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Title: The Slow Moon

Author: Elizabeth Cox

Narrator: Christine Williams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-21-07

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Despite Crow's frantic claims of innocence, evidence at the scene suggests his guilt. And Sophie, by now awake in the hospital, refuses to speak, leaving the residents of the couple's seemingly placid Tennessee town to draw their own wildly varying conclusions. If Crow isn't to blame, then who assaulted Sophie and what compelled Crow to flee? With each answer comes a new set of questions. As growing suspicions divide the town, a closer look reveals that everyone has something to hide.

Critic Reviews:

"Cox writes in a lyrical voice that gently explains the smothered anguish of these people's lives." (Washington Post)

"Cox's portrayal of awkward first love carries the novel beyond its dark subject matter, invoking, as does life, both grief and cheer." (School Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

Gripping though Scattered

I enjoyed the Slow Moon. I thought the concept and the story were all really great I just feel like it could have been better executed. The ending lacked the element of much surprise, as it wasn't hard to believe when you found out the truth. Also, there were underwritten side plots that lacked not only a purpose but weren't followed through on enough to be much more than a distraction from the main storyline. You will most likely however, be drawn in and stay there for the entire novel as it rarely slows. I feel the sideplots were there to help explain and further explore characters but it didnt get the job done.

Great mystery book to read and suspenseful!

This was a great book to read and I was hooked on it after reading the first few pages! The story was simple yet be forewarned. Try to read this book on a Friday night with no interruptions because you will probably end up staying up to try and finish it! It's that good! And don't read this book on the train because you might miss your stop!

Masterful!

Elizabeth Cox writes with eloquence, beauty, and a deeply soulful sense of the emotional traffic of people's inner lives. There is a story in this book...and it holds up well as a structure for our seeing into the personal experience of the characters as individuals as well as the life of the small community in which they live. A thoughtful tale...beautifully written...a worthy read from a gifted writer.

Can't compair to Jodi Picoult

Marie Claire magazine said this author was very much like Jodi Picoult. This author is Picoult wanna be. Not even near as good. Easy to figure out ending and characters are not expanded well. Also, a very strange relationship with the moon, which has no tie in.

A well-written novel about innocence lost

The Slow Moon is the story of what happens when the small town of South Pittsburg, TN is thrown into turmoil when an act of unspeakable brutality is committed against one of its children. Crow Davenport, 16, and his 14-year-old girlfriend, Sophie Chabot, sneak away from a party to make love when Crow remembers that he forgot his condoms in his car. He leaves Sophie to retrieve them, and in his absence Sophie is raped and assaulted. When he hears police sirens upon returning to the scene, Crow's first instinct is to flee, which he does.

The aftermath of Crow's decision and the harsh reality of what happened to Sophie cause life in South Pittsburg to virtually halt. There is a sea filled with accusations and doubts that flows through the heart of the locals.