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A review by jennog
The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan
1.0
I tried. I really, really tried to finish this book. I got to page 135 and I just couldn't do it. I took notes on some chapters, I tried to relax and just enjoy the book. I tried everything and I still do not have the desire to finish it.
So as far as I got, I can see why some reviewers are comparing it to Station Eleven. It's like a more vulgar, random Station Eleven. In an apocalyptic Ice Age, there are caravans/neighborhoods of people trying to survive. There's Dylan, a giant man who has just lost his mother and grandmother. There's Stella, a transgender pre-pubescent trying to figure out life (as if the teenage years aren't hard enough already). And there's Constance, Stella's mom, who has her own single mom issues. I really didn't understand the randomness of the secondary characters and why I was supposed to just jump in and care about what was happening. (Like the wolf costume in Chapter 15...what?? why??)
I really enjoyed some quotes/paragraphs that Fagan wrote about "freedom" and identity. I will eventually finish this book, probably, but definitely not in the timeframe First To Read gave me.
Thanks to the Penguin First to Read program for this book.
So as far as I got, I can see why some reviewers are comparing it to Station Eleven. It's like a more vulgar, random Station Eleven. In an apocalyptic Ice Age, there are caravans/neighborhoods of people trying to survive. There's Dylan, a giant man who has just lost his mother and grandmother. There's Stella, a transgender pre-pubescent trying to figure out life (as if the teenage years aren't hard enough already). And there's Constance, Stella's mom, who has her own single mom issues. I really didn't understand the randomness of the secondary characters and why I was supposed to just jump in and care about what was happening. (Like the wolf costume in Chapter 15...what?? why??)
I really enjoyed some quotes/paragraphs that Fagan wrote about "freedom" and identity. I will eventually finish this book, probably, but definitely not in the timeframe First To Read gave me.
Thanks to the Penguin First to Read program for this book.