New Moon

Tuesday, 30 December 2008 05:30

Author: Stephenie Meyer   
Publisher: Little, Brown Books
Year: 2006
Price: About $14.95

You can never be too young or too old to become a Twitard.  At seventeen going on twenty-five, I became victim of the Stephenie Meyer “Twilight” spell, thus joining the Twitard militia filled with tweens, high school chicks, middle age ladies and of course, some of the gays (thanks to Robert Pattinson).  Before “Twilight” made it on the silver screen it was a best-selling novel… not bad at all for a vampire novel geared towards the young adult crowd. The action and romance filled pages appealed to people from all ages. Its much anticipated follow-up “New Moon” however, dejó mucho que desear. 

Even though the first couple of chapters picked up where “Twilight” left off, after a certain incident during Bella’s birthday celebration at the Cullen’s (Edward the vampire’s crib) things changed and Edward had to skedaddle, leaving Bella behind--- for her own safety.

The next chapters of the book are so disappointing and so boring you could just skim through them without missing much.  If anything, Bella comes off as an annoying emo crybaby mourning the loss of the so-called love of her life.  It’s so depressive and so blah, not even a concoction of Prozac, coffee and coke will be enough to help you through  it.

The rest of the book focuses on Bella’s relationship with Jacob and with Edward back in the picture Stephenie Meyer tries but miserably fails to re-write “Romeo & Juliet” for the “Y” generation.

In fact, “New Moon” is filled with enough “Romeo & Juliet” absurd references como para dejar a Shakespeare retorciendose en su tumba por un buen tiempo. 

Things pick up a bit, but overall “New Moon” is an uninspired and insipid disaster that leaves not only Twitards but curious readers alike wondering if reading a third installment would be worth their while… even if it only takes an average of three days to read a Stephenie Meyer novel.