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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

443 reviews

pagesfromhome's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I picked this book for my book club this month and even though I had read it before, I feel like I had a totally different experience reading it this time.

St. John Mandel does an incredible job of spanning time and characters to build a world that feels realistic and haunting at the same time. Although, I found some characters less “necessary” to the story than others, I rarely regretted the moments spent with them on the page.

I love how she toyed with the timeline of the events in the book and teased growth and hope in the perfect amount throughout the story. I’d been avoiding pandemic/dystopian fiction for a long time (for a pretty obvious reason) but I’m grateful that I dove back in with this one.

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kittythewildcat's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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: Complicated

If you saw the TV show, this book is similar but different. If you have read Neil Gaiman's Stardust and watched the movie, it is similar. Someone read this story, appreciated it, and tweaked it to tell a similar yet different story (and I liked the movie/show better both times). Not as much redemption in the book as the show for the characters. There is less warmth and human connection, but the book feels like a you get a good look inside people's heads during a mass tragedy. The world of the book certainly goes darker than the show. But you get more of the side characters backstory and it was a very interesting read. If you want the sweetness and connection from the show especially from Kirsten and Jeevan, this isn't for you. But if you would like more in people's thoughts about their lives before and after, this is great.

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iszys's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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jerwoodson's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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zillareaper's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was surprised how much I liked this book. I’m leaving a review several days from finishing it and the more I reflect, the better I thought it was. It’s a relatively slow book, but I didn’t feel like I was dragging through, but instead just enjoying it at its own pace. And then watching the horrible storytelling of the HBO series after reading, it made me realize how well-webbed this book was.

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infinitedani24's review against another edition

5.0

dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-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: Yes

To me this typifies the apocalyptic genre. What art comes to mean for us in the end of ends is as important as physical survival and it shows.

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welsh_witch's review against another edition

reflective

My kind of book--a tapestry of characters, a sprinkling of sci-fi, reflections on how we use art to make meaning in our lives. Really lovely stuff. Left me very grateful for modern conveniences.

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