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The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
4.0
I usually skip coming of age novels, I prefer a little more action in the books I read and I have found coming of age lacking in this area. I still try to evaluate each book individually, but this is just something I have noticed about myself.
Florida is disappearing. With each storm, and there’s so many now, a little piece is taken. The weather patterns have shifted, and Florida can’t catch a break. Kirby is an electrical lineman in a small town on the southeastern coast of Florida. His wife is pregnant during a devastating storm and goes into labor, she delivers the powerful child, Wanda, but is lost herself during the birth. Wanda has entered the world with force, and she’s a force that can’t be contained. Growing up, more of Florida is disappearing. Soon Miami is gone, and all signs point to their small town shutting down. Wanda, now alone in the world lives with a close neighbor and they forge an unbreakable bond. Wanda continues to preserve despite the conditions and miraculously finds herself, community, and love along the way.
I would say you would love this book if you loved Where the Crawdads Sing. While that book wasn’t for me, this book had much better pacing that kept me engaged. I really enjoyed following Wanda’s life and learning about the world that could be due to climate change. This was enjoyable and still made me wonder about how close we are to the fictional world portrayed.
Special thanks to @netgalley and the publisher Grand Central Publishing, for gifting me this advanced e-arc in exchange for this honest review. Check this one out on December 6th!
Florida is disappearing. With each storm, and there’s so many now, a little piece is taken. The weather patterns have shifted, and Florida can’t catch a break. Kirby is an electrical lineman in a small town on the southeastern coast of Florida. His wife is pregnant during a devastating storm and goes into labor, she delivers the powerful child, Wanda, but is lost herself during the birth. Wanda has entered the world with force, and she’s a force that can’t be contained. Growing up, more of Florida is disappearing. Soon Miami is gone, and all signs point to their small town shutting down. Wanda, now alone in the world lives with a close neighbor and they forge an unbreakable bond. Wanda continues to preserve despite the conditions and miraculously finds herself, community, and love along the way.
I would say you would love this book if you loved Where the Crawdads Sing. While that book wasn’t for me, this book had much better pacing that kept me engaged. I really enjoyed following Wanda’s life and learning about the world that could be due to climate change. This was enjoyable and still made me wonder about how close we are to the fictional world portrayed.
Special thanks to @netgalley and the publisher Grand Central Publishing, for gifting me this advanced e-arc in exchange for this honest review. Check this one out on December 6th!