A review by scaifea
Pilgrimage: The Book of the People by Zenna Henderson

mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

The People are aliens who fled their home planet and crash landed in various spots on Earth. They're living amongst humans, trying to blend in and also to find each other, all while feeling like outsiders and missing their home. The book is set out as a series of short stories about various members of The People, and it's very Escape to Witch Mountain both in story and in style. Except that I kind of love Escape to Witch Mountain, but I really couldn't get into this one at all. Partly I think it's the dated scifi style, partly it's that I always have trouble with the short-story collection format, and partly because the writing just didn't click for me.