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A review by aasplund
The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
relaxing
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I had no idea what to expect from this book and it still managed to kind of blow my mind.
Also, the author included a playlist to go along with the book at the end so.....it was kind of perfect for me.
In a time when the weather is starting to drastically change, Dylan moves to a tiny town as he grieves the deaths of his mother and grandmother. He quickly meets and becomes involved in the lives of Constance and Stella, a mother and daughter who are making changes of their own. While the world around them changes, these three have to learn to adjust to and trust each other.
I'm not entirely sure how to categorize this book - is it a family drama? Is is SFF? It's certainly speculative.....but it doesn't feel like your typical speculative fiction. And the genre-bending is part of the beauty of this book. It's unlike anything else I've read and I enjoyed it immensely.
This is a very slow book. While the wider plot is that the earth is basically entering a new ice age, most of the story focuses on the individual struggles of each main character and their relationships with each other and the world around them. In a lot of books (and, in fact, some that I've read recently), this slow, internal conflict would be drive me insane. But for this book, it worked very well. In fact, in some ways, the outer world's climate conflict is superfluous in relation to the issues the characters are confronting. But the climate changes also help our characters put their own issues into a wider perspective. Jenni Fagan strikes this balance brilliantly and it makes for a really enjoyable read.
Also, Stella is one of my favorite narrators in recent memory. She's a strong-willed teen trying to become independent, while still grappling with her identity and her place in the community. Her perspective is so intriguing and (sometimes) hilarious, partly because it's so different from my own. Her chapters were my favorite to read.
Recommended for those who enjoy slow, quiet, introspective books.
Also, the author included a playlist to go along with the book at the end so.....it was kind of perfect for me.
In a time when the weather is starting to drastically change, Dylan moves to a tiny town as he grieves the deaths of his mother and grandmother. He quickly meets and becomes involved in the lives of Constance and Stella, a mother and daughter who are making changes of their own. While the world around them changes, these three have to learn to adjust to and trust each other.
I'm not entirely sure how to categorize this book - is it a family drama? Is is SFF? It's certainly speculative.....but it doesn't feel like your typical speculative fiction. And the genre-bending is part of the beauty of this book. It's unlike anything else I've read and I enjoyed it immensely.
This is a very slow book. While the wider plot is that the earth is basically entering a new ice age, most of the story focuses on the individual struggles of each main character and their relationships with each other and the world around them. In a lot of books (and, in fact, some that I've read recently), this slow, internal conflict would be drive me insane. But for this book, it worked very well. In fact, in some ways, the outer world's climate conflict is superfluous in relation to the issues the characters are confronting. But the climate changes also help our characters put their own issues into a wider perspective. Jenni Fagan strikes this balance brilliantly and it makes for a really enjoyable read.
Also, Stella is one of my favorite narrators in recent memory. She's a strong-willed teen trying to become independent, while still grappling with her identity and her place in the community. Her perspective is so intriguing and (sometimes) hilarious, partly because it's so different from my own. Her chapters were my favorite to read.
Recommended for those who enjoy slow, quiet, introspective books.