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A review by dayseraph
The Sunlit Night by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight
3.0
I'm not sure how to feel about this book. I really enjoyed the first half - basically through the judges' visit. Then it hit the summer doldrums, with no real plot drivers to move the momentum forward. The characters spent a lot of time developing intense feelings for each for no particular reason that I could see. Much like a YA novel, they just thought about each other and fell in love without needing to actually interact with or learn about each other. Ultimately, the only relationship developments that felt believable to me were between Yasha and his mother.
Then there is a coda tacked on at the end, in which we learn more about the future of Frances/the first person narrator's sister, who was mostly a plot device through the rest of the book. I had lots of questions about the characters as I finished the book, but none of them were about the sister. What happened to Nils? Why does Ian have money? Did Yasha inherit anything? What about that boar?
Then there is a coda tacked on at the end, in which we learn more about the future of Frances/the first person narrator's sister, who was mostly a plot device through the rest of the book. I had lots of questions about the characters as I finished the book, but none of them were about the sister. What happened to Nils? Why does Ian have money? Did Yasha inherit anything? What about that boar?