Review: How Moon Fuentez Fell In Love With The Universe
Okay, okay, first of all, wow. Simply wow, I actually did NOT think a book would make me feel like that. I actually thought it would be a simple, wholesome story, it is a simple wholesome story, but it makes so much sense and it felt so much relatable like God, I cried. Like ugly, salty tears cried. And lemme tell you I DID NOT look hot in that. And I haven't cried for a book like that since Five Feet Apart in 2019.
How Moon Fuentez Fell In Love With The Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliand is the story of (as the name suggests) Moon Fuentez, a girl who is brought up in a very conservative Christian household by her mother and always living under the shadow of her twin sister, Star. Moon does not believe that with her current circumstances that no one will ever want her, but one summer with the Fotogram bus tour will be changing all that...for the better or for the worse.
QUICK THOUGHTS AND REVIEW: 5/5, wow. This book made me feel the things I had felt only after I read Five Feet Apart for the first time.
PROS:
1. Bite Size chapters: most of the books have chapters that are almost about the length of 3k words, if not more or less. Most probably less, I'm a dramatic person (flairs hands) but yeah, those chapters are long as f, and if they drag. you bet my ass the amount of struggle I have to go through (CRAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWLING IN MYY SKIIIIIIIN, where my fellow Linkin Park lovers at). So yeah, the small chapters were a huge relief and a nice break in my opinion.
2. Relatable: OH MY GOD. Okay Moon Fuentez is more relatable than the phrase "pizza, internet and cuddles" (if you don't like them, you're a barbarian, mind you). Because let me tell you, my respect for Moon for tolerating the bullshit that she was going through just went over the roof, except for the time that she put honey on pizza, because god damn anything sweet on pizza is an abomination that needs to be put on pyres and burnt or a stake through the heart. Anyways, yeah, so I loved how I could relate to Moon. Starting from being insecure for not having a figure like her own twin sister, to the fact that her own mother will never be able to love her the same way she did Star. And the fact that she cries over the fact that one person was actually willing to look at her while her sister is right there. I mean, I would cry right then and there.
3. Characters: Absolutely amazing. Except for Moon's mom and the girl with the Chamomile tea name, total bitches I'd like to kill with a hacksaw. Like for real. Otherwise Belle Brix being a raging lesbian who likes to dress up is a fucking mood, like for real. Andro, even though he's a flirt is a pretty adorable guy not gonna lie. And Santiago, I am torn between giving him a hug for being so insecure and then kicking him where the sun don't shine for doubting Moon like that. Like fuck you, Santiago.
4. Self Love: I think out of any other themes in this book, the one that appealed was Moon learning how to love herself. I mean, when everyone calls you stuff that you're not supposed to be called ever since you're young, it's sort of hard to love yourself. But the moment that you begin to love yourself, you realize that it's okay. The hard things that happen to you, the moment will pass soon, as long as you love yourself. And that kinda hit me, because you NEED to love yourself. I'm loved, I'm fat, I'm beautiful. ICONIC.
CONS:
I have nothing to say, like for real, I do not have anything to say. This book is an absolute banger.
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