Reviews

The Moth Diaries by Rachel Klein

hectaizani's review against another edition

3.0

Is she or isn't she? That's the real question in this story. Is Ernessa a vampire? Is the narrator insane? What's really going on here. Ultimately all the questions aren't answered in a tidy little bundle and the reader is left to their own conclusions. Bravo!

white_flame69's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

irene_lear's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

3.5

wunkymatts's review against another edition

3.0

I picked this up because it was in the little shelf where I keep my favourite books, but I could barely remember anything about it. I must have loved it at one point, or else it wouldn't have been there, but now I don't love it.

I can see the glimmers of what held me so spellbound. I think I probably related a bit too much to the narrator, whereas now she just came across as a bit cringe. I know all teenagers are self obsessed, which is probably why I tend to avoid YA fiction (is this classed as YA? There's certainly an argument for it). Maybe the years have given me a bit of distance and I now am (hopefully) no longer so self obsessed myself the irritation just gets too much.

And yet I can see why I must have liked her so much at the time. Intense, clever, creative. As much as it makes me roll my eyes now I clearly related to her. There was (cringe again) something about me in her.

I wasn't sold on the hands down, flat out decision that it was a psychotic break. I know, I know, it still might not have been, but I just didn't believe the clues enough to really be swayed.

That being said I did enjoy the way it was written. Some passages sounded similar to how I sometimes write in my own journal, and when I came across them they brought me up short. I did like the brooding setting and I could picture the school so easily. The gradually building sense of menace was also well done. Very gothic, and there's nothing wrong with that.

kkbashwoe's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

3.5

I would have loved this book as a teen

obsessively's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

trisha_thomas's review against another edition

3.0

a dark almost modern-gothic kind of tale added in with confusing adolescence and an all girl boarding school. I like this book's play on reality. What is reality? Because every one of us has a different idea of reality ~ a different perspective on the same moment in time. It was weirdly haunting.

felicat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

lois_bozilovic's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

kabrab1's review against another edition

3.0

A thriller that leaves you questioning what was real and what was all in the head of the unnamed protagonist.