Reading New Moon: Chapter 3 (The End)

July 22nd, 2008 at 12:05 am by Kaleb Nation

The song for this chapter is Lonely People by America

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Due to some research by Maureen Johnson, I realized that my busyness is quite common this time of year: nearly every writer I know is undergoing revisions, and is getting behind on everything else in the process. But, I managed to sneak away and tackle the dreaded Chapter 3 in New Moon…

I have never had a chapter that carried so much warning. In fact, my last chapter post had more comments on THIS chapter than on Chapter 2. You people have left me filled with dread of what I’m going to find in here.

First off, Bella’s caught the I’m-better-than-you-because-I’m-a-vampire disease:

It seemed strangely childish. Maybe I just wasn’t in the mood for normal human behavior today. Those pitiful, weakling creatures, sniveling like worms…

But then, things immediately get serious. I notice that Edward is different in this chapter, so much that I’m beginning to feel early on what could be coming. He seems indifferent and unaffected, as if he’s walking in a daze and really isn’t feeling anything. There is a numbness in his voice that seems to tell me that something is bothering him very deeply. I feel that it is the growing pressure on him that every moment he is near Bella, he is putting her in more danger. Seeing what happened in the chapter before, with Jasper, only seemed to strengthen this in Edward’s mind: not only him, but his entire family, is different, and dangerous to Bella.

Edward is in turmoil. Part of him wants so deeply to stay with Bella, because he loves her. The other part feels that if he really does love her, then he would leave, and let her have a normal life.

This chapter is so sad. It is different. I remember a Bella and Edward in Twilight who loved each other, and who were talking all the time: it just never seemed to end, their dialogue through the whole book. You can tell a lot about two people from the way they talk to each other. It seemed endless, the sweet words they exchanged for no reason, the jokes between them about vampires and humans. Their conversations were really what made them who they were.

But suddenly, Edward seems to have become a brick wall. He is no longer the same person, but brooding and depressed, even around Bella. I feel as if all the love is gone.

And then, it all comes down to Edward’s three words:

“Bella, we’re leaving.”

Through all the time of reading Twilight, I did not realize how attached I had become to the idea of Bella and Edward being together. This book, as you’ve read in my bio, is my first vampire romance novel. So I am not one to become attached to two characters being together.

But for some reason, there is a deep and vast connection between Bella and Edward that left me very down as I sped through the rest of the pages in this chapter. It was like a deep gloom had settled over my room.

I realized that I did not pick up the second book in this series to read about Bella, the main character. I didn’t pick it up to read about Edward either. I picked it up to read about Bella and Edward. To me, they were so close, they were nearly one. I wouldn’t have read this book if there was only one of them, going off on adventures as a vampire or a human. And now that one of them is gone, it is like half of the main character has been split away as well.

I hope you’ll forgive me for not posting anything funny this time. It’s really hard to find something funny in a chapter that leaves me so sullen. I will be honest and say that by the ending of it, I was beginning to feel very down; and also uneasy, as I realized I had become attached to these characters when I had tried so hard to keep a sane mind about me.

Somehow, right after Edward left, I really did start to care even deeper about what happened to Bella, and had a deep urge to want to comfort her; while the rational side of me roared in my ear: It’s only a blasted book! Sometimes, we do not listen to our rational sides; or more commonly, do not want to listen to our rational sides.

I don’t think I have ever read a chapter as long as Chapter 3. After thirty-one pages, it would be very easy to rationalize stopping. However, when I got to the last page of the chapter, and instinctively began turning the pages again, I realized that I was literally paging through the months, skipping ahead in time after Edward disappeared from Bella’s life.

Because I’m rambling already, and I’m still in the middle of Chapter 4, I will be posting about it very very early tomorrow (think 5 minutes past midnight again). And to all the commenters: you were right. I really couldn’t stop at the end of Chapter 3 this time.

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Lily

I remember, when i read this chapter, and wasn't as addicted to twilight as i am now after reading all four books, this was the first time i understood how much this book effected me.
Sephenie is just amazing!
This is the saddest chapter in the whole saga!
Love, L.

alexandriawagner

chapter 3 was wow changed everything 4 me and 4 bella 4 me i was no longer team edward he hurt her alot. and 4 bella she cant bare to be without her edward so... well i cried my eyes out in chapter 3 it was sad... very heart breaking

susie_q85

I felt the same way you did while reading this chapter. They way Edward behaved seemed very familiar to me and I wasnt even sure why until the part when he said he was leaving. I once dated a guy who acted very strange in the week before he broke up with me. I knew something was wrong the way Bella did and the same as Bella I didnt see it coming. The whole chapter mirrors the way things went for me all the way from Edwards acting strange and leaving to her reaction and asking him to stay and the way she feels when he is gone, though I didnt wander through the woods and become catatonic. However I felt such a horrible gloom when the next pages to follow were the months. Unlike you I had to step away from the book. It was hard to pick it back up because I knew sadness was going to follow.

vivithefunderful

I felt like dirt reading this chapter, and just like Bella, I beleived every word out of Edward's mouth. I slammed the book shut when I could see it again (I was crying really hard), and launched it into the oblivion that is under my bed. It took a while for me to cry myself out, and then alot longer to dig the book back out, but I lived.

So depressing :(

k

aaawwww
that chapter is really sad

(lol it is funny that almost everyone here is a girl)

Samantha

i really don't blame you for not finding one funny thing about this chapter...i sure didn't. and i might even be a little offended and disturbed if you did...
probably one of the saddest chapters i've ever read!
i tear up everytime i read it!

Devon

I was sad when I read this chapter, but not as sad as some of my friends. One of my friends threw the book at the wall. Then she told our other friends, who were just starting the book, that they shouldn't read it in a public place.

kenzie

that chapter is the saddest chapter i hav ever read in my life and belive me, iv read ALOT of books
:'^(

Bethanie

I just wanted to get to the good part of the book after reading this chapter. I admit I did flip to the end of the book to see if I saw the name Edward otherwise I don't know if I would have kept reading
I also remember trying to get to that good part of the book, I finally decided I had to go to bed at 5 am and it was a very bad nights sleep I wanted Edward back it was so so sad.

Madeleine

Toni Schmitz--
I know, I read The Outsiders, too! So sad, about Johnnycakes. And poor Dally, as well!

Madeleine

Unlike most, I did not cry at this chapter. I was sad, but I don't think as sad as those who did cry, because I trusted that at some point Edward would come back. I thought of the chapter logically, realizing that since this really was Bella AND Edward's story, and that there were two books left to go in the series, Stephenie Meyer really couldn't eliminate Edward from the story permanently in Book 2.

However, I do really love the technique used, where you can flip through the months of Bella's life. I think that is just so expressive of how the next few months passed for her: In a blur, in a haze, and unmemorable.

New Moon remains my least favorite of the four books, because not that much actually happens, and yet I still love the book so much.

Allie

When I read chapter 3 I cried for about an hour, and I went numb. I literally couldn't feel any part of my body.

Tori Schmitz

This chapter is one of the saddest things i've ever read- more so than the outsiderss with poor Johnny Boy.
Bella and Edward go together they are two puzzle pieces fit perfectly. And i agree with Briana about being more on a human relatable level.

briana

i honestly did cry at this chapter. mainly because it reminded me of how me and my boyfriend broke up for a while. it felt like i was reliving it. and thats another reason y we love these books. not because we're crazy and love to torture ourselves, but because when u take away the vampires, the werewolves, and bring it down to a more human level, its very easy to relate to. to have someone ur in love with just leave, to feel like a part of u has been torn away, to feel like u might as well just lay there on the floor with a hole in ur chest because u dont want to get up. then have someone come along and make u feel better [im guessing u might get wat im saying cuz ur done with this book] and make everything almost ok, to where u feel like u can at least survive. and then hurt them because ur heart is not with them, and the one who has ur heart is the one who broke it. it can feel very real.

Rachel

I totally agree with the "a deep gloom settled over my room" thing. Except when I read this chapter, it was in the middle of gym class-I sat out just so I could start reading-and I started crying in the middle of the kick ball game. Anyways, I was sad all day then. Never thought a book could make me so depressed.

I've read this book at least 8 times now, and--apart from the very first time--I skip over the middle chapters.

Megan

I am reading this summary late, i know, but it just hit home how much i miss this book in particular, even having read it three times already. I remember crying on the pages as i tried to grasp that edward was gone, and realizing that bellas mood in the book was becoming my mood in reality. Its been years since i got so into a character that i started to physically feel the emotions written in the pages, and it hurt. Im a little eccentric i know. just being honest.

Eunie

Yeah I have watery eyes when I'm reading this part and after a while I didn't notice I was crying already.. It's the saddest part ever :( to much emotions..

Kelly

It is SO nice to hear about someone reacting so strongly to this, especially a guy who is partly analyzing everything, and still getting so much out of it. I've been reading your blog for a couple hours, as I've only come across it this evening, and I am so excited to get up-to-date! You have definitely made me feel like less of a goober than I have been the last month, or so.

I think the difficult part about this book for me was that--although I knew there were two more books coming that included their somehow mended relationship--reading it was physically painful to me. I cried, wondered how in the world things could possibly go back to being "normal" (I am very aware of my loose definition of that word), and yet it did.

The second time I read it I just completely skipped over the entire middle section. Today I found out, due to random avatars available out there, it's a very popular thing to do... but it removes all suspense from the rest of the books, if you are reading them again in sequence.

Jenny

I forgot to put in there that I was crying over the chapter when I read it the first time.

Jenny

I was dieing for you to read this chapter! I actually cried for like a half hour, after that I called my friend that had just finished new moon and screamed about how edward couldn't do that to bella for the next two hours!

Maria

New Moon was a real page-turner for me... literally speaking. I skipped every chapter waiting for Edwards name to turn up again. The most depressing chapter I have ever read

Ryan

I was so irritated when I read this chapter. I didn't cry, but I felt strangely morose the following day. So sad.

Ashley

Don't feel bad Kaleb. The words that I screamed once I read that chapter were, "WHAT THE HECK!!!??? WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING??????? YOU ARE SUCH AND IDIOT!!!! GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW! STOP!! COME BACK!" Then I started crying. My mom came rushing in and asked my what was wrong, but all I could say was, " Bella *sob* Edward *sob* IDIOT *sob* and I *sob* and he *sob* JUST READ IT!!" Then she looked down, saw New Moon, muttered the word "obsessed", then walked out the door. The I read the whole book, not skipping a page, in 2 hours to see if Edward came back.

And despite all of this, New Moon is one of my favorite books in the series because of how essential it is to the rest of the series.

anna

oh i love new moon above all the other books of this series

Heather

Never in my 19 years of life (which, granted, isn't very long) had I read something so...heart shattering. I'm not gonna lie, I bawled my eyes out, and how could you not??? Even though this is one of the most depressing books I have ever read, New Moon is my favourite out of the Twilight series.

Jen

a few months ago, i never imagined myself crying over a book. but after reading this chapter, i had to stop myself so my mom wouldn't make fun of me lol.. but after reading everyone's comments i can't help but cry. i was so anxious, i flipped through the pages noticing Edward won't be back for a while.. I kind of feel like it's going to be boring now.

..never thought i'd get so attached

Miranda

This is for me, the saddest chapter of all the books. I literaly felt like someone riped my heart out, stomped on it, ran it throught the dirt, took a chunk away and shoved it back in my chest. I was unable to stop reading the book when I got here, i pulled an all nighter. When the clouds came rolling in I felt like I was drowning and untill I finished the book, i couldn't come up for air. I was glad to be done with it. But I'll tell you something, everytime i read this chapter, my gut still sinks and darkness lomes over me untill the end of the book... Ugg

Wendilynn

I was heartbroken when I read the words, "I did not resurface." or something to that affect. I've known the pain of losing the life you were building, and its a death and when I saw those months past with no comments. I knew exactly how she was feeling. I felt like that after my divorce. The thing I love about Stephanie's writing is that the emotion she writes is real to the characters AND the situation.

Erika

good song for the chapter. and for me, it's the saddest chapter in the twilight saga. it's just...sad. i'm sorry.

Steph

That chapter makes my stomach clench. Just hearing your take on it... *shudder*
So sad. All of my friends admitted to crying during it. It puts me in the worst mood...
Reading it for the fourth time, I just skimmed what I consider to be the boring parts. Dang it, giving away stuff and I have no idea how far into it you are. I'll stop now.

DaddyBoJangles

I felt exactly the same way, turmoil, sullen, down. As I read I couldnt believe what was happening. Here was two main characters that were inseperable. That they loved despite the odds, and all it took was one drastic realization to tear them apart, practically tore me apart, as if I was reading about two people I have known and become quite fond of. Its just a book, but that shows you how powerful attachment can be. I became attached to these characters, to the point to where I actually care what happens. What an amazing book series.

s.cullen

this book is really good and i am addicted to the series. right now, i;m waiting to get my hands on breaking dawn at the library. when i read this chapter, i shut the book and screamed into my pillow. i wanted to skip all the sad stuff and read about edward and bella TOGETHER. it was real heartbreaking, even if its only a book.

maia

i think a really good song for this chapter [or the whole book]
is Early Mourning.

mckenzie

I felt the same "its just a book!" but I am an Edward Cullen obsessive and to hear my sister tell me that it would be more than FOUR HUNDRED pages till he came back. that made this book my least favorite(although still necessary to the story).

inmortal

Now you understand why we are so hooked to these books (specially the characters)?

I didn't cry in New Moon but in Eclipse... wah... I diiiiiiiid really cry in Eclipse.

Mmary

*sob*

Angela

I read up to chapter 4 of New Moon while I was waiting for my boyfriend to get out of a class at school. I had driven two hours to see him, but the second he got there, I couldn't even talk to him like a normal person. He took one look and was like. "Oh. What have you been reading?"

Because this is one of those moments in a book where you are just going to need to take a minute and be upset. Because even though it isn't real and they aren't real people, you know the characters better than you know most of your better friends, and something tragic has just happened in their lives, and, therefore, in yours.

That being said, one word: fortitude! I'm interested to see how you feel about the things that come to pass and the way that Bella reacts to the situation she has been left in.

Thanks for a lovely site and good blogs!

Angelina

Believe me u weren't the only one sadden by this chapter. When I read those words and reality set in that he was leaving with out her I was pouring tears out of my eyes. It went on like that for 10 minutes until I finally calmed down. Truth of the matter is when he left Bella I felt something inside me break. Weird I know, it's only a book right? But, it was like I was attached to him, like me and
Bella were one and we had lost him together. Every paged I turned that showed the months go by felt like I was there with Bella and had experienced what she had. The mind numbing pain. That's what makes Stephenie Meyer a wonderful writer. U relate to Bella in ways u wouldn't have ever imagined. So much so that anything Bella feels u feel. anything she thinks u think too. Meyer makes u connect to her characters on a deeper level than any other authors works I have read

I just hope Breaking Dawn won't get my hopes up =(

Hannah

Believe me, my reaction to this chapter was much worse. I actually hurled the book into my closet and it came apart. In a million pieces. Or pages.
And it was my sister's book. She was not happy.
Then I proceeded to cry for hours on end. I didn't pick the book back up for two weeks. (Or, technically, the new book I had to buy for my sister).

Keep reading. It gets better. Even if Jacob comes in. *Evil glare*

laura

i actually made myself really depressed reading new moon, so much it was affecting how i felt day to day. you get so engrossed in how the character is feeling, you almost become part of it. once alice comes back into the book, you start to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

drea

i was crying in class when i read that chapter...tee hee
:'(

deepa

in reply to what most of you said about crying even after reading the book over again, you are definetely NOT the only one i read new moon 5 times and it is the hardest book of the series for me to read because of the lack of edward in most of the book....it feels good to know there are other people out there that feel the same..

deepa

when i read this chapter i started crying and couldnt stop.. i was SOOO depressed out of my mind....even at school i was depressed and couldnt focus on anything..i didnt find leave the darkness until later on in the book... the whole three days it took me to read the book was spent in a deep depression probably as bad as bella was feeling i felt horrible like i REALLY was bella and edward had left me..i even had dreams about how the situation would have really happened with me being bella. i know its just a book but every emotion bella felt i felt and it wasnt very pretty.. just to let you know: I HATE JACOB BLACK with the passion of a gazillion burning suns...i HATE HIM SOOOOO much.... oh and i LOVE Edward definetely as much (maybe even more,if possible) as bella does....

Emma

i almost stopped reading the book after that chapter because i was so depressed :(

Shannon

Wow! haha ....if it didnt say "twilight guy" i would have thought you were another vamptastic fan girl(like me)! you write wonderfully....i love reading your opinions on chapters and such. I completely understand what you mean about reading the books for edward and bella...... it hurts me so much to read new moon without edward being in it... but i havent ever skipped pages....

Shannon

I meant the fan girl comment as a compliment not an insult :D its amazing how much i can relate to your take on the chapters!

Twilight unites the world ...lol

L.

when i read this chapter and read that Edward was leaving, i threw my book on the floor.

i didn't pick it back up for exactly 4 days.

and then i was like.
D:
i can't do this!

and then i finished the book in the same day.
x;

kris

I know it sounds really corny or whatever, but i cried in this chapter. And right after, i couldn't put the book down, i finished the book on the same day,

Maddy

"I picked it up to read about Bella and Edward." Thank you. I have always thought that even though Twilight is narrated by Bella, it is Bella AND Edward's story. I'm glad you can see that special connection they have. How some people can deny it, I have no clue. After the incident in Phoenix, Edward seemed to have thoughts of leaving already, so I can't say I was surprised. I was hoping I was WRONG though... And a lot of people often forget that ... yes, Bella is in pain.. but SO IS EDWARD. I am not saying he didn't make a mistake, but I can't condemn him for trying to do the right thing either.

Gill Pont

wow. I'm actually crying at my computer.

Anna

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction...

listen to the song "sorry"

Kirsty, UK

When I read it I cried for about five minutes, wishing a different ending to the chapter. Then I didn't read the book for two days.

Nikki

I also think that Hate Me would be a really good song for that chapter, maybe you will understand better later, but it is a perfect song for it, coming from Edward's perspective! at least! :(

Nikki

Hey, yeah I know exactly how you feel, I have read the series exactly 17 times now and I still cry every time I read it!!!!!! The first time I read it I cried for 2 hours straight, that is how emotional I can get, and that was very sad!!!

Amanda

I am not sorry that you felt this way, I am glad.

There are so many of my friends who started reading Twilight because of myself and all of them hated me for a time after reading those first three chapters of New Moon. I didn't say they had to go on after Twilight, I simply asked them to take a look at the first.

All of them were going on about the same thing. How they literally almost tossed the book across the room when they read those final words and it sank in that Edward was not there anymore. I also found it over powering and almost did just the same as any of them.

However, we all took the easier route. I think my own was the longest, but it was all the same. We simply sat the book down, placed our bookmarks in it, and cried. They all had gotten over it rather quickly, or as quick as one can when they are feeling down about their new favorite characters, and then proceeded on. I, who had read it before any of them, sat in my room, all alone and cried by myself.

When reading I tend to become part of the story myself and as the Twilight series is first-person I can become more in-tune with Bella and for most of the story I do feel like I am her. So naturally I had much of the same reaction as her. If someone entered my room during my small fit of being ... well practically catatonic, they wouldn't be able to get anything out of me. (Infact, day's later my sister told me that I had been muttering something about not wanting Edward to leave, that he needed to come back. XD)

I did my share of crying, as did my friends and then we all plowed on, much the same as yourself. I will admit the coming chapters were difficult for me however. Seeing his name on the page brought hope that crashed and I couldn't stand the thought of him not there.

I hope your travels are better than my sad one.

Megan

Yeah, that was a pretty sad chapter. It's hard to read. But it wasn't the saddest thing I've ever read.

For me that would be Chapter 33 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Omg... I bawled for about 3 hours straight after reading that. Most depressing thing I've ever read.

C.C

So i don't know how attached you are to this series, but it's my life! haha it's the second thing i live for. call me another twilight nut, but i read twilight an new moon a year before the Twilight Wave hit.

this is VERY sad... i cried and it took me about 20 min to get through this chapter alone because i couldn't see through the tears (//_v)

after i've read New moon numerous times, i had my own "New Moon" which suck extremly, and i think Reading New Moon... helped me! haha i hope you finsih the rest of the book in time for breaking dawn!

Adrienne

I left like you did, but with no one to share. I was the only person that had read the series thus far, and when trying to describe the horror I felt when true love left, everyone thought I was just nuts. You were 100% right when you said it wasn't just about Bella, it was Bella & Edward. Nothing every socked me in the gut when I turned those lovely pages and they were blank with just the months. I still get semi breathless and empty when I think about that first time I read New Moon

LaRae

I am new to the series as well and read all 3 in one week. I have never been closer to two fictional characters in my life and I am 34. I went so far as to skip ahead a few hundred pages to just hear Edward's voice again. I knew he would come back, but hearing his voice helped get me through those unbearable chapters.

~Jasmine

Oh Kaleb! just your reaction for this chapter even makes me sad =[
I- unlike a lot of twilighters, did not cry in this chapter but reading your response has made all the sadness I felt whilst reading the beginning of new moon come back to me... and I know the heart wrenching feeling you feel... keep reading and don't worry ~ fangirls all over the world are supporting you!

Carolyn

I don't blame you for not being funny- I remember the first time I read that chapter, I had foolishly taken the book to school to read (since I had gotten it the night before) and I had to try so hard not to burst into tears when I got to that part! Just thinking about it makes my eyes watery...

Maddy

oops, i forgot to mention this in the last comment. i dont know if anyone has told you this yet, i havent read all the other comments, but have an open mind, well as open as you can get. when to get to caught up in the fact that edward is gone and waiting for him to come back, you seem to read the whole story form a weird perspective, and let me tell you, you will miss a lot! so just have an open mind about... people, and then you can go back to being a rabid edward fan when he comes back. or maybe it will be different for you, i dont know, that's just how it was for me.

shadesofblack

*fate throws a few wrenches in the oily gears of life, people.

as in the cliche "life doesn't always work the way you intend it to" and you must "make lemons out of lemonade"

*shuts up*

shadesofblack

as for your rank on youtube: you're welcome!

i'm **peeved** because I THINK all the comments of ominous warnings subconsciously made you feel so un-funny this time around - it was a melancholy chapter... but sheesh... Edward and Bella do come in a package, in Twilight... but this is a different story, and Bella needed to find out who she was and what she wanted without Edward! life throws a few wrenches in the oily gears of life, people - deal with it! but Bella doesn't (hence the blank months)... this is why the book got a couple of negative reviews, due to the fact that it seemed like Bella went from the loner in the beginning of Twilight to an empty shell and totally dependent on Edward & Co. by New Moon. and i am soooo incredibly happy that she... well... you'll see...

Maddy

i know exactly how you feel about how you picked up the book to read about bella and edward. before then it had never even occured that it was even possible for edward to leave. well i did think it was possible, of course, but i'd never thought that he would even consider it. they had always been a package deal, you couldnt have one without the other. i was so upset, its actually funny to think about it now, even though it was far from funny then. when edward left i wanted to throw but the book but i destrained. instead i jumped up from my bed and literally started spinning in circles! after my little fit i almost started crying, i was tired, and i forced my self to stop at the end of the chapter so i could sleep, even though the pages with the names of the months had me literally hyperventilating, i wouldnt let myself flip past the first month. anyway im not going to say anymore, yet, because i dont want to ruin it for you. but it's really cool to think that a guy could appreciate the devastation of this dreaded chapter. keep reading, i cant wait to see your reaction to... rrg,. i knew i should have stopped! anyway just keep reading

savannah

im sad. IF U HAD PUT SOMETHING FUNNY ON THIS ONE I'D KILL U!!!

Christina

omg just reading your comments on this chapter make me start crying...

Amber

Isn't it amazing how good some authors are? You read a book and it grabs hold of you. Then, something happens and you feel like YOUR entire world has crumbled. If the rational side of you did come out, then you should still be able to appreciate the flawless level Stephenie Meyer has reached. New Moon was probably one of the most difficult books i've ever read. Yet it is pivotal to the Twilight Saga. It only took me a day to read it, but it was probably one of the most depressing i've ever had lol.

nicole (twilight luver)

wow that was so sad i almost cried. i can totally relate to what you are saying. the first time i read that chapter my whole week i felt depressed.the feelings in that story was soo affectionate it just grabs a hold of u. i've never felt so much emotion and attachment to a book. but dont worry, keep reading. it will get better :]

Marita

can't wait for the next one

courtneyC

i know this will sound really pathetic. and loserish.

but it shows how truly obsessed with the books i am. and how truly obsessed i am with edward and bella.
i know it sounds crazy, but really. all i ever think about is these books. im an addict, an obssessive crazy fangirl that cannot get over the fact of how in love i am with bella and edward together. as one.

when i read this book. not even just this chapter, but the most of this book.

I cried. hours and hours of uncontrollable crying.

because i coneected with bella in a way i hadnt before, i mean sure ive been that madly in love, but...

i'd been left. the same way she was. i felt her pain the same ways she did.
of course it wasnt the fac ti was in love with a vampire. but to want to endanger myself to hear his voice, i wouldve done that.

as i turned the pages, written only the names of the months. I soon recognized bella like i did myself. i was a zombie for months. and so...as pathetic as it sounds. i cry and cried for hours when i read chapter three.

My name is Courtney, and i am in love with bella and edward. I'm not afraid to show my obsession

Emily

I had to close the book after reading the chapter I still do every time I read it. I just get so mad at Edward for leaving.

daylet

ummm...KALEB IT'S 12:35 AM, WHERE'S CH.4?

I KNOW I AM BEING A DICTATOR, BUT OH WELL ;]

Caro

I cried with that chapter. It so uneasy to think about Bella without Edward. When I read it I was so mad at Edward. I felt horrible for Bella. The love of her life, leaving her there. So.. destroyed.

But.. keep reading :D Things pick up again (:

Chelsea

GRRRR..... I don't know what time zone you were talking about. Do I really need to wait.

Yvette

I remember this is the chapter I always skip when I reread NEw Moon I just go straight to like chapter 5.. its to heartbreaking, the first time I read it I cried,

bea

it's such a sad book filled with emotion, but i looove it:))

Ariel

I was sooo upset about this chapter that I cried and I wouldn't read it. I told my mother to take it back to the store, and that I was done with Stephenie's nonsense. Then I decided to read it just for the heck of it, and I am glad I did, because even thought it is the most sad it is my favorite book so far in the saga. I hope you enjoy chapter 4.

Kayla

Poor Kaleb... Tis a sad chapter indeed. I literately cry every time I read it.... Well, good job making it through, it gets easier as you go :)And don't worry, you are far from being alone in having this book effect you on such a deeply emotional level. Also, just curious, but are you a nerd fighter? Just wondering, because you reference Maureen Johnson in here, a secret sister in Brotherhood 2.0, and I also saw that you were reading John Green's "Looking for Alaska". So if you are a nerd fighter, DFTBA.

amanda

To be honest, when i first read this chapter i was horrified and a billion other things at the same time. I didn't really cry i just felt a hole get ripped through my heart. ironically, i was able to sympathize with bella. it truly was the saddest chapter ever written. however it is the most well written saddest chapter. I'm not mad about the lack of jokes. it would be quite tacky if you had posted one. enjoy the book, it picks up soon.

Jojo

I'm glad you feel the way you do about the characters - it shows that Stephenie can even reach those who tell themselves that they will remain impartial. I'm glad that you're so...what's the word...touched. I think I know what you mean. You know something's wrong...but I'd like to correct you on something. The love isn't gone. It's there - Edward left her because he loved her.

But none of us have read Midnight Sun yet, so technically, we don't KNOW.

I will repeat what others already have. Reading this post was like reading that chapter again. For this first time. It was heartbreaking. Every page you turn, it's like a tear in your heart. And then your mom calls you down for dinner and you feel stupid for caring so much about a darn book. But you can't help it. It feels like the entire world of the book has been torn in two. And it seems like the story could never go on.

It wouldn't have been able to...but Stephenie, of course, had a surprise for us fans. A surprise that, without it, the fans would have willingly shunned her for the rest of eternity. THE BOOK KEEPS GOING.

I know - shocker. Keep reading, Kaleb. I think, this time, I'm going to read the book with you. When you finish a chapter, I'll read the next. Then I can read your analysis.

And thanks for not cracking jokes - cracking jokes during sad books that have a huge fanbase of rabid fanpires - I mean, girls - during depressing chapters that are a huge turning point is a rather self-sacrficial idea. Don't do it - we like you, Kaleb. Stay with us a little longer - at least until you finish Breaking Dawn and Midnight Sun.

Leah K.

Have you read chapter three out loud? When it was in my head, I just got depressed, but when I read it out loud, I started crying- and I'm not the type to cry. I'm not saying 'read it out loud!' I'm just saying it's even more sad.

Jenna

I am going to be completely honest. After Chapter 3, it was as if I had been broken up with. I felt sick to my stomach and my chest was heavy with bummed-out-ness. It was terrible.

But keep going! It takes a while....but things get better!

Whenever I see someone or talk to someone who is reading New Moon, I wish them luck. So good luck, Kaleb.

Nikki

You know what affected me more than the chapter with him leaving? The pages with just the months on them! Now that was a stark reminder, a slap in the face really that he really left, and how long he had been gone. Tore me up!

Audree

This chapter left me broken hearted!!! I couldn't believe it. I never imagined that Edward could leave.

Christina

Chapter 3 is terribly upsetting... most of the book left me feeling depressed even when I wasn't reading it...The 4 months that go by just... broke my heart...because it is so honest because when you lose the love of your life time seems to keep going while you don't.... it's like you get left behind. Chapter 3 was perfect sadness.

whitney

I felt the same way only i was taking a run on my tredmill and had to turn it off and sit down to cry when i was reading it. YOu dont know how intune to the characters you become until somthing major happens..

sandra

i feel your sincere sense of loss.
:[ this is why we are so attached to these characters. Kaleb you rock for reading this! and i agree with autumn[thanks autumn!!!!!!!!!!]
i listened to The Moment I Said It by Imogen Heap and it is perfect for this chapter of bella's life.

Sara L.

*I don't know how much you already know about the story so be warned: spoilers below*
Jacob is my personal fave. So I'm glad Edward left, b/c if he hadn't Bella wouldn't have sought Jake's company and the glorious tent scene in eclipse (and the other glorious forest scene which comes after the tent scene) wouldn't have happened either.
*spoilers over*

And I certainly didn't cry when he left. B/c that's crazy in my opinion

Nancy

I want to give you a hug! It's been a while since I've read this chapter, but reading your post has left me feeling just as forlorn as I had the first time I read the dreaded chapter 3. :(

Amanda

Many people during the time of Edward's absence took the time to embrace the character of jacob..i was not one of them. the more i read of what happens, the more i wanted edward back. its as simple as that. Edward is the backbone of the story, jake just simply isn't. i'm looking forward to reading more of your posts. and i actually find it cool that a guy YOUR age is reading it..i mean, most guys wouldn't read it at 19.
Amanda

Sammie

I remember my first time reading through this chapter. I was on campus (skipping class actually) and I felt like the world was crumbling around me. Bella and Edward were meant to be together. There was no Bella. No Edward. Just Bella AND Edward. I felt horrible for being attached to these characters, but like you said, I did not want to listen to my rational side.

I'm woman enough to admit I cried. There in the middle of the campus commons area, curled up on a couch, feeling the tears hot on my cheeks as Edward, clearly lying to her (how could he NOT love her anymore?) and leaving her.

From there, I spent the next few chapters no caring of anyone else, waiting with bated breath for Edward to show up again.

(Just keep tissues with you and keep reading. It eventually gets easier. And yet more heartbreaking.)

Katie M,

Sometimes, we do not listen to our rational sides; or more commonly, do not want to listen to our rational sides.

(I love this. I wrote it down.)

Love from NYC,
Katie

Cindy

I have converted so many people to Twilight-ism. And every time they get to New Moon, I get beat on for Chapter 3. I feel like I should warn them in advance, but then that would spoil things, wouldn't it? *sigh* So I take the beatings. After all, other people should go through what I went through when I read it the first time, and no one converted me...I just picked up the series of my own free will because people were talking about it. After I read chapter 3 and felt gutted I thought the spell was broken; I felt like I could put the book down (at 3 a.m.) and not pick it back up again for a while (days even).

Of course I was wrong; I picked it back up after several minutes of sulking. Its a big slap in the face, but Stephenie follows it with good stuff. Have faith. ;)

mehek

god, i started crying when i read your post. reminds me of a miserable situation i was in not too long ago. but you really understand how heartwrenching it is for edward to leave. i was in such a state of mourning(aka constant sobbing for nearly the entire weekend that i read the book)so i was forced to listen to it on audiobook(something that is nearly impossible to anyone in our city, due to the fact that everyone here has probably read and re-read the saga so many times that they have memorized it, but there are a few who havent been enlightened)which i never do because i love reading. but i was in such a state of deppresion when edward left i spent the entire evening writing. i am happy about that because it has led to a very long story that still isnt finished after nearly a year!but new moon is absolutly my favorite of the series, becuase it just makes sense at what would happen next in the series!

Morgan B.

Your take on these books is really surprising. I've been following you since you started with Twilight and I really can't believe how much you understand why we girls love these books so much. Haha, and you're a guy!
What you wrote here almost had me in tears. You're a great writer, I've also realized. No doubt I'll be picking up your book when it comes out. :D

And like many other people are saying, when I re-read New Moon, this is where I skip through the book. You'll see why muchhh later. :]

thegingerpire

It was this point in the book I went ahead to page 382... Not the first time of course, but every other time!

katiedid

This almost made me cry!!! Your post was heartwrenching. My moms at this part and she almost cried. It's horrible, but no matter what.. KEEP READING! It will get better.

Robin

Hugs to you. None of my friends (39ish years of age) have read them so I had to suffer by myself. Strong work getting in touch with your nonrational side. My DH thinks I'm crazy.
Keep reading...when I reread the series I had a knot in my stomach when I got to Chapter 3.

Morgan

Yeah I wanted to cry in this chapter but I couldn't because I was at my grandpa's house and he had just gotten home from the hospital and our whole family was there so I didn't want people asking what was wrong, so I held it in till I got home and then called my bestest buddy ever and she toldd me that it was going to be alright and she told me to read somthing but I can't say. But anyways I got in trouble at school the next two days cause it was so hard to put the book down.

Anjanie

Oh! -hugs- I felt the same way when I read this chapter, but what hit me harder were the month pages right after. I really liked your post for this one even though it was sans humor. It was very thought-provoking ^.^

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