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The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

16 reviews

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This book was really sweet, and I loved the way it was written. It touches on some really important ideas and I'm glad I'll get to talk about it with others in my book club. I'd recommend this to fantasy fans, and people who want a complicated but mostly heartwarming story about love and found family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

charmingreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

3.5

it’s a very cute book with lovable characters and a great storyline! it’s definitely slow paced which is basically the only reason it’s not a 4 star, however, it’s absolutely worth it in the end! i recommend it if you want a new middle grade to read!

age rating: 10+

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.5

The Girl Who Drank the Moon is a middle grade fantasy about a witch who rescues babies who are left for dead in a sacrificial ritual every year. One year, she accidentally feeds one of the babies moonlight and enmagicks her. She decides to keep the child as her own and protect her from her mistake. Of course, it's a little more involved than that, but I'm so bad at summarizing which is why I rarely do it, oops.

Anyway though, this book was surprisingly dark for a middle grade read, which I kind of loved. The writing is really great and the characters are loveable. Fyrian, the dragon, was such a delightful character and I love him with my whole heart. Additionally, I just thought that the whole story had a certain charm and whimsy about it that I haven't encountered in a long time. I think this book has a lot to say about the power of hope, family ties both biological and found, and coming of age. There were some parts that dragged for me and I don't think it needed to be as long as it is, but in general, I really enjoyed my time with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

ashareadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Reading 100 pages of this book felt like reading 10. From the first sentence, you are completely transported into a different world, a different era, a modern day fairy tale world. Kelly Barnhill's writing style is nothing short of magical and the entire concept of her story is incredibly unique and something I have never encountered before, which can be difficult with fantasy/fairy tale style books.

Each character was expertly developed and brought something different to the story and despite there being multiple plot lines running off from the main plot line, everything flowed with ease and integrated throughout flawlessly.

I really couldn't describe the book any better than a fantastic modern day fairy tale that everyone should have the pleasure of reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Violence

ellornaslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Death of parent