Reviews - Dans un rayon de soleil

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Dans un rayon de soleil

Tillie Walden

4.34 AVERAGE

gnight's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous

rachellejq's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

biblio_gert's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

erisreads7's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Content Warnings

bluebladeliger's review against another edition

4.0

Overall, I really enjoyed the book. The world was fascinating and beautifully illustrated. It could have used a bit more world building because some of the issues in the world were a bit confusing. For example, gender in this world was not very well addressed. At first it appears that there is only one gender (all women), but one of the characters is non-binary which indicates then that there must be at least two genders. So where are the men (or whatever other gender exists)? What happened to them and why do they not appear at all in this book?

The plot was good but some of the minor conflicts between characters felt a bit shallow and were too easily resolved. Jules would get upset with Alma (her aunt who takes care of her), but then in they would immediately make up. The story would benefit from having some of these types of conflicts drawn out over a longer time period.

I was also very uncertain of Jules age. She appears to be around late teens, but she acts very childish, immature, and impulsive. She acts like a little kid and the other characters treat her as such. She was really obnoxious.

The use of fish as ships added a very magical and dream-like quality to the book. The dream-like feel was amplified by the use of mostly grey to shade the images and the only colors being used were mixtures of yellow and red.