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A review by amiecc
The Night and Its Moon by Piper C.J.
2.0
ARC kindly provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest and fair review.
Nox and Amaris are two orphans who live at Farleigh orphanage controlled by the church, The problem is that Farleigh is not really an orphanage and the church makes everyone believe so. Nox and little Amaris know they have to fight to survive and they will do anything possible to do so and to stay together.
I really wanted to like this book, but it just wasn't for me.
The story was full of grammar mistakes and typos almost in every sentence (very poorly edited). It was so repetitive and redundant, especially in regards to adjectives: the author puts so many of them everywhere and all throughout the story she keeps repeating them, never changing, not even a comma. Furthermore, it was so so slow-paced and I was about to DNF it several times. It was so hard to keep going and hoping for something better which could help interest me more to the story (spoiler: there was none).
One thing I would have changed was the age of the main characters: they are young children and, in my opinion, it would have sounded better if they were at least teenagers. I also felt there were some problems inside the story and, after reading some reviews, I guess I was (and am) not the only one.
I kinda liked the idea of the worldbuilding: the author could have written a masterpiece but unluckily that did not happen. I am very disappointed, sorry.
Lastly, I feel disappointed about the controversy regarding the author's behaviour that happened at the beginning of this year.
My rating: almost 2!
Nox and Amaris are two orphans who live at Farleigh orphanage controlled by the church, The problem is that Farleigh is not really an orphanage and the church makes everyone believe so. Nox and little Amaris know they have to fight to survive and they will do anything possible to do so and to stay together.
I really wanted to like this book, but it just wasn't for me.
The story was full of grammar mistakes and typos almost in every sentence (very poorly edited). It was so repetitive and redundant, especially in regards to adjectives: the author puts so many of them everywhere and all throughout the story she keeps repeating them, never changing, not even a comma. Furthermore, it was so so slow-paced and I was about to DNF it several times. It was so hard to keep going and hoping for something better which could help interest me more to the story (spoiler: there was none).
One thing I would have changed was the age of the main characters: they are young children and, in my opinion, it would have sounded better if they were at least teenagers. I also felt there were some problems inside the story and, after reading some reviews, I guess I was (and am) not the only one.
I kinda liked the idea of the worldbuilding: the author could have written a masterpiece but unluckily that did not happen. I am very disappointed, sorry.
Lastly, I feel disappointed about the controversy regarding the author's behaviour that happened at the beginning of this year.
My rating: almost 2!