I haven't read the books, my daughter has numerous times, she talked me into taking her to the (midnight) premier of Twilight, I figured I would just sleep til it was over, but I didn't, I loved it. Obviously I couldn't wait for New Moon to come out, so we went to the midnight premier of that one, New Moon was so much better than Twilight. I can't put my finger on what was different or better, but it was. There was a little more comedy, the characters seemed more comfortable and the whole movie flowed much better this time. I did hate the way it ended, not in a bad way, but the movie was so intense and then to just end the way it did, wow! But just makes me want to see the next one that much more.