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A review by sol_journal
The Light Between Worlds by Laura E. Weymouth
5.0
4.6 (rounded up to 5) out of 5 stars.
Achingly beautiful.
That’s all I think of when I think of this book. ‘The Light Between Worlds’ shows how siblings lost in-between two worlds, grieve, feel, and try to find themselves again. It shows characters battling the shadows of their past with the ghosts of their memories haunting every inch of their lives- whether they choose to accept that or that.
Evelyn, Jamie, and Philippa were willed into another world during a bombing in their hometown. Living and being a part of this Woodlands world for years made returning home difficult- especially for Evelyn. With her beautiful prose and including poetry for Evelyn’s point of view, Laura Weymouth paints out Evelyn’s struggles and desires to return home despite the many barriers blocking her from returning.
For Philippa, Weymouth uses paintings instead of poems to show Philippa’s coping and search for missing Evelyn. While she wanted desperately to let go and heal, in the end she had to wade through her past to find Evelyn where others have given up on the lost girl.
I absolutely loved reading along with these two main characters as they sought themselves again, trying to regain years they lost and find their way to what they called home. Weymouth doesn’t shy away from these heavier themes, and didn’t try to hide the truth of grief and how differently people go through it- which I think in of itself is another beautifully bitter thing.
I’m also pretty sure this wasn’t her intention, but another thing I loved was the flip on a trope that Weymouth does. All too often, we see feminine characters being the side characters that come in, love and try to heal the masculine characters. In ‘The Light Between Worlds’, the masculine love interests are the ones holding up these broken girls and loving them through their faults. Although it made some moments with them in it a little flat, I still think this flip was done nicely and helped show a bit more dimensions of the main characters themselves.
I also am such a choir girl that I was enamored by the tidbits of art songs thrown in- personally, that was a really lovely touch to be able to have some music to relate to certain scenes.
Overall, ‘The Light Between Worlds’ has given me a taste of two worlds and the longing to belong. My heart will always ache for the lost Hapwells wanting nothing more than to be whole once more.
Achingly beautiful.
That’s all I think of when I think of this book. ‘The Light Between Worlds’ shows how siblings lost in-between two worlds, grieve, feel, and try to find themselves again. It shows characters battling the shadows of their past with the ghosts of their memories haunting every inch of their lives- whether they choose to accept that or that.
Evelyn, Jamie, and Philippa were willed into another world during a bombing in their hometown. Living and being a part of this Woodlands world for years made returning home difficult- especially for Evelyn. With her beautiful prose and including poetry for Evelyn’s point of view, Laura Weymouth paints out Evelyn’s struggles and desires to return home despite the many barriers blocking her from returning.
For Philippa, Weymouth uses paintings instead of poems to show Philippa’s coping and search for missing Evelyn. While she wanted desperately to let go and heal, in the end she had to wade through her past to find Evelyn where others have given up on the lost girl.
I absolutely loved reading along with these two main characters as they sought themselves again, trying to regain years they lost and find their way to what they called home. Weymouth doesn’t shy away from these heavier themes, and didn’t try to hide the truth of grief and how differently people go through it- which I think in of itself is another beautifully bitter thing.
I’m also pretty sure this wasn’t her intention, but another thing I loved was the flip on a trope that Weymouth does. All too often, we see feminine characters being the side characters that come in, love and try to heal the masculine characters. In ‘The Light Between Worlds’, the masculine love interests are the ones holding up these broken girls and loving them through their faults. Although it made some moments with them in it a little flat, I still think this flip was done nicely and helped show a bit more dimensions of the main characters themselves.
I also am such a choir girl that I was enamored by the tidbits of art songs thrown in- personally, that was a really lovely touch to be able to have some music to relate to certain scenes.
Overall, ‘The Light Between Worlds’ has given me a taste of two worlds and the longing to belong. My heart will always ache for the lost Hapwells wanting nothing more than to be whole once more.