hypnotic_shower 22, In a relationship. USA

This book...

I hardly think this should have been written at all. If the story finished on the last book, I feel that the whole series would have been better for it.

As I'm reading now, I find this book to be predictable and just plain annoying.

As it stands, I'm ready to just finish it and move on.

I tried reading this book in middle school and failed miserably.

This book is definitely for those whom are very patient. It can be slow at times, particularly the beginning, but the rewards are worth it. There were some instances were I would be thinking, "Why didn't they put this part in?" or "When do we finally get to this part from the movie?"

For how much I loved this book, I have to say, I wasn't in a hurry to read the second. I truly believe because at times, this book is work to read, like a textbook, and that can be daunting to the casual reader.

I found this book to be a realistic, fantastic novel. What I mean is that it uses more realistic explanations to explain the more fantastical parts of the book. As a science major, I found this to be very delightful and interesting.

On top of that, this book has a wonderful main character who you can really feel for and love and the story itself will have you waiting for more.

This book was better than it's predecessor in that it brought back a lot of the players that make this series interesting.

It also continues on a lot of the cheesy teen mush mush that I've come to despise about this series.

Also, I really begin to have a disdain for Bella's character. She goes from mildly ok to slightly annoying in her choices and behavior by the time this book roles around.

I got to wonder, what's an almost 100 year old vampire doing with a girl of this maturity level?

The beginning of this book had potential, however, it spirals downward fast.

Bella slowly becomes a character that I can tolerate less and less. There are new characters introduced into the story with potential themselves.

Overall, I just felt that this book dragged on and on. Nothing memorable stood out from it that contributed to positive character or story growth.

I saw the movie first before I ever laid hands on, or even knew about this series.

I knew sort of what to expect from the movie but as always, the book expanded upon what happened and even changed some events that I was expecting.

I think I didn't expect much, and so I wasn't really all that disappointing. There were times, mainly the interactions of Bella and Edward, that this book felt very cheesy. However, the overall story itself wasn't half bad.

I would say that this book wasn't half bad.