A review by joannemae
Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao

adventurous emotional medium-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

Another reviewer called this "The Phantom Tollbooth for adults," so why should I bother coming up with something funnier when they've already invented comedy.

Whimsical and wholesome but poorly executed. It was a BIG mistake to make the second male lead waaaay more interesting than the first... justice for Haruto.

I could have done without the romance or, at the very least,
without the happy ending. I thought the tent village scene was going to foreshadow them never finding each other again but forging their own destinies anyway and that would have been SUCH a banger.


3 stars with a bonus half star because I cried when I
tried explaining why Haruto deserved better