Twilight Series Pt. 2

Werewolf? There wolf! So I just finished the second book NEW MOON, and I have to say that it is a bit of an improvement on the last book. However, this is only in the same way that Police Academy 4 is an improvement over Police Academy 3. Now in my review if the first book I complained a lot about the use of adverbs, luckily in this installment there weren't quite as many, but there were still a lot. Again I will mainly be concentrating on Meyer's writing, and not stupid plot line, logical fallacies, and so forth.

Chapter 1 contains a lot of info dumps and box text that pretty much sums up the events of the prior novel. This is largely unnecessary. We don't need a "Last time on Twilight" section to make this feel like a poorly written 90210 episode for teenage gothic/emo girls. So you can scan over a lot of the larger paragraphs that are written in Isabella's tedious inner dialogue, which shows up throughout the entire novel. By the end of the book you want her to stop talking to herself, or directly to the reader--such as a time when she asks 5 questions in a row. A few characters have changed. Their personalities and voices are different. I mean, that is the best reason to not write sequels, but this is also the good thing about reading a series back to back is you notice inconsistencies in character development.

Her adverb problem isn't as large, but it is replaced with an equally bad problem; too many pronouns. It becomes confusing who is speaking and who is moving, especially when the narration gives very bad space, time, and location information.

Now here is where the book for my just turned to absolute crap. Stephen Meyer might have a degree from some loser college in Utah, but she must have done some very non-Mormon favors for that.

1. She calls a new moon and a lunar eclipse the same thing. Not only are these completely different, for a lunar eclipse to happen the moon must be full. Also I thought it was cloudy there, how the hell could anyone tell anyway?
2. If vampires are so cold, shouldn't Isabella get hypothermia?
3. Plants overgrow the Cullen yard after they abandon their home. This takes place in winter.
4. A werewolf's body temperature is 108-109 degrees Fahrenheit. This temperature causes them not to feel cold in cold weather, in fact they boast that they could stand naked in a snow storm. Common sense says, high temp means you will feel cold, even if it is hot outside.
5. This is from the last book, but I will throw it in. You cant suck venom out. Period.
6. Good luck trying to swim with a little water in your lungs, and then recovering in a day.

These are not minor discrepancies. These are worse mistakes than saying that a parsec is a measure of time, when it is actually a measure of distance. Even worse still, saying "jigawatt" instead of "gigawatt". These are worse, because they show failure of things people learn before the 6th grade. She could have easily Googled any of these.

Of Course we see Meyer's typical misuse of chagrin, but she adds a few new words to her list where she fancies herself a lexicographer. Examples: martyr, and subjective.

This was an improvement as compared to the last book. Again, I have to say that I would like this book more without the character of Isabella. She is a chronic compulsive liar, sexist towards men and women, and by Chapter 11 you realize just how morally bankrupt this book can make you when you yell out "Will someone just plug up Bella's empty hole all ready!" Since that was basically a line in the book. I was happy when she drowned, but then I turned the page and realized the book was only halfway begun.

Has my team changed? Nope. I am still sticking with Mike. One reason is that he isn't 110 years old and in love with a teenager. He really seems to be the only one with a real future. Edward and the rest of his group are nomads, it would be a pain to move that much when you don't have magic powers. As for Jacob, well we all know how our Federal government still keeps down the indigenous peoples of this continent. Reservations are practically third world countries, as you can tell by the vague descriptions of the dwellings. I wouldn't want to move into his broom closet. And he is only one argument from going in to a werewolf 'roid rage.

It had some decent dialogue, as long as it was between two distinct characters. Mainly Isabella and Jacob. Isabella and Edward dialogue is absolute crap. It wasn't too bad, to a point. It shows progression that Meyer is getting better, but still lapses into turning an otherwise fun story into absolute crap with bad dialogue, bad narration, poor word selection, and poor structure. You will read it and be like "Wow, this is starting to get good" until Isabella, without fail, goes on a rant about being a stupid woman, or something else that has to do with her irrational personality. There will be times where you will wonder what she looks like with no skin, not that you are ever given a description of what she looks like with skin beyond pale, just to break the dullness of her rambling. Oh, and her rambling is the same stuff every chapter. Usually the exact same words.