Reviews

Molly Moon - und der verlorene Zwilling by Georgia Byng

dejahann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

rara2018's review against another edition

4.0

Molly Moon is SO fucking back. This installment’s plot wasn’t the strongest by any means—after all, the sheer suspension of disbelief to even accept the most basic premise of this book requires an astronomical amount of effort—but it was full of the earnestness and humor that I love so much about this series. The love between Molly and Petula made me tear up a bit especially when they were able to have their first conversation ever(!) and also faced death together. Also, Micky finally felt like a real character here and seeing his and Molly’s friendship develop was so sweet. I also do really appreciate Georgia Byng’s commitment to spreading the climate change agenda through children’s fiction. Like the amount of times and different ways she has managed to weasel in some ecology and woke agenda is impressive and I fully applaud her for it. The whole alien hunter plot was also unbelievably camp. Like there was a whole ass man with a fully cooked brain utterly CONVINCED Molly was an alien, and when he found out she wasn’t, he was still immediately ride or die for this eleven year old with a dream. Iconic. Molly also learned to truly love herself here while still being so empathetic to all the creatures around her, from ladybugs to pigeons, from termites to the Queen. I was initially turned off by this one with its slow and weird start that seemed to be lacking any amount of heart, but by the end, I was sold (even if there still was the… questionable comment throughout and the utter lack of some of my favorite characters *cough* Rocky).

ritikaupadhyay's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

roshk99's review against another edition

2.0

Molly is becoming a superhuman, the book loses its charm as the list of things Molly is incapable of doing grows shorter. She loses her relatable nature by not seeming human anymore "an alien!"

rworrall78's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Inventive, thoughtful and engaging. A bit like Rowling, unnecessarily long but I did love the world and characters Georgia Byng painted. 

galy's review against another edition

5.0

Leí este libro de más mayor en comparación con el resto de libros de la serie pero me gustó tanto como el resto. Al ser una de las series de libros de mi infancia me parece tiene algo especial que no se va con el tiempo. En este libro los protagonistas tienen un nuevo reto y descubren nuevas habilidades, como en los anteriores. Pero cuidado, las apariencias engañan.

courtbooks's review against another edition

3.0

Pretty good. I can't believe Molly's still an eleven year old. I mean, I can, but it's weird to think I was about 11/12 when I read the first book. I'm growing up. *sniff*

me_myself_myshelf's review against another edition

4.0

Very cute.

music's review against another edition

5.0

Books aimed for children have such excellent imagination layered within it, just like the very popular Harry Potter series. Georgia Byng strings these worlds and these characters so beautifully.
5 stars, definitely.