Moonbound

For me, a perfect tale. World building that expands my mind and delights with humor without overwhelming detail. A love story for the earth and sky; a call to creativity, curiosity, care; to teamwork and individual pursuit of meaning.

This is all of course nothing but my humblest opinion, but I enjoyed every moment of this story and recommend it to anyone seeking refreshment, delight, thrill and expansion.

A lovely adventure story that didn't quite sit in any of the categories I had for it in my head, and which frequently made me laugh out loud with its detail. It's somewhere between science fiction, fantasy, satire, and a meditation on the role of stories, wrapped up in a whimsical, breezy mode of storytelling that was always a joy. I'd hoped it was leading to a more momentous ending than the one that eventually landed, but that's only because the constituent pieces were so satisfying to explore through. I'd eagerly read a follow-up.

An interesting story, mainly due to the meta-fictional elements. Lots of fantasy remixes here with deliberate winking by an unusual narrator. Overall, though, the stakes of the story never really grabbed me.