Match BookMe: Moth
Amber McBride
2021 · 256 pages · Young adult
How it reads
Me: Moth is young adult (young-adult verse novel, specifically), and its dominant mood is melancholy. It's quietly sad, wistful and reflective. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.
It's set in several locations, in the present day, told in the first person by several narrators. Its central concerns are loss and grief, friendship and coming of age. In weight it's heavy and literary — denser, more serious, and more demanding of you.
It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending is bittersweet: it resolves, but at a price. At 256 pages it's a quick read. It's well known, the kind of book most keen readers have heard of.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something melancholy
- you want something to chew on
- you want a complete story in one book
Maybe not if…
- you need something funny or hopeful
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- young adult
- Author gender
- female
- Author experience
- early career
- Setting: place
- multiple locations
- Setting: time
- contemporary
- Mood / feeling
- melancholy
- Pace
- moderate
- Tone / weight
- heavy and literary
- Length
- short
- Narrative style
- first person, several narrators
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- well known
- Series vs standalone
- standalone
- Themes
- loss and grief, friendship, coming of age
- Ending style
- bittersweet
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeMark HaddonShares: young adult, melancholy mood, moderate pace, set in multiple locations- Everyone We've BeenSarah EverettShares: young adult, melancholy mood, moderate pace, bittersweet ending
The DeepRivers SolomonShares: melancholy mood, heavy and literary tone, moderate pace, bittersweet ending- The Gap of TimeJeanette WintersonShares: melancholy mood, heavy and literary tone, moderate pace, bittersweet ending
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