New Moon question

That's a really good question! I was crazy about the books and read some of them multiple times. I was consumed by the story. But as the movies came out, I wondered why did I like the books so much. Now, I find it annoying how her life revolved around just one person. Overall, it was the Twilight phase and it's over. I think we all go through these book phases like Twilight, Hunger Games, Divergent. When we get out of the craze, it's like "what was all that about?".

I'm happy to know that I'm not the only one who feels that way about the books.

I think the biggest allure for me was that I remembered feeling that all-consuming feeling of love whenever I was a teenager and I was able to relate to how Bella felt in that sense. But thinking back on it, just because I was able to relate to it doesn't mean that my experiences were healthy ones too. Teenage obsessiveness can be very dangerous and it's something I've been seeing appear in my own daughter now and so I am in a better position to see how abusive and unhealthy Bella's relationship really was. I don't think that's a very good representation of love we should be passing around.

I went back and re-watched the movies too. I absolutely cannot stand Kristen Stewart's acting anymore. The way she talks has become like nails on a chalkboard. Perhaps it's because the actress who portrayed her in the Vampires Suck movie did such a fantastic job of being her that I was able to see what was so irritating about her.

I guess I would have to look at it differently than most because I didn't read the books until the first movie was already out and I was older. My opinion hasn't really changed and I guess it's because it is still kind of new to me.

I've read 3 of the 4 books once and had a problem with them right from the start. I found Edward to be like what others have described, controlling, obsessive, manipulative, etc. And don't get me started on Bella. I cut Jacob some slack because he was nowhere near as bad as Edward. I found it disturbing and still do, that some people think that Bella is a role model and Edward is the ideal guy. It says a lot about society.

The first time I read it I was 13 years old and I loved Edward. I just adored him. Now I find him much too moody and a little self absorbed to be attractive. Also, the first time I read it I didn't like Jacob. I mean, couldn't he take a hint? Bella doesn't love you, tough cookies! But now, even though he's still a little whiny I'm more prone to forgive him because he's fighting for who he loves. You gotta respect perseverance.

Overall though my favorite dude in the series is Emmett. He's so chill and strong. He loves to smile and have a good time (something seriously lacking in the rest of the males in this series.) He doesn't judge based on race or species. (He accepts Bella: the human and Jacob: the werewolf) He's so cool. Rosalie is definitely the luckiest girl in the series.

The first time I read, Twilight, I was so in love with the story, up to the point where I slept with the book under my pillow. I collected the books and was so, so Team Edward. I was twelve or thirteen at that time. I'm seventeen years old now and when I reread it, all I did was facepalm again and again as I finally noticed that the lines were cheesy and annoying. What's more, I've watched Vampires Suck and that pretty much ruined y good opinion of Twilight

I love the series and my mind hasn't changed about it at all. I just HATE Kristen Stewart as Bella. I don't see Edward as abusive myself. I think sometimes people forget he is a vampire. He is protective of Bella because she is exposed to other dangerous creatures. I wouldn't expect a vampire to behave like a normal human guy...but that's just me. I really find it sad the way Twilight came to be so hated. But at least for me it will never change. :)

I wa SO obsessed with it the first time, that I wanted an Edward barbie doll for my birthday. Guess what I got? Yeah. That was in fifth grade. My neighbor even gave me the books on how the films were made, and the directors notebook. I would also re-watch the movies about a thousand times, and my siblings were super annoyed with that. I look back to that period of my life, and I start laughing. I could have been reading better books, and I could have done something better eith my time.

I read the first book when I was 15 and was hooked. I wouldn't say I loved the book, but I liked it because it was easy to read and kept my interest, so I continued on. Anyway while I liked it I never had the complete twihard love for it because while I am sappy in certain regards, what I usually find as romantic involves actually knowing someone and doing a grand romantic gesture catered to the things that the person you love actually likes. You know proving that you actually listen when they talk and even at my naïve age of 15 I got that Edward never really paid attention when she spoke. People always complained about her whining about going to prom, having a birthday party, having to get married, but I always felt she was right to whine about those things because she had said many times before that she doesn't like social functions and was continually ignored. Then there was Jacob who actually listened and was able to pick up on little things without her having to tell him. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about Bella's moments with Jacob because they were the only times when she had true contentment. But due to Bella's complete and utter tunnel vision towards Edward, I knew she wouldn't pick Jacob so the outcome became something I didn't quite care about but I enjoyed reading it nonetheless.

But now skip down to my 22 year old self, I can say I understand the hate around it. Because I was never as infatuated with Edward as others I didn't pay much attention to her relationship with him because it was that "perfect" boring type that had no personality to me. Though I got severely annoyed with Edward's actions in Eclipse (kidnapping her, screwing with her car, planning her trips without consulting her) it was because of the unjustness of the actions and I completely missed the abusiveness of them. But now that I've seen real abuse and know the characteristics of it I see more and more how he matches up to it. And now that I've felt, seen and lived real love I realized how what Bella and Edward had was nothing more than a mere obsession. I still love Jacob despite his flaws, but that's because his flaws are mostly attributed to him being young which means he'll grow out of them, Bella and Edward can't because those are ingrained in their personalities only made worse by them being together because apart they were actually okay people. But what I hope is more people were like me in regards to not over romanticizing the book so not aiming for relationships like these because otherwise this book inspired a lot of teenagers probably into adulthood to actively seek out abusive relationships. Which disturbs me and is most of the reason why I grew to hate this series.

Okay i was like whats the big deal but now forget that TWILIGHTS my LIFE it's amazing how they have the vampire falling 4 the human involving them some love triangle with jacob the warewolf! Team Edward!

After the first movie came out and some time had passed I had been told to read the series by family members who saw the movie and began reading the novels. I declined. Then it came on DVD and they wanted me to watch it. Well I did and while the acting was stiff I enjoyed the romance parts and decided to give the books a try. I believe I was a senior in high school when I read the books and LOVED THEM. I had never known love with a boy before and thought Edward was perfect and romantic and everything I should want in a guy. I was insecure and liked how a ugly duckling like Bella got someone like him. A few years went by and I tried reading them again and couldn't believe I had actually enjoyed something so sexist and abusive. I discovered true love finally and was relieved it was nothing like what Bella and Edward shared.

ditto to almost everything that was posted here. When i first picked up Twilight about five years ago, i remember feeling like it was the best book in the world. It had such a huge impact on me that i was completely crazed and starry-eyed for a year. But now that the hype is over and i've started to deviate from the series and began picking up other books, i've come to see all the flaws in Twilight.

Yea sure, Stephenie did her best to convey a lesson to her legions of fans but... Was she trying to tell us that it is totally okay to date and/or marry a manipulative creep who does not respect your privacy and who constantly demands that you subject to his will, so much that you could almost not function physically without him? Seriously. I find it really annoying (from the start, actually) that bella mopes around when eddie ain't around. I feel like slapping her with a codfish and yell "do something useful with your life you irritating prick!" and yea speaking of bella, i just can't get over the fact that she almost always disses her friends and family. Like, HOLY CROW CHARLIE IS TRYING TO LECTURE ME ABOUT BOYS AND IS BEING A FATHER. OH GOD WHYY LIFE IS SO UNFAIR. OH NOES EDWARD CULLEN WAS A TOTAL JERK TO ME AT BIO, MUST WORSHIP THE GROUND HE WALKS ON. Wtf? Charlie, mike, and (to some extent) jessica showed sympathy and tried to help bella get back on her feet so she can get her shit straight. And how does bella repay them? Oh by being an unappreciative blockhead who'd rather blame her stars that decent people are helping her out. Either that or she's wondering why on earth these people are helping her.

I read Twilight (the series) when everyone was fangirling over it and I also fangirled over it. It was an amazing series. I am currently re-reading the series as I have forgotten many parts of the story and I remember loving the Cullen family. Unfortunately, 13-year old me and 17-year old me have a vastly different opinion on it. I absolutely hate reading from Bella's perspective, I can barely get through New Moon. I love the Cullen family but ugh.. Bella you kill me.

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I will preface this with, I was in my late thirties when I started this series and fell in love with these characters during a difficult time in me life. I think I was susceptible and needed something. Being a long time fan of all things vampire I finally relented and read it when my teenage son was reading it. I read all five book in a week and then read Bree Tanner the day it was released, I was late to the series.

New Moon is an interesting book for me, my least favorite of the series and tedious to get through; in the beginning. Edward leaving was devastating for me, I mean devastating! It hit way to close to home and Bella's experience was to familiar. I hated New Moon the first time I read it and couldn't hardly sit though the movie. This changed after the final movie (which is some ways was infuriating!), not Breaking Dawn the book.

Maybe the fact that the movie showed the happy ending, for all both couples (again after being infuriating), is what changed it for me, I don't know. Now New Moon is one of my favorites, and Eclipse is hard to get through. I've read the books several times and the movies countless times. I call it my brain candy, Twilight and celebrity gossip. It's funny how things can change, what causes the change.

I am so glad to see I am not the only one. When I read the series when they first came out I absolutely loved them and anything to do with them. Then the movies came out and I took a step back and re-read them and still semi liked it, even picturing Kristen and Rob, but now at 25 I think it is possibly one of the worst stories for a teenage girl to read. It doesn't give them very high expectations, to love an abusive controlling guy and a girl that just sits back and takes it, because he's "sooo dreamy."

eh,I read the books at the age of 13, seems like I should reread it;)

i think that this happens with a lot of stories - the first time you read them, you are focused on one element or side of the story and you don't pick up on other things. for myself, i've read it a bunch of times, and while i don't think that my opinion changed drastically, there are aspects of character dynamics and the such that i've noticed more.

honestly, it's the sub character's plots that i find to be more interesting the 2nd, 3rd+ times that i read. you aren't so focused on what's going with Bella/Edward/Jacob and you see that there's a lot more there.

It's definitely interesting how age plays a role with our feelings about these books! I read them when I was 14 years old, and I connected so much to Bella's character. I wanted an Edward and a Jacob, and I wanted the love that Bella had.

I tried reading them again when I was 20, and Bella seemed so whiny and almost egotistical. She seems to put down the intelligence of others on her first day of school in Forks, and she seemed like she was trying to be different. Also, her relationships with both Edward and Jacob were somewhat mentally abusive, and I can't get behind the whole, I only matter when Edward is with me because he's so great and now I'm empty, type of thing.

When I was 14, I thought everything was so romantic! But my opinions have definitely changed since I've grown up.

Yeah I read it when I was younger and became a crazed fan, I loved it! When the movies came out, I hated them, and when I went to re-read the novels I could only imagine Kristen Stewart and Rob Pattinson. Anyway, I struggled through and I completely agree with you. I definitely don't think young adults should be taught to idolize and aim for a relationship with a man that's a controlling, obsessive, violent, stalker! Bella isolates her self, neglects her friends and family, and puts herself in danger. I certainly don't think she's fit to be a rolemodel to teenagers!