The Last Son Of The Moon by Lapo Melzi

The Last Son Of The Moon Reviews

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  Jade

  This book pleasantly surprised me, it is very creative and poetically written. The main character is inspiring in that he is resourceful and perseverant, and despite the many things that went wrong and all his doubts, he still managed to achieve his goal. This book contains themes surrounding gaslighting and existentialism, which I did not expect but I enjoyed that aspect! The biggest bump for me was that the descriptions were incredibly detailed (to what I feel an unnecessary extent) and the main character had a lot of repetitive internal dialogue, which sometimes made the chapters feel too long and dragged out.
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  Lowri

  This novel feels like a cross between a bedtime story your parents would tell you as a child when you ask for a story about space and a full length version of a John Lewis Christmas advert. (hopefully that makes sense?)
  
  I really enjoyed the unique story that was told throughout the book and thoroughly enjoyed reading about Aarvo's quest to find his happiness when he felt so alone. The main character's resilience throughout his adventure is inspiring and shows the determination of the character.
  
  Lapo Melzi's writing is beautiful and poetic in the telling of Aarvo's quest and felt like a story being told personally to me. I wish there was a book like this when I was younger to fulfill all my wonders and questions about space and the moon as a child, and bring a fantastical story to explain them.
  
  A lovely read with a completely unique storyline.
  
  
  (Thank you so much to Lapo Melzi for sending me a copy of this book for an honest review).
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  Luke Shiras

  This is not your typical sci-fi book. In The Last Son of the Moon, we read about just that. Aarvo is the last son of a dying moon and we get to follow his journey as he navigates life on a rock that once was a thriving place with an abundance of animals, civilization, and his mother.
  
  Virtually nothing remains of the old world but Aarvo takes this opportunity to explore the unknown side of his home and looks for ways to make the most out of his situation. In this way, it reads a lot like a coming-of-age story. Aarvo is finding out who he is without the help (or hindrance) of family and friends.
  
  Being the story of a lone character living in isolation, there is not a lot of "action" found in most sci-fi but that isn't a bad thing. Several well-loved books do this and The Last Son of the Moon does a good job of balancing the introspective parts with the dangers of surviving on your own.
  
  Throughout the book, you are torn about whether Aarvo will succeed in his main goal and you're not even sure if that's what is best for him. The ending felt a little sudden and wasn't very satisfying as a result but I could definitely see a second book picking up where this one left off.
  
  I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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  Hazel

  Definitely different.
  
  This was ok but really seemed a bit odd. I just couldn't get into either the story or the characters. I only read about 60% of the story whichnis very unusual for me.
  
  I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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  Pavan

  The story was slow at the start, but quickly picked up and became interesting, and somewhat philosophical even. Definitely gave me pause in many of its pages. Would recommend for people who like The Martian, or in general for seasoned sci-fi fans looking for a weekend read.
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  Julie Camino

  I wasn't 100% sure if I would like this book, it was very slow at the beginning and I was really dragging. It became interesting enough for me to continue. With the main character looking to be less lonely in a dead planet, which made it kind of morbid and sad. I couldn't really get into it, but it was very well written.
  This is definitely a book for someone looking for a hopeful story.
  
  
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  Aims Z

  In exchange for an honest review I received this book for free.
  
  This was a hard one, because I didn’t hate this book. I found it incredible dull and a bit patronising in places, but I didn’t hate it. It’s very descriptively written. It might have done better by being a graphic novel? You know how at the beginning of WALL:E there’s no dialogue for like the first hour, but you don’t notice because you don’t need words? It’s like that. Showing this story through pictures would have been great and I would have enjoyed it much more.
  
  It almost reads like a children’s book at least in the beginning, except for the length of the whole thing. What will I remember about this book next year? It’s about a rock boy going on an adventure. That’s about it. I’m sorry. It’s an interesting story, just perhaps not suited to this medium.