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Moa (2012)

by Tricia Stewart Shiu(Favorite Author)

3.16 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0984002006 (ISBN13: 9780984002009)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Human Being Publishing

series

Moa

review 1: "The word, Anuenue, means Rainbow, for no one but the rainbow truly knows the location to its end."It took me a very long time to get into this book. In fact, it took me a long time to get through it, yet it was so short ( 80 odd pages ). I can't really pin-point what it was about the story, but I often found myself becoming distracted and my mind would wonder to other things while reading. I even had to think back to parts of the book I had already read, as certain aspects of the story became confusing and it felt like I was trying to put together a puzzle, but the pieces didn't quite fit. The flow of the story felt a bit rushed. I wish it had slowed down a little at times to make room for more character development. With so much going on in the story I wasn't able to bui... moreld much of a connection to any of the characters. I liked that the story was told from Moa's POV, it was a nice change from the norm to have the POV change from third person to first person and back again, but with the view always being from the same character. I've never seen any other book written in this way. The main focus of the book is about the battle for the Ancient Portal, but it is also a spiritual journey of accpetance and self-discovery. The characters are each holding onto something - anger, grief, even guilt - and as they fight their way to save Hawaii and ultimately the rest of the world, they are able to let go of these feelings. Even Moa, who for the most part is there to guide Hillary, Molly and Heidi, has her own inner journey to make. She is stuck in limbo, unable to move through the Portal, working as gatekeeper, but by the end of the book her life had changed and an entire new journey presented itself.The little details within the story were very interesting, as were the many superstitions and beliefs of the Hawaiian people. The idea felt fresh but for some reason it just didn't deliver. I expected so much more from the story, but in the end it fell flat. It just wasn't for me.Although there were so many things I couldn't quite get my head into while reading this book, I still believe it deserves some merit for the interesting facts, strange beings and overall uniqueness of the plot.
review 2: I wasn't really sure what to make of Moa and it took me a while to get into it. This isn't like any other sort of fiction I've ever read before (though that's not necessarily a bad thing) and it took me a while to grasp the real concept of this novel and what it was really about. Despite this difficulty, I still found this book incredibly interesting because of the unique plot and I genuinely felt like I was learning something as I read this. For a while now I've been looking out for other paranormal novels that don't feature vampires and werewolves and Moa has introduced me to a whole new world of spirits and the world beyond. I got a strong sense of culture from this book, and although I've never been to Hawaii, I'm assuming this is what was trying to be captured. I've never read any book that was set in such an exotic and unfamiliar place to me so it was exciting to read something with a whole new setting. I liked that the novel was sometimes narrated by Moa herself, because it was fascinating to learn about things 'beyond' this world; however, at times I did find this to be a little confusing. If you're going to read Moa, you definitely have to be concentrating and willing to devote a good few hours to it so that you can be fully absorbed in it. This has to be one of the most mysterious books that I've ever read and I spent a lot of the first section wandering what on earth was going on and what the general setting was. I mean this in a positive way as it peaked my curiosity and left me wanting to find out more. Give this book a chance and it will be worth your while! The ending is the best bit of the book as it is completely unexpected and leaves room for many more novels to follow :) less

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