Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

88 reviews

taymo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Sexual violence and Violence

Minor: Suicide

deezy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Religious bigotry, Death, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

cocacolor's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

This book absolutely lived up to all its hype. In some ways, I feel like the synopsis is misleading; perhaps half of the book follows Kirsten and the post-apocalyptic timeline. A good half of the book delves deeply into the lives that orbited Arthur Leander in the days before the apocalypse, as Kirsten's did. It never feels as though you're reading two different books, though; although the worlds the characters exist in are vastly different, Mandel's humane, empathetic voice ties it all together. The only reason this novel doesn't get an unquestioned five stars is because I thought one important plot point was unclear at the end:

Is Jeevan's settlement the one that has recreated electricity?

If not, why not? Still, this novel has definitely won a spot on my Favorites shelf.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Violence, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual violence

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

daisydoolie's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

I really enjoyed this, different to what I’d usually read, and the premise was interesting - although less convincing when you’d actually lived through a flu like pandemic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Gun violence, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Sexual violence

liesbethvv's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was my first foray into dystopian literature and my heart was heavy with anticipatory dread. It shouldn’t have been. This was by no means a light read, but I was on the edge of my seat, wanting to know the paths of the main characters after a virus wiped out the majority of earth’s population. It rang close to home, with the panini still going strong, but it somehow also managed to be just a little hopeful. Not a lot, but you can find some meaning, connection and humanity hidden in the war zone that is planet earth after a disaster. Plus, the book has the added bonus (to me personally) of having the ‘characters linked by objects’ trope that I love. Would recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death of parent and Religious bigotry

Minor: Rape and Child death

realalexmartin's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Reading this book after being in a pandemic for two years is one way to rehash trauma!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Animal death, Grief, Medical trauma, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

A content warning about the Pandemic. This is the crux of the novel, so it’s inescapable and all encompassing. The current pandemic can feel the same, so I would exercise caution as to not traumatise yourself because the past two years have already traumatised you enough.

audge's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.0

wow this was a journey. i'm so glad i finally read this. i love it. on the surface, it looks like just another post-apocalyptic story but it's so introspective. this is actually about humanity and reflections on life. the way the author weaves the character's storylines is incredible especially this was told in a non-linear way. very much looking forward to watching the show now!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Rape, and Violence

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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