Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

17 reviews

emhunsber's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Minor: Pedophilia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Drug use, Infidelity, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Death of parent, Child death, and Alcohol

garynoplastie's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Terminal illness, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Animal death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Grief, Suicide, and Medical content

Minor: Rape

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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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

lunarliz's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Such a wonderful book. I am very glad I read it, one I could read many times and always find something new in it, though it will never be the same as reading it the first time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Blood, Confinement, and Violence

namizaela's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

"I stood looking over my damaged home and tried to forget the sweetness of life on Earth."

I don't usually read post-apocalyptic fiction, and I didn't really know much before reading this book, so I was unpleasantly surprised to discover that the whole premise of this book was exploring society after a devastating pandemic. Nevertheless, I read on, and honestly this book was not what I expected. The moments of tension were interrupted with chapters of character study, which I found a little strange. The plot seemed to go nowhere, and the climax of the book fell a little flat.
But I don't think the point of the book was to deliver a gripping plot. To me, the point seemed to be to explore what humanity really is. It's interesting to see how the individual character studies of the pre-pandemic world compare to the more sweeping generalizations about the post-apocalyptic human society. Both are done really well–in both cases, I got the sense that humans have the capacity for terrible evil as well as kindness. 
Even though this book wasn't what I was expecting at all, I loved it. The language is beautiful, and I especially loved the character of Miranda, who I think is written the best out of all of them. This was a wonderful, interesting story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Gun violence, and Medical content

Minor: Mental illness and Adult/minor relationship