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The Forgetting Moon by Brian Lee Durfee

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lamar65's review

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

3.5

Underwhelming ending to the first book in this series. It was originally planned as a five book series, but was reduced to three books, so this book really ends in what would have been the middle of book 2. Also, there are several stretches I found quite boring and even put the book down for almost 2 years before finally plowing ahead and finishing. There is some stuff in it that I really liked, thus the 3.5 stars. I started reading the sequel and decided not to continue after several chapters, mainly because others who have read this series say the things I didn't like don't get better as the story progresses.
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thepoieszedlife's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I loved this book. The writing was great & the plot kept me engaged. The problem was the stereotypical “bad” people. 

Making the only gay character(s?- Leif?) gay, the pissy, rude women fat or consistently pointing out their huge mole that made them ugly, etc.) Also, the way Ava Shay just doesn’t get any real inner turmoil about being raped in general, let alone the ruler of the invading army. Killing Shawcroft after he basically just became good or useful in Nail’s eyes. Making a poor pony fall down a cavern? It just felt like he was killing off the teenage characters so there’d be less people to trek across Gul Kana.
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