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thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent
aurorabulgaris's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, and Sexual content
cerebellum's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia
danimacuk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
pigeonindustrialcomplex's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Chronic illness, Gore, Miscarriage, Violence, Excrement, and War
yannea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
I do have to give a star for the historical background and how it was weaved into the story. The Second World war and Spanish Flu epidemic sounded eerily familiar as we now, 100 years later, have Ukrainian war and Covid. Hard to believe the book was published in 2013.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Sexual content
Minor: Forced institutionalization
nienora's review against another edition
3.75
Ne umem da objasnim šta se desilo ni ako bih se potrudila.
Bilo je dovoljno zanimljivo, svideo mi se prvi deo kad se brišu granice onog što je stvarno i onog što dečak sanja o filmovima. Način na koji opisuje epidemiju i ponašanje ljudi su, nažalost, relevantni i danas. Slike koje stvara daju jako jezivu atmosferu.
Na momente je izrazito vulgarno, ali mozda samo ja nisam navikla na tu terminologiju u prevodu. ("Dečaku se diže u napadu kašlja.")
Kraj je nekako malo nepovezan sa ostatkom. Samo je napravio zaokret na kraju i vratio ideju magijskog realizma koji je postojao na samom početku. I nekako se priča pretvorila u poluistorijski inspirisanu fiktivnu biografiju da bi završio rečenicom iz naslova "priča o Mauni Stejtnu, dečaku koji nikada nije postojao"
Dobro je napisano, bilo je interesantno za tih utrošenih 2-ish sata, samo ne razumem šta je tačno cela poenta. Možda samo ja u osnovi ne razumem neki ozbiljniji magijski realizam.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death
exactlyem's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Medical content
Minor: Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
loosetoothfool's review against another edition
4.5
Moonstone is strange, intruiging, disturbing, beautiful and fleeting.
i am a sucker for a very short lyrical weird book and this is no exception. i devoured this so quickly in one afternoon and feel like it deserves more diving into. its set at such an interesting time and place in history and the main character is so intruiging and captivating with his interest for cinema and the vampires film. it was disturbing reading his sexual scenes with adults, as he is a teenager, but it is, tragically, likely a very real experience for gay people in that time period. this book was quietly heart breaking when you think more about it. the book is over so quick that u less feel the emotions in the moment, but in the aftermath.
another thing that made this hit hard, reading in 2022, was how the plague/pandemic resonated so much for the current moment, over 100 years after this was set. the way that we react in pandemic is still the same. it hit hard
i found the writing so lyrical and it sucked me in. there were profound insights and little mysteries about the character. oh man I just LOVE weird beautifully written short books.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, and Outing
therainbowshelf's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Outing