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I received an ARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley.
I have never read a book written in verse before. I'm not sure i'm a huge fan of this style, but it lends it self well to the story. My hesitation on this writing style is that I feel like I could fly through it fast, and I needed to remind myself to slow down. Many of the passages are conversations, many are thoughts. and some are a growing song. I found some of the conversations the hardest to follow. Often parentheses were used to attach to names, but often I found it distracting. I couldn't follow. I don;t know if that is my inexperience with the style, or how the author wrote it. That said-- I really really like this.
This story is haunting and sad, yet it is not depressing. While both Moth and Sani have lived through horrible situations, and both are hurting and greiving in their own ways, they come together and they are good for each other. As they journey from Virginia to New Mexico, you can see how they are helping support and love each other, encouraging each to heal and giving the other the space to be themselves while providing them a person to trust in.
I was not prepared for the ending of this story. I broke. It was completely unexpected, at least to me. But that's all I'll say because I don't want to spoil it.
I have never read a book written in verse before. I'm not sure i'm a huge fan of this style, but it lends it self well to the story. My hesitation on this writing style is that I feel like I could fly through it fast, and I needed to remind myself to slow down. Many of the passages are conversations, many are thoughts. and some are a growing song. I found some of the conversations the hardest to follow. Often parentheses were used to attach to names, but often I found it distracting. I couldn't follow. I don;t know if that is my inexperience with the style, or how the author wrote it. That said-- I really really like this.
This story is haunting and sad, yet it is not depressing. While both Moth and Sani have lived through horrible situations, and both are hurting and greiving in their own ways, they come together and they are good for each other. As they journey from Virginia to New Mexico, you can see how they are helping support and love each other, encouraging each to heal and giving the other the space to be themselves while providing them a person to trust in.
I was not prepared for the ending of this story. I broke. It was completely unexpected, at least to me. But that's all I'll say because I don't want to spoil it.