Comments on: New Moon Through the Eyes of a Hardcore D&D Fan

By: Inatiff

Inatiff — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:56:15 +0000

I agree – the werewolves are way more interesting, and not just because in the movie version they were always shirtless.
The shirtlessness did help though.
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By: Ameron

Ameron — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:18:40 +0000

@Neuroglyph
You’re preaching to the choir my friend. If you’re looking for good D&D-style horror check out the Ravenloft novels “Vampire of the Mist” by Christie Golden and “Heart of Midnight” by J. Robert King about vampires and werewolves respectively.

@Ken Marable
I picked up these books knowing that they were teen romance with some vampires thrown in. I turned off my brain and just enjoyed the ride. Like you I tore through them pretty quickly. I like New Moon enough that it made me go out and pick up Eclipse. I haven’t read it yet but I suspect it’ll be another quick, easy and enjoyable read.

@pb
I’ve received the same advice from a lot of other people. I’m included to take your advice and save myself a few bucks by passing on the last book.

@Wyatt (The Spirits of Eden)
I’m glad that by opening myself up to ridicule and admitting to reading this book you found the courage to do a similar review of another often scoffed series.

By: pb

pb — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:44:33 +0000

I loved all the of the books, except Breaking Dawn….that was a cop-out. I’d suggest that if anyone wants to read them, after the movie trashed the book, just stick to the first 3.
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By: Ken Marable

Ken Marable — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:32:35 +0000

Hey, I’m with you. I tore through all 4 books and really enjoyed them and the movies so far (plus just turned 36 last week!). Certainly, it’s a romance, but it’s still enjoyable enough and quick to read.

The ending of New Moon in the book felt entirely tacked on, for me however. Almost like she stopped writing one story and inserted another. I’m not sure if it’s something they did a little different in the movie or because it’s only a couple hours, but it felt more natural there.

Eclipse has some fun in it dealing with Victoria. I don’t want to spoil much, but we find out more about Jasper and he would definitely make a great RPG character.

By: Neuroglyph

Neuroglyph — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:41:07 +0000

While I applaud you for admitting you read those books, and I’ll admit I too am a Harry Potter fan, I still think I’ll stick to real vampires and werewolves as horror figures, and not the idols of teen romance.
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