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s_p_a_r_k_s's review
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Suicide, and Violence
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
This story is about a flu pandemic that wipes out 90% of the population and human civilization along with it. Some main characters die of the virus. There are sequences where characters know they are infected and must chose how to spend their last days on Earth. Grief pervades every inch of this story. We see characters grieving relationships, careers, dead and dying loved ones, and the end of a world. One major character has been married three times, and every marriage has ended with him cheating on his wife with someone else.esmithumland's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gun violence, and Death
carolined's review
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
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
lunarliz's review
- 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
Graphic: Death, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Suicide
Moderate: Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Rape
Minor: Blood, Confinement, and Violence
kateemily's review
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death and Terminal illness
Minor: Religious bigotry, Gun violence, and Rape
bookishbutch's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Terminal illness, Infidelity, Violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Suicide, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Domestic abuse
leeloslay's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Terminal illness
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Violence
Minor: Child abuse
danidamico's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Hace unos días, arranqué a leer Station Eleven (Estación Once), una novela de ciencia ficción escrita por la canadiense Emily St. John Mandel que me deslumbró por completo. En términos generales, el libro toma dos líneas temporales: por un lado, el momento en el que se desata una pandemia brutal que acaba con el 99% de la población mundial y, por otro, la realidad de los sobrevivientes veinte años después del colapso de la civilización tal cual como la conocían. La novela fue publicada hace seis años, pero por razones obvias ha vuelto a ser bastante popular en lo que va del 2020. Cuando empecé a ver que la recomendaban en internet, algo que me llamó la atención fue el hecho de que los protagonistas fueran actores y músicos que viajaban por pueblitos post-apocalípticos montando obras de Shakespeare y tocando música clásica; no sé, me pareció una idea original y además me encantan las historias en las que hay artistas.
Si bien el contexto en el que transcurre Station Eleven es el de una pandemia y sus consecuencias, no diría que el libro trata sobre eso, sino más bien sobre los vínculos humanos que se van desarrollando a partir de las circunstancias. Se trata sobre la muerte, el duelo y, por ende, la vida. Es una historia realmente profunda que toca temas universales con los que todos podemos sentirnos identificados o al menos llegar a comprender. Mandel pone el foco en los personajes, en el factor humano: "el infierno es la ausencia de las personas que quieres", escribe la autora, una frase en la que probablemente muchos nos veamos reflejados a causa del aislamiento por el Covid-19. Es cierto que a lo largo de la novela se puede apreciar una nostalgia por la electricidad y la tecnología, el anhelo de ese mundo anterior ya casi ajeno, pero queda claro que lo fundamental son los vínculos, las personas, tenerse el uno al otro.
Graphic: Death and Terminal illness
Moderate: Violence