Reviews

Days by Moonlight by André Alexis

cupidcove's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

While I enjoyed elements of this book, it felt too ambling and sentimental in its satire. There were periods of critique that felt like they could be interesting, but it never took that final step into definitively saying something. Instead, it felt wishy-washy, like the author could not stand to condemn what it placed as its target. At times it also stepped fully away from satire and became a novel about the protagonist's relationship with his family, something that undercut the tone of the rest of the novel. I was also told I could step into this series in the middle and still understand and enjoy it, but that was not the case, there were many references to things it seemed like I was supposed to know but didn't. 

kelsdejong's review against another edition

funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

lene_kretzsch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

jp_riemersma's review

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

booksrule's review against another edition

Exactly what I needed. Perhaps my favourite in the Quincunx so far? 

rovingsoul's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

tiredjulia's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

margaretefg's review against another edition

4.0

I'm sure I don't understand how the quincunx books connect. this one is about a journey through small towns in Southern Ontario. the narrator, Alfred Homer, is a gentle young man who agrees to accompany Professor Bruno, a friend of Alfie's dead parents, on a quest to learn more about the poet John Skennen. But there's so much more involved than the search for Skennen. Strange things await in these towns and Alfie and the professor experience them very differently.

dessa's review against another edition

4.0

Lovely, as Alexis always is, and more of the surrealism I loved in Despair and Other Stories and haven’t seen since, but also, perhaps, a bit too firm of a gaze towards the navel.

annika_fabbi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.25