Reviews - The Light Pirate

2.75k reviews for:

The Light Pirate

Lily Brooks-Dalton

4.13 AVERAGE

cordelaine's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kellichupp's review against another edition

4.0

Dystopian Florida. Disturbing but very readable. Wanted more details about logistics in the last third.

jlconnery's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

shelvesofsamantha's review against another edition

4.0

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

bibliobee's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful sad fast-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

Probably my favorite book, beautifully written, agonizingly hopeful

lianas_reads's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The story takes a speculative look at what the future could look like for our planet, the climate crisis is at a point of no return, storms become more frequent, temperatures and sea levels rise quicker than could have been anticipated.

The Light Pirate is a moving and beautifully written story which follows main character Wanda from childhood and through adulthood as she adapts to the quickly changing environment. Amongst the tragedy, sadness and hopelessness of the world there is persistence, courage, strength and love.
My favourite quote from the book “Humanity was an ecological disaster, a misstep made by an otherwise magnificently intelligent system of life and death.”

I am absolutely enthralled by Lily Brooks-Dalton’s writing style, it is thought provoking, lyrical, emotional and the characters are engaging.