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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
The Moonday Letters by Emmi Itäranta
4.0
At the start of this month I noticed I had a few too many pre-orders to keep them all. I had to go through them, had to ask myself the question "do I really want and need this book?" and had to cancel quite a few of them. But no matter how often I tried I couldn't bring myself to cancel this book-order. Because it's sci-fi and I don't read as much sci-fi as I'd like to because it's hard to find the non-space-war ones; and because it's a collection of letters. And so last week it arrived!
Like with all sci-fi novels it took me a few chapters to really get into the story. That's mostly because the universe as it is is a normal situation for our heroine. She uses words I didn't understand right away, she described places I couldn't locate right away and she talked about technical gadgets that are not invented yet. However, the more I read, the more the universe in this book started to feel familiar and realistic to me.
I have to admit that I'm not entirely sure if the letterform of the novel really feels like a letterform. The letters were too long, the descriptions too detailed. It aren't really letters to begin with. The heroine of the story is filling notebooks with everything that has happened to her so her spouse can read them whenever they see each other after some time apart. I envy them both: Her for having the time to write all this and them for having the time to read all this.
However, although the story is absolutely not action-packed, I really enjoyed the unique blend of magic, sci-fi, mystery and romance. I grew incredibly curious about what was happening and what was going on and I really enjoyed all those moments our heroine almost met her spouse and missed them by a few seconds. I have to admit that the final conclusion wasn't the amazing moment I had thought it would be, but the journey was quite intriguing and pleasant!
Like with all sci-fi novels it took me a few chapters to really get into the story. That's mostly because the universe as it is is a normal situation for our heroine. She uses words I didn't understand right away, she described places I couldn't locate right away and she talked about technical gadgets that are not invented yet. However, the more I read, the more the universe in this book started to feel familiar and realistic to me.
I have to admit that I'm not entirely sure if the letterform of the novel really feels like a letterform. The letters were too long, the descriptions too detailed. It aren't really letters to begin with. The heroine of the story is filling notebooks with everything that has happened to her so her spouse can read them whenever they see each other after some time apart. I envy them both: Her for having the time to write all this and them for having the time to read all this.
However, although the story is absolutely not action-packed, I really enjoyed the unique blend of magic, sci-fi, mystery and romance. I grew incredibly curious about what was happening and what was going on and I really enjoyed all those moments our heroine almost met her spouse and missed them by a few seconds. I have to admit that the final conclusion wasn't the amazing moment I had thought it would be, but the journey was quite intriguing and pleasant!