A review by mossybean
Banyan Moon by Thao Thai

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.5

I feel complicated about this one. I loved it wholly and completely until about 80% through, and suddenly the author went down some weird ending-passageways that didn’t work for me. Like what do you mean she
murdered her husband
?? Not enough believability there for me. And I thought
burning the house down
was a bit too gore-y, it could’ve had a gentler end. What it finally landed on for an ending, I quite liked! Just take out a few of the last chapters maybe… 
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