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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

88 reviews

godhood's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense slow-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

4.5

This was actually the main difference between twenty-one and fifty-one, he decided, the sheer volume of regret.

Been a while since I read a book that checks all the boxes of things I like in a book. The prose, the pacing, the non-linear narrative, the it's terrible but this all will pass message, the characters, the human connections being made in terrible times theme, the entirety of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Minor: Suicide

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

readerintheruemorgue's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Religious bigotry

Minor: Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Rape

macsenbesemer's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, and Death

awells96's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Suicide

Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Pedophilia

esmithumland's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I didn't realize how appropriate this book was when I picked it up, but I'm glad I did. A fascinating story built really well. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gun violence, and Death

carolined's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Station Eleven made me feel intensely homesick because one of the characters had a very similar childhood to me on an island in BC Canada. Because the author is also from there she evokes it very vividly, the trees, the hippies, the stairs down to the sea, building dens in the woods. However it turned out to be just a bit of backstory and the rest of the story didn't make me feel much of anything. The challenge of any post apocalyptic fiction is whether it makes the survival of the human race seem worthwhile and this cast of luvies, cultists and suspicious midwesterners did not convince me of this. Maybe the rest of the world was faring better or maybe the octopuses should have their chance at being the dominant species.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Suicide

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual violence

kateemily's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Minor: Religious bigotry, Gun violence, and Rape