moth

This was one of the best books that I've ever read. The way it was written, the two characters and their chemistry with each other, it just seemed very magical. At the same time, it upheld that level of mystery and made you want to continue reading to see what would happen. The reason why I docked off .5 was absolutely a me thing - the flowery prose and vocab used were on a higher level than I am typically used to. The beginning was incredibly hard to read and understand, and I'm absolutely grateful that I read on a kindle, considering how many words I had to check the definition for. 

This book was definitely out of my comfort zone for that reason along with it being one of those books that you might need to reread to fully grasp the story. Otherwise, this book was beautifully written. I find that letter writing is so intimate and incredibly sentimental, along with being almost sapphic-coded. 

I think my favorite part of this book was getting to the stories, seeing the fondness of the two characters grow into something more. I definitely wasn't expecting the last part of the book, having Red witness Blue's dead body and in turn begin to gather pieces of Blue just to bring her back and ensure both of their futures. The moment the texts began to match almost verbatim what was written at the beginning of the book, everything began to click for me and I was even more excited upon figuring out things for myself before I continued reading. I even looked up other's thoughts on the book and plot explanations. Its safe to say that I was even more in love with this book right after. I'm definitely going to reread this again later and continue looking up what other people thought of the story and get their own interpretations as well!

I want more books like this.

this book felt like a little piece of treasure that one hadn't found before. i loved the concept and the way it was executed was wonderful. i loved the emphasis on platonic love and how relatable school was here. i just couldnt put the book down .. it drew me into another world for a moment and .. wow. im still reeling from how good this book was. if you read this, definitely put background music on..

“Hello, I hope somebody is listening ...”

To preface: I picked this book up as it was next in my nostalgia journey of reading a series so dear to my heart from when i was a kid. I had only read every book from “Into the Wild” to “The Last Hope”, excluding some special editions. I decided a while back to read everything chronologically so this book ended up being next after reading the DotC arc. 

To say picking up and reading this book, in the midst of an extremely bad reading slump, would be the sole reason I have cried multiple times in one day would be an understatement. I partially miss who I was before picking this book back up after months of starting it (around the 35% point) and reading the rest in one day - I had no idea a book about cats from my childhood would bring me so much pain and heartbreak. Even the little manga panels at the end that gave closure to the story hurt. 

This did take 5 months to read, which most of the reading was done in the first month and then the same day I am writing this, 5 months later. I don't regret any of it, however.

If anyone else reads this - if you're my age (24 at the time of writing), please don't think you're too old to indulge in books from your childhood. Sometimes, you just need a book like that to get out of a bad reading slump. I may still be in one, yet I feel as if this book had helped me gain motivation to get back into reading this series chronologically. 

Moth Flight will forever be one of the best characters to me.