Review: The Girl Who Drank the Moon

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book is beautiful....
The language of the book flows and flits like the paper birds in the story. I almost wish I was still in the classroom so that I could teach this book. There is so much emotion that is invoked with the flow and pattern of the words. This book is not written as a poem, but nevertheless that is what it is.

At times I read this book quite slowly, because the language and flow of words demanded it. The weight and sorrow of the story lumbered my reading. As the book raced and tumbled toward the climax the flow of the words increased and my speed of reading increased.
What beauty and grasp of language this author has.... This book should be read in creative writing courses everywhere with every age.
Now that I have waxed poetic about the book's style I shall try to write about the story without giving anything away.
This is a beautiful fantasy novel. The story is unique, and yet is as old as time. It contains so many elements of fairy tales we have heard throughout our lives but it twists those same elements into a new and wondrous novel. I feel drunk from this book and fear I will not be able to read anything for a day or two just to let this book settle into my bones.
.... I am going to go order everything this author has written.

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