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The Star and the Strange Moon by Constance Sayers
2.75
Transport yourself to the eerie world of L’Etrange Lune and the obsession that it begs from those that get swept up by its magic and wonder.
This book follows multiple timelines and characters as they experience L’Etrange Lune. From Gemma in 1968 filming the movie itself under a confusing and somewhat tyrannical director to the cast of characters of the 1878 horror plot of the film itself to Christopher in 1998 and 2008, experiencing the film as an obsessive film student.
This book was light horror and somewhat of a thriller with just a sprinkle of subtle romance.
Overall I enjoyed listening to this read, and was especially grateful to have listen to the audio to help me better hear all of the French words and phrases, but it did lack something to make me really truly fall in love with it. I felt some parts of the character’s backstories were too long and inconsequential, while also wanting to know the characters better. I suppose I wanted more of a detailed intersect of the timelines and less backstory, if that makes sense.
Thanks NetGalley for the ARC of this book.
This book follows multiple timelines and characters as they experience L’Etrange Lune. From Gemma in 1968 filming the movie itself under a confusing and somewhat tyrannical director to the cast of characters of the 1878 horror plot of the film itself to Christopher in 1998 and 2008, experiencing the film as an obsessive film student.
This book was light horror and somewhat of a thriller with just a sprinkle of subtle romance.
Overall I enjoyed listening to this read, and was especially grateful to have listen to the audio to help me better hear all of the French words and phrases, but it did lack something to make me really truly fall in love with it. I felt some parts of the character’s backstories were too long and inconsequential, while also wanting to know the characters better. I suppose I wanted more of a detailed intersect of the timelines and less backstory, if that makes sense.
Thanks NetGalley for the ARC of this book.