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A review by rebeccareader
The Crescent Moon by E.J. Doble
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
The Crescent Moon is the first in a novella trilogy. It’s unrelated to his previous fantasy work (which I loved!) but this is an unexpected delight.
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The Crescent Moon is a quiet, comforting, yet thought provoking novella. We follow My’ala, a young girl living in the greatest city in the world, Arbash. A completely isolated guarded city, surrounded by desert and sea. Brimming with beauty and peaceful solace. We watch My’ala as she wishes to know what’s beyond the walls of her city and essentially be an inquisitive young explorer.
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We see My’ala learning the way people live, how they think and we watch as she seeks to determine the meaning of life with a mysterious man with eyes like the night sky and an old tree dating back to the Prophets who founded Arbash.
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It sounds like a lot. But The Crescent Moon is a comforting, small story that shows off life. It shows the good, the bad and how change and something new can be terrifying yet also beautiful.
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Ethan is a fantastic writer and within a small page count, you experience something quite unique. It really was “the great euphoria of human existence” in a book. I’d highly recommend!
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The Crescent Moon is a quiet, comforting, yet thought provoking novella. We follow My’ala, a young girl living in the greatest city in the world, Arbash. A completely isolated guarded city, surrounded by desert and sea. Brimming with beauty and peaceful solace. We watch My’ala as she wishes to know what’s beyond the walls of her city and essentially be an inquisitive young explorer.
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We see My’ala learning the way people live, how they think and we watch as she seeks to determine the meaning of life with a mysterious man with eyes like the night sky and an old tree dating back to the Prophets who founded Arbash.
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It sounds like a lot. But The Crescent Moon is a comforting, small story that shows off life. It shows the good, the bad and how change and something new can be terrifying yet also beautiful.
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Ethan is a fantastic writer and within a small page count, you experience something quite unique. It really was “the great euphoria of human existence” in a book. I’d highly recommend!