Reviews

The Girl Who Drank the Moon, by Kelly Barnhill

kon713's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

snowmitts's review against another edition

3.0

The writing was beautiful, but it dragged on a lot. It seemed to flip-flop between being fast-paced and exciting (the best parts, which were why I didn't DNF) and being super dull and slow. There were a lot of repeated parts, like the translating of the crow, which took 3-4 lines every time it talked, and it mostly just said: "Luna, Luna, Luna" (I skipped a paragraph whenever the crow was mentioned). I didn't want to pick up the book, so it took me forever to finish it. It was a great bedtime read because I'd rather sleep than have to read the boring parts (that was the next night's me's problem).
I would recommend this as a story to read to children because it really was a good story/fairy tale. However, it's not great if you're trying to get back into reading or as a starting book for older children to read on their own.

loewinzahn'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

clioreadsalot's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

4.75

bookishluna's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

nessazee's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

qsheen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

dustin_o's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective relaxing slow-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? N/A

4.5

queenlucythevaliant's review against another edition

5.0

Fantasy at it’s most pure.
Magic at it’s most fundamental.
This was stripped-back and simple in all the most beautiful ways, and it will stay with me for a very long time.

nerdy_book_mom's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

5.0