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When the Moon Hatched
by Sarah A. Parker
Star Rating Breakdown
1 ⭐️ - Terrible. DNF.
2 ⭐️ - Average. I finished it but that's all I can really say about it.
3 ⭐️ - Good. Not a prize winner but the story was engaging enough to keep me interested.
4 ⭐️ - Great Book. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
5 🌟 - BEST. THING. EVER. Read this NOW!
Thoughts
The world building and concept is great. Interesting idea, new takes on fantasy concepts. However I really struggled with the writing style. First person isn't my favourite to begin with but this one felt like every sentence was just off the mark.
Awkward phrasing such as 'I step down' instead of 'I stepped down' or 'I look' instead of 'I looked' made sentences feel abrupt and disjointed, and there was a general absence of descriptive wording to give a good sense of characters and motivations. Very frustrating as I could tell the general world conception was well thought out. We are introduced to a character early on and it felt like there was so much information missing on this apparently important person and then again in following events where it took me a bit to even understand what was going on exactly. Lots of "Missing missing information" as they say.
Character wise, again the clunky writing made it harder to really get a good depth to the characters (when not in first person view) and switching between first person view made it harder to get into the characters voice. A couple of weird consistencies like how royalty talks the same as the main character (especially in regards to Ma and Pah), and the royalty in general acting more like a regular guard then those who run a kingdom.
I struggled to maintain the motivation to read this book due to the writing but felt like towards the end it was showing enough improvement that the next one may still be worth trying, as is the world concept. The main plot point was interesting as it was both obvious and also not (in how it actually occurred). When the author slips into third person POV the writing improved dramatically.
At this time I wouldn't recommend this book but if I find the second book fixes the above flaws it may well be worth struggling through the first in order to enjoy a world and storyline with much potential and a great new concept.
1 ⭐️ - Terrible. DNF.
2 ⭐️ - Average. I finished it but that's all I can really say about it.
3 ⭐️ - Good. Not a prize winner but the story was engaging enough to keep me interested.
4 ⭐️ - Great Book. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
5 🌟 - BEST. THING. EVER. Read this NOW!
Thoughts
The world building and concept is great. Interesting idea, new takes on fantasy concepts. However I really struggled with the writing style. First person isn't my favourite to begin with but this one felt like every sentence was just off the mark.
Awkward phrasing such as 'I step down' instead of 'I stepped down' or 'I look' instead of 'I looked' made sentences feel abrupt and disjointed, and there was a general absence of descriptive wording to give a good sense of characters and motivations. Very frustrating as I could tell the general world conception was well thought out. We are introduced to a character early on and it felt like there was so much information missing on this apparently important person and then again in following events where it took me a bit to even understand what was going on exactly. Lots of "Missing missing information" as they say.
Character wise, again the clunky writing made it harder to really get a good depth to the characters (when not in first person view) and switching between first person view made it harder to get into the characters voice. A couple of weird consistencies like how royalty talks the same as the main character (especially in regards to Ma and Pah), and the royalty in general acting more like a regular guard then those who run a kingdom.
I struggled to maintain the motivation to read this book due to the writing but felt like towards the end it was showing enough improvement that the next one may still be worth trying, as is the world concept. The main plot point was interesting as it was both obvious and also not (in how it actually occurred). When the author slips into third person POV the writing improved dramatically.
At this time I wouldn't recommend this book but if I find the second book fixes the above flaws it may well be worth struggling through the first in order to enjoy a world and storyline with much potential and a great new concept.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Physical abuse