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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
dark
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Part coming of age, part fairy tale, and part spiritual journey, this landed perfectly for me. The thread of innocence makes the reflections gentle, allowing me to kindly observe and even celebrate my own recent growth.
Seems the sort of book a young reader could read with their parent and both would be fully engaged. Highly recommend the narrator.
Seems the sort of book a young reader could read with their parent and both would be fully engaged. Highly recommend the narrator.
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Sacrificing babies to a Witch, paper, too many "CAW", and then grandma dies. This book is all over the place. Plus the cover fell off. It is not well made.
Read Boundless instead of this
Read Boundless instead of this
adventurous
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I originally was drawn to this book for its beautiful cover. When I figured out it's for kids, I encouraged my daughter to read it. She was busy with other books, so I gave it a try myself. About 2/3 of the way through the book, she asked me how it was. At that point my honest reply was that I felt like it was building up to something big, but so far nothing had really happened yet. The middle definitely dragged and felt repetitive, as other reviewers said. I struggled to get through it, so I told my daughter I didn't recommend it to her. I liked the characters and the magic, but the pacing of the book was off, and not just for kids. I really enjoyed about the first 100 pages and the last 50 pages, but could have skipped the middle.
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I have read a lot of books over 30 years. Hundreds. Thousands, truthfully. But. This. Book. This book is without a doubt the best work of fiction I have ever read. The Girl Who Drank the Moon has firmly planted itself as the absolute number one favorite book on my all time favorite book list, and I highly doubt its roots will be shaken anytime soon.
I hope to be back to provide a more detail review once I’ve fully processed the book, and my thoughts are more coherent. For now, I will simply list some elements that make this book spectacular, wonderful, and utterly magical: a multi-faceted narrative with a folkloric atmosphere, found family, positive relationships, the Bog, a Simply Enormous Dragon, a Glerk, a Luna, a crow, a Grandmama, a madwoman, paper birds, unconditional love—love that never divides but multiplies, and, most of all, hope; the kind that seeps out from the text, like moonlight for an unsuspecting witch trying to feed a baby, and satiates readers like me. Like you. Like us.
Cannot recommend enough. Will never not recommend this book moving forward.
I hope to be back to provide a more detail review once I’ve fully processed the book, and my thoughts are more coherent. For now, I will simply list some elements that make this book spectacular, wonderful, and utterly magical: a multi-faceted narrative with a folkloric atmosphere, found family, positive relationships, the Bog, a Simply Enormous Dragon, a Glerk, a Luna, a crow, a Grandmama, a madwoman, paper birds, unconditional love—love that never divides but multiplies, and, most of all, hope; the kind that seeps out from the text, like moonlight for an unsuspecting witch trying to feed a baby, and satiates readers like me. Like you. Like us.
Cannot recommend enough. Will never not recommend this book moving forward.
adventurous
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
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:
No
I loved this book. It is a fairytale, and it is all about loving. And magic. It made my heart lighter, but it was not fluff.