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A review by lonelyhuman
The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two by Catherynne M. Valente
2.0
2.25/5
I am so confused.
I skimmed through this book for the most part since I just could not get into the plot and that means that the only thing that I really remember from the entire thing is that, and I have so many questions about how the book got there.
this entire review is from the overly lengthy notes I took since I could feel myself forgetting the plot as I was reading it.
I am honestly so disappointed that I did not love this book as much as I loved the first two.
My biggest complaint is how long it took to reach the actual plot, which I personally would say only really started when September reached the moon and learned about Ciderskin. The part that I had the hardest time reading was just before when September was travelling with the blue wind. I could not for the life of me tell you about anything that happened during that part. There were also other parts of the book that seemed to drag on for me.
That being said, it was kind of nice to see the characters from previous books like Ell and Saturday. I also liked learning more about Fairyland as a setting, I found it interesting to see how little September knew about Fairyland even after a few visits. I also enjoyed getting to see the older version of Saturday.
The fact that September is now permanently stuck in fairyland was actually a really nice plot twist and something that I totally didn’t expect.
Overall, the book was Okay and had some new information about the setting, and some things that I did not expect, but the plot was kind of repetitive and boring and I found myself struggling to get through the book.
I feel like there are a lot of run-on sentences in this review, so sorry about that.
I am so confused.
I skimmed through this book for the most part since I just could not get into the plot and that means that the only thing that I really remember from the entire thing is that
Spoiler
the moon gave birth for some reason? And there was a Yeti?this entire review is from the overly lengthy notes I took since I could feel myself forgetting the plot as I was reading it.
I am honestly so disappointed that I did not love this book as much as I loved the first two.
My biggest complaint is how long it took to reach the actual plot, which I personally would say only really started when September reached the moon and learned about Ciderskin. The part that I had the hardest time reading was just before when September was travelling with the blue wind. I could not for the life of me tell you about anything that happened during that part. There were also other parts of the book that seemed to drag on for me.
That being said, it was kind of nice to see the characters from previous books like Ell and Saturday. I also liked learning more about Fairyland as a setting, I found it interesting to see how little September knew about Fairyland even after a few visits. I also enjoyed getting to see the older version of Saturday.
The fact that September is now permanently stuck in fairyland was actually a really nice plot twist and something that I totally didn’t expect.
Overall, the book was Okay and had some new information about the setting, and some things that I did not expect, but the plot was kind of repetitive and boring and I found myself struggling to get through the book.
I feel like there are a lot of run-on sentences in this review, so sorry about that.