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Graffiti Moon
by Cath Crowley
Quite The Novel Idea ~ Words from the Clouds
3.5 stars
Part of me really wanted to be able to say something along the lines of "there are so many raving reviews of this book already, mine won't make much of a difference". But I can't. Because while I enjoyed this book quite a bit, I didn't adore it as much as everyone else did.
So obviously the writing is gorgeous. Everyone said it already in their reviews so I'm just going to repeat that. But that doesn't mean it's flawless. Because while the writing is beautiful, at times it was also confusing to me. There are lots of sort-of kinda not really flashbacks and I'm still not sure if they were completely necessary. Not all of them were, I think. And the only difference between past & present was the tense. I also had this problem where I kind of loved Poet's chapters more than the rest and just really wanted to skip the rest of the story and just read his. But I didn't, because the rest was still good too. Though maybe a bit slow sometimes.
The story takes place over the course of one night only. And that made it a bit slow for me at times. Especially with all those flashbacks thrown in. I loved the characters, mostly. Though I never really got to know them as well as I hoped I would. It felt like I never really got beyond the outer layers of their personalities. And I'm probably the only one that feels this way. Which I don't like. But I did like them overall and I loved the humor sprinkled in and their dialogue. I wasn't a big fan of Lucy though. Not at first. And then kinda in the end. I'm really conflicted here, obviously. Also, I never really had the feeling that this was set in Australia? And outside of some Aussie terms here and there (mostly "arse", which can also be confused with Irish), there wasn't anything in how they spoke that screamed "Australian" to me.
But I did enjoy this book quite a bit and I still recommend it a lot. If only to read Poet's poem called "The Daytime Things", which is my favorite part of the book by far and the reason I'm rounding up here on Goodreads. So definitely check this one out, if you can.
3.5 stars
Part of me really wanted to be able to say something along the lines of "there are so many raving reviews of this book already, mine won't make much of a difference". But I can't. Because while I enjoyed this book quite a bit, I didn't adore it as much as everyone else did.
So obviously the writing is gorgeous. Everyone said it already in their reviews so I'm just going to repeat that. But that doesn't mean it's flawless. Because while the writing is beautiful, at times it was also confusing to me. There are lots of sort-of kinda not really flashbacks and I'm still not sure if they were completely necessary. Not all of them were, I think. And the only difference between past & present was the tense. I also had this problem where I kind of loved Poet's chapters more than the rest and just really wanted to skip the rest of the story and just read his. But I didn't, because the rest was still good too. Though maybe a bit slow sometimes.
The story takes place over the course of one night only. And that made it a bit slow for me at times. Especially with all those flashbacks thrown in. I loved the characters, mostly. Though I never really got to know them as well as I hoped I would. It felt like I never really got beyond the outer layers of their personalities. And I'm probably the only one that feels this way. Which I don't like. But I did like them overall and I loved the humor sprinkled in and their dialogue. I wasn't a big fan of Lucy though. Not at first. And then kinda in the end. I'm really conflicted here, obviously. Also, I never really had the feeling that this was set in Australia? And outside of some Aussie terms here and there (mostly "arse", which can also be confused with Irish), there wasn't anything in how they spoke that screamed "Australian" to me.
But I did enjoy this book quite a bit and I still recommend it a lot. If only to read Poet's poem called "The Daytime Things", which is my favorite part of the book by far and the reason I'm rounding up here on Goodreads. So definitely check this one out, if you can.