The Moth Diaries (Other)

from Bernadette877

Claustrophobic, gothic dark. Is Ernessa a vampire? A hallucination built from the unnamed narrator's fears and desires? An ordinary girl? The narrator is a boarder in her junior year (so she's 16/17) at an all-girl American high school in the 1970s. She's dealing with the aftermath of her poet fa...

from RachelGoldstein

Dark and beautifully written, "The Moth Diaries" is a story of teenage angst and obsession. The reader finds themselves pulled down into the world of the narrator, only to find upon resurfacing that they have no idea what just happened. When I reached the end, I wanted to read about the same even...

from littleton_pace

Quite a mindbender of a novel! Not really sure what was happening which I'm guessing was the point. Laid on the tortured poet thing a little heavy but it delves into the entangled emotions of a teenage school girl starting a new year and having a new person come in and steal her best friend away ...

from Goldengrove

What an excellent book - one to buy, I think. It will certainly pay re-reading. Although it is written for older teens, it reminded me of The Secret History, and I think the comparison stands up. It is similar in feel, with a definite literary bent, and a gradual building of tension and uncertain...

from ErikaWasTaken

Pros:* Epistolary style* Unreliable narrator* Gothic horror - think "Turn of The Screw"* Beautiful proseCons:* Slow build* Unresolved story points (i.e. Mr Davies)Because this is the journal of an unreliable narrator who is slowing going crazy, you never really know what has or has not happened. ...