A review by amysbrittain
The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan

3.0

There were fantastic elements at play here--the intriguing premise, the striking settings (old movie house, increasingly frozen landscape), and the quirky and largely believable cast of characters. The wonderfully matter-of-fact and tender subplot of the complications of changing gender identity within a tiny community felt fully realized. Other elements didn't seem to really "hit." The global reaches and severity (and speed) of global warming effects, the *far* too extensive discussion of several characters' "shocking" love triangle (square?), a complicated family tree--after enormous buildups, these ultimately felt like they simply drifted into the background.