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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
"Hell is the absence of the people you long for."
Station Eleven est le genre de livre qui est avant tout un voyage, avant d'être une destination. On suit un casting de personnages divers qui font face à la fin du monde tel qu'on le connaît actuellement, et qui rappelle énormément cette période étrange au début de la pandémie, en 2020, avec les quarantaines, les confinements, les interrogations de chacun quant à la situation.
L'intrigue se déroule à la fois au "présent", environ 20 ans après l'apocalypse, et nous emporte également dans le passé des personnages, avant, pendant et après l'apparition de la maladie qui a tout changé. J'ai beaucoup aimé la plume de l'autrice, le rythme qu'elle a influé au roman, avec ses passages courts mais marquants. Je me suis retrouvée à m'attacher à quasiment tous les personnages, même ceux que je regardais de travers au début, et je trouve que c'est un véritable talent pour une autrice.
J'ai hâte de découvrir d'autres histoires par la même autrice !
There is so much that is beautiful and devastating about this novel that I was swept off my feet and didn’t land until I had finished it less than a day later. I would talk about theme and characters and action but what impressed me the most is how skillfully the story, and stories within it, unfold and are resolved. I loved it. Highly recommended.
adventurous
emotional
sad
fast-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:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I went to go see Emily St. John Mandel speak at some college in Dallas (or somewhere). During the lecture she said that her first idea was to have the traveling troupe perform Seinfeld episodes instead of Shakespeare, and now I can't get that idea out of my head. It's brilliant. It's probably the most brilliant thing I've ever heard. I'm so mad that that book doesn't exist that I don't think I could ever re-read this book.
It's still good though. Just not...you know, the most amazing thing ever written. Like it could have been.
It's still good though. Just not...you know, the most amazing thing ever written. Like it could have been.
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
For me this was a book about longing for things lost. People, lives, places, and memories. It's also a book about how longing and grief connects people.
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No