Reviews

Kuunpäivän kirjeet by Emmi Itäranta

dina_s's review against another edition

4.5

Beautiful. Could not put it down

gillianalice's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Well, this was entirely too real.

I really enjoyed the format of this. Stories told through letters are often interesting, and the letters in this case also acting as journal entries was a nice expansion. 

It wasn't as hopeful as I would have liked, but the bleakness makes more sense for the story than hope.

sarapie32's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

sherbetfrosting's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

cskye's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

kurkeli's review

fast-paced

4.0

belsbookramblings's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

jb_slasher's review

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

jd_miller's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death

foxwish's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

The first half was almost painfully slow, but the second half was a better read with a heavier focus on loss that really touched me.

The ideas set up were compelling, but with this mystery story the ending needs to be worthwhile and it wasn't for me.

Lumi definitely is in a toxic relationship, Sol cares far more about the "greater good" than Lumi, going so far as to deny Lumi's autonomy and completely disbelieve Lumi's entire line of work. These two are so incompatible it hurt to read about.

I haven't yet processed my feelings on the portrayal of eco-terrorism in this book as necessary despite the harm caused to many individuals. 

I still think it's a brilliant book that makes me think and made me emotional, I'm just not sure about the messaging. Also please don't read this for plot, it's very character focused.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Religious bigotry