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A review by cseanread
The Halloween Moon by Joseph Fink
3.0
This is a cute middle-grade/young YA book about coming to terms with growing up, moving forward, and the changes that involves. It's a great book for tweens, as it covers a lot of the difficult experiences that this age range faces -- still being young and wanting to hold onto aspect of childhood, but also recognizing that aging is part of life, and with it comes letting go of the past.
The writing is stellar, with engaging imagery and spooky villains. I enjoyed just how spooky some of the scenes could get -- very much in the vein of Gaiman's Coraline.
However, I did feel the pacing was a bit off at times, and some of the narrative points got repeated more than necessary (at least for an adult reader -- perhaps that's something important for younger readers?).
Either way, I would recommend this book to younger readers who enjoy a little spookiness in their stories. Spooky factor is about on par with Goosebumps (but there are some sharp objects thrown at characters -- no one gets hurt -- so keep that in mind).
The writing is stellar, with engaging imagery and spooky villains. I enjoyed just how spooky some of the scenes could get -- very much in the vein of Gaiman's Coraline.
However, I did feel the pacing was a bit off at times, and some of the narrative points got repeated more than necessary (at least for an adult reader -- perhaps that's something important for younger readers?).
Either way, I would recommend this book to younger readers who enjoy a little spookiness in their stories. Spooky factor is about on par with Goosebumps (but there are some sharp objects thrown at characters -- no one gets hurt -- so keep that in mind).