Reviews

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

jjleither's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

essimilia's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

meganmcc1234's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

jkhawes's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

3.75

emilymfitzg's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

mrsrccockrell's review against another edition

4.0

If you like dystopian literature, this is a great option for you. It takes the genre and tweaks it just enough to be different from what you are used to reading when you get an apocalyptic future novel. Emily St. John Mandel has created a world that you can easily lose yourself in, and she has great insight into the basic characteristics and tendencies of humanity. Great read.

alypaly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

peregrrine's review against another edition

3.75

Plot was strong, and I did have many nightmares about the pandemic from this book. The R0 is not making sense however! I also thought wrong and right was quite black and white and the dialogue was lacking.

kaz9's review against another edition

3.0

Neither loved nor hated this. I liked the fact that the author decided to imagine the actual point of apocolypse rather than setting the whole thing deep in the aftermath, shrouded in a kind of mystical amnesia, which a lot of post-apocolyptic novels do. She really makes you feel what it must be like to watch everything fall apart.

None of the characters felt quite developed enough for me. I wanted to know Kirsten better - she was interesting in theory - but without any knowledge of how she came to be the knife-throwing survivalist she is, it's hard to really feel for her. Arthur and and Miranda's love seemed to come and go without much reason. The whole thing felt like a newspaper report on the subject of a relationship, which on some level maybe it was.

To sum it up, I loved the world she built, but the people in it didn't quite grab me.

bjhenning's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 stars. It was kind of hard to follow on audio with the timeframe shifting back and forth between present and past, but a good story.