A Thousand Minutes to Sunlight

Sweet story about learning to accept yourself.

Our 12 year old POV character has soul-crushing anxiety. When her best friend moves away, it gets even worse. Compound that with family drama, and things are hard.

However, she makes a new friend and realizes that people don't hate her, and she starts to take control over her anxiety.

This was such an inspiring story. Jen White did a great job in portraying mental health issues and how people and their environment handle this.

Cora is an interesting character to follow throughout the story. In the book, we get to see her struggle against her ‘talking brain', which was very fascinating to discover. White made Cora into a complex character, which the reader can connect with and understand.

I love how Cora's friendship with Patrick eventually grows and how she begins to see things in another light. That she can actually make friends and maintain them. The adventures she goes on with Patrick, are lovely to read.

The story about uncle Richie was one I would've loved to read more about. I would've loved to know how the two of them bonded together later on. That was an aspect I missed in the story. The ending was rather rushed on that part.q
The writing style was easy to read, yet very fascinating.

I love how White talks to the reader at the end of the book and provides sources to go to if you're struggling.

I think A Thousand Minutes to Sunlight is a wonderful story about mental health, family and friendship;

Thank you to the author and Xpresso Book Tours for the free e-copy. This in no way affected my opinion.