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msfree_e 's review for:
Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel
I decided to read this book after watching the HBO series of the same name. The show is so much better than the book by the way, but I can see how the book itself did a great job of telling the story.
Station Eleven is told from multiple perspectives and is about a flu pandemic that wipes out 99% of the world’s population. Society essentially collapses resulting in people forming small groups to protect themselves. One of these groups is the Traveling Symphony which is composed of actors and musicians dedicated to preserving the arts.
The book spans multiple years and jumps from before the pandemic to 20 years after the pandemic. I enjoyed how the author wrote about the fall and how each of the characters were connected. I think this part of the story is something that the HBO series did a much better job at depicting. There’s not much action but there is plenty of drama and I found the book to be interesting overall - 4 stars!
Station Eleven is told from multiple perspectives and is about a flu pandemic that wipes out 99% of the world’s population. Society essentially collapses resulting in people forming small groups to protect themselves. One of these groups is the Traveling Symphony which is composed of actors and musicians dedicated to preserving the arts.
The book spans multiple years and jumps from before the pandemic to 20 years after the pandemic. I enjoyed how the author wrote about the fall and how each of the characters were connected. I think this part of the story is something that the HBO series did a much better job at depicting. There’s not much action but there is plenty of drama and I found the book to be interesting overall - 4 stars!