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halcyone's review against another edition
4.0
This review was originally posted at The Cozy Armchair.
I've always been fascinated by graffiti art, especially since one of my friends did extensive research on it for school and would always show me amazing pictures, so I was instantly drawn to this book. Full of memorable late nigh (mis)adventures, Graffiti Moon was such a good book. Really. You may have already read a million other reviews gushing about it, so you'll have to deal with me adding to the multitude.
Everything about it was atmospheric and lyrical, but it never crossed the line to become unbearably cheesy. The story is told in alternating point of views (Lucy & Ed) with poetry by the artist called Poet inserted throughout. I was initially skeptical of this, but oh man, does it work. You get a real sense of the characters and their emotions.
Even as they deal with your run-of-the-mill teenage problems, they are also each struggling with the kinds of universal issues we can understand. These characters are teens but they have a certain depth to them that isn't characteristic of typical teenagers, which can be attributed to the poetic, artsy descriptions that fill up most of the book's pages. Which isn't criticism! The descriptions of Shadow's art are so beautiful, so enticing, that I wish the book had come with photographs of the real thing.
At the start, the slow pace was really making it hard for me to get through the book. Although everything happens in one night (including a bonus subplot of money being owed to a terrible, shady, [unintentionally?] funny bad guy), the story takes its time, and I came to love that. I eventually overcame how distanced I felt from the narrative and started to love these characters. The writing is so vivid; it draws you in so you feel like you're right there with them, wandering the streets of Melbourne, chasing after Shadow. Crowley has a way of writing things that feel like a punch in the gut (see: Poet's poetry), which is very much in line with the reasons the characters seek refuge in their art.
Beyond that, I loved the way Ed and Lucy danced around each other. It was fantastic to see how Lucy had built up Shadow to be her perfect man just by what she interpreted from his art and how her image of him didn't quite line up with the real guy. Their blossoming romance was sweet and realistic enough that I wasn't rolling my eyes by the end. Bonus: Graffiti Moon also has a fabulous set of secondary characters!
Shame I don't know the slightest thing about Melbourne, though, so I couldn't appreciate or trace the path they take through the city as well I would have if I did. Regardless, Graffiti Moon needs to be read (and reread)! It takes you on a beautiful journey, by turns funny and nostalgic, culminating in everyone piling into a pink van and driving off into the sunrise (sort of). It really doesn't get much better than that!
I've always been fascinated by graffiti art, especially since one of my friends did extensive research on it for school and would always show me amazing pictures, so I was instantly drawn to this book. Full of memorable late nigh (mis)adventures, Graffiti Moon was such a good book. Really. You may have already read a million other reviews gushing about it, so you'll have to deal with me adding to the multitude.
Everything about it was atmospheric and lyrical, but it never crossed the line to become unbearably cheesy. The story is told in alternating point of views (Lucy & Ed) with poetry by the artist called Poet inserted throughout. I was initially skeptical of this, but oh man, does it work. You get a real sense of the characters and their emotions.
Even as they deal with your run-of-the-mill teenage problems, they are also each struggling with the kinds of universal issues we can understand. These characters are teens but they have a certain depth to them that isn't characteristic of typical teenagers, which can be attributed to the poetic, artsy descriptions that fill up most of the book's pages. Which isn't criticism! The descriptions of Shadow's art are so beautiful, so enticing, that I wish the book had come with photographs of the real thing.
At the start, the slow pace was really making it hard for me to get through the book. Although everything happens in one night (including a bonus subplot of money being owed to a terrible, shady, [unintentionally?] funny bad guy), the story takes its time, and I came to love that. I eventually overcame how distanced I felt from the narrative and started to love these characters. The writing is so vivid; it draws you in so you feel like you're right there with them, wandering the streets of Melbourne, chasing after Shadow. Crowley has a way of writing things that feel like a punch in the gut (see: Poet's poetry), which is very much in line with the reasons the characters seek refuge in their art.
Beyond that, I loved the way Ed and Lucy danced around each other. It was fantastic to see how Lucy had built up Shadow to be her perfect man just by what she interpreted from his art and how her image of him didn't quite line up with the real guy. Their blossoming romance was sweet and realistic enough that I wasn't rolling my eyes by the end. Bonus: Graffiti Moon also has a fabulous set of secondary characters!
Shame I don't know the slightest thing about Melbourne, though, so I couldn't appreciate or trace the path they take through the city as well I would have if I did. Regardless, Graffiti Moon needs to be read (and reread)! It takes you on a beautiful journey, by turns funny and nostalgic, culminating in everyone piling into a pink van and driving off into the sunrise (sort of). It really doesn't get much better than that!
nicolap's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
A little slow to start but really liked the characters
thebookhaze's review against another edition
4.0
I really liked this book. I listened to it on audiobook (I'm addicted to audiobooks now), and while my previous review on an audiobook was about how I loved all the special vocal effects of the book but didn't really register the actual story, this book was devoid of effects except the regular reading voices with regular inflections, and it was the actual book that I enjoyed.
I speed-read, so I can normally read an 8-hour audiobook in maybe 3 hours, and this book is about 6 hours, so I could've read it in 2 hours. I decided to listen to it on audiobook instead because I thought I would knit while listening, or clean the house or do something productive while listening. It would've been a great idea too! Except I got so hooked into the story that I ended up listening to it until past 2am!
If I had realized that it would be so good, I probably should've switched to reading asap, but I kept telling myself that I could listen to it going to sleep, like a lullaby bedtime story kinda thing. Oh well... mistake made, but what a fun mistake!
I speed-read, so I can normally read an 8-hour audiobook in maybe 3 hours, and this book is about 6 hours, so I could've read it in 2 hours. I decided to listen to it on audiobook instead because I thought I would knit while listening, or clean the house or do something productive while listening. It would've been a great idea too! Except I got so hooked into the story that I ended up listening to it until past 2am!
If I had realized that it would be so good, I probably should've switched to reading asap, but I kept telling myself that I could listen to it going to sleep, like a lullaby bedtime story kinda thing. Oh well... mistake made, but what a fun mistake!
sandeeisreading's review against another edition
5.0
“For a while, for as long as you're looking at it, that painting is the world and you get to be in it.”
I adore art.
I am one of those people who despite not having artistic prowess admire different works of art.
This was one of the reasons why I loved Graffiti Moon.
For me, the book itself was a work of art.
Both the main characters were artist though they had different methods of expressing their love for art.
Ed was a graffiti artist who paints walls to express what was in his mind.
Lucy was a studio artist who made glass as her medium.
Ed and Lucy had a short past but was not really a pleasant one.
One night, they decided to look for Shadow, a mysterious graffiti artist who paints wonderful pictures all over their town.
Lucy wanted to meet him because she loved his work.
She was inspired by his work and felt that Shadow was the guy for her.
What Lucy doesn’t know was that Shadow was closer to her than she expected.
Shadow and the guy whose nose she broke was the same person.
Shadow is Ed.
Ed is Shadow.
How was Lucy going to deal with it when she finds out?
Will Ed tell her?
Will Lucy be disappointed when she finds out that Ed and Shadow was the same person?
Graffiti Moon is a simple story that is full of life and color.
Everything in this book just happened in one night.
What's amazing was that the story does not just revolve around that one night.
Graffiti Moon was told in the alternating POV's of Ed (Shadow), Lucy and also Ed's friend Leo (Poet).
With them narrating the story, they also let you get a glimpse of their personal lives, their personalities, their hopes, their failures.
The characters were flawed which made them real.
Concrete.
Ed has dyslexia.
He didn’t believe in himself.
He felt that he didn’t deserve his ex-girlfriend.
He felt that there was nothing out there for him.
But Lucy saw what Ed failed to see in himself.
Despite the fact that Ed and Lucy didn’t spend that much time together, Lucy felt she knew Ed because of his graffiti.
Ed showed a bit of his soul in his paintings.
I remember one saying by Pablo Picasso that says “Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth” and I believe that was what Lucy saw.
She saw who Ed really was.
I'm not really a fan of insta-love but I would have to make an exception on this one.
Lucy and Ed were perfect for each other.
I loved the supporting characters too.
Leo (Poet) being the poet that he is.
He writes poems about almost everything.
I like him because I write poems myself and I understand the urge of having to do what he did because of his passion in writing.
Jazz was a funny girl.
She always told people she was psychic.
But she didn’t see that Shadow and Poet were right under their noses.
Daisy and Dylan was just a very cute couple.
They argue a lot but it was so obvious they were still madly in love with each other.
Then there's Bert and Al.
Bert was somehow Ed's mentor.
He owns the paint shop where Ed used to work.
Once in a while Ed would mention something that he remembered what Bert said about something that he encountered.
Bert somehow became Ed's father in a way.
Al was who Bert was to Lucy.
He let him get free art lessons in exchange for her cleaning his studio.
He alerts Lucy when Shadow was near his studio.
I was just amazed about how a short, simple story could contain much not only about the main characters but also the secondary ones.
Graffiti Moon was a very light read.
It was something that you could read in one sitting then makes you smile right after reading it.
Graffiti Moon was a funny, sweet, realistic, heartbreaking story about a boy and a girl that would leave you asking for more.
I adore art.
I am one of those people who despite not having artistic prowess admire different works of art.
This was one of the reasons why I loved Graffiti Moon.
For me, the book itself was a work of art.
Both the main characters were artist though they had different methods of expressing their love for art.
Ed was a graffiti artist who paints walls to express what was in his mind.
Lucy was a studio artist who made glass as her medium.
Ed and Lucy had a short past but was not really a pleasant one.
One night, they decided to look for Shadow, a mysterious graffiti artist who paints wonderful pictures all over their town.
Lucy wanted to meet him because she loved his work.
She was inspired by his work and felt that Shadow was the guy for her.
What Lucy doesn’t know was that Shadow was closer to her than she expected.
Shadow and the guy whose nose she broke was the same person.
Shadow is Ed.
Ed is Shadow.
How was Lucy going to deal with it when she finds out?
Will Ed tell her?
Will Lucy be disappointed when she finds out that Ed and Shadow was the same person?
Graffiti Moon is a simple story that is full of life and color.
Everything in this book just happened in one night.
What's amazing was that the story does not just revolve around that one night.
Graffiti Moon was told in the alternating POV's of Ed (Shadow), Lucy and also Ed's friend Leo (Poet).
With them narrating the story, they also let you get a glimpse of their personal lives, their personalities, their hopes, their failures.
The characters were flawed which made them real.
Concrete.
Ed has dyslexia.
He didn’t believe in himself.
He felt that he didn’t deserve his ex-girlfriend.
He felt that there was nothing out there for him.
But Lucy saw what Ed failed to see in himself.
Despite the fact that Ed and Lucy didn’t spend that much time together, Lucy felt she knew Ed because of his graffiti.
Ed showed a bit of his soul in his paintings.
I remember one saying by Pablo Picasso that says “Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth” and I believe that was what Lucy saw.
She saw who Ed really was.
I'm not really a fan of insta-love but I would have to make an exception on this one.
Lucy and Ed were perfect for each other.
I loved the supporting characters too.
Leo (Poet) being the poet that he is.
He writes poems about almost everything.
I like him because I write poems myself and I understand the urge of having to do what he did because of his passion in writing.
Jazz was a funny girl.
She always told people she was psychic.
But she didn’t see that Shadow and Poet were right under their noses.
Daisy and Dylan was just a very cute couple.
They argue a lot but it was so obvious they were still madly in love with each other.
Then there's Bert and Al.
Bert was somehow Ed's mentor.
He owns the paint shop where Ed used to work.
Once in a while Ed would mention something that he remembered what Bert said about something that he encountered.
Bert somehow became Ed's father in a way.
Al was who Bert was to Lucy.
He let him get free art lessons in exchange for her cleaning his studio.
He alerts Lucy when Shadow was near his studio.
I was just amazed about how a short, simple story could contain much not only about the main characters but also the secondary ones.
Graffiti Moon was a very light read.
It was something that you could read in one sitting then makes you smile right after reading it.
Graffiti Moon was a funny, sweet, realistic, heartbreaking story about a boy and a girl that would leave you asking for more.
jadeeby's review against another edition
4.0
Originally posted at my blog Chasing Empty Pavements
Ah! What a lovely escape from life! This book was great
Good: I loved loved loved all the characters! I loved Ed (Shadow) and Leo (Poet), Jazz and Lucy. I thought they were all very developed and I felt I could relate to them which is important when you're writing for a YA audience. There were some AMAZING lines in this book. It was written so beautifully. Reading this book made me want to write like her. It flows off the page so easily...like it took nothing to write. I felt like I was a fly on the wall watching Lucy and Ed rekindle their relationship and Poet and Jazz navigate a potential new relationship. Ed reminded me of those grafitti artists that have been blowing up in popularity like Banksy. Wonderful artists making great art. I loved the back story of the characters, Lucy's parents and Ed's mom. I LOVE the aussie talk. (It's written by an Australian writer and set in Australia). I pretty much love everything about this book!
The Bad: Nothing bad to say about this book!
Such a cute wonderfully written book! I highly recommend this for a quick, lovely read! A!
**I received this book free from the publisher through www.netgalley.com. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.
Ah! What a lovely escape from life! This book was great
Good: I loved loved loved all the characters! I loved Ed (Shadow) and Leo (Poet), Jazz and Lucy. I thought they were all very developed and I felt I could relate to them which is important when you're writing for a YA audience. There were some AMAZING lines in this book. It was written so beautifully. Reading this book made me want to write like her. It flows off the page so easily...like it took nothing to write. I felt like I was a fly on the wall watching Lucy and Ed rekindle their relationship and Poet and Jazz navigate a potential new relationship. Ed reminded me of those grafitti artists that have been blowing up in popularity like Banksy. Wonderful artists making great art. I loved the back story of the characters, Lucy's parents and Ed's mom. I LOVE the aussie talk. (It's written by an Australian writer and set in Australia). I pretty much love everything about this book!
The Bad: Nothing bad to say about this book!
Such a cute wonderfully written book! I highly recommend this for a quick, lovely read! A!
**I received this book free from the publisher through www.netgalley.com. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.
missbookiverse's review against another edition
5.0
Liebes Graffiti Moon,
du bist ja wahrlich kein unbekanntes Gesicht in der englischen Bücherwelt. Hier und da habe ich dich wahrgenommen, aber nicht weiter beachtet. Graffiti? Och ja, ist nicht unbedingt ein Thema, das mich in wahnwitziger Schnelligkeit den Bestellbutton klicken lässt.
Dann hat Captain Cow dich in den Himmel gelobt. Und da die Kapitänin nun mal weiß, was gut ist und ich dich ein paar Wochen später zufällig in der Bibliothek hab rumhängen sehen, bist du mit nach Hause gewandert. Aus lauter Neugier hab ich gleich deine ersten 20 Seiten gelesen. Das war blöd. Das hat nicht gefunkt. Also zurück auf den Stapel und bequem übers Internet den Ausleihe-Verlängern-Button gedrückt.
Einige Wochen später Versuch Nummer 2: diesmal waren die ersten 20 Seiten gar nicht so übel, wenige Seiten später hatte ich sogar richtig Spaß und schwupp, war es um mich geschehen. Liebe auf den zweiten Blick.
Es ist wirklich Liebe, Graffiti Moon. Ich schäme mich ein bisschen dich beim ersten Mal so verschmäht zu haben, deshalb erkläre ich dir jetzt ausführlich, was ich alles an dir mag.
1. Die Graffitis, die Shadow sprüht. Du hast sie mir so lebhaft beschrieben, dass ich sie mir wunderbar vorstellen konnte (und trotzdem sehnsüchtig die Wände Berlins nach ihnen absuche). Fast alle von ihnen spiegeln auf bildliche Weise Shadows Seelenleben und seine Erlebnisse wieder. Wie Metaphern, aber subtil, weil du sie mir Gott sei Dank an keiner Stelle erklärt hast.
2. Deine Figuren. Lustig, cool, intelligent, interessant, ehrlich. Das trifft auf beinahe jeden in diesem Buch zu: Lucy und Ed. Lucys Freundinnen (Jazz ist einfach herrlich). Lucys Eltern. Leo. Bert. Al. JEDE deine Figuren ist saucool und es war toll die Nacht mit ihnen zu verbringen.
3. Kunst. Es ist nicht so, dass ich Gemälde und Maler nicht mag. Ich hatte bloß nie besonders guten Kunstunterricht. Ich würde total gern mehr über die verschiedenen Epochen und Künstler erfahren. Jedes Mal, wenn Lucy und Ed den Namen eines Bildes oder eines Malers erwähnt haben, wollte ich es googeln, um besser verstehen zu können, wovon sie reden, um mir meinen eigenen Eindruck zu verschaffen. Du hättest mit einem Bildanhang kommen sollen!
Auf jeden Fall weiß ich jetzt, dass Magritte der ist, der diesen Mann mit dem Apfel gemalt hat (und die gruseligen Menschen mit den Tüchern über den Köpfen) und dass ich seinen Stil unheimlich gern mag.
4. Glasbläserei. Haaach. Ich liebe Kunst aus Glas und Glasbläserei und all das Zeug. Es ist so erfrischend darüber mal etwas in einem Buch zu lesen, sogar ohne dass es altbacken rüberkommt. Und dann beschreibst du Lucys Glaskunstwerke auch noch so toll. Kann sie bitte in Berlin eine Ausstellung machen? Mit Al zusammen? Und Eds Graffiti?
5. Deine Ausgangssituation ist ein bisschen gemein, aber dadurch so interessant. Lucy ist nämlich auf der Suche nach „Shadow“, einem Graffitikünstler. Leider muss sie die Nacht mit Ed verbringen, einem ehemaligen Mitschüler, den sie nicht besonders gut leiden kann. Was sie nicht, aber dafür der Leser, weiß ist, dass Ed Shadow ist. Verzwickte Situation willkommen.
Okay, eine Sache fand ich doch ein klitzekleinesbisschen doof. Du lässt Lucy und Ed (und manchmal Poet) abwechselnd von dieser einen Nacht berichten. Bei ihren Erzählungen überschneiden sich die Geschehnisse meistens ein wenig, was an jedem Kapitelanfang eine kleine Dopplung ergibt. Fand ich unnötig und manchmal nervig. Aber, pff, nicht so wichtig.
Graffiti Moon, diese eine Nacht mit dir fabelhaft. Das machen wir irgendwann noch mal. Unbedingt!
Alles Liebe,
Infinite Playlist
du bist ja wahrlich kein unbekanntes Gesicht in der englischen Bücherwelt. Hier und da habe ich dich wahrgenommen, aber nicht weiter beachtet. Graffiti? Och ja, ist nicht unbedingt ein Thema, das mich in wahnwitziger Schnelligkeit den Bestellbutton klicken lässt.
Dann hat Captain Cow dich in den Himmel gelobt. Und da die Kapitänin nun mal weiß, was gut ist und ich dich ein paar Wochen später zufällig in der Bibliothek hab rumhängen sehen, bist du mit nach Hause gewandert. Aus lauter Neugier hab ich gleich deine ersten 20 Seiten gelesen. Das war blöd. Das hat nicht gefunkt. Also zurück auf den Stapel und bequem übers Internet den Ausleihe-Verlängern-Button gedrückt.
Einige Wochen später Versuch Nummer 2: diesmal waren die ersten 20 Seiten gar nicht so übel, wenige Seiten später hatte ich sogar richtig Spaß und schwupp, war es um mich geschehen. Liebe auf den zweiten Blick.
Es ist wirklich Liebe, Graffiti Moon. Ich schäme mich ein bisschen dich beim ersten Mal so verschmäht zu haben, deshalb erkläre ich dir jetzt ausführlich, was ich alles an dir mag.
1. Die Graffitis, die Shadow sprüht. Du hast sie mir so lebhaft beschrieben, dass ich sie mir wunderbar vorstellen konnte (und trotzdem sehnsüchtig die Wände Berlins nach ihnen absuche). Fast alle von ihnen spiegeln auf bildliche Weise Shadows Seelenleben und seine Erlebnisse wieder. Wie Metaphern, aber subtil, weil du sie mir Gott sei Dank an keiner Stelle erklärt hast.
2. Deine Figuren. Lustig, cool, intelligent, interessant, ehrlich. Das trifft auf beinahe jeden in diesem Buch zu: Lucy und Ed. Lucys Freundinnen (Jazz ist einfach herrlich). Lucys Eltern. Leo. Bert. Al. JEDE deine Figuren ist saucool und es war toll die Nacht mit ihnen zu verbringen.
3. Kunst. Es ist nicht so, dass ich Gemälde und Maler nicht mag. Ich hatte bloß nie besonders guten Kunstunterricht. Ich würde total gern mehr über die verschiedenen Epochen und Künstler erfahren. Jedes Mal, wenn Lucy und Ed den Namen eines Bildes oder eines Malers erwähnt haben, wollte ich es googeln, um besser verstehen zu können, wovon sie reden, um mir meinen eigenen Eindruck zu verschaffen. Du hättest mit einem Bildanhang kommen sollen!
Auf jeden Fall weiß ich jetzt, dass Magritte der ist, der diesen Mann mit dem Apfel gemalt hat (und die gruseligen Menschen mit den Tüchern über den Köpfen) und dass ich seinen Stil unheimlich gern mag.
4. Glasbläserei. Haaach. Ich liebe Kunst aus Glas und Glasbläserei und all das Zeug. Es ist so erfrischend darüber mal etwas in einem Buch zu lesen, sogar ohne dass es altbacken rüberkommt. Und dann beschreibst du Lucys Glaskunstwerke auch noch so toll. Kann sie bitte in Berlin eine Ausstellung machen? Mit Al zusammen? Und Eds Graffiti?
5. Deine Ausgangssituation ist ein bisschen gemein, aber dadurch so interessant. Lucy ist nämlich auf der Suche nach „Shadow“, einem Graffitikünstler. Leider muss sie die Nacht mit Ed verbringen, einem ehemaligen Mitschüler, den sie nicht besonders gut leiden kann. Was sie nicht, aber dafür der Leser, weiß ist, dass Ed Shadow ist. Verzwickte Situation willkommen.
Okay, eine Sache fand ich doch ein klitzekleinesbisschen doof. Du lässt Lucy und Ed (und manchmal Poet) abwechselnd von dieser einen Nacht berichten. Bei ihren Erzählungen überschneiden sich die Geschehnisse meistens ein wenig, was an jedem Kapitelanfang eine kleine Dopplung ergibt. Fand ich unnötig und manchmal nervig. Aber, pff, nicht so wichtig.
Graffiti Moon, diese eine Nacht mit dir fabelhaft. Das machen wir irgendwann noch mal. Unbedingt!
Alles Liebe,
Infinite Playlist
esshgee's review against another edition
4.0
Really loved the description of the artwork in this novel
jqduskrose's review against another edition
4.0
Graffity Moon was like a magical night of art, poetry and reality, I loved this book very much.
The story was beautifully written and god the characters where just so real. Oh and ed he was just very alive and real i enjoyed reading about this struggle it made me feel things .
all i can is if you haven't picked this book up. you should ..
The story was beautifully written and god the characters where just so real. Oh and ed he was just very alive and real i enjoyed reading about this struggle it made me feel things .
all i can is if you haven't picked this book up. you should ..
jqduskrose's review against another edition
3.0
I give this 3.5 stars.
this book was very short, sweet and very easy to go through. if you are looking for a book that is light but also a good story you should read this.
this book was very short, sweet and very easy to go through. if you are looking for a book that is light but also a good story you should read this.
michalice's review against another edition
2.0
When I first heard about Graffiti Moon I was intrigued about the characters, and the story itself. I picked up a copy a while after publication, and it sat on my shelf gathering dust and waiting to be read......and after finishing the book I kind of wish I had left it there a bit longer and picked up another book instead.
Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy some aspects of the book, enough for me to finish it, but I didn't really connect with the characters. I also went into this thinking the time frame would be spaced out over several days or weeks, and while it does have flashbacks, the span of the story centres around one night. How can a group of children who have just finished school do so much in just one night and not have any parents or adults concerned with their whereabouts. The story just felt rushed to me.
However, I did like the artistic aspect of Graffiti Moon, both the graffiti and the glass blowing. The glass blowing really captured my attention, especially on putting small objects into the glass.
Final Verdict
Graffiti Moon was a very mixed read for me, and I ended up finishing this one on a disappointing note.
Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy some aspects of the book, enough for me to finish it, but I didn't really connect with the characters. I also went into this thinking the time frame would be spaced out over several days or weeks, and while it does have flashbacks, the span of the story centres around one night. How can a group of children who have just finished school do so much in just one night and not have any parents or adults concerned with their whereabouts. The story just felt rushed to me.
However, I did like the artistic aspect of Graffiti Moon, both the graffiti and the glass blowing. The glass blowing really captured my attention, especially on putting small objects into the glass.
Final Verdict
Graffiti Moon was a very mixed read for me, and I ended up finishing this one on a disappointing note.