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When you first hold a copy of your most anticipated read of the year in your hands, it fills you with dread. You think to yourself: will I like it? What if I hate it? Sometimes, though, you’ve just got to have a little faith.
In McKerrow’s debut novel, the world is split in two. There is the Greenworld – think environmentally friendly and self-sufficient – and the Redworld. The Redworld is your worst nightmare – filled with gangs, it’s made up of the people intent on finding a power source to sell to the world.
Crow Moon is absolutely, undoubtedly my dream novel. I’ve been searching for something just like it for years and it’s not until now that I feel satisfied that I’ve finally found my ideal book. I devoured it within hours because I was so engrossed in the story and I adored all of the characters, who were so easily imaginable.
It’s an incredibly diverse novel – both racially and religiously. Crow Moon challenges stereotypes put in place by the media, as well as cultural ideas of witches and paganism. I hope it sets the trend for similar books (as well as climate fiction) with a realistic portrayal because it’s so desperately needed in modern fiction.
Danny’s exploration of the Greenworld opened up wonderful doors for the reader, who learns with Danny in a very natural way.
Although Danny is the protagonist, Saba was my favourite character; I could see myself reflected in her and she stood out immediately to me as soon as she was introduced. She’s a reason all on its own to read the book!
I desperately want to live in the Greenworld because it seems like such an idyllic, perfect place. McKerrow has created a vivid land to fictionally escape to. I hope in the future it’s possible to move to fictional worlds!
I’m not entirely sure how I’m going to be able to wait another year to read the sequel! I expect I’ll have to re-read this novel before then because I can’t bear to separate myself from the amazing world!
Crow Moon completely blew me away and I’ll be recommending it to absolutely everyone this year. PHENOMENAL!
3 Comments
Rosie
23 February, 2015 at 7:01 pmThis sounds really interesting, yet another one for the TBR list.
When I saw the cover I thought it was part of the The Raven Boys series, it looks just like it should belong to that series.
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Krystianna
24 February, 2015 at 12:39 amI always get so worried when I pick up an anticipated book because I’m always scared that I’ve dreamed it being better than it actually will be in my head, so more often than not I end up disappointed. I’m glad to see that this one was not a disappointment to you! I’ve not heard of this one until now, but I’m a huge dystopian fan, so after reading your review, I’m definitely interested in reading it. Thanks so much for the awesome review! 🙂
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Rhys
28 February, 2015 at 6:24 pmJust gonna mention that that cover is STUNNING….
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