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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Such a beautiful read.
Super simple summary: Moth lost her family in an accident and lives with her aunt and with heavy survivors guilt. She feels like she cannot live too big anymore; she stopped dancing. She follows traditions of her gray bearded grandfather. She meets a boy, Sani, who also has pain. They decided to spend the summer together, trying to understand Sani’s past. It is written in verse and has such beautiful symbolism and I really liked it.
Super simple summary: Moth lost her family in an accident and lives with her aunt and with heavy survivors guilt. She feels like she cannot live too big anymore; she stopped dancing. She follows traditions of her gray bearded grandfather. She meets a boy, Sani, who also has pain. They decided to spend the summer together, trying to understand Sani’s past. It is written in verse and has such beautiful symbolism and I really liked it.
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
The reason I love novels in verse is only the most important scenes are depicted, only the most important conversations and phrases are shared in a way that you get the full emotional meaning behind the story. When done right its almost sings to you and plays like a movie in your brain. There's a lot of heavy content here, as with most contemporary YA fiction much trauma is packed into the lives of our characters Moth and Sani. They feel deeply, they express it the best way they know how, they're confused and determined, hopeful and helpless at parallel and intersecting times. I would instantly recommend this for English curriculum (amazing Shakespeare crossover lesson plans come to mind) but I would also recommend to the reader who wants a new flavor, perhaps an indigenous perspective or cultural exposure to traditional black Hoodoo that you never see in practice only in cartoon caricature.
I want to add this text to my classroom library. The ending sucker punched me and I held back tears while reading in front of my students. Brilliant lines and a wonderful, thoughtful text. I LOVED reading this.