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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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
This book was wonderfully written, compelling, and all to real given the current world. Change is constant in this book. The main character Wanda is born during a hurricane and subsequently watches the world change rapidly throughout her lifetime. She experiences an inordinate amount of loss, but continues to survive. As we are watching Florida get pummeled with more hurricanes each year, the dystopian storyline of this book seems not too far away. Wanda’s “power” and the magical realism element were a good addition, though I wish it was expanded a bit. I also wish we had learned what happened to Lucas and got a bit more of Wanda’s later life than the epilogue. Overall this is a thought
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent
A heartwarming story about love, loss, change and adaption!
This book had so much potential. I feel like there was so much wasted story when it could’ve really been something. A post apocalyptic world eaten by natural disasters would’ve been cool, a queer love story in this would’ve been cool. But I felt every death except Phyllis. The mom has potential to be a cool character w her worry of being a mom but then she gets killed off?! And the dad randomly dying then not talking about it until another 100 pages later. This book just annoyed the shit out of me and was so slow.
adventurous
challenging
dark
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:
No
So torn about this book. Well written, some very strong characters, and quite disturbing. But also hopeful in unexpected ways.
The Light Pirate looks at a dying world that is not too far in the future. The consequences of climate change, sadly told in a way that sounds so plausible. It is so easy to feel like this is exactly how will will go. Quiet incremental changes that most people who aren't living them directly will ignore. Not easy to read. But also beautiful, as it focuses on a few people who adapt to live in this new world.
The Light Pirate looks at a dying world that is not too far in the future. The consequences of climate change, sadly told in a way that sounds so plausible. It is so easy to feel like this is exactly how will will go. Quiet incremental changes that most people who aren't living them directly will ignore. Not easy to read. But also beautiful, as it focuses on a few people who adapt to live in this new world.
Such an incredible book.
I stayed up late so many nights just because I couldn’t put it down
I stayed up late so many nights just because I couldn’t put it down
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Part survival story, part coming of age… wonderfully thought out however naming one of the characters KIRBY kept making me imagine the video game character in a survivalist situation and I couldn’t stop laughing
dark
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:
Yes