New Moon is a romantic fantasy novel by author Stephenie Meyer, and is the second novel in the Twilight series. This novel continues the story of the relationship of Bella Swan and vampire Edward Cullen. When Edward leaves Bella after his brother attacks him, he is left heartbroken and depressed for months until Jacob Black becomes his best friend and helps him fight his pain. However, his life revolves again when Jacob's character reveals himself and Edward's sister decides to visit.
According to Meyer, the book is about losing true love. The title refers to the darkest phase of the lunar cycle, which indicates that New Moon is about the darkest time of life of the protagonist Bella Swan. Meyer wrote the book before Twilight was published. Writing the book was difficult for Meyer because he was afraid of the reader's reaction to the book and often cried when he described Bella's pain.
The book was originally released in hardcover on September 6, 2006 with an initial print of 100,000 copies. After publication in the United States, the New Moon was very successful and moved quickly to the top of the bestseller list, becoming one of the most anticipated books of the year. It peaked at # 1 on Best Seller's New York Times and USA Today's Top 150 Bestsellers list, and was the biggest selling boy's paperback in 2008 with more than 5.3 million copy sold. In addition, New Moon is a bestselling book of 2009 and has been translated into 38 languages. The film adaptation of the book was released on November 20, 2009.
Acceptance for the New Moon is more positive than that for its predecessor. Some people criticize the middle part of the road; The critics generally, however, think the novel is more mature in tone, praising the character's development and its depiction of human emotions.
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Plot
On Bella's eighteenth birthday, Edward Cullen, her beloved vampire, and her family hold a birthday party at their residence. Upon opening the present, Bella receives a piece of paper, which causes Edward's older brother, Jasper, to be overwhelmed by the scent of his blood, and tries to attack Bella. Trying to protect her, Edward and Cullens move away from Forks, but in an attempt to encourage Bella to continue, Edward tells her it's because she no longer loves him. With Edward's departure, Bella suffers from severe memory loss and depression for several months.
In the following months, Bella learns that the activities that evoke sensations, such as riding a motorcycle and diving on a cliff, allow her to "hear" Edward's voice in her head through her subconscious mind. He also sought comfort in his deep friendship with Jacob Black, a cheerful companion who eased his pain by losing Edward. Some time after losing Edward, Bella begins to enjoy Jacob's company and friendship. After spending some time with Bella, Jacob begins to experience unexpected and drastic changes with his mood, body, and personality changes. When Jacob undergoes a very long, painful and life-changing transformation, Bella and Charlie become worried. A few weeks later, Bella notes that Jacob is not as fortunate as he used to be. He was not very comfortable with Jacob's recent changes, and soon he discovered that Jacob reluctantly became a werewolf, and that there were other tribal members who were also werewolves. Jacob and his backpack protect Bella from the vampire, Laurent, who is part of the James covenant, and also Victoria, who seeks revenge for the dead couple James, who was killed by the Cullens (in previous installments) . Jacob starts to develop physical emotions against Bella, but he does not feel the same after experiencing life-changing changes with Edward, making him very sad and jealous of Edward. Jacob then saves Bella from drowning after jumping off a cliff, and almost kissing her at the following shows.
Meanwhile, a series of miscommunications caused Edward to believe that Bella had committed suicide by jumping off a cliff. Puzzled over his alleged suicide, Edward escapes to Volterra, Italy to provoke the Volturi, the vampire nobles who are able to kill him, though they refuse, deeming his mind reading ability too precious. In contrast to Edward's rash reaction to the news of Bella's death, Alice Cullen cleverly makes a surprise visit to Bella's home, which floods Bella. Bella asks a series of questions, and Alice tells him that she sees Bella trying to kill herself. When Alice's vision of Edward changes quickly, Alice and Bella can not understand clearly whether Edward is or will be safe. They rush to Italy to prevent Edward from revealing himself to humans so the Volturi are forced to kill him, arriving just in time to stop him. Before leaving Italy, the Volturi tells Edward that Bella, a human being who knows that vampires exist, must be killed or converted into vampires to protect his secret. When they return to Forks, Edward tells Bella that he always loves her and just leaves Forks to protect her. She forgives him, and the Cullens voice that supports Bella is transformed into a vampire, to Rosalie and Edward anxiously. However, Jacob firmly reminds Edward of an important part of their agreement: if the Cullens bite man for any reason, the covenant ends and the wolf will attack. When Bella reminds her that none of her worries as a vampire is what she wants, Jacob reveals it is her business because she does not understand what will be at stake for her and the Cullen family. Before he can keep warning him, they hear Charlie ask Bella to go inside the house at once. Jacob apologizes to Bella once more before leaving, and the story ends with Charlie's grounding Bella to run to Italy.
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Difference between Movies and Novels
- In the novels, Quill is upset over Embry and Jacob does not hang out with him anymore and voices his concern for Bella who comes to visit. Film eliminates this.
- Bella never confronts Sam in the form of a werewolf in a novel, but in human form.
- In this novel, Jacob confronts Edward into Bella's home and reminds him of their deal. In the movie, it's in the woods.
- Unlike in the movie, Charlie does not persuade Bella for escaping to Italy with Alice until after she sees Kate with Edward and Jacob in their home in the conclusion of the novel.
Development
After Meyer finished writing Twilight, he found himself writing several hundreds of epilogue pages, and said, "I soon realized I was not ready to stop writing about Bella and Edward." He began writing sequels, entitled Forever Dawn and skipped in the final year of Bella's high school. While Meyer still writes Forever Dawn , he knows that Twilight will be published and marketed as a young adult novel. Wanting the next book to aim at the same audience, he decided to write a new sequel, New Moon , which occurred during Bella's senior high school year. Therefore, Meyer begins writing an outline of the book and thinks about what his characters will do, and claims that he "quickly regretted asking them to tell the story." He does not like the idea of ​​Edward leaving at first and trying to think of other plot options, but, in the end, he says that "he accepts the inevitable."
Meyer wrote New Moon in five months. He found the editing process "longer and more difficult than the same process as Twilight ." Also, unlike Twilight, Meyer intended not to publish at first, he acknowledged that New Moon would be published and had what he described as "a terrible feeling like stage fright" when writing. However, Meyer considers Jacob as his favorite gift given the book, because he really likes that character and wants to expand his role and presence.
The confrontation with the Volturi in the clock tower at the end of the book is the first scene written by Meyer. He did not want to use the real city as a location for the Volturi residence, as he did with Forks. He decided to name his town "Volturin" and chose a location in Tuscany, Italy because it fit his vision of a city that is "very old and relatively remote." However, in consultation with the map, he discovered that there was a town called Volterra in the area where he planned to place his imaginary city. Therefore, he chose Volterra and called it "a very scary coincidence."
The first draft New Month was significantly different from the published script. Initially, Bella never knew that Jacob was a werewolf, and as a result, seventy pages after Bella's discovery of Jacob's nature was lost. The epilogue is also different in title and content. Meyer finds it difficult to write Bella's pain over Edward's departure and often cries while writing the parts. She mentioned that she had never experienced a broken heart like Bella, so she could not draw inspiration for her pain from personal experience, but based on how she thought she would feel if she lost a child while insisting that it was from her character, much more open - good for pain and excitement. " He claimed that the "way he chose to handle it" was unexpected.
According to Meyer, the story was inspired by Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet .
Cover and title
Art cover
The art cover of the New Moon was designed by Gail Doobinin and photographed by John Grant. Meyer has stated on many occasions that she has no hands in choosing a cover, and says that she does not like it. He described it as "a very beautiful tangle tulips that has no meaning at all". Initially, Meyer suggested a drawing of the clock for its cover when he saw "time" as one of the most important themes of the novel. However, the artwork team that designed the cover selects a tulip image missing one of its lids, which aims to represent Bella losing a drop of blood.
Title
When Meyer finished writing the book, he wanted a title that refers to the time to match Twilight . Because it reflects the mood of his sequel, he names the novel New Moon , "darkest night type, night without moon", to refer to the darkest period in Bella's life.
Publication and acceptance
Sales
New Moon was published by Little, Brown in the United States on September 6, 2006 with an initial print of 100,000 copies. The demand for the book was so high that a copy of the initial reading was sold on eBay for $ 380. New Moon immediately rose to # 1 on the New York Times New York Times Best Seller list within the second week in the list, replacing popular children's authors such as Christopher Paolini and Mark Zusak, and stayed there for eleven weeks. It spends more than 47 weeks in total on the list. New Moon also remained on the USA Today Best Seller list for more than 150 weeks after listing two weeks after its release, then peaked at # 1. USA Today ranked in # 29 on the 2007 bestseller list.
In 2008, Publisher Weekly reported that New Moon had sold 1.5 million copies across the United States. In October 2008, the book was ranked # 37 on USA Today's "Bestselling 15 Year Best Book". According to USA Today , the book is also the second best-selling book of 2008 behind its prequel, Twilight and the biggest sales of 2009, giving saga on four positions in the list for two consecutive years -raw. It also ranked # 27 on the bestseller list of 2010.
Critical reception
This novel received the most positive reviews with some critics feeling that it was dragged down the middle. Hillias J. Martin of the Library School Journal praised the book, saying, "Less lean than Twilight but equally interesting, New Moon will be more than giving eating bloodthirsty fans from first volume fans and getting them out of breath for the third ". Kirkus's review praised the novel, describing it as "an interesting opening page... The story of demon lovers being tortured." Additionally, Cindy Dobrez from Book List gave a positive New Moon positive review, stating that Bella's suspicions as ordinary people "will strike even among girls who have no desire to live immortal, and like a vampire who watched Bella bleed with "eye fever," the teens will enjoy this new adventure and hunger for more ". In addition, Norah Piehl of Teenreads.com thinks that in the midst of "stories sometimes drag, and readers may miss the return of vampires", although he believes that " New Moon will make many fans exhale for the sequel, because Bella finally understands all the things that will be at stake if she makes the final choice to give up her humanity and live, like a vampire, forever. "Anna Limber of About.com echoes Piehl, saying that" the middle is a bit slow "and some aspects of the story is "predictable". However, he gave the book 3.5 stars out of 5 and said that the novel as a whole "has a brooding and melancholy feel to it, capturing well his teenage adolescent disquiet."
New Moon won the Senior Young Reader Choice Award in 2009.
Adaptations
The film adaptation New Moon was released on November 20, 2009. This is a sequel to Twilight 2008, based on the previous novel written by Meyer. The film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, repeating their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black, respectively. At the end of November 2008, Summit Entertainment broadcast its sequel, directed by Chris Weitz with Melissa Rosenberg returning as screenwriter. The majority of the films were taken in Vancouver, British Columbia.
References
External links
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- The official site of New Moon Stepheny Meyer
- Twilight Series official website
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