Reviews

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

elkyo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

emmad's review against another edition

Just not in the mood but will read it. 

krissy1's review against another edition

2.0

𝐼𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝒶 𝑔𝒶𝓎 𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝒞𝑜𝓁𝑜𝓂𝒷𝑜…𝓌𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝒹𝒶𝓎 !! 𝑅𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉!!𝘐

Rating⭐️⭐️/5.

𝐈𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟗, 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐨, 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐚, 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐫𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚.

𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴! 😂 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘚𝘳𝘪 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘸, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 – 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴. 🤦🏾‍♀️ 𝘐𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘹 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘎𝘉𝘛𝘘 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘩. 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵.

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reesbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-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

3.0

jimbriel's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

blmattern's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

alicekeane's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

ka_schulze's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense slow-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

3.5

socksandmelons's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

ldillaway's review against another edition

5.0

Truly beautiful book. I’m not sure I’ve read a book fully told in second person before, but it really worked for me here. I also rarely cry at books but this one got me, really powerful.