A review by ashsteimle
Light from Other Stars by Erika Swyler

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

Really beautiful. A love letter to light and space and time and yearning for more and living with grief. 

I love the way the story told itself around the event and worked backwards to show what happened, but you could feel the gap in the story (in a good way). The only timeskips I found confusing were toward the end when
it was revealed that the town was stuck in time for a while. Like the chapter that took place not in 1986, but not in the future, it could've been more clear what was happening, in my opinion
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