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A review by automated_bitching_machine
Black Moon by Kenneth Calhoun
3.0
I was in the first half of this book when I glanced at some of the reviews. I found them to be utterly baffling. "Yeah, so sometimes you don't like the ending of an apocalyptic book, but that's no reason to give a low rating."
Except in this case, it is. Because instead of having an ending that would essentially wrap up the story, a coherent one, Black Moon simply rambles to a stop. The lyrical nonsense that came from the sleepless early in the novel was great for tension and atmosphere, until it was the entire book. Truthfully, this feels like a novella that meant to end sooner, but was dragged out to be long enough for a stand-alone book. Or a poem/philosophical musings that then had a story plastered onto them. I suppose I could get philosophical and the say the ending was the worst outcome no one immediately thinks of, but I'd really have to know if the author meant it that way or not.
Read half the book, then put it down forever. That's my advice.
Except in this case, it is. Because instead of having an ending that would essentially wrap up the story, a coherent one, Black Moon simply rambles to a stop. The lyrical nonsense that came from the sleepless early in the novel was great for tension and atmosphere, until it was the entire book. Truthfully, this feels like a novella that meant to end sooner, but was dragged out to be long enough for a stand-alone book. Or a poem/philosophical musings that then had a story plastered onto them. I suppose I could get philosophical and the say the ending was the worst outcome no one immediately thinks of, but I'd really have to know if the author meant it that way or not.
Read half the book, then put it down forever. That's my advice.