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A review by booksandbujos
Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
This book was very atmospheric and I definitely felt the tension and mystery of the unknown early on. It also made me cry.
The reason it was not a five star for me was the pacing. It was very atmospheric for the first half, just them travelling through the woods and being in nature. It created a sense of tension, but as I got further along in the book, I was almost sure that the tension was going to go nowhere and this would just be a book about them travelling through the woods. And I was fine with that. I was enjoying the book for what I thought it was.
But then the second half was just thing after thing, high-suspense moment after high-suspense moment. And then a lot of the situations the characters find themselves in get resolved so quickly it was very deus ex machina. Overall really solid read and if the book continued in the way it started I may have given it 5 stars.
The reason it was not a five star for me was the pacing. It was very atmospheric for the first half, just them travelling through the woods and being in nature. It created a sense of tension, but as I got further along in the book, I was almost sure that the tension was going to go nowhere and this would just be a book about them travelling through the woods. And I was fine with that. I was enjoying the book for what I thought it was.
But then the second half was just thing after thing, high-suspense moment after high-suspense moment. And then a lot of the situations the characters find themselves in get resolved so quickly it was very deus ex machina. Overall really solid read and if the book continued in the way it started I may have given it 5 stars.