I liked New Moon a lot. It stuck to the plot of the book very well and I think it would be good even if you did not read the books. I thought they could have done better on the special effects, particularly the werewolf morphing and the wolves themselves. They looked waaay too fake in my opinion. Also, other than the incredibly buff Jacob, the other werewolves were too soft and wimpy when in human form. Not physical enough, and not imposing enough as compared to how they were described in the books.