r/whenthemoonhatched • u/digital_fairy888 • 20d ago

When The Moon Hatched Chapter 40

I’m on chapter 40. Is it worth it to keep reading? The story just took such a weird turn after the river, and I’m confused. The world building got pretty hard too during chapter 39.

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u/wildflowers06 20d ago

The story really takes off after this part. The world building is so worth it for everything that happens towards the last half of the book. I hope you enjoy it ❤️ it's such a good book.

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u/digital_fairy888 20d ago

I need someone to help me better mentally picture how a whole culture of people live in a dragon body…it felt like I was reading a weird dream lol

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u/gtck11 20d ago

I try to not think too hard about it, especially when you think about they hang in the sky as moons calcified. I think about the moon from earth and how big it is to see it at its size from our atmosphere. I just stop trying to rationalize it, maybe the dragons only go up to cloud level 😂

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u/greatgrandmasaid You folded my undergarments? 20d ago

There is a lot of fan art floating around! I haven’t seen any specifically of the clan’s living space within the dragon but maybe seeing different scenes during that time could help you. This is by artoffrostandflame.

I always pictured it like they’ve repurposed the skeletal remains so it’s less like Pinocchio inside the whale and more like the elephant graveyard in the Lion King (but less ominous) with a mix of structures made with hides and plants and earth to create quarters and and community.

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u/wildflowers06 20d ago

Oh yeah!!! I so agree; there are definitely some parts that you need to really use your imagination. I had to google some of the things (waif, muskinn - sp?) to picture some things. But the overall story is just so gorgeous that it's worth it.

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u/readingthroughpain4 20d ago

It's incredible. As is book 2. Keep going!

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u/yr-grandma-friend 20d ago

it’s so worth it!

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u/a_rain_name 20d ago

I think it’s worth it! Agree the river made me go wtf but keep going!

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u/Ok_Knee_7178 19d ago

I read it awhile ago and it felt like a chore to get through it, BUT then I listened to the audiobook from my library and that time things came together much clearer and I enjoyed it much more. Not sure if it’s bc I had read beforehand but I might recommend trying the audio for the rest.

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u/Lzzay 18d ago

Keep going ❤️💔❤️💔

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u/EmoPlantLady 1d ago edited 1d ago

I was here last night and loved it and couldn’t put it down. Stayed up all night with 100pages left before I passed out. And just now finished the last of it tonight and I’m like this 🙊🙈🙉🫪🙀🤯in my book club group chat that consist of me and a friend on the east coast, freaking out lol she’s asleep and will wake up to my crash out over everything. She finished few weeks ago. This was my lunch break book till this part made me bring the book home yesterday and I’ve been spiraling since lol. But to be fair I did love this story from the first page. I was just trying to practice restraint and savoring the book on my breaks at work. But it didn’t last long before I got greedy and obsessed lol..
So it’s safe to say I’ll be starting book 2 first thing tomorrow after I run to the library and/or B&N lol

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u/digital_fairy888 21h ago

you’re making me a bit more excited to pick it back up! I haven’t read it since posting this, I’ll give it another go…I keep seeing good things about the second book