Spoiler alert: My pal Jen Yamoto has put together a great list of differences/improvements comparing Stephanie Meyers' book, New Moon, and the movie.
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While I agree that most of these are improvements on the book, I think the biggest problem of the book is one that goes completely unaddressed in the movie: the abrupt plot shift when the hunt for Victoria is put on hold to stop Edward from trying to exposing himself in Italy. The first one had the same problem - the equally abrupt arrival of James's coven - which was arguably fixed by introducing them earlier.
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