An Arrow to the Moon

An Arrow to the Moon

Hardcover
2.05

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Beschreibung

Romeo and Juliet meets Chinese mythology in this magical novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Astonishing Color of After.

Hunter Yee has perfect aim with a bow and arrow, but all else in his life veers wrong. He’s sick of being haunted by his family’s past mistakes. The only things keeping him from running away are his little brother, a supernatural wind, and the bewitching girl at his new high school.

Luna Chang dreads the future. Graduation looms ahead, and her parents’ expectations are stifling. When she begins to break the rules, she finds her life upended by the strange new boy in her class, the arrival of unearthly fireflies, and an ominous crack spreading across the town of Fairbridge.

As Hunter and Luna navigate their families’ enmity and secrets, everything around them begins to fall apart. All they can depend on is their love…but time is running out, and fate will have its way.

An Arrow to the Moon, Emily X.R. Pan’s brilliant and ethereal follow-up to The Astonishing Color of After, is a story about family, love, and the magic and mystery of the moon that connects us all.
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Format
Hardcover
Seitenzahl
400
Preis
11.01 €

Beiträge

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2

2,5 Die Idee mochte ich wirklich gerne und ich hatte so sehr gehofft, dass mir das Buch gefällt. Leider konnte mich die Umsetzung überhaupt nicht überzeugen :(

3

the story was enjoyable and i loved the modern twist emily x. r. pan put on the tale of chang'e and houyi (which was also a tale i never read before). but what was going on with the writing style? after loving the lush writing in "the astonishing color of after", i was expecting something similar here, but overall, the prose was bland in my opinion. the extremely short chapters (like 2-4 pages) and the constant switch of perspectives made it feel very choppy and i found it extremely hard to get into a reading flow.

2

DNF - promising premise but the story was sooo boring, didn’t make it past page 150. Also too many different perspectives, it made it impossible to connect with the characters.

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