Reviews

Dear Mothman by Robin Gow

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.

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

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.

Spoiler

I wish it would have kept Mothman unknowable and not as a “real” creature

Overall this was a great story about grief and growing up and learning to accept yourself as you are. 

originaldelaney's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

3.5

xandraj's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death and Outing

Minor: Car accident

mayaminushkin's review against another edition

emotional

4.0

chloe_p2002's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

totalgreyspace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.0

bog_elfin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0