Reviews with content warning for Car accident - Me (Moth)

A poetic and thoughtful reflection on loss, death, tragedy, with a theoretical road trip on the journey to acceptance grieving and understanding, whatever that might be...I think I'll have to re-read this, it's quite meaningful and dense with emotions.

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smoxen's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Beautifully written, vivid and bittersweet, surprising. A sensitive exploration of grief and friendship. Interesting and respectful use of both Navajo stories and culture and Hoodoo (Rootwork) that made me want to learn more. Even the acknowledgments were lovely.

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melodyseestrees's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A story in verse is one that is hard to love. Many times the connection between reader and character is dampened by what remains unsaid. Even though we don't actually know who Moth and Sani are, we know the core of them. Some poems didn't work for me independently, as I don't have the connection to culture or experience that the characters do, but they all worked together and kept me invested anyways. At its core this tale is about grief and growth.

Sometimes you are holding onto something so tightly that the only choice is to learn how to let go.

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aishallnot's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

This was such a unique novel tackling themes of grief, culture, and spiritually. Though, i will say that i wasn't the biggest fan of the writing style at times. However, i did like how atmospheric the story felt. The end did shock me a lot.

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scrubsandbooks's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

Listened to this on a long car ride and pretty sure I cried out in grief after reading this. This was beautifully written and has made me realize that I don't read enough novels in verse because there's just an extra emotional quality to novels written in verse that packs a harder punch. Me (Moth) was a book on coping with loss, grief, and learning to move on. I loved reading the main characters' journey through this and the ending was as painful as a throat punch. Very effective, 10/10, no notes, Amber McBride, this was such an important read.

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