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A review by utopiastateofmind
The Light of the Midnight Stars by Rena Rossner
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
This Jewish folklore inspired fantasy tells the story of three sisters. Sisters with dreams, loves, and hopes against a tide of chance encounters, intolerance, and cruelty. Rossner infuses The Light of the Midnight Stars with an ethereal quality. While many chapters of the story are told in poem form, all of the chapters maintain this sense of magic and gorgeous prose. With each chapter, and sister's story, Rossner explores quests for power, immense loss, and hopeful yearning.
The Light of the Midnight Stars is a story made up of stories. A testament to the fact that stories are the fiber which hold us together. That through them we uncover truths we are afraid to spill in the harsh rays of sunlight. How they give meaning to what we cannot say. While I felt the ending was wrapped up pretty hastily, compared to the pace of the rest of the book, there's no denying how lyrical, and heart breaking, The Light of the Midnight Stars is.
This Jewish folklore inspired fantasy tells the story of three sisters. Sisters with dreams, loves, and hopes against a tide of chance encounters, intolerance, and cruelty. Rossner infuses The Light of the Midnight Stars with an ethereal quality. While many chapters of the story are told in poem form, all of the chapters maintain this sense of magic and gorgeous prose. With each chapter, and sister's story, Rossner explores quests for power, immense loss, and hopeful yearning.
The Light of the Midnight Stars is a story made up of stories. A testament to the fact that stories are the fiber which hold us together. That through them we uncover truths we are afraid to spill in the harsh rays of sunlight. How they give meaning to what we cannot say. While I felt the ending was wrapped up pretty hastily, compared to the pace of the rest of the book, there's no denying how lyrical, and heart breaking, The Light of the Midnight Stars is.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Antisemitism