Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

123 reviews

orchidd's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infidelity, and Rape

wreathedinviolets's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Murder

swizzle_malarkey's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, and Grief

larbster90's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Alcohol

anarchist_al's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

An absolutely gorgeous, gorgeous book. Haunting to read after 2020. I loved the twisting timelines and perspectives and finally seeing all the connections form and play out and pass. I want to know everything about this world and every single character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Infidelity, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape and Pregnancy

jaan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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? N/A

4.75

Reading this book is emotional. Three years ago, I would have dismissed it as far-fetched, dystopian, post-apocalyptic, doomsday-like, etc. but now, I am uncomfortably aware that this book could have happened. August says: "...given an infinite number of parallel universes, there had to be one where there had been no pandemic and he'd grown up to be a physicist as planned, or one where there had been a pandemic but the virus had had a subtly different genetic structure, some miniscule variance that rendered it survivable." In another universe, I am dead. In another universe, my ears aren't rubbed raw by mask strings at the end of the day. In another universe, everyone I love is dead. My reading notes say that it is very strange I am reading this book after having spent the afternoon watching Interstellar, and I also can't stop thinking that if this book happened to us, and I survived, I would never be able to be vegetarian again. 

We traveled so far and your friendship meant everything. It was very difficult, but there were moments of beauty. Everything ends. I am not afraid. 

Everyone will come away from this book with different understandings. For me, it is about grief, art, and the last people who died. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Rape

thehungrylittlebookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

I know I’m late to the party, but I really enjoyed this book. It gave me a different perspective on life and how humans cope with difficult situations. The interwoven stories of the characters was beautifully done. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder

emilia_thereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A haunting study of humanity and what happens when the world collapses around it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence and Kidnapping

nicoleisalwaysreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.5

something about finishing a ESJM book in the wee hours of the morning….
This book made me feel a very specific way. It really worried me at first. There was anxiety sitting in my chest. Its virus’s total destruction scared me and reminded me of how I felt in 2020. I think that’s why I rushed to finish the second half. I wanted it to be over. But there were sparks of joy and moments of the beauty of humanity, of the hope of re-starting and of invention that lifted the tone for me. I think Miranda was my favorite character, but just like Sea of Tranquility, I do think this author trades character development for “aha!” moments at the reveals of the connections.

I cannot fathom the difference of reading this book before COVID and now. It’s still almost too much for me. Curious to see how the show will sit with me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

naomi_k's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content and Suicide