A review by sjess94
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
3.0
2.5 Stars
This book should be re-titled, "Everyone being terrible and making bad decisions all the time."
I'm a huge fan of the werewolf subplot, but holy cow this book has issues. While I could laugh off everyone's unexplained attraction to Bella, the human mop, in Book 1, Book 2's problems were downright alarming. Even in the mid-2000s when YA wasn't taken seriously yet, I'm amazed this ever got the green light from publishers for a teenage audience. As someone in her twenties, the only character's well-being I cared about was Charlie's. The End. (Not really. Book 3 was my favorite so I'm excited to give that a re-read next.)
This book should be re-titled, "Everyone being terrible and making bad decisions all the time."
I'm a huge fan of the werewolf subplot, but holy cow this book has issues. While I could laugh off everyone's unexplained attraction to Bella, the human mop, in Book 1, Book 2's problems were downright alarming. Even in the mid-2000s when YA wasn't taken seriously yet, I'm amazed this ever got the green light from publishers for a teenage audience. As someone in her twenties, the only character's well-being I cared about was Charlie's. The End. (Not really. Book 3 was my favorite so I'm excited to give that a re-read next.)