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A review by sara_m_martins
The Moonstone Girls by Brooke Skipstone
1.5
The MoonStone Girls elicited no emotion from me - i did not care about the characters or the plot of the story (nor did the characters at points really, it seemed). I really dnf'ed 85% through and jumped through to the end, just to wrap it up.
The marketing of this book should have been adjusted. This is not the story of a queer girl going to Alaska disguised as a boy. That is one of the MANY elements and plot lines of this story but not the only one. It is more a fiction-biography of someone, focusing on 1 year of their life. Beautiful cover though.
The descriptive writing was fun, but that's the best i have for it - the lingo bit got old fast, and "sis"/"bro" talk will always feel weird to me. The dialogue was clunky; the plotlines ended up underdeveloped and none of the characters felt real. Maybe it was just too much for one story alone.
ARC provided by NetGalley
The marketing of this book should have been adjusted. This is not the story of a queer girl going to Alaska disguised as a boy. That is one of the MANY elements and plot lines of this story but not the only one. It is more a fiction-biography of someone, focusing on 1 year of their life. Beautiful cover though.
The descriptive writing was fun, but that's the best i have for it - the lingo bit got old fast, and "sis"/"bro" talk will always feel weird to me. The dialogue was clunky; the plotlines ended up underdeveloped and none of the characters felt real. Maybe it was just too much for one story alone.
ARC provided by NetGalley
Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicide, Car accident, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail