Reviews

The Halloween Moon by Joseph Fink

antlerqueen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

mernon_550's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

4.0

ludwigdvorak's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

3.75

3.75 or a soft 4 for me, I really loved the first 80 or so pages, but the middle dragged for a bit with some repetitive scenes of people talking or being chased, and there's a 20 page chapter where a character goes trick or treating 3 times. In the novel's context it makes perfect sense and drives home the point, but the book could have been 40-50 pages shorter in my view.

That said, the ending and final 40 or so pages were absolutely perfect, especially for the target audience, and has so much to say for adult readers too. The Halloween Moon is a surprisingly poignant, deep, and heartfelt coming of age story that I ended up loving way more than I thought I would. Beautiful stuff.

zarap's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

ash_ton's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

themorbidcorvid's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

oleanderwillow's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

gudrqa's review against another edition

2.5

Life is too short for not doing things that you want to do simply because „you’re too old”
This book has the exact opposite messge
I understand the sentiment of „we need to change and grow up to live” but it was poorly executed.

elizabethwebb's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

littlelizzieborden's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

3.0

As a lover of Halloween this book made me really sad.  Nobody is ever too old to love Halloween.