Im ok with the lack of shirt
This is the bit I struggle on, She made a decision to go to the party so Alice should have seen it imo... And Edward knew she might not come back, hence the note left in the house. As to the stupidity, she was in love and heartbroken....I can understand that. first love is so intense....and when you get to a point in depression where you don't care anymore, then it just ceases to become logical. Edward is selfish, he does describe himself as selfish, and so did RP when describing Edward, so thats ok, we know he is selfish but he is still incredibly hot for a dead guy

[Loving Edward]

Oh, i mostly agree with you...

I will argue that the blank month pages were one of the best literary techniques i've ever seen in a book. What a better way to convey the emptyness that Bella felt...and thats what it was. It wasn't the rest of the world's view of her during that time, it was Bella's view. If Charlie or Angela wrote a book about this time period there would be no blank pages. SM said more in 5 pages with 1 word on them then she could have if she had written 5 chapters full of Bella wandering around school. Much better than writing ..."the next 5 months passed like a *some brilliant metaphor here*".

The rest of it...yeah...Edward brought his relationship problems on himself when he left. Thats why I have no issue with Jacob's feelings towards Bella...Edward left her. What did he think she'd do? More blank pages? Nope...someone was going to pull her out of it. Who better than a hot guy?

The rest of all the shirtless Edward stuff can be applied to the fact that SM wrote the books for her target audience...teenage girls.

Love your opinions!!

I'm no teenager, but I am ok cos Edward is far older than any of us I think

[Mrs. Jasper Cullen]

New Moon was my least favorite book in the series. My fave is Eclipse. New Moon didn't really make sense to me. I mean why in the world did Bella save Edward!!! He LEFT her ALONE and HELPLESS!!!!!

[live by the twible]

wow thats some serious hatred of nm going on.
i loved it even though there was too much jacob.
Edward didnt choose to have the party - alice did and we all know what alice is like.

[IRunWithThePack22]

There was supposed to be more Jacob than Edward in NM because thats when Jake and Bellas relationship forms and develops so im glad Edward was barely in it because thats how it was supposed to be for that relationship to form. Its very annoying to see all this " too much Jacob" crap all over the place when he had just as much a right to be in the books and movies as much as he is as Edward did. and for the record you didnt see Jacob fans going ewww too much Edward he ruins the book hes too whiney blah blah blah. you only see Jacob fans do that every so often whereas with Edward fans its always too much jacob and not enough Edward and its getting really old and really annoying...

[live by the twible]

well okay i didnt really think that in nm as much as eclipse. In nm for half of it i liked jacob -'' my jacob''
But in eclipse nearly everytime bella is with jacob they end up fighting over something that jacob does.

and i will try not to say ''too much jacob'' anymore

[IRunWithThePack22]

I know they fought but they only fought because Jake kept throwing things that Bella knew were true but wouldnt admit it in her face. Things like Bellas true feelings for Jacob for example and how Jake would have been so much better for her. And thanks Chloe :3 i was just kinda ranting and raving about that bit tho... but it is kinda true