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The Boys Who Danced With The Moon

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Oleksiw’s The Boys Who Danced With The Moon is a coming of age tale that follows Kiran Wells, a 30-something-year-old that is still fighting his past and the drowning of a loved friend back when he was still in high school, blaming himself for his death. This book had a stand by me premise but with a few twists of its own. Not a bad book and I would definitely give this book as a gift.

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A bit slow at first... I didn't really feel "into it" at any point. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley.

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I did not connect with this book at all. I didn't find it to be very well written and thought the dialogue was stiff or phony feeling. It was almost impossible for me to get into and, frankly, I just don't want to force myself to read when there are so many other good books to read. This is one of very few books that I've chosen not to finish.

Thanks to Net Galley and publishers for the ARC I received.

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"The present was awash with coincidences and voices from the past whispering sugary haunted nothings"

Despite the intriguing premise and some beautiful quotes, something about the writing didn't work for me. While I really wanted to love this book something about it didn't click.

"No blood, no severed limbs; everything missing and nothing left"

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This was a quick and somewhat enjoyable read. The pacing and flow could have been better but overall it was a reasonably successful coming of age story.

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So this book is about three boys. three boys go into a body of water and only two came out.
This book was enjoyable but certainly slow in the beginning.
2/5 stars
thanks to author & netgalley to be able to review and read this book.

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Cute story but it moved kind of slowly.....I almost didn't finish it but I did because I wanted to read the end. It's a good story but also somewhat confusing. A little too much long-winded dialogue. I didn't hate it but I could definitely use some work. Good coming of age story that shows how important friendship is.

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I have completely opposing feelings about The Boys Who Danced with the Moon. Half of me gives it two stars because the dialogue was forced and it was a drawn out way to tell a fairly simple story. But the other half of me wants to give it four stars because some of the writing flows like beautiful poetry. I grabbed pen and paper multiple times because I just had to capture phrases like, "The moon had disappeared and its glow was eaten by the rising sun."

The story starts out with the one event that changed the lives of three friends in their final days of high school. All the moments after lead the reader back to that event and what really happened but much of the story feels unrelated. And when I finally got to the end, it was explained so quickly.

There is some beautiful imagery so I'm glad I read it

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I want to say that this was a beautiful book but something about it absolutely didn't work for me. It doesn't flow. It's confusing...like the entire time. It has its moments that literally take your breath away - especially the poetry, and lyrical descriptions. But the action, timing and loads of dialogue feel all over the place.

I think this is a good story that could use another edit.

I received this copy from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

PS Absolutely love the cover design.

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I had Some trouble liking this book in the beginning; it was a little too vague for my liking and there was so much unnecessary information to plow through. The plot was there; but it was well hidden and only became clear to me in the ending. Which was nice! The ending was amazing. When it finally became clear what was going on, I couldn’t put it down and I had to finish it. The characters were built wonderfully, I fell in love with Moony.

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*I received this novel from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*

" The Boys Who Danced With The Moon" begins with a drowning. Three went in but only two came out. And so begins the story. To get through the present,we must make peace with the past.
This is a story about friendship, guilt, and redemption.

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A novel about friendship, guilt and memories. We follow Kiran, and adult who suffered a trauma in high school that tarnished everything he did after. The story alternates between what happened and Kiran trying to remember and deal with the memories. I really enjoyed the way the story was woven.

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