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A review by virgilsaeneid
Blue Light Hours by Bruna Dantas Lobato
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Thank you Netgalley for this ARC.
I think that Blue Light Hours will haunt me for the rest of my life. With beautiful prose and a profound sense of yearning, Blue Light Hours explores the beauty of mother/daughter relationships in adulthood, independence, academic pressure, the passage of time, and familial guilt. Lobato's novel is profound, heartbreaking, and warming all at the same time.
Blue Light Hours strongly resonated with me as a young woman entering her early adulthood with family on the other side of the world. I accepted and understood the unnamed daughter's simultaneous love of her mother and guilt regarding the intrinsic need to leave and foster her independence. Lobato masterfully represents the bittersweet experience of establishing yourself apart from your family and comments on the diaspora experience. Ultimately, this book is a beautiful, touching narrative of the cycle of mother and daughter, and I don't think I'll ever be able to recommend it enough.
I wish the best for Lobato's debut with this book. With no criticism to give, I HAD to give Blue Light Hours 5/5 stars for its gorgeous prose and heart-touching dynamics. It's truly one of those books every woman feeling lost in her 20s should read and I know for sure I'm planning on going home to hug my mum after reading this book.
I think that Blue Light Hours will haunt me for the rest of my life. With beautiful prose and a profound sense of yearning, Blue Light Hours explores the beauty of mother/daughter relationships in adulthood, independence, academic pressure, the passage of time, and familial guilt. Lobato's novel is profound, heartbreaking, and warming all at the same time.
Blue Light Hours strongly resonated with me as a young woman entering her early adulthood with family on the other side of the world. I accepted and understood the unnamed daughter's simultaneous love of her mother and guilt regarding the intrinsic need to leave and foster her independence. Lobato masterfully represents the bittersweet experience of establishing yourself apart from your family and comments on the diaspora experience. Ultimately, this book is a beautiful, touching narrative of the cycle of mother and daughter, and I don't think I'll ever be able to recommend it enough.
I wish the best for Lobato's debut with this book. With no criticism to give, I HAD to give Blue Light Hours 5/5 stars for its gorgeous prose and heart-touching dynamics. It's truly one of those books every woman feeling lost in her 20s should read and I know for sure I'm planning on going home to hug my mum after reading this book.