A review by bookmaddie
Days of Light by Megan Hunter

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

really poetic & overflowing in a way.. effusive? in its writing abt emotion and the natural world. very pretty.

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I read this a few weeks ago, so my memory of the specifics is a tad hazy, but I really loved the format. This novel is told through six days that transform the narrators life in some way. We start on Easter Sunday, 1938, when Ivy is nineteen and awaiting the arrival of her brother's new girlfriend. A whole world of possibilities awaits, but the day takes a tragic turn. What follows are five other days that alter Ivy's world in some way.

I love a story told in vignettes, so this was right up my alley. I loved watching Ivy grow up through these short, but pivotal, glimpses into her life. Hunter's writing is full of feeling, making it easy to become engrossed in Ivy's story and feel close to her and her family. There's a lovely, slow romance that adds a really nice sense of closure to the story. Just an all-around charming, and very British, story of one woman coming into herself. I really liked it!!
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