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exactlyem's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Medical content
Minor: Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, and Vomit
loosetoothfool's review against another edition
emotional
4.5
im a bit at a loss for words right now woah
Moonstone is strange, intruiging, disturbing, beautiful and fleeting.
i am a sucker for a very short lyrical weird book and this is no exception. i devoured this so quickly in one afternoon and feel like it deserves more diving into. its set at such an interesting time and place in history and the main character is so intruiging and captivating with his interest for cinema and the vampires film. it was disturbing reading his sexual scenes with adults, as he is a teenager, but it is, tragically, likely a very real experience for gay people in that time period. this book was quietly heart breaking when you think more about it. the book is over so quick that u less feel the emotions in the moment, but in the aftermath.
another thing that made this hit hard, reading in 2022, was how the plague/pandemic resonated so much for the current moment, over 100 years after this was set. the way that we react in pandemic is still the same. it hit hard
i found the writing so lyrical and it sucked me in. there were profound insights and little mysteries about the character. oh man I just LOVE weird beautifully written short books.
Moonstone is strange, intruiging, disturbing, beautiful and fleeting.
i am a sucker for a very short lyrical weird book and this is no exception. i devoured this so quickly in one afternoon and feel like it deserves more diving into. its set at such an interesting time and place in history and the main character is so intruiging and captivating with his interest for cinema and the vampires film. it was disturbing reading his sexual scenes with adults, as he is a teenager, but it is, tragically, likely a very real experience for gay people in that time period. this book was quietly heart breaking when you think more about it. the book is over so quick that u less feel the emotions in the moment, but in the aftermath.
another thing that made this hit hard, reading in 2022, was how the plague/pandemic resonated so much for the current moment, over 100 years after this was set. the way that we react in pandemic is still the same. it hit hard
i found the writing so lyrical and it sucked me in. there were profound insights and little mysteries about the character. oh man I just LOVE weird beautifully written short books.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Pedophilia, Death, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Outing, Child death, Death of parent, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Excrement, Medical content, and Vomit
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