A review by yellowbinge
Bright Dust by Jane Lightbourne

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

Publishing date: 28.05.2024

Thank you to Netgalley and BooksGoSocial for the ARC. My opinions are my own. 

The book as a meal: Heart shaped chocolates

The book left me: Warm and fuzzy

Negatives:

Didn't connect as well as I hoped 

Positives:

Written elegantly and emotionally

Features: 

Explores what it means to love and be human, the relationship between loving-losing-and loving again, platonic, romantic, and parental

Why did I choose this one?

Love myself some poems, just had to grab yet another collection to read this year

Pick-up-able? Put-down-able?

In-between, entirely my own fault. The timing I decided to read this was atrocious. But I can imagine that this would fall into a read-able or a devourable category at any other time. 

Final ranking and star rating?

3 stars, B tier. This was an alright collection. I think I would rate it higher if I had read it at a different time (but I might be wrong about that too). Due to no fault of its own. I did however not connect nearly as much as I had hoped to. 

Favorite poems: 

The Cradle lies Empty

You led; I followed

My Demons Linger

Winter holds the Land inits Icy Grip