A review by eed8
The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan

Did not finish book.

1.0

I really, really wanted to like this book, but I feel like it was just overwhelmed by its own quirkiness. Dylan's story - raised by his mother and grandmother in an old movie theater, only to move into an old trailer with their ashes in tow after the theater is foreclosed - strangely did not resonate with me at all. Stella, the transgender teenager, was the only one who interested me, but the narrative didn't seem like it knew whether it wanted to focus on her or the impending apocalypse.

The writing is gorgeous, and VERY character-driven, which is normally a match made in literary heaven for me. I'm not sure why I didn't click with this book, but I really wish that I did