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A review by vita_ayala
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
I didn't realize this was a book about a pandemic until I started it (I didn't read the synopsis), and I almoat put it down. So glad I didn't!
Bittersweet, sometimes amusing, always melancholy and comtemplative, this book does an incredible job of distilling the emotion and humanity behind Shakespeare's work and presenting it in a contemporary, compelling way. (It isn I think obviously, a take on King Lear.) A little like disguising healthy but odd tasting food with spices and sauces.
I wish the comic from inside the book was a thing I could read!
Bittersweet, sometimes amusing, always melancholy and comtemplative, this book does an incredible job of distilling the emotion and humanity behind Shakespeare's work and presenting it in a contemporary, compelling way. (It isn I think obviously, a take on King Lear.) A little like disguising healthy but odd tasting food with spices and sauces.
I wish the comic from inside the book was a thing I could read!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, and Violence
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide
It does end up veing hopeful in the end!