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milliesmith 's review for:
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
by Kelly Barnhill
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
“A story can tell the truth...but a story can also lie. Stories can bend and twist and obfuscate. Controlling stories is power indeed.”
Strange and sorrowful and beautiful all at once. It’s the kind of story that feels breathtakingly alive.
Strange and sorrowful and beautiful all at once. It’s the kind of story that feels breathtakingly alive.
I was already excited to read this book based on the reviews, but nothing could have prepared me for how much I loved being immersed in this world of hidden magic, a life-giving bog, generations of sorrow, star-fed children, enormous dragons, and ancient creatures.
It explores themes like grief, love, fear, power, memory, truth, and compassion with such grace. What sets this book apart for me though is that it doesn’t conclude with a traditional fairy-tale ending. It leans into the messy, yet beautiful, reality of how healing is sometimes sad, and sometimes slow.
This one’s going straight to my favorites shelf. Enchanting, unforgettable, heart-wrenching, and so incredibly layered.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Abandonment
Moderate: Death, Violence, Gaslighting
Minor: Blood