leasummer's review
4.0
Wonderful middle grade book dealing with being the outcast, grief of your best friend and keeper of your secrets. Self discovery and maybe a Mothman discovery, too. Written mostly as epistolary (reminded me of Dear Rachel Maddow).
blueskyreview's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
ben_gilbert33's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
martereadsbooks's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Grief
maureenky's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
therevallison's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
4.5 stars rounded up to 5 because I recognize that I'm not the primary audience.
This is a sad, strange, and beautiful book. Which, well, the reader should know write from the premise. A 6th grade, autistic, trans boy writes letters to Mothman just months after the death of his best (also trans) friend?
Immense amounts of grief but also of hope.
This is a sad, strange, and beautiful book. Which, well, the reader should know write from the premise. A 6th grade, autistic, trans boy writes letters to Mothman just months after the death of his best (also trans) friend?
Immense amounts of grief but also of hope.
kaleidoscope_heart's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
cyndqls's review against another edition
4.0
this was a sweet middle grade novel exploring grief and identity, and while i'm not entirely sure it worked for me being told in verse, i think the ultimate feeling and emotion it was going for definitely stuck the landing. there were some lines that i felt were clunky or awkward, and there are some aspects that didn't get super fleshed out because of the format, but i thought noah's drive to meet mothman in addition to his navigation of gender shone through and would be meaningful for young people going through similar feelings.
butyougotmysoul's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This was a great story. It does lose a star for the moment in the last half of the book.
Overall this was a great story about grief and growing up and learning to accept yourself as you are.
Spoiler
I wish it would have kept Mothman unknowable and not as a “real” creatureOverall this was a great story about grief and growing up and learning to accept yourself as you are.