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A review by bluelavendar
Where The Light Gets In by Lucy Dillon
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This book book falls into domestic drama category for me. It's the equivalent of watching Call the midwife, it's so warm and comforting and everything works out on the end.
The story follows Lorna who is moving back to her home town after a business venture goes awry and she looses most of her money. What she has left she uses to buy the local art gallery. The story follows her efforts to make the gallery a success as well as face her past.
I like all the characters, Lucy Dillon did an excellent job of making there flaws endearing with the exception of Sam's brother Gabriel who was easy to dislike and whenLorna is invited to dinner at the Osbornes and they have the nerve to as Lorna to coherce Joyce into leaving Rooks Hall I was outraged. The character development was good enough that I felt like I new Joyce and Lorna well enough and the Osbournes where rude strangers. Its been a while since I have been so invested in characters.
I like the wayRyan's long lost child was was explored. It gave me a new perspective, I like when a book does that. I understood why Jess felt betrayed and I remembered being a teenager and felt for Hattie as well. It made me think about the importance of trust and how multifaceted it is.
Grief is explored extensively in the book but in a more hopeful way than I have read before. I thought the experience older people being infantalised and having there autonomy taken away was betray well with Joyce. It made me feel differently about difficult older people.
The only thing I didn't like was Lorna's relationship with Sam. I think Lucy Dillon was going for a sort Pride and Prejudice sort of tension between them but I just thought that Sam was an arsehole. That Lorna had some trauma bond with him from her childhood. He never defended her when it matter he was only ever making up for it after the fact.when he didn't go to London and they got together It was super out of character for Sam, he became a different person in the last Epilogue and I just didn't want it to happen. Growth for Lorna would have been hermoving on
I thought there would be more of the dog in the book, love a book about a dog which is why I picked it up. But the Dashound is a supporting character not a main one.
It would have been 5 starts if it wasn't for the epilogue. Overall for style of fiction it was it was brilliant.
The story follows Lorna who is moving back to her home town after a business venture goes awry and she looses most of her money. What she has left she uses to buy the local art gallery. The story follows her efforts to make the gallery a success as well as face her past.
I like all the characters, Lucy Dillon did an excellent job of making there flaws endearing with the exception of Sam's brother Gabriel who was easy to dislike and when
I like the way
Grief is explored extensively in the book but in a more hopeful way than I have read before. I thought the experience older people being infantalised and having there autonomy taken away was betray well with Joyce. It made me feel differently about difficult older people.
The only thing I didn't like was Lorna's relationship with Sam. I think Lucy Dillon was going for a sort Pride and Prejudice sort of tension between them but I just thought that Sam was an arsehole. That Lorna had some trauma bond with him from her childhood. He never defended her when it matter he was only ever making up for it after the fact.
I thought there would be more of the dog in the book, love a book about a dog which is why I picked it up. But the Dashound is a supporting character not a main one.
It would have been 5 starts if it wasn't for the epilogue. Overall for style of fiction it was it was brilliant.