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Me (Moth) by Amber McBride

23 reviews

prynne31's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

Not giving this a star rating since it is a middle grade book.
I liked elements of it, and the theming was well-written.

However, I did not like the twist.

While Moth being a ghost was lightly telegraphed throughout the book, I felt like the revelation short-cut the resolution to the problems Sani and Moth faced. She didn't end up having to deal with her guilt/grief. He didn't have to heal from his family's abuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Racism, Slavery, and Colonisation

twistykris's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Racism, and Abandonment

guessgreenleaf's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Colonisation

tangleroot_eli's review

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

Knocked me for all the loops in the best possible ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Blood, and Alcohol

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

A story in verse is one that is hard to love. Many times the connection between reader and character is dampened by what remains unsaid. Even though we don't actually know who Moth and Sani are, we know the core of them. Some poems didn't work for me independently, as I don't have the connection to culture or experience that the characters do, but they all worked together and kept me invested anyways. At its core this tale is about grief and growth.

Sometimes you are holding onto something so tightly that the only choice is to learn how to let go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Racism and Violence

aishallnot's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

This was such a unique novel tackling themes of grief, culture, and spiritually. Though, i will say that i wasn't the biggest fan of the writing style at times. However, i did like how atmospheric the story felt. The end did shock me a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Blood

scrubsandbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

Listened to this on a long car ride and pretty sure I cried out in grief after reading this. This was beautifully written and has made me realize that I don't read enough novels in verse because there's just an extra emotional quality to novels written in verse that packs a harder punch. Me (Moth) was a book on coping with loss, grief, and learning to move on. I loved reading the main characters' journey through this and the ending was as painful as a throat punch. Very effective, 10/10, no notes, Amber McBride, this was such an important read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Racism

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

mattyb's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Physical abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

aformeracceleratedreader's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Holy shit, this book is amazing. I cried and was taken by surprise at the twist at the end. I was just as confused as Moth until everything was explained. I've never read anything from this author, but wow, I need to read more from her 1000%. 
I had no clue what this book was about upon picking it up and didn't know it was in-verse as well. I have nothing bad to say about it.  I think I'll have to reread it again after completing it since I know the ending and how it changes things with the new knowledge.
I will say it could be triggering to some (I was in a pretty serious car accident when I was 18, and the mention/descriptions of the one in the book kind of brought some of the trauma back but not enough for me to stop me from reading or have a negative reaction while reading. it could be different for others) and recommend checking content warnings just in case.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Colonisation