Melissa🌻

Lolo’s Light - Book Review 🐣

⚠️ This book has: SIDS, divorced parents, grief, guilt

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Genre: middle grade, grief, mental health, family fiction

This book is filled with incredibly heavy topics that are handled with care, gentleness, and clear communication.

We are reading about Millie and the Acosta family going through a life-changing experience. Something I really appreciated were the adults giving Millie clear explanations about SIDS, life and death, and how things are out of our control. Personally, I think it is better to be direct with children and to explain things in a way that they can understand. It was understandable that she had a hard time accepting the reality of these conversations. In the end, they are beneficial to hear in order to find that peace so you can move forward in life.

It felt so heartbreaking watching Millie have a hard time talking to her friends and family – in general, watching her pull away from things that made her happy was really sad to me. Reaching out to others can be difficult when you aren’t sure how to explain the feelings going on in your brain and head. On the upside, I thought it was incredibly sweet that Millie had a self-soothing phrase that went “warmth and light.” I don’t want to spoil this, but the title ended up being something incredibly meaningful within this book. It is important to try to find the light in things, which comes in different ways and from different people. In times of darkness and confusion, it is important to hang on to things that bring us light.

❓What brings you light?
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