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kaibuzala2005's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Suicide
jg34's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, Violence, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Pedophilia, and Animal death
This story is about a post epidemic world and all the survivalism stuff that comes with living in a collapsed societybdingz's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.75
Annoying trope of
Still, I loved the writing style. I hope to read more from Emily St. John Mandel.
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic and Death
Moderate: Gun violence and Violence
Minor: Suicide, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape
brindolyn's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, and Murder
brianna_moye's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Rape
musicalpopcorn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
I quite enjoyed this book. Emily St John Mandel is fast becoming my favourite author. I like the way she weaves her stories and ties things together with neat but emotional little bows. I quite liked how this was a little different than a standard post-apocalyptic book in that it was based more on relationships and less on the nitty-gritty of survival. I also liked how there was a lot of speculation about how people would reminisce and find different memories of technology to fixate on.
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicide, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Medical content, Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief
Minor: Mental illness, Alcohol, Abandonment, Rape, Pedophilia, and Panic attacks/disorders
conspystery's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
I think overall, Station Eleven shines in its ability to communicate so much depth in so many small, unexpected places. The less surface area an object has, the higher the pressure it can apply, and exponentially so-- this book is the same. It knows exactly where to pack its punches, and doing so results in a genuinely unforgettable, endlessly interpretable narrative, with a tragic but hopeful message about regret, human connection, and storytelling. I love this book; it’s a new favorite for me.
Graphic: Death and Terminal illness
Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Child death
Minor: Blood, Medical content, and Rape
jillgoober's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
It's been twenty years since the Georgia Flu wiped out about 99% of the human population. There are small villages that have come together and live out of old motels, stores, and other buildings. There is no electricity, running water, or gas for vehicles. People have learned to live off the land. The book centers around a traveling group of musicians and actors called The Symphony. The travel around southern Canada and the northern U.S. and perform music and Shakespeare plays. Our main antagonist is a man who calls himself "The Prophet;" he and his followers travel to various villages and take what they want by force (including young wives) because they feel they are the chosen ones by God to have survived the flu.
The book also includes flashbacks at various times, as early as decades before the pandemic, when the pandemic first hit, and the years since then. The most intriguing part of this book was how you eventually figure out how each of our main characters were connected in some way before the pandemic started.
As aforementioned, this book really makes you think about what would be most important to you in a situation like this. The characters hold on to the strangest objects like a paperweight, for example, just because they have a vague memory about it from before the pandemic. This novel also made me think about how much worse Covid could've been for us.
Graphic: Murder, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, and Death
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
hflh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
St. John Mandel writes in a way that I haven’t experienced before. Partially through using 3rd person omniscient, she does an incredibly good job of capturing a really melancholic, distant feeling that was intense to sit with but also so engaging. I also absolutely loved the non-chronological skips in and out of different characters’ lives.
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Murder
Minor: Pregnancy, Rape, Suicide, and Death of parent
jg93's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Violence and Death
Moderate: Suicide and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Rape