TwilightersAnonymous: New Moon, chp 19-22

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

New Moon, chp 19-22

All the events in Volterra.

2 comments:

Ruth said...: SM deserves credit for writing these amazing chapters that we all have to zoom through just to get through the tension, even though we've read it before!

This time around I tried to pay more attention to the Volturi. I had forgotten that they hint at what Bella's gift will be once she's a vampire.; July 10, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Trish said...: These few chapters were all so great. This whole section of NM is so intense! The race there was definitely nerve racking. There is something I picked up on that I don't think I ever have before on the plane. When she and Alice are talking about how her visions work and Bella says she wishes she could have been right about her in the beginning with what she saw. Alice acted kind of confused, Bella says how Alice saw her become one of them. Alice says how it was a possiblilty at the time (like she was supposed to say that), Bella repeats her sadly, then Alice sighs and hesitates like she's making some decision, then goes ahead with that choice and says how it's all gotten beyond ridiculous and she's debating to just change her herself. I felt like when I read that, that was Alice conveying that her first vision of that has never changed. That's why Rosalie says (in her view in Miscalculations) that Alice never really acted any different once they moved and Edward left, she was always so sure about things and just went on like normal, more or less. She still saw the ending coming out right!

Then one other thing I noticed, in this same chapter on the plane, was when Alice sees Edward so angry that the Volturi told him no, and he had a bad hour so he'd decided to go hunting, in the city. And how it got very close but he changed his mind at the last minute. I always thought it just meant hunting animals, but now I see that she's saying he was going to hunt people to get killed that way, because it's not allowed in the city. Creepy, and I'm so glad he changed his mind at the last minute. Bella figures it's because of Carlisle, and that he wouldn't want to disappoint him even at the end, which is probably true, but I think Bella must have had something to do with the change of mind as well.

All the stuff with the Volturi was as creepy as ever. Sometimes I picture Alec as a "little person" you know like a hobbit or something, (sorry to not use the politically correct term there), but he's more like a young boy, so that is so much worse to picture him and Jane like that, so evil in such young bodies. It is also almost hard to not like Aro, almost, of course he is icky, but I love the personality that Stephenie created for him, what a perfect touch. I also noticed his intrigue in Bella and what she might become as a vampire. Aren't we all! And I have to say it creeped me out even more this time I think, when Bella saw all those poor people going in to a trap, especially the little lady that knew something was wrong, and to have to hear all the screaming. That would scar a human. I got a little sad for Edward when she showed her disgust for the human receptionist hoping to become one of them, of course we know what she meant, but he had anxious eyes when she was saying it.

Also, I have to say that I laughed to myself again when Alice suggested slapping her because of her being in hysterics.

And then how much I loved the plane ride home, of them being together again, memorizing things about each other, so unsure of the other's thoughts. And I LOVED the reception at the airport, all the encounters between each and every one of them. Alice and Jasper have such a cool and unique relationship. I love all the differences that they all have that separate them so well.

Ok, that's all for now.; July 18, 2008 at 12:44 AM