Reviews

The Moon Represents My Heart by Pim Wangtechawat

eviestarlight's review

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

2.0

redheadreading's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.5

Elements of this were very compelling and I feel like I can see what was intended with the focus on grief, loss, etc. The constant hopping between timelines and generally nebulous sense of the story means that there's never really any resolution for any threads, which I can't help but feel a bit disappointed with. Why did I spend all this time reading about people, most of whom I didn't hugely care for? I feel like I'm missing something in the final few chapters!
 The writing is very lyrical, but I struggled to really get the free verse sections. They just read to me like standard sentences formatted like poetry rather than actually poetic, if that makes sense! 

emwalsh_stories's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

cyraaa18's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

bookwormclare01's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

tahns's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

starrysea98's review against another edition

4.0

poignant prose and engaging plot.

the scenes depicting joshua and his 嫲嫲 made me tear up.

the ending also had a sense of coming full circle which i loved (even if i wished the loose ends were tied up better).

overall, a beautiful story of a dysfunctional time-travelling family

soulpromise's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

kimapede's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Classism, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy, Car accident, Toxic relationship, and War

cutlet's review

adventurous sad medium-paced

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

4.25