Reviews

Das Licht der letzten Tage by Emily St. John Mandel

yasmeina's review against another edition

3.0

2.75

This should NOT have taken me 11 days to finish I’m embarrassed.
Anyway, I have some conflicting thoughts about this.
The writing style felt inconsistent to me, the first half read like a screenplay and the second half was all flowery language. I also just didn’t feel connected to Kirsten, which I guess she isn’t a main character especially w. all the timeline switching, but I feel like she was supposed to be more important.
There were still a few little segments with Clark and the museum that I really enjoyed though, so I’ll round it to a 3/5

rachel_rheinhart's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

lookmairead's review against another edition

4.0

I loved “peeling” back the layers in this plot.
There are some perfectly articulate bits in here that I found very relatable.

mdmdmlr's review against another edition

It was not for me.

kevinmitola's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

3.0

tracib's review against another edition

4.0

My rating is really 3 1/2 stars. I felt it started out really strong, but by the time I reached the end, I found myself wondering exactly what the point of the story was. I mostly enjoyed the back stories, even though some of them tied together too nicely. Overall I don't feel there was enough drama. I felt the story line of the prophet could have been stronger, I never felt like the characters were truly in danger. And I did like the main characters, but it was hard keeping track of the side characters (third cello? sixth guitarist?). One problem I did have was I kept picturing Kirsten as a little girl even though she was in her late twenties. One of the major events alluded to was never really addressed, and I'm wondering if the author is saving that for a sequel.

stubbornbones's review against another edition

Book due at the library 🪦

hazelrinn's review against another edition

I wish there was more focus on what happened during the outbreak. Also too much Shakespeare for me, it feels like refences that I don't understand 

slodder's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

bhuppenthal's review against another edition

4.0

Simple and affecting.