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considering that this is a book i had to read for school, i actually really enjoyed it. I loved a lot of the quotes in this. gonna be a pain to write about though

Good book ... even if I had to keep googling artists.

The story was really well written. I think it's hard to pull off writing about art in a really impressive way, but the author does in this book. The main two characters have beliefs that they have to change through the story, and the misunderstandings and the pain of this are shown really well. I enjoyed watching the characters grow. The use of the back-and-forth narration between the two main characters is especially effective... especially the fact that each section starts just a short while *before* the previous one ended. That "rewind" is always done at the most effective locations and gives us both views of the key events.

I'm going to have to look for other books by Cath Crowley.

emo teens being edgy because they know who Picasso is

One of the most truly romantic books I've come across in a long time. Read the full review at Slatebreakers: http://slatebreakers.com/2013/02/18/review-graffiti-moon-by-cath-crowley/

This is one of those that I wish could give ten stars.

After I finished it, I thought about what I should say, like beautiful, wistful, deceptively young adult coming-of-age story while secretly being an adult book about change, acceptance, life, death, choices, lying, love, loyalty, art, poetry, family, self-hate, self-doubt, need, friendship, clarity, etc. and how this is a book to read every ten years or whenever you feel you've lost your way. Then I noticed there are 3,000 reviews also sharing the love. So, read those reviews, they are speaking truly about the book's greatness.

It's fast, short, full of action, and it happens all in one night. I personally guarantee that it is a great book. You will love all of the characters except Malcolm. The writing itself is steller, poetical prose, with dozens of sentences that you will be quoting because they go on making you laugh for days. It's funny and dramatic. Give it to your teenagers and your best friends, because even though it's written in the stuttery way of youth-talk, it has all of the questions the ancient Greeks asked of themselves about why we live and how. It's good! I promise.

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Those who are in the mood for a sad ending will hate it, or will subtract a star, because it has a happy ending. 'It's too pat!' they will cry, and they're right. I don't care. I enjoyed closing a book after the last page smiling. I will enjoy the singing birds outside my house all the more!

Do not allow the Shadow to be your counsellor. The Shadow feeds on darkness, pain and despair. It does not have wisdom, common sense or a plan for success. When we give in to it, we forget who we are, or that a future is there in tomorrow's sunrise. It is amazing how when you talk to the right person about your Shadow, it dies after it is exposed. However, teens face a lack of perspective because of their inexperience, and we adults must tell them that they have a value and help them give themselves pride of personal accomplishments. Most important, they need us to give the perspective they dont have, yet. It's so easy for them to believe the worst of themselves and that they cant be fixed. It doesn't always work out, but doing nothing or worse, pointing out only errors will smash fragile little birds who don't know how to fly yet. Sappy, I know.

More reviews at Rondo of a Possible World: YA Book Reviews

I had taken a Humanities course last year in my high school with the topic pertaining to Modernism. My favorite part of the course when when we were subjected to the world of Graffiti. Going to Five Points in NYC and seeing all the art that they wish to tear down and having a graffiti artist make something before my class's very eyes was exciting and absolutely enchanting. It's not like witnessing a Picasso but it has that existential forthcoming about it.

The story was enjoyable, cute, and mystic in itself. Characters you just smile at when they stand next to each other and talk because they are just too adorable to even describe and sounds like "eep!" becomes the definition. The book was good, but not read-it-a-second-time good. The plot was quaint, the revitalization of art and expansion into the subgenre of graffiti definitely made Graffiti Moon an enjoyable and unique read in Young Adult.

The hunt for Shadow and Poet, the most adorable names for graffiti artists I must say, lead to eventful and disastrous encounters. Right off the bat you're told who Shadow and Poet are and I really didn't know how that sat with me during the entire novel. It worked with the story but I see protocols like this numerously in novels

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girl wants to find mysterious guy + boy you don't really like is "mysterious guy" = you know the rest.

The graffiti aspects thrown into this novel proved to be a beautiful expansion from most contemporary novels today and that made Graffiti Moon an original contemporary romance in my eyes. Art lovers and romantics definitely should jump into the pages of this novel.

I dislike romance novels. I especially despise romance novels with happy over-the-top endings. Graffiti Moon is one of them, but I love it. If that doesn't get you excited enough to read it then I don't know what will. Everything about this book (except maybe the villain, but it's a romance story not a comic book) is very charmingly cute. And that's coming from a person who would rather spill lemon juice in an open wound than read lovey-dovey stories, but Graffiti Moon is just a guilty pleasure.

Not only does it do love stories justice though, it does art some good as well. The descriptions of artworks in this book really made me picture it and think about the meaning behind art and stuff like that. It fell a bit flat with The Poet chapters but that isn't a bit put off when Ed and Lucy's story is so gosh darn sweet.