Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

61 reviews

amandabcook's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Trafficking, Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Child death, and Blood

maddiebusick's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I liked it overall, I wish the ending was stronger for the characters in year 20. It felt really tense and suspenseful for most of the book but the final scene with the prophet just didn’t do it for me for whatever reason, I think maybe it was slightly rushed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Rape and Sexual content

kallan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Violence

bibliophilemama's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

wordswoods's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This was a ride. 
Station Eleven follows various people throughout the unraveling and aftermath of a worldwide pandemic. We also get flashbacks to their earlier lives. 
Written before the Covid-19 pandemic, some of the things that happen are all too realistic: stocking up on supplies like water, air traffic halting, people not being warned in time but mostly, people knowing about it but thinking it's probably not so bad and continuing their normal lives. 

The big difference, though, is that this pandemic's death rate is estimated to be around 99%. Air traffic never starts back up again and eventually, all power networks, electricity and the internet cease to be. A new kind of survival society unfolds. 

We follow different storylines in the past and present and learn why they are intertwined along the way. 

This novel is a tale of a pandemic gone wrong, a view into a post apocalyptic society, but also a reflection about which things really matter and why. 

You will not be disappointed. And I'm not going on a plane anytime soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Mental illness

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

definitely werid to read a book about a flu-like plague... seeing words like unprecedented and hospital wards filling up are low-key very triggering when most of Australia is under lockdown 😬

but this was a good read. I really enjoyed the writing and the different character stories and how they intersected with each other 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, and Violence

ivana's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

linaanderson's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Violence

brynngaybee's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Really beautiful concept and story, I loved the writing and how all the narratives were so intertwined. The Arthur Leander stuff got slow but I get that it was important for the story. Overall a stellar read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Violence

pastelkerstin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide, Violence, and Confinement

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness