Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

58 reviews

kinomatica's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Death, Medical content, Death of parent, Violence, Terminal illness, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Rape, and Gun violence

Minor: Infidelity

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bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Infidelity, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Suicide

Minor: Rape and Child death

laurenleigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

Big thank you to my sister-in-law for gifting me this book! 😘 It’s almost hard to believe this was written pre-pandemic; it’s so on the nose. At times it almost hit a little too close to home and made me sad for the things we’ve lost, but I also gained some perspective. In no way would I minimize the effects of COVID, but at least we still have electricity and running water. I guess things could always be worse? The most important perspective though is the importance of art (in ALL its forms) during crisis. As a creative outlet, as a distraction, as a social setting, and as a message to the future of how life felt at the moment of its creation, art is extremely powerful. I love the connection drawn between our modern pandemic times and Shakespeare’s plague era. There were moments all the disparate storylines felt confusing, but I do think St. John Mandel is a talented writer, if based on nothing else but that stellar opening chapter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Sexism, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Infidelity and Pregnancy

lianne_rooney's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Rape, Mental illness, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Gun violence, and Alcoholism

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

dopamine's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, and Infidelity

Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual assault and Adult/minor relationship

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

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

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

At this point I would read everything Emily St. John Mandel writes. Her writing style and her stories are just so special.

I love the melancholic atmosphere and the way she constructs the plot. The different characters with unique voices and stories that seem so random but are somehow connected to each other. I love these connections. One of the revelations was pretty obvious very early on but I still liked the way it was explained bit by bit.

The beginning of the pandemic was so eerie, the world that turned into a giant lost place strangely exciting to explore. I could write so much more about the characters I fell in love with, the friendships and found families formed in impossible times, the world I felt so much for, the small details. And I wish there was more. This book could go on forever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence

atalea's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Infidelity and Suicide