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Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

26 reviews

cmbohn's review

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I really liked this one. Like everyone says, ignore the cover and give it a chance. I've been reading a lot of urban fantasy lately and I was trying to figure out why this one was so much better. It's the writing. Briggs is great at developing her characters. Recommended. 
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pageturnervic's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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booksnart2023's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful tense 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

5.0

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gdwilliams019's review

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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mwildasin03's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

I absolutely love this series. I read the first 2 in no time. The third was a little harder to get into. But I got back on track and am currently reading book 8. I love the main character and all of the surrounding characters. Honestly, my only real issue with this book is the cover art. The character on the cover and the character in the story do not align. Mercy Thompson looks nothing like the cover art. Beyond that, READ THIS SERIES!!
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hanz's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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fiwilson's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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lportilla's review

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

3.75

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knockonwood03's review

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adventurous emotional mysterious sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Nice quick start to a phenomenal series. Mercy is a unique and interesting main character.
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naturally's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

extremely strong premise - perhaps the strongest i've seen for an urban fantasy series - however the execution was really disappointing. very underwhelming read. how does a book packed with werewolf, witch, vampire, shapeshifter and fae politics end up being so boring???

and the worldbuilding (and incorporation of native american culture) is actually the best part of moon-called. the first 1/3 was engaging enough, then the overall pacing got weird...

briggs attempts to give mercy a personality, but the quips fall flat. sure, mercy knows a lot about cars and goes to church, but it's difficult to connect with her emotionally bc the turning-points in her relationships with other characters are told and not shown. i.e. her relationship with samuel, most of the date with adam...

speaking of other characters, this book was a total sausage fest. loads of indistinct men, who have the same character "voice", so they all blend into one. nothing about samuel stands out...HE SUCKS!!! i had trouble believing he was mercy's first love...he reads as a random guy who she argues with a couple times. very chemistry-less. adam is marginally better, but his "banter" with mercy is pretty blank (again, she rarely describes the emotional or physical effect he has on her...) (i like bran though!)

and, of course, all the women hate mercy! the only female character who likes her happens to be ADAM's teenaged daughter.

i think this book is partially a product of it's time? in a lot of the 2000s urban fantasies i've read the heroines can fight and are quirky but not alienating/annoying... not so beautiful that they're unrelatable to the average reader...but still sexy enough to have multiple hot male love interests that the reader can experience vicariously. it's tricky to balance all the ingredients, and maybe moon-called came out of the oven tasting very bleh as a result?
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