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A review by faethality
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker
4.0
I thought this was so cute and was SOOO close to being 5 stars for me. I'd like to touch on everything I liked about it first.
Diversity and Representation!
I love the fact that we get to see people who are queer, non-binary, hard-of-hearing, and Chinese-American as cool fantasy characters like witches and werewolves! Too often we're stuff with the same exact cookie-cutter cis, straight and white characters being the cool fantasy characters and the diverse character stuck as the boring side character who is only there to help the main character along. Which isn't to say there's anything wrong with people who are cis, straight and white, it's just that we've already seen it (like a billion times).
Art!
I thought the art was super beautiful and was consistent throughout. Also, it was just so freaking cute!!!
The plot....ish
Now starting to move on to things that I didn't love as much. I didn't dislike the plot but I didn't love it either. I think the idea of the plot was great just not don't super well. It felt horribly rushed and was insta-love for our main characters. The big huge awesome fight at the end was well not big huge and awesome. It was over in a couple of pages and that was just kind of the end. I've noticed that being my main issue with a lot of graphic novels. I would much prefer it to take its time and go into all the little nooks and crannies and have multiple books rather than stuffing it all into one.
It also kind of feels like its meant for a weird mix of audiences. Like it felt very young (like middle school) at points but then actually felt like a young adult in others.
Overall, I might not read it again but I would suggest it to others because it is still a super adorable story with great representation.
Diversity and Representation!
I love the fact that we get to see people who are queer, non-binary, hard-of-hearing, and Chinese-American as cool fantasy characters like witches and werewolves! Too often we're stuff with the same exact cookie-cutter cis, straight and white characters being the cool fantasy characters and the diverse character stuck as the boring side character who is only there to help the main character along. Which isn't to say there's anything wrong with people who are cis, straight and white, it's just that we've already seen it (like a billion times).
Art!
I thought the art was super beautiful and was consistent throughout. Also, it was just so freaking cute!!!
The plot....ish
Now starting to move on to things that I didn't love as much. I didn't dislike the plot but I didn't love it either. I think the idea of the plot was great just not don't super well. It felt horribly rushed and was insta-love for our main characters. The big huge awesome fight at the end was well not big huge and awesome. It was over in a couple of pages and that was just kind of the end. I've noticed that being my main issue with a lot of graphic novels. I would much prefer it to take its time and go into all the little nooks and crannies and have multiple books rather than stuffing it all into one.
It also kind of feels like its meant for a weird mix of audiences. Like it felt very young (like middle school) at points but then actually felt like a young adult in others.
Overall, I might not read it again but I would suggest it to others because it is still a super adorable story with great representation.