A review by lrauert
Moth by Michael Takeda
4.0
Actual Rating: 3.75
First of all, thank you to the publisher who sent me a copy of Moth in exchange for an honest review.
"He needs to believe in free will, that he can master whatever is happening to him. After all, monsters don’t wear Armani."
This book was such a weird, wild ride. It was so strange at times that, I admit, it almost put me into a reading slump. But then I kept pushing on and I found that the story itself was creeping into my subconscious mind as I read and I found myself dreaming of cocoons and gold-eyed monsters until I just HAD to keep reading to get to the end of it.
The style of writing was interesting. It flowed more like poetry at times and others it felt very direct. The characters made me sad -- drug addicts, especially heroin addicts, tend to break my heart, but that just means they were well written.
I do wish the rivalry between Arturo and Moth was a little more obvious at the beginning, but otherwise I enjoyed watching that train wreck as it happened.
Overall I enjoyed this one. I wish I knew a little bit more about what was happening in certain scenes, but some of those felt like we were experiencing the high alongside Moth and that was both well done and made me a little uncomfortable.
First of all, thank you to the publisher who sent me a copy of Moth in exchange for an honest review.
"He needs to believe in free will, that he can master whatever is happening to him. After all, monsters don’t wear Armani."
This book was such a weird, wild ride. It was so strange at times that, I admit, it almost put me into a reading slump. But then I kept pushing on and I found that the story itself was creeping into my subconscious mind as I read and I found myself dreaming of cocoons and gold-eyed monsters until I just HAD to keep reading to get to the end of it.
The style of writing was interesting. It flowed more like poetry at times and others it felt very direct. The characters made me sad -- drug addicts, especially heroin addicts, tend to break my heart, but that just means they were well written.
I do wish the rivalry between Arturo and Moth was a little more obvious at the beginning, but otherwise I enjoyed watching that train wreck as it happened.
Overall I enjoyed this one. I wish I knew a little bit more about what was happening in certain scenes, but some of those felt like we were experiencing the high alongside Moth and that was both well done and made me a little uncomfortable.