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Waking the Moon
Elizabeth Hand

Eos, 1996 - 512 pages

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   highly recommended  highly recommended




One of my favorite books and a new favorite author

I love this novel. Read it! I discovered it by accident in a supermarket a few years ago and haven't forgotten it. Elizabeth Hand is a dazzling writer of unique vision, who transcends limitations of genre through her virtuosity with language. "Waking the Moon" remains my favorite of the Hand books that I've read. I eagerly await her next one.


Ms. Hand's writing is mesmerizing.

Although I first read this book years ago, I find myself compelled to reread parts of it from time to time. It is a powerful book, and vivid in my memory. I have read several of Ms. Hand's other works, but feel this is the most stirring. It has elements of a coming of age story, but is not at all a typical rite of passage novel. Recommended for those who like something unusual.


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Hand's best book by far

Elizabeth Hand is a truly wicked author. If you learn a little bit about the ancient cults worshipping Attis and Adonis, your interpretation of what happened at the end may be reversed 180 degrees ... this happened to me. I wonder whether she intended for the book to have a different meaning for the cognoscenti, or whether she thought she was leaving enough clues for everyone? But even if you don't quite figure out exactly what happened at the end, it's still a great read.






Ranks right up there with one of my best reads

This book held me enthralled from the moment I picked it up, and as soon as I finished it I proclaimed to my husband that it was one of the best books I'd ever read. Ms. Hand's use of imagery is amazingly articulate, and I had complete pictures in my mind of each character as they were introduced. And the story itself... one of the best right up until the very end.

My only single complaint, like someone else mentioned, would have to be the author's use of a number of old English or historical words and phrases that I found myself looking up in a dictionary sometimes to fully grasp the meaning of a particular passage. (Often after reading through a few paragraphs, I could often get a general idea of what a particular word meant, but sometimes, the meaning was totally lost on me without looking it up.) That said, I *am* an educated individual, just not very strong in historical subjects. But in a way, I felt I got a neat little history lesson review in that regard. :)


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Rich, textured, depth, realism, emotion.

Despite a few clumsy transitions from description to action here and there, and despite an awkward timesharing between super-magical and super-real, this book is excellent. The characters are vivid, real enough to touch. The historical magic is handled intelligently and with a sense of high drama (if even well-done melodrama turns you off, beware). The book has style and strength. The prose is evocative, richly texturely, deeply involving. The topics range from practical love and human conflict to cultural issues spanning time and country. There's enough romance - of people, of place - to fill your head until you're breathless. I highly recommend it. Highly.


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