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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
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
This book was not at all what I expected. I had heard it was " climate fiction" with some magical realism, but that is not expressing how emotional and suspenseful this book is. Not much happened , but so many things happened. I loved Wanda and Phyllis and hoped for them. It was such a beautifully written book.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a quiet story of disaster, loss and what it means to survive. Quiet in that this is a character driven story, not plot heavy it’s about the personal journey. The writing is beautiful how each section is driven by a different element. You follow Wanda a baby born in the midst of hurricane, throughout the book Lily Brooks-Dalton had me asking questions throughout my experience reading this dystopia where natural disasters have become a daily pattern of life everywhere
What does it mean to survive? How do we continue thriving when the world is falling apart? What happens when the world is ever changing and we just have to keep adapting?
This book will stay with me for a while, I got this from BOTM Dec 2022 and I’m really glad I finally took a chance and read it.
What does it mean to survive? How do we continue thriving when the world is falling apart? What happens when the world is ever changing and we just have to keep adapting?
This book will stay with me for a while, I got this from BOTM Dec 2022 and I’m really glad I finally took a chance and read it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
sad
tense
medium-paced
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
thoughts after reading
This book was relentlessly sad u til the very last moment, truly it starts sad and gets sadder and I’m not really sure how much more climate change literature I can take in. The ending of the book is very beautiful, and I wish that we had more time in that vignette of Wanda’s life, or really anything past the relentless sadness, but the grief is the plot, the winding path it takes through the flooded mangroves and swamps. This book would be interesting to read in a book club. There’s an interesting connection between Kirby “keeping the lights on” and Wanda’s own path that would probably make a decent high school essay. The characters in this book are very real, and delicately written so they don’t feel over-narrated to me, but seem to exist on their own. Good read, and honestly one of the better climate change novels I’ve read in the last couple of years.
This book was relentlessly sad u til the very last moment, truly it starts sad and gets sadder and I’m not really sure how much more climate change literature I can take in. The ending of the book is very beautiful, and I wish that we had more time in that vignette of Wanda’s life, or really anything past the relentless sadness, but the grief is the plot, the winding path it takes through the flooded mangroves and swamps. This book would be interesting to read in a book club. There’s an interesting connection between Kirby “keeping the lights on” and Wanda’s own path that would probably make a decent high school essay. The characters in this book are very real, and delicately written so they don’t feel over-narrated to me, but seem to exist on their own. Good read, and honestly one of the better climate change novels I’ve read in the last couple of years.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was a captivating and thought-provoking read. It's such an interesting book and not one I would have read had it not been chosen for our book club, but I'm glad it was!
The book takes place throughout the course of Wanda's life, starting at her birth during a major hurricane in which her mother named her for. The story alternates between past and present, and leaves you wondering what will happen to not only Wanda, but the whole world. Climate change resulted in a dramatic increase in weather patterns that are returning the land to wild, leaving people to adapt or die. Wanda grew up in Florida, seemingly where everything started, and hurricanes were a normal part of life as the ocean took over the land.
Without giving any spoilers, Wanda IS the Light Pirate and it takes a while for the explanation behind that to unfold, so if you want to know why you'll have to read the book! This is a bit of a heavy read with death and some violence...I found myself stressed at times and nervous about how the book would end. If you're up for an interesting, unique, adventurous read, I think you'd enjoy this book!
The book takes place throughout the course of Wanda's life, starting at her birth during a major hurricane in which her mother named her for. The story alternates between past and present, and leaves you wondering what will happen to not only Wanda, but the whole world. Climate change resulted in a dramatic increase in weather patterns that are returning the land to wild, leaving people to adapt or die. Wanda grew up in Florida, seemingly where everything started, and hurricanes were a normal part of life as the ocean took over the land.
Without giving any spoilers, Wanda IS the Light Pirate and it takes a while for the explanation behind that to unfold, so if you want to know why you'll have to read the book! This is a bit of a heavy read with death and some violence...I found myself stressed at times and nervous about how the book would end. If you're up for an interesting, unique, adventurous read, I think you'd enjoy this book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Death of parent